Mickey's House

Today we headed out bright and early for our adventure to Mickey's House.  We left with plenty of time to drop off the dogs and still get the airport with plenty of time to leisurely stroll through security...or at least we thought we did.  The packed parking garage and a little misreading left us RUNNING to security and praying that they let us through without a boarding pass for our lap passenger Mr. Wyatt Bear...we were lucky they did (apparently they aren't supposed to but it's always a toss up whether they stop you or not) and we made it with minutes to spare before the plane starting boarding.  Grandma and Papa met us at the airport and were huge helps in getting us loaded up.  We decided to travel with carry ons only so we could rush straight to the park when we arrived...in theory it sounded good, but it ends up being a lot of stuff to keep track of.  We arrived in Orange County and Mr. Wyatt Bear promptly feel asleep on the shuttle since he had missed his morning nap...

We hit up California Adventures first and our very first ride of the day and Mr. Wyatt Bear's first ride ever was the Little Mermaid.  He loved the lights and music and Little Guy loved riding with Grandma and Papa.

I think it's hilarious that Little Guy LOVES riding the merry-go-round when we're in Disneyland.  We live two minutes away from a merry-go-round and still it's a must do when we're away on vacation.

Talk about an exciting first day- we saw Lightening McQueen and Little Guy was STOKED!  Carsland is pretty awesome and even more fun when your two year old is OBSESSED with race cars.

Daddy, Little Guy, Papa, and Grandma hit up the bumper tires so I hung out with this sleepy dude.  So far Disneyland seems to agree with Mr. Wyatt Bear's preference of being held 100% of the day.

Little Guy was SO excited to see the fire truck but as soon as we had a chance to go up and meet him, he freaked out and was not a fan.

Little Guy and Grandma loved riding on the caterpillar chomp-chomp train.  

Mr. Wyatt Bear was pleased as punch to get to ride the chomp chomp train AND stay in the carrier, win win for everyone!

After Bug's Land Mommy and Daddy hit up a ride just the two of us.  We decided that the seven minute wait for Tower of Terror was too good to pass up.  It was fun to ride something scary and even better that both boys fell asleep in the stroller while we were riding.

We headed over to Disneyland while the boys napped in the stroller and met up with the Santopadre Family.  We stopped for the classic castle picture then trekked it to Toontown.  Jackson and Little Guy were overjoyed to be together, it was fun to see.

We caught a group photo of all our littles in matching shirts and the mommies in matching Minnie shirts.  I love the friendships our kiddos share and feel so blessed to have Heather as my partner in crime.

Little Guy met Pluto for the first time.  He was excited to give him a big kiss on the nose.

A family photo with a character and no crying children...I think this has potential to make the Christmas card!

The mommies decided to bring the younger boys on Buzz Lightyear.  It was fun to see them try to battle the evil Emperor Zurg.

The boys were all ready with their corn dogs and french fries for the musical parade.  We scored great seats and decide to use all the winter gear since we had packed it...we clearly didn't need it since Uncle Chris stayed in shorts and it was maybe 60 degrees.

Twinsies for day two!

Little Guy loved the rides in Bug's Land.  They were all his size and most had pretty short lines.  He rode the bumper bugs with Daddy and thought it was pretty fun to drive.

Next up were the ladybugs...even with a short line it took forever since there were just five ladybugs to ride in, but Little Guy loved the spinning and I love the pre-ride kisses I got.

Our little family getting ready for another spin on the chomp-chomp choo choo train.

Little Guy loves the characters so I thought he'd be more comfortable this year, but we're not quite there.  He met the characters without tears, but he still needed his Daddy right by his side.

This cheeser loves Minnie Mouse!

After riding the Winnie Pooh ride, we found the most amazing bakery.  I was in love with the cookies and Little Guy was so excited to have a Monster cake pop.

While Little Guy slept in the stroller, this happy dude kept me company under the monorail.  Daddy needed to make some work calls so we had a little break.  I love Mr. Wyatt Bear's new hat!

Little Guy passed out in the stroller with half a chocolate cake pop and his milk.  Disneyland is exhausting.

Post nap chocolate face- he's all ready for the Pixar parade!

Family selfie

A late night stop to say hi to Mater.  

How precious is this movie room.  One of the perks of staying at a Disney Hotel.

Little Guy loves Nemo.  The ride is closed, but the murals are still up and he was so excited to see him at the start of Day 3.

Dumbo!  After braving the long line, we all had a chance to ride the flying elephants.

This is what exhausted looks like!  Sweet Mr. Wyatt Bear slept like a champ each night!

These two smiling faces made the whole trip perfect!  We took the raft out to Tom Sawyer's island, and who would have guessed it, Little Guy loved it.  We ended up on the island for almost three hours (without a diaper bag and with two stinky bums) and had a blast running through caves, bridges, and hills.

The trip slowly started to unravel as we waited for the shuttle bus (running an hour late), sat in traffic (that we had not budgeted time for), and then arrived at the airport with two very tired babies who had just fallen asleep as we exited the freeway.  We navigated through check in and security, only to be told our stroller was testing positive for explosives (apparently this is common after a trip to Disneyland, with all the fireworks and pyrotechnics), and that I had to have a full body screening...all the while Daddy manned Mr. Wyatt Bear and Little Guy laid in the center of security rolling on the ground crying...yes, that really did happen.  We finally cleared security and headed to our gate- I am pretty sure we were the most hated party boarding the airplane...Little Guy refused any milk or dinner and was just pretty much spent from three days of sensory overload and complete exhaustion.  He perked up on the flight and was actually enjoying the ride home until he had to prepare for the landing.  What happened next almost had to be seen to be believed- Little Guy screamed, kicked, cried, convulsed in ways I have NEVER witnessed before and completely lost it when asked to put his seat belt on.  I finally started laughing out loud, because it was either that or melt into a tantrum myself....we couldn't get off that airplane fast enough!  The spare outfits I had in the diaper bag doubled as pjs for the night and as soon as we hit the freeway our little loves were out!  It was an amazingly fun trip, but boy oh boy, the air travel just about did me in...and that's coming from someone who flew internationally just a few months back.  I can't wait for next year's trip, when we DRIVE!

Our families through the years...our first trip was in April 2010, next February 2013, then March 2014.  I can't wait to add to these photos.