With three little girls headed to
Disneyland, I floated the idea of some sort of princess photo to my girlfriends. They ran with the idea and did it better than I ever could have on my own. Janeal found and purchased the outfits, Katrina brought her fancy camera and expertise. I spied the teacup which made for a nice background and then we all proceeded to take some of the most adorable photos I've ever seen. Liesel was stunningly regal in her hoop skirt, princess hat and scepter although she refused to look at me and grimaced a lot. I ran the battery out on our camera trying to get this once in a lifetime shot. I'm SO grateful everyone else thought to charge theirs! The girls got a lot of attention from passers-by.Our final day in Disneyland was more tying up loose ends than anything. Last minute shopping. One more photo op. Trying to get on that favorite ride one more time. At the end of the day we took the monorail to Downtown Disney with the intent to skip the parade and pack it in for the day. Somehow I couldn't quite say goodbye. I turned to Brent and asked him if he wanted to catch just a few more rides before the park closed. Of course, he was game. We ran.
Once back inside the park, we stumbled through the huge crowd that had amassed for the parade by that point. To avoid the crowd on the sidwalk, we rushed through the chain of shops and once we passed Main Street, broke out in a run for Autopia. Turns out we couldn't do that ride with Liesel. I still don't understand why... the Donner party moved faster than those cars do and they're on a rail! It's not like we can steer it off the course and do any damage. Whatevs. We decided to do Astro Blas
ters and got on the ride with 15 minutes before closing. When we got off we had 6 minutes left and I asked Brent if he thought we could make it to Small World. I sprinted to get in line while he ran fast on my heels with Liesel (holding on for life no doubt) in her stroller. We just made it at 7:59 to enjoy Liesel's favorite ride one last time! The big clock struck 8 while our boat floated into the tunnel. We'd gotten our little Cinderella to her ball on time :)As sore as we were from all the excitement, hiking (they say on average you walk 7 miles per day at Disneyland), and jerking from various rides, it was SO worth it to see Liesel light up all over again! I'm glad we fought the crowds and personal fatigue to squeeze every last bit of fun out of Disneyland because who knows when we'll ever be back?
Walking back to the hotel, we called our friends to offer a ColdStone on us after dinner. Turns out they had actually ordered us dinner-a hot pizza was waiting. Man I miss those guys!
More photos here (warning: there are A LOT of them)
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That kid is too darn cute. How can you stand being around all that cuteness all the time?
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