The Silveri Story: Disney time!

We drove up to Irvine the day before our Disney adventure began and we cooled off in Grandma Judy's neighborhood pool.

Look at these cool dudes chillin'! Everyone needed to rest up and get to bed early since we would have a big first day at Disney the next day and it was going to start very early. Since we were staying at the hotel, we got to enter Disney an hour before anyone else. That meant we needed to leave Grandma Judy's around 6 so we could drive there, check in and get into Disney by 7 am.

And then the moment had arrived. It was time for Disneyland!!

Ok, so we didn't quite get in at 7, we actually walked through the gates at 8, but probably an hour or so earlier had we not started so early so that was great!

After checking into the hotel, we headed into Disney, ready to tackle all that we could smooch into one day.

And how lucky were we to have Mickey taking photographs right as we walked in! Mickey is Aunt Carisa's favorite!

And Tatum likes Minnie pretty well too.

Let the fun in the happiest place on earth begin!

First stop, Space Mountain!

After the Buzz Lightyear ride, we went on It's a Small World, my favorite...

Grandma Dini loves lions so we had to get her picture with the lion bush behind her.

On to Toon Town and all it's fun!

Carisa took a spin in Mickey's car!

Checking out Mickey's fancy house,

and Tatum enjoyed his arm chair.

After a quick lunch we had packed and brought in with us, we digested on the train ride all around the park.

And how lucky that the Mickey show started just as we got off the train!

We headed over to a Woody show where we could see the petting zoo, trade some pins, and learn how to lasso...

And we ran into Mickey again!

And Woody and Jessie too!

For a small rest, we grabbed some refreshing frozen lemonade drinks and took a ride on the river boat. If only they served Bellini's. :)

Then it was time to check into the hotel! Tatum got to stay on her own little couch bed and loved this pillow. A quote from her favorite movie, Cinderella. The hotel was beautiful, and there were little hidden Mickey heads everywhere!

After a quick rest, we ran back to Main Street to catch the parade...

And after dinner we took a spin on my other favorite ride, Winnie the Pooh, and then headed over to watch the Fantasmic night show.

Since the park was open till midnight and we wanted to make the most of our time, Tatum, Peyton, Garrett and I jumped on the Matterhorn and caught the end of the fireworks show just as we got off. So beautiful! Peyton loves trains and was fascinated with the Monorail so we took that back to the hotel and fell into bed at midnight. A full day!

And just a few hours later, we were back in the swing of things, waiting in line for the new Cars ride at California Adventure. Even though we entered that park an hour early, we still had an hour wait in line. Crazy!

The kids were great sports and put up with all the lines as well as could be expected.

And I think we all agreed that the ride was definitely worth it. So fun!

While the others headed back to the hotel, we checked out another Cars ride, the floating tires!

Can you tell he loved it?!

And we got to see Lightning McQueen!

While Peyton and Garrett went on another roller coaster, Tatum and Grandma Dini went on the giant ferris wheel. Too high for me!

Tatum absolutely loved being with her Grandma. She waits all year for her visits!

We hit the Toy Story ride,

then cooled off in the Bugs world,

and then Tatum, Peyton, Garrett and I braved the Tower of Terror! So scary! Tatum wore her hat over her head the entire time, I don't blame her!

Ty grabbed a cat nap while we were gone, much needed. Then we went to see a really beautiful play of Aladdin, nice and cool and very funny.

Then it was dinner time and we headed to Downtown Disney and ate at a delicious Mexican restaurant. And the balloon guys came by so Tatum asked for Merida,