I delight in Disneyland Part 2!

This is a complete report so bring on more pictures. We were there for 5 days. I wouldn't recommend this amount of time for most however, since it was LB and I's 'first' trip we actually remember, we decided we should take advantage of all the time we could. As most people who have a child in their life with down syndrome know, the words, 'hurry' mean 'go slow as snails.' Our goal was to have plenty of time to move slow as snails, see it all and enjoy. 5 days allowed us to do that.

When you walk around with someone as cute and as memorable as Christin, you make friends fast. A family with 2 children with cerebral palsy were there the same days we were. We ran into them almost every morning and took turns taking pictures for each other.

Disneyland decks out for Halloween!

Space Mountain.

We loved the Alice in Wonderland ride AND the Queen of Hearts bathrooms.

General consensus: favorite ride was the matterhorn. We even rode it one night when there were fireworks going on. Super memorable and amazing!

Gotta love those tea cups.

I love the store behind this teacup--the Mad Hatter store.

LB's hiding in the elephant behind me.

Here we are on the storybook land ride. We went on it twice. The first time was at night. Apparently there's a cat that lives in Cinderella's palace, with the scale of the castle taken into account, the cat looked huge. It definitely added to the experience!

Christin saving me from Monstro!

Main Street USA

We'd never been to a lego store before. It was Ah-mazing! Seriously though, I hope one day my children love legos, because I think they're amazing and they promote creativity!!!

Splash Mountain: during

Splash Mountain: after. We all got soaked.

This picture is for my first mission companion--Only she'd get it, if she remembers.

Another day at Disneyland

Oh, we have a good time!

Anyway to save on the walking was a good idea for LB, especially by the end of the trip. Here we are riding on the official Disneyland Fire Truck. Walt himself used to drive it around the park himself. We became friends with the driver...he took good care of us in getting us from the entrance of the park, to the magical castle.

If Disneyland hadn't won my heart already--this huge piece of petrified wood sealed the deal. Me and rocks=love

Somehow we missed this ride the first few days we were there. Thunder Mountain was a great discovery!

Woody and Christin

We love Toy Story!

We also love that they had a petting zoo. Random? Yes. Fun? Sure.

Nemo pumpkin.

A trip to toon town.

Animation studios---We didn't know what to expect, but we are sold. I think Mom could have stayed all day! Here's mom's version of winnie the pooh. I think her's looks the most true to life.

Here's mine.

And finally, Christin's. I'm pretty impressed at how awesome she did! Click the picture to see it a little more up close. LB is the artist of the family!

Oh the street where we want to live! :)

#1 Recommendation: To escape the mid-day heat--go to the Aladdin show in California Adventures. Its approximately an hour long and it is broadway quality. I kid not. They were super accommodating to let us sit second row so Christin could see. When Aladdin winked at her and waved...I thought her little heart was going to explode with happiness! We would have gone again, but it doesn't play everyday. So make sure to check out when it does play and GO!!!

Christin really does like this ride. Even though, she looks less than impressed.

Mom giving Christin a hug. She needs lots of those!

The shuttle bus.

Star Tours: This was Mom's favorite ride. We went on it 3, maybe 4 times. It's a good cool ride and with our pass, it made the line super short. Super blessed!

It was my favorite ride when I was 6 and it probably still is. Its a small world after all is fantastic!

Our landing spot around 12 everyday. We'd sit for about an hour or so, drink our diet coke, coke zero or regular coke (we all have our preferences). From this spot, we could watch the princess' come and go and do some great people watching.

Christin and her fairy godmother, contemplating what to wish for.

My favorite ride: Peter Pan

Christin's battery was empty by the end. A nice train ride around the park was a perfect (and cool) way to end our trip. I did a little sleeping as well on our ride around.

Long story short: Craig would LOVE Disneyland, but not all the little kids and their parents. So, we brought him a few things on his wish list. 8 of the 80.

Matchy matchy! How cute is she? She loved Disneyland. We all did. Christin is ready to go back anytime. We've decided to make it a more common occurrence. It was a smooth trip. We didn't have to rent a car. LB didn't get sick from the food (EVER) (*this is amazing coming from someone with Celiac right?). She never had a seizure (and we battled 90-100 degree temperatures all week). It was fantastic!