Disneyland!

The Monday after Thanksgiving, we decided to head to Disneyland for the day!  Chase had been talking about it for weeks and Brady is obsessed with Mickey & Minnie, and the whole gang, so we knew he would love it as well.  Even Craig and I were excited to run around the park for the day :)  Chase's CO cousins had gone to Disneyland in Sept so he has heard all of their stories and he was excited to ride the "big kid" rides like all of them had.

The last time I had been to Disneyland was with Mom & Dad when Chase was 2 years old.  Craig wasn't able to go with us so it was fun to get to spend the day with the whole gang this time!  My Dad showed up about an hour in after heading to work in the morning.

We ended up having an incredibly successful day with amazingly well-behaved boys, despite how exhausted they must have been by the end!  Even Brady, who only slept about 5 minutes in the stroller was such a trooper!  We were in luck and the park wasn't too crowded so we were able to get on a ton of rides!  Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Big Thunder Railroad, Buzzlightyear Astro Blasters, Autopia, Astroflight, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and many more!

The boys got a chance to meet Goofy & Mickey and get autographs and photos with them!  One of the most amazing parts of the day for me was the Christmas parade and seeing Disneyland at night all decorated for Christmas - absolutely breathtaking!!

Ready to start our day!

Jim, Chase & Ben walking down Main St.

Brady meeting Walt Disney :)

As soon as we walked into the park we ran into a ton of characters - what a great way to start!

Our first ride!  Flying rockets!

On to Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters!

Autopia

You can't really tell from this picture, but Brady had so much fun on this ride!  He kept pointing out things and getting so excited along our drive :)

 Chase loved watching the Star Wars performance

Ready to go on "It's a Small World"

 It was all decorated for Christmas inside, sooo pretty!

 Brady with Grandma & Papa

 Running off some energy :)

Meeting Goofy in Toon Town!

Walking through Mickey's house, Chase decided to lounge in his chair

Meeting Mickey!!!

 Fun in Toon Town

Chase & Ben riding the rollercoaster in Toon Town with their Daddy's

 Space Mountain!  Chase loved it!

Christine and I on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Mom & I took Brady on the Tom Sawyer paddleboat while everyone else road Big Thunder Railroad.  Poor Ben got turned away at the very end for being too short :)  Next time! 

Walking through New Orleans Square at night

Christine, Ben, Chase, Brady & I sitting front row waiting for the parade to start!

Here it comes!!!

Daisy & Donald

Winnie the Pooh & Tigger riding sleds

Mickey & Minnie!

Princesses!  Probably would have been a bigger hit if we had girls :)

Toy Factory!  Such a cute float :)

Reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh...

SANTA!!!

Waiting for the train to take a ride around the park

It's a Small World at night - so gorgeous!

Castle all lit up!

Christmas tree on Main St

Goodnight Disneyland!

Our ride home :)

Tired boys at home!

Loving his pluto :)

We headed back to CO the next morning and once we were home Chase sat in a chair and analyzed his map :)  He even took his map to school the next day to show all his friends what rides he went on!  Too cute!

What a fabulous and enchanting day we had at Disneyland! 

Can't wait for next time!