You are NEVER too old for Disneyland

We walked into Disneyland before it was opened. We snapped the classic Disneyland pictures in the front of the park then headed straight to Tomorrowland.

While the boys grabbed a fast pass for Space Mountain, we got in the growing long line of Autopia. For some reason this line always gets really long throughout the day. We went there first and still waited a good 15 minutes, which was probably due to the gas go-kart cars breaking down every so often.

We went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. I beat Matson...I know, I am a video game baller. We also went on Space Mountain, which they changed for Halloween by adding these little red ghost like creatures. Not my favorite add in, but it was still good. I'd just prefer the original.

Me working Matson in Astro Blasters.
I was obviously taking it very seriously.

All of us waiting in line at Space Mountain

We pretty much went on almost every ride and went everywhere, we even went to Toon Town and I don't think I had been there for since I was a youngin'.

We even made it to the petting zoo. Matson's first visit here.
He thought the goats were quite funny.

Food - Pretty much our whole Disneyland day was surrounded around food. When we would eat, what we would eat, what snacks we wanted, what rides we would go on because that was by a certain food place...yeah, that's how you know you are a chubby. Planning every piece of food you're going to put in your mouth.

Cafe Orleans - We were all starving so we stopped and ate in New Orleans Square (near Haunted Mansion) for lunch at Cafe Orleans. We had a super good experience eating here and left satisfied. Matson got the Monte Cristo sandwich, I got the Mac N Cheese (not on the menu for adults, but it is so good and you just gotta ask for it since it is only on the Children's Menu), and we got 2 baskets of the pomme fries. MISTAKE. We could barely finish one basket because the meals were large but OH MAMA they were good. Fries tossed in parmesan, garlic, and parsley! Cafe Orleans is more expensive than other places in the park, but you get a full meal that fills you up which is worth the money rather than paying for a not so good pizza in Tomorrowland.

The popular Monte Cristo Sandwich. Soft fried bread around ham, turkey, and cheese and served with a berry dipping sauce and fruit. Matson loved this sandwich, although it was a little too bready.

I am a huge mac n cheese lover. This one was good and fresh.
I loved that it was served with fruit and veggies...adds in some nutrition!

The dip it is served with is deliciously addictive.

Tiki Juice Bar by Dole - You can't go to Disneyland without having a Dole Whip. Seriously, so yummy. Even though the line is rather long (we waited in the second sneaky line inside the tiki room entrance/waiting area, that was long too), it is so worth and very refreshing. We were in line for about 20 minutes in early October...just to give you a little idea of how long it takes.

We shared the Dole Whip Float. The pineapple soft serve on top of the pineapple juice. 

Corn Dog Truck on Main Street - We ended our time in Disneyland with a corn dog from the red corn dog truck right off main street. for a somewhat sort of/kind of dinner (we shared since our lunch and dole whip filled us up so much). We just had to. They are not your usually corn dog. They are so fresh and so delicious. We just got the corn dog, even though the menu only has the option of ordering it with chips or apples and a drink. You can just get the corn dog.

We gobbled this thing right up, I barely got a picture. 

California Adventure

Besides Cars Land, we did a lot of other things in California Adventure. Like...

1. Matson went on Toy Story Mania for the first time. And he loved it because he beat me.

2. We went on the new Little Mermaid ride. Haunted Mansion style with the forever circling carts, but the ride was actually really good! New favorite princess ride!

3. We made T*, who does not like ferris wheels, go on the sliding ferris wheel.

4. I got a little clammy and nervous all over again for Tower of Terror (click on the picture below). I just have no idea when it's going to drop! Most thrilling/scariest ride ever but I kind of like it when I look back on it.

CLICK ON THIS to make it bigger FOR A LAUGH.
Me and curly hair lady in the front win for most scared. Haha.
N* pointing to the camera is pretty great too.

5. We went on Screamin' a couple of times. Such a good CLASSIC roller coaster.

Please just look at the asians in front of us. I love it!

. And of course, The World of Color. They have redone the show since I last saw it and Matson got to see it for the first time. It is such a Matson thing so I was just as or more excited for him to see it!

Matson loved it and seriously we have soooo many pictures of colorful water on our computer now, thanks to him. We left World of Color just so happy and in the Disney mood.

Disney's Cars Land

Our first day in California we headed to California Adventure. We waited in the front of the park for the park to open, while my brothers waited in the Fast Pass line for the new Radiator Springs Racers Ride in Cars Land.

Our plan of attack was to head to Cars Land before it got too busy. Since it is a new part of the park we used our speed walking skills to the max. Overall the best thing about Cars Land is the amazing details. It looks just like Radiator Springs in the Cars movie. Disney did it again, everything is perfectly themed - from the amazingly painted rock features to the all things come in a cone food at the Cozy Cone Motel.

1. We went straight to the line for Luigi's Tires. It is a slower moving line since there are only a couple of people that can ride at a time. Yet, we went there first so it was only a 5 minute wait. It is sort of like bumper cars, yet you are floating on air. Not the most thrilling ride, yet a very cool concept.

2. We had a couple hours until our Racers fast pass, so we left Cars Land for a while to go around the rest of the park.

3. We came back right before our fast pass time to try the delicious food at the Cozy Cone Motel cones. 

The Chili Con Queso. Total man food. My one bite he would let me try was good.
The soft bread shell it was in was good and fresh. 

Red's Apple Freeze. The passion fruit foam was not my favorite,
but overall a yummy, refreshing drink!

4. Radiator Springs Racers lived up to all the hype! It was such a great mix of a ride. You get the story in really great graphics and detail (you feel like you are driving around with Lightning McQueen and everybody) AND you get a fast thrilling roller coaster-like feel too!  Even though we had a fast pass, we waited in line to go on it a second time. Well worth it!

Waiting for the ride to start.

Ride pictures are the best. You all know you love my hair in the front middle.

5. At night, we came back to Cars Land to see it lit up. It really was a cool, different feel. Definitely worth going back at night.

6. While there at night we went on Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. The line moved very quickly since there are two tracks they are feeding people onto. I thought this would be a total kids ride, but it was seriously so much fun! I was laughing the whole time while getting swung back and forth!  

Matson and my brothers waiting in the line.

Matson on the ride

Cars Land was a hit including the rides, the food, and the atmosphere. It would be even more of a hit for a child who lovvvvess Cars the movie.

I am a Princess.

I am not sure if it is just because I came back from Disneyland a couple days ago or if it's because I am just a boob (an old fashion term my mom has always used to describe herself when she has fast to cry moments). But I love this video. Brought goosebumps to my arms.

These are the kinds of messages I hope my future little girls learn and get from the media. Be brave. Stand up for yourself. Stand up for others. Family is important. Kindness is power. Be kind even when others are not. Keep your promises. Believe in loyalty and trust.

tapes

Last week I was nannying for the family I have been nannying for the summer. Apparently "nannying" is not a word...but in my vocabulary it is so sorry spell check. We were all watching the wonderful disney movie The Goofy Movie. During the scene when Goofy and Max had just left town for the road trip and are fighting about what music they should play and are going back and forth between some hill billy song and some teen rocker song then the tape player breaks and the tape is going all over the car, little E* (one of the boys I nanny) turns to me and asks,"What is that?" 


In my head I thought...what is that? He can't be talking about the car, Goofy, or Max, so he must be speaking about the tape. I then reply to E* by saying, "You mean the tape?" and then he says,"well what is that?"...this then turned into me explaining to E* and his older brother R* of what a tape is. They were completely confused why we would have a tape and something that literally had to be rewound and turned over to "Side B" to hear the rest of the tape.

Not that I am that old or anything or that I am that attached to tapes. But this is when it dawned on me that my children will have no idea what a tape is or a VHS. My mom still only has her Disney VHS movie collection because she refuses to re-buy all of them. So they (my future children) probably will see them. THANK GOODNESS.

But let's be honest here. We do not even own a VHS player or cassette tape player actually I take that back I have a karoake machine in storage that has a tape player. And my little sister has this cool Iphone case that makes the iphone look like a tape. And everytime someone new sees her case they OOOO and AHHH over it and how cool it is. Who would of thunk back in the 80's/90's or whenever that a tape phone case would really be that cool?


Anyway that's my little thought today on tapes and such.

===horizontal stripes===

my mother has always said that horizontal stripes are a no in the clothing department. you just don't wear them. they make you look chubbier/wider than you really are. and who wants that?

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usually i take mother's advice especially since according to the movie Tangled "Mother KNOWS Best" ,right? well recently i've ignored my mother's advice and have purchased horizontal stripes a lot.
this high waisted skirt from White House Black Market, a couple shirts, and some shirts for matson.

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i like horizontal stripes now.
especially my new items i was talking about above, that i purchased in Vegas this last weekend.
But...yes there is a but i have come to find that my mother's advice can be true.
KEYWORD: can.
you just gotta pair the horizontally striped clothing item with the right thing.
plus, the thinner the stripes the better.
at least that's my opinion.