DISNEYLAND Day 16

Since we decided that Terina and I would go to Jake and Kim's wedding I've bribed Terina with Disneyland. "Use the potty and we'll go to Disneyland" "Mickey doesn't like cry babies so stop or we won't go to Disneyland." You know.. things like that. Terina was able to spend a very magical day with Grandma and Grandpa. Originally I was planning on taking her myself but I'm not quite sure if we'll make it home for the holidays this year and she really wasn't able to spend much time with them when we were home. I'm really glad that they came with us. From the parking garage to the tram Terina was really excited to see just pictures of Mickey, Daisy, Donald and Goofy. She was glued to Grandma and Grandpa almost the whole day. After getting our tickets I went to rent a stroller and Terina went to see Goofy and Pluto. I got back in time to snap a picture of her with Pluto. We watched a small parade go by down Main Street and saw the Madd Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. We kept walking and saw Captain Hook in a restaurant. Terina kept telling me that he was mad and we needed to make him happy. And then we saw Cinderella's castle. She is still talking about every time I turn around. We went a most of the rides in Fantasy Land. Terina has been talking about the Dumbo ride since we saw it on TV and she went on it with Grandpa. We went on Casey Juniors Train Ride and she wanted to sit in the monkey cage.

They went on the Teacups... I don't know if she had fun but she sure is have fun watching this video! I have never heard her laugh so hard and so loud.... and she keeps yelling for Grandpa and Grandma!!

Of course no trip to Disneyland would be complete without a ride on Grandpa's favorite It's a Small World ride. Thankfully we only had to go on it once. Terina really liked this one.. I think it was because she also had a churro.

The longest line we had to wait in was to see the Princesses. They have them all in 1 place now and the line was ridiculous. Mom waited for at least an hour and a half for us to see them. And once we got in... it lasted about 5 minutes. Anyways... Terina and I tried to stand there with her but she had to use the bathroom about 5 times while we waited. One little girl fell asleep right behind us and her nap was done by the time we got to the front of the line. Anyways.. Terina was so shy when she met Cinderella. She loves her! Terina answered all her questions by herself but was just really shy. NOW... she won't stop telling everyone around here about meeting the Princesses. After seeing the Princesses it was off to Toon Town. We grabbed some lunch, saw Minnie Mouse... from a distance, went to Chip and Dales house, Donald's boat and to the Roger Rabbit ride. We then started walking back to the front to the Bibity Bobbity Boutique so I could use the last of our vacation money on a princess dress for her. They had this thing where Terina could get her hair, nails and make up done too. So I signed her up but later took Grandpa's advice... she wouldn't sit for an hour and let someone do all that to her... she doesn't even sit still long enough for me! So we kept walking towards the front. Before the afternoon parade even started Terina was knocked out. She was exhausted! But don't worry... after a 30 minute power nap she was wide wake again wondering if we were going back inside Disneyland. We wanted to go back that night to see the fireworks but Jake and Kim had a dinner that we had to be at. I was hoping we'd get back there but we didn't. Terina had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa that day and I'm glad she was able to do something really special with them while we were at home. She loves them so much and misses them daily. She's been asking when we are going back to see them and her cousins (that includes, Ellie, Kate, Laila and Max who she can't stop talking about all of them either!)It really makes me sad that we are so far away and that she doesn't get to see her family as much as she use to. I'm glad we got some really good pictures of everyone to hang up. That will have to do us until we can see them all again.