Last Disneyland Day

For this year, anyway. ;) We went to Disneyland last Friday to use up the last day of our 4-day passes, which also expired Nov. 13. It was a great day! The temperatures were pleasant and it wasn't terribly crowded. We were so glad it wasn't hot, like the last two days were when we went! I got headaches both of those days and I wonder if it is because it was so hot? It was in the 80s each time, and it feels so hot when you are standing in line with all that pavement around you. I probably didn't drink enough water either, maybe, for it being so hot...? Anyway, we didn't have to wait in long lines this time either! Sooo nice. The longest line was probably 15 min. The It's a Small World ride was all decorated with Christmas lights and decorations and was really pretty. Lauren is still telling us every day, several times a day, "Went on 'Mall Woowld' twee times!" We all did it twice, and I took her on in once when the other three went on a "big" ride. We arrived at Disneyland right around 8 am, when it opened, and ate breakfast at the Carnation Cafe inside the park. This was the first time we'd eaten breakfast there, so that was fun. The food was good too: Julia got Mickey Mouse pancakes, Brian and Austin got egg scramble breakfasts, and I got cinnamon roll French toast. Or something like that. After eating we made our way to Fantasyland and did most of the rides there. It was SO nice to not have long lines!! (Did I say that already? ;) )

Lauren is scared of Buzz Lightyear in the Buzz Lightyear ride, and seeing him "in person" was no exception!! Austin wasn't too trusting of Buzz either, but Brian told Austin we would all be right by him with Buzz. Hee hee

Our friends, Mike and Carol-Ann, who live in L.A. met us for a few hours at the park. We were watching the Parade of Dreams when the arrived, and later ate dinner with them at the Plaza Inn. Mike took this family picture of us. We saw Pluto later that night. Austin refused to have his picture with Pluto. He does not trust these big characters! Lauren doesn't look too sure either, does she?!

Waiting in a very short line (oh they were nice!) for our last trip on Small World. Austin was SO tired. Nobody had naps all day, even in the stroller, and all the kids were sleeping in the car on the ride back to Brian's mom's house, where we stayed.

After a fun-filled day, we finally left the park. Fifteen minutes before it closed. :) THAT was the time to be going on rides, and we *did* do a couple which we walked right onto, before we decided we *had* to go.