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 :)

California 2014 - Arrival & Disneyland Day 1

Our trip started on a Saturday- Phil, Jayne and I arrived and settled in that night and then early Sunday morning Phil went to the airport to pick up these beauties

...and Dad Bennallack too :) We hung out in our room together and introduced Jayne to Rachael and Grandad for the first time, and a re-introduction for Grandma. Jayne got to open some birthday presents from Grandma and Grandad and Aunty Joanne. She loved ripping the paper, and her soft coat (she thought it was a blanket!)

Snuggling her new blanket (coat) 

We visited Target that night to pick up some essentials for our upcoming week of fun!

  Monday morning our fun started as we headed out for a day at Disneyland/California Adventure. The weather was perfect and we were all excited to be together!

We had park hopper passes so we decided to start off at California Adventure.

We loved the Toy Story ride, Tower of Terror, Soarin' over California and Jayne loved the merry-go-round. She was so happy as we went round and round!

Jayne was so good. She happily hung out in her stroller, just taking in her surroundings, going on a few rides and catching a couple naps.

After spending some time in California Adventure we made our way over to Disneyland. 

More rides and fun in Disneyland followed plus some quality time between Jayne and her international grandparents.

We loved the Haunted Mansion Holiday...a fun new spin on things for this time of year! 

For the night we headed back to California Adventure to see the World of Color show. We had fast passes so we got an amazing spot! We had fun hanging out waiting for the show to start.

World of Color is one of my most favorite things...ever. Its so magical. I could watch it over and over again! 

After the show we made our way back out of the park via Cars Land, which was virtually empty as the park was closing. We meandered around Radiator Springs Main Street. They've done really well in Cars Land-it felt like we'd walked right into the movie!  

We headed back to the hotel very tired but ready for day 2!

Jayne's 1st Birthday Party Video

Here's the video footage from Jayne's party. 

warning: it may get long for those not emotionally attached to Jayne  :)

 First she opens presents, then singing happy birthday and then she'll dig into scrape the surface of the cake, in double speed. :)  My favorite is whenever she opens any presents that are clothing...she's definitely got her own little personality that girl!