Disneyland Vacation Day 1

We just got home from our week long vacation to Disneyland, it was a blast!!!!!! We had so much fun counting down the days as a family.  It was also a great way for the kids to work on their days of the week and counting.  

 The long wait finally arrived on Sunday June 9th.  I almost had a nervous break down on Saturday night when Aubrey told us her stomach hurt and she had a temperature of 102! I thought for sure she had the flu and that it would quickly pass through the whole family and our week long vacation we were very excited about was not going to happen.  She drank lots of fluids and had a great night of rest and in the morning was fine and we all were fine what a blessing!!!  Our excitement woke Spencer and I up at around 3:30am and we could not get back to sleep so we decided to get up and pack the car and get on the road by 5am. I had fun making car baskets for the kids filled with activities to keep them busy.

After we got the car packed we quietly got the kids and carried them to the car in hope that they would stay a sleep for a couple of hours.  They didn't sleep but they were silent and a little out of it for the first hour of the trip.  The other 3.5 hours went really quick.  We stopped for breakfast in Bakersfield and then continued on.  The kids were great!! We arrived to Disneyland at 10:30am!!! We made awesome time.  It was too early to check in to our hotel which was the Best Western right across the street from Disneyland!!! Excellent location!! Nice hotel and the fact that they served hot breakfast every morning for free was a big perk.  Our room was on the 1st floor which was great with the stroller.  We loved the pool and only being a 5 minute walk to Disneyland.  We parked our car and headed into Downtown Disney since we wanted to save our 5 day park pass for Monday-Friday.    

The Lego store is awesome!!!

The kids even got to build their own car and race it.

We went and checked out the Disneyland hotel.

A time share guy stopped us while walking around and since we had time to kill we went on their tour.  The kids got to play in a fun room (Carter thought that was Disneyland) while we listened to their spill.  Very interesting and since Disney is our favorite travel destination we are strongly considering it.  They have resorts in Hawaii, Florida, Disney Cruise lines, Europe and of course Disneyland.  In return for doing that we got 12 fast passes to use through out our trip on any ride, they came in handy.  We finally got to check in and get ready for our dinner at Goofy's Kitchen.   

So much fun seeing the kids meet their favorite characters.  It was a great idea to do this on a day that we weren't in the park so we could still get the Disney experience.  Amazing food!!  Very fun night! Back to the hotel to get ready for Day 1!!