Pure Magic!: Our Day at Disneyland

One of the very special things we were able to do during our time in California over the holidays was visit Disneyland. Seth and I have some very fun memories of our various trips to Disneyland growing up and in our early years of married life, so we really wanted to take the kids. We were so thrilled that it worked out.

We were able to spend the day with Seth's parents and his brother's family. We had 7 little people and one big-un (love ya, Katie!) and amazingly enough our day could not have gone more smoothly! The park was crowded, the lines were fairly long, but the kids all had a great attitude all day long, even though some of us didn't get back to the car until about 10:30pm. :}

I don't think the kids really knew what to expect, so they were kind of stoic about the whole thing at first, but they definitely got into the spirit of things after the first ride or two. They especially loved the flying Dumbo ride, driving cars on "Autopia" (even Leila got to drive!), and visiting the "Tiki Room" (they LOVE that song!) Benjamin & Talia got to go on a special big kid detour with Daddy, Mommy & Uncle Ben to ride "Star Tours" (a 3D ride with a Star Wars plot). One of the high points of Benjamin's day was riding "Pirates of the Carribean" with Daddy. Talia and Leila really enjoyed "It's a Small World" and were in absolute awe of the entire experience.

Here are some of the highlights of our day in photo form: