Disneyland!

For this blog dad is making a guest appearance to talk about Madi's first trip to Disneyland. I decided for her 3rd birthday that I would take her to Disneyland for the first time, the day before she turned 3 and was still free. I hadn't been to Disneyland since Crystal and I went about 12 years ago when we first started dating, quite a bit has changed since then. For one there is a new amusement park sitting where the parking lot was last time we went :)

I took Madi on Monday expecting that it would be fairly less crowded, turned out I was wrong about that. Despite fighting thru the crowds we had a great time. The first thing she wanted to do when we got there was go on the tea cups, a classic favorite of Dad's.

On the teacups

Then the next on her list was she wanted to meet Minnie Mouse, this was actually the thing she wanted to do most. She was so excited when we got to Minnie's house and she was able to go in and see her, the smile on her face was priceless.

Waiting for Minnie

Minnie's House

Minnie!!

After that she got to meet some of the other Disney characters, we rode the Autopia ride (which she loved), Winnie the Pooh ride, Carousel, etc. It was really fun bringing her there and I can't wait to do it again. Now I know about all these things modern technology has provided us, like phone apps that tell you the length of all the lines and calendars which forecast the crowd levels by day I'll be much more prepared for our next trip.

Carousel

Dad, Madi, and Mickey

Pluto's House

Madi & Goofy

Winnie the Pooh ride