Disneyland--Day 2

By the time we awoke on Tuesday morning, Aunt Katie's family was there!! Most of the action that day was happening at the California Adventure park, so we decided to spend our day there. First up was seeing Mater and Lightening McQueen. Weston was not happy that he had to pose for a picture instead of checking these guys out!
At one point, he kept looking in McQueen's mouth. I wondered if he was either training to be a dentist, or waiting for Lightening to talk to him.
We were told that one of the best rides there was Toy Story. So we hopped in line for it. It was sort of a long line, so we had to entertain ourselves.
Aunt Katie had a book that Emily read to anyone who would listen.
Then Addy decided she needed a turn to read it all by herself.
And here Weston is realizing that he is glad that he doesn't have sisters. They kept bugging him!
Eventually we made it to get our glasses.
The kids in shades, or at least 3-D glasses.
Our Family Photo! Apparently Chad was too cool for the 3-D version!
Now, onto the ride! And a fun ride it was. I think Chad and Cole rode it 3 times over the course of the week and the girls and I rode it twice. We never did get very good at it though!
After that long line, we decided to go for the significantly shorter line, or at least the kids did. While I took them (yes, all of them) on the merry-go-round, the non-pregnant adults went on a roller coaster nearby. No one even fell off!
As we were heading to the next ride, we couldn't pass up putting some toys in a box!
I think Blake was trying to figure out what was going on and wondering why he wasn't included!
Next up on our to-do list was the very, very large Mickey Mouse Ferris Wheel. This ride went about as well as the Jungle Cruise! I think Emily was ok with it, but the other two wanted out as soon as we got moving! We even went in the non-swinging cars. I can only imagine how bad the other cars would have been for them!
Doesn't he look so excited to be there!
Blake also questioned if he would ever want sisters, aka more mothers. In this case though, they were actually helpful.
My kids, much to Damon's dismay I think, really loved talking to the characters, getting their signatures, and getting their pictures taken. So, when we happened upon Woody and the Green Army Man, they begged to get in line. Weston followed along because his cousins wanted to!
The Green Army Man even let Cole hold his walkie talkie for the picture!
By now, it was about time for the Pixar Parade. We had no idea what this entailed, but we were tired of walking and waiting in lines, so we decided to go check it out!
While we were waiting, Cole wanted his picture taken by this optical illusion. It looks like it keeps going, but it really doesn't.
Pretty soon, we could hear the cheers and the Incredibles showed up to train some new heros!
Apparently Cole had his hero look on because they picked him to be one of the trainees!
Even superheroes have to stretch out!
A little flexing of the muscles to show they are ready.
While they were getting ready, the evil guys showed up. (I'm sure they had a name, but I have no idea what it was!!)
Group huddle to devise a plan.
First plan, show them how strong we are.
Can he lift it? Yes he can!
I'm not sure if they were bored or enthralled. We'll pretend enthralled!
Then, pelt them with bombs (or beanbags)!
Finally, run really fast and create a wind that blows them away.
We have conquered the evil guys!
After the show, Chad took the girls back to take a nap so we could all handle them for the week, while the rest of us stayed and rode a variety of rides.
A bug ride
Another bug ride
Bumper cars
Monsters Inc., as well as several others that we didn't take pictures in.
And as a bonus, we ran into Sully from Monsters Inc.
We also watched the Muppets show (which we really liked) and the Bug's Life show (which wasn't quite as popular with Cole).
And while we didn't actually ride this ride, Cole still wanted his picture taken by the airplane.
My favorite part of the whole Disneyland experience (besides the excitement of my kids of course) was the World of Color show. It was utterly amazing. Between the choreography, the water movement, the colors, and the images projected on water, all of it was truly awesome!
Here are a few glimpses of the show. They don't come close to doing it justice!




What a day! Now back to the hotel to rest and recover for another day!