Disneyland day three!

well day three was full of great surprises!

we started out with an AWESOME breakfast with the princesses at ariel's grotto in california adventure! it was really cool because unlike the other character bfasts, this one you just sit down and they bring everything to YOU! so you don't miss a thing by getting up and down to get your buffet style food. the kids loved it. griffin was a big charmer with the princesses. we saw ariel, cinderella, aurora, belle, and jasmine. everyone had a great time and we got an awesome pic of me and all the kids with ariel. alyssa was adorable, she kept blowing kisses to all the princesses and waving to them.

we rode grizzly mtn river run and it was awesome! we also did soaring over california which still puts me in tears with how amazing it is. we did the muppets 3D theater experience, monsters inc, shane took cassandra on the big roller coaster called california screaming. she loved it! we went to see the stage show of playhouse disney. alyssa loved it and it is all the shows she loves to watch. truthfully, all the kids stood up and sang and danced to it. cassandra tried to say she was too big to go to the "little kid" show but she was right there with everyone else singing along!

we saw the pixar parade which had the cars characters, bugs life, toy story, nemo, the incredibles. it was amazing! the kids loved it. we also got pics of the kids with the lightning mcqueen and mater cars earlier in the day. i can't wait to see how they came out!

i got a really bad headache and sorta sick at my stomach so we eneded up having dinner and coming back to the room. disneyland was only open another hour so i don't think we missed out on toooo much LOL.

oh and i wanted to share a great story. i was in calif adventure with savannah and i was looking at stuff and she kept coming over with hannah montana gear on (hats, purses, etc) and i'd say "very cute savannah now go put it back" because we try not to buy everything in the first two days KWIM? but there was this couple....grandparents age....standing there watching her do this and laughing. i looked at them and said "i can't blame her for trying, it is really cute stuff!" and they agreed. so we're browsing and savannah comes running over with $20 and her hannah montana hat. she said "that man gave me this money and said tell your mom this is for you" and i am looking all over for this guy in shock. he popped his head around a corner and said "it's for her..." and i told him she couldn't accept his generous offer and he said "why not? is she a criminal (lol) ? i have 20 grandkids and i happen to have an extra $20 so i want her to have it if that's ok" so we thanked him profusely and she walked out of there with her hannah montana purse and a little bit of disney magic to go with it.

so thank you so much to the generous, sweet grandpa with 20 grandkids and the extra $20 to share. that meant a lot!

roll on day four! we have lunch today inside pirates of the caribbean!

xo
susan