Disneyland and California Adventure

Before we left California, I decided that the kids and I would have 1 more big Disney trip. All of our furniture had already left so I decided we would stay in a hotel which was different for us since we usually don't go 2 days in a row and we don't spend the night since we lived so close. We invited our friend Tracie and her kids to go with us. We rented a kids suite at La Quinta Inn -it was really cool because it had 2 rooms and 1 had a big bunk bed and the kids had their own tv. It was like a giant slumber party. On the first day we spent the day at CA Adventure. We had a great time. Madison is a little daredevil and went on the Tower of Terror twice (we did the rider switch since Danny and Talyssa -Tracie's daughter were too little to ride), once with Tracie and her son and then again with me. We went on the new Monsters Inc ride -this is so cute!!! We started the day at Paradise Pier Hotel for the Lilo and Stich Aloha Breakfast. The breakfast was really good-it is a buffet style breakfast with an island flare to it. The food was delicious and because we went on a weekday during the off season it was not very crowded. The characters paid a lot of extra attention to the kids and the kids ran around chasing Stitch and playing games with him. We also went to the Princess Lunch at Ariel's Grotto. The Princesses come around to each table and take photos and sign autographs for the kids. Madison was especially thrilled with this one but I left her with Tracie because Danny picked that time to have a complete melt down. I took him up to first aid and they gave him some baby tylenol and it helped him settle down quite a bit. He is going through another growth spurt and he is having a hard time with growing pains. We met ALOT of characters that day in the park and we were really excited about that. We rode everything the kids were big enough to ride and went to playhouse Disney so Danny could see JoJo (his secret girlfriend). We took the shuttle back to our hotel and ordered pizza for dinner. It was a nice relaxing evening except when I fell getting out of the shuttle bus and landed very hard on my backside. On Friday we went to Disneyland. We love Disneyland!! We had sooo much fun, the kids were daredevils again riding the Matterhorn and Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain. Danny was especially thrilled with the train (of course-he is obsessed). We met a lot of characters here too, we even happened upon story time with 8 different characters acting out funny stories. We had really great seats for the parade and the kids loved that. We also took them to Fantasmic-this was the first time we had stayed late enough for the show and they loved it. The fireworks were cancelled due to wind though and that stunk. The best part of the trip was going with our friends though. We had such a great time. It was a perfect way to end our time in CA