California 2014 - Disneyland Day 3

Our final day we hit our faves, rode some of the kiddie rides for Jayne, soaked up our last bits of the Disneyland atmosphere and just enjoyed ourselves.

Its a small world! 

Our happy camper!

Ghost Galaxy...Space Mountain Halloween style

Came off a ride and Phil was surrounded by people...must be that accent ;)

I love this photo. Captures the fun of Disney-so much fun that it is exhausting. This girl was a champ!

We visited the Halloween Roundup in Big Thunder Ranch which was a lot of fun. I loved all the fall decorations and the hometown feel. 

They had a petting area

and a couple shows plus activities for the kids.

We ended the day with the Disneyland parade. We got an awesome spot and enjoyed our pineapple  ice cream/floats to pass the time. The pineapple treat is a must every visit!

Ready for the show

Love Disneyland as the lights come on at night. Its magical. 

Before the parade started, Anna and Elsa came by on their own float. Jayne loved it! 

The Disney parade was good but Jayne definitely enjoyed the Pixar one in California Adventure more. After the parade, we made our way down main street one last time and said goodbye to Disneyland for now!

We'll be back soon!!

California 2014 - Universal Studios

We took a little break from Disneyland and visited Universal Studios Hollywood for a day. It was hot (which was perfect for water rides!) but the crowds were small and we got to see some of their Halloween decor. Plus, we could see where they're building Harry Potter World! Can't wait for that addition! 

Waiting in line for Jurassic Park...still can't get over how soaked they all were when they came back! :)

Near Jurassic park they had a little playground that was perfect for Jayne...not much else at Universal is for younger kids, but at least we had this!

Jayne watches Curious George in the mornings so she was happy to see her friend! 

There was one little ride in the Despicable Me! portion of the park that Jayne got to ride on-similar to the Dumbo ride at Disneyland. She liked moving the joystick to make us go up and down.

(she had to sit on the inside, but she's there!)

There was also a balloon animal maker near the ride-Jayne was a big fan!

We saw the Water World show-lots of action and explosions

It kept Jayne's interest some of the time...

Of course we did the "world famous" back lot tour to finish off our day!

After hitting all the rides and seeing the shows, we headed home for a good night's rest!

California 2014 - Disneyland Day 2

Tuesday was Phil's birthday. After our yummy breakfast at the hotel (all you can eat hot breakfast every day, yes thank you!) we were fueled up and ready for another Disneyland day.

Jayne was happy to be headed back for another day of fun!

We started off in Disneyland that day, making sure to get some token pictures as we made our way to the rides

I love the Fall and Disneyland-so put them together and it is perfection! Main Street was decked out!

We made sure to stop in at City Hall for Phil's birthday pin and a "first time" pin for Jayne

We hit the ground running again going on ride after ride, getting our faces/arms painted, eating yummy fall treats and meeting some characters.

These were "Day of the Dead" designs

The first character encounter Jayne had was with Tigger and she went right in and gave him a hug and a kiss! 

But then her love turned to uncertainty pretty quickly...

We wanted to get to the California Adventure parade that afternoon so we made our way to that park later in the day. Jayne enjoyed the cute little Bug's Life rides

and of course the big kids loved the Tower of Terror

And California Screamin'

We made sure to stop in at Cars Land again. Guys, that place is awesome-detailed and just like the movie. We loved just walking around there.

Jayne was so patient waiting for the big kids to go on rides. She especially loved playing with the park maps.

The parade in California Adventure was really good! We loved it-and found out that Jayne loves bubbles. There were bubbles going the whole time as the parade passed us by. This parade was definitely Jayne's favorite part of the Disney parks. 

She was quite the little dancer, moving to all the beats with the parade performers

Pure Disney joy!

After a couple more rides and taking a spin on the new Radiator Springs Racers a couple times we made it to closing time and headed out to dinner to celebrate Phil's birthday. It was definitely a birthday well spent.

Phil and Jayne agree :)