A Special Breakfast

Our final day in the parks began with the highly anticipated 10:00 breakfast reservation. We were off with two pint-sized, very excited princesses in tow to eat at Ariel's Grotto and meet the princesses.  We had prayed that the right princesses would be there (Snow White, Belle, and Sleeping Beauty) and we were not to be disappointed.  Thank goodness!  I think we would have had tears from a certain 2 year old if Beauty had not shown up.

Making crowns is serious business

Aaron eagerly awaiting the princesses :)

He really was excited to see the girls' priceless reactions though. 

M was thrilled to meet Cinderella

This was G's face when Sleeping Beauty appeared...so excited.

She was pretty shy when they actually came up to her though.

After breakfast we headed off to the Little Mermaid ride.  It was a HUGE hit and we would ride it at least 5 times throughout the day.  Having never been to this park, Aaron and I were not sure what to expect.  What we discovered is that it is not quite as preschooler-friendly.  There was a small Bugs Life area with 4-5 kids rides that the girls enjoyed.  If you go with a small child, I would highly recommend skipping the 3-D Bug movie though.  Many of the kids under the age of 6 did not make it through the entire show.  M almost saw the entire show.  She made it passed the spiders falling from the ceiling, but the giant mean grasshopper jumping straight at her near the end was her breaking point.  G maybe lasted 30 seconds.  She was not impressed.  

M and I enjoyed a jellyfish ride, but G was SO very sad that she wasn't tall enough.  Her tears just about broke her parents' hearts.  Poor girl!

We also enjoyed a ride on the Mickey Mouse Ferris Wheel.  The girls were impressed with how far they could see.  I just tried not to think about how high we were as we went up, up, up.  I am not a fan of heights.

2 happy girls + 1 Mama trying to remain calm = Ferris Wheel Ride

After our morning/early afternoon adventures at CA Adventures, we encountered a problem.  We couldn't seem to find good ice cream (apparently we are bit snobbish when it comes to our ice cream) so we high tailed it back over to Main Street, Disneyland and its old-fashioned ice cream stores.  Yum!!!

M was so sweet.  She informed me that she would share with G if she woke up.

She didn't have to share.  :)

We also fit in a couple hundred rides (slight exaggeration...try five!) on the Runaway Railway Car (M's favorite ride), while G slept and of course we had to hit up the Tup-Tups one last time before heading back to the CA side for dinner and the much talked about Wonder of Color show.

So back we went to see this show and we waited and we waited and we waited and we waited.  The wait was quite painful.  Two tired girls.  Two tired parents.  Two long hours and then the need to go to the bathroom TWICE right before the show began (Yep.  I returned from running to the bathroom with one and had to turn right back around and run to the bathroom with the other.  Grrr!) made for a long night.  Finally the show began when it was dark. While it was truly AMAZING what they did with water, lasers, and music AND I'm glad that we got to see it, I would take the parade any day over the water show.  Call me crazy, but having to sit with my girls for two hours while we waited for it to get dark (I should have come prepared with more to do-parent fail) and then stand for the entire show while holding a 30-some pound child so they could see over the adults in front of them is not my idea of a good time no matter how awesome the show is.  Maybe when they are older.  :)