It's the happiest place on Earth!

After Emma's performance, we headed down to Southern California to spend a few days at the"Happiest Place on Earth" (or so they say, we saw quite a few unhappy people there, too:) Disneyland at Christmas is festive, magical, colorful..... and crowded! We survived our adventure with lots of fun and minimal meltdowns! We arrived at the park early each morning before it got really crowded and got to ride most rides with not a lot of waiting. We also worked the fast pass system and Dan and I got to go on the "Big Kid" rides, too!

Upon entering the park, we ran into this Guy! Emma was a little shy of the characters at first, but she quickly warmed up

Sleeping Beauty's castle

Ian on his first ride...Dumbo!

Emma loves Carousels!

Love this picture of Emma and Ian on the teacups!

Headed into It's a Small World (On the way out, Ian was asleep!)

Emma playing in Toon Town

Emma and Daddy on the roller coaster

She also got to ride on the Matterhorn

Ian loves to Eat!

Ian and Emma at the princess lunch (more on the princesses later)

Dessert!
The Christmas parade was a lot of fun, too





We also went to breakfast with the character Including...

Minnie Mouse (excuse Ian's expression....there is food on the table and he is wondering why it is not getting into his mouth!)

Eeyore sympathizes with Ian over the lack of food

But Tigger made him laugh (with egg all over his face!)

Emma loved hangin out on these "Hunny" pots of Pooh!
We were amazed at how well Emma and Ian did! They loved it and even though it was crowed, we had a wonderful time.