Day Three

We decided to put our "Park Hopper" tickets to good use on Wednesday, starting out the day in Disneyland and then hopping on over to California Adventure in the afternoon. We got to the park bright and early because there is really nothing to do in a small hotel room once you are all ready to go. Well, we were so early we were the first ones lined up at the gates and we got chosen as the honorary family to open the park!!! They gave us each "Honorary Citizen of Disneyland" buttons to wear and we got to sign our names in a special book that said, "We opened the park!" A few minutes before the opening, they snuck us in the gate and announced that the "M" family from "D, C" (obviously I'm not spelling it out for security reasons...) was opening the park. Then we had to count down from ten and we shouted, "Let the Magic Begin!!" It was very exciting and we felt awfully special!

From there, we totally broke the rules and ran as fast as we could to the Finding Nemo ride and got on it right away. All except for me and Lincoln--the Disneyland worker decided to exercise her authority and refuse to let Linky on because he didn't have on socks and shoes. Not that he can walk or anything. Okay...

Well after some more fun, we headed over to California Adventure where the girls and I had a special treat. We decided to splurge and we went to the Princess Lunch. The girls donned their princess finery and we met up with some good friends there and spent a small fortune on a gourmet meal sitting out on the lake. It was beautiful, relaxing and absolutely delicious (until I got food poisining later on that night...but you don't need to know the details about that.) The girls got to meet a few princesses as they came and visited us at our table during lunch. They loved it!

Here they are with Ariel (Chloe, Audrey, Ariel, Avery and Briar)

And Chloe's favorite princess came out at the end...

The scary thing was I actually recognized the Alice in Wonderland from last year. Maybe I am a bit too Disneyland obsessed or something!!

The boys had fun without us as well, and then we met back together for some more Grizzly River Run. First the men took the older kids while Kayla and I watched the little ones play. Then we took our turn and since the line was so short we took advantage and went twice. We played and played until the park closed and loved every minute of it!!