Friday, May 6, 2016

Girls Trip to Disneyland

I had a doctor appt. down in LA early one morning. Luke thought it would be a good idea to take Wiggy with me and go to Disneyland later that day and stay the night. I ended up buying us a three day pass. When I told Wiggy she was coming down with me she was a little skeptical at first but I told her it was going to be a girl's weekend down in LA. She was so excited to go with me. It really did make me feel good.
The night before we left she made her list of everything she wanted to do. It all sounds really good. Manicures and pedicures, Cheesecake Factory, pretzels, go to a movie, get Sprinkles cupcakes and of course SHOPPING. Lots of shopping.
After my doctor appointment at USC I drove to Anaheim. She had her Ipad, so she wasn't paying much attention when we drove into the Disney parking structure. When I told her where we were and what we were doing for the next three days, she was VERY excited. She has been asking when we were going to Disneyland for MONTHS. She told me it was ok to get rid of the list she made. It was very cute.
Since it was close to 11am when we arrived, we decided to head to California Adventure the first day.
 Car parked and headed down to the tram!



 Face painted. Check!


Tower of Terror was a hit. I love that this girl will ride ANYTHING!!

We left the park around 8 and eventually got to Cheesecake Factory close to 9pm. Amazingly our food super quick after ordering and we were out the door and headed to hotel around 9:45. 

 Day 2 ......we were up and to the park by 8:30am. 
We stopped by Jamba Juice at Downtown Disney on our way in. We were headed to Disneyland for the last two days. She also had an appointment at the Bippity Boppity Boutique that afternoon.
 We are twinning today! 
 


 Dumbo ride!
 Waited in line an hour to see Minnie at her house in Toon Town.
Tea Cups. 
I think we rode this 3-4 times.
 



For lunch Wiggy had some snacks in Tomorrowland. I opted for a lunch/dinner of fried chicken and mashed potatoes. We ended up trying to leave the park at the worst time ever! It was right before a fireworks show was set to begin and there were so many people in the area by the exit, it took foreverrrrrrrr. We eventually made our way out and to the tram.
We had a full day at the park and there was a sleepy girl on the tram back to the Disney parking structure. Rapunzel was exhausted! We got to bed around 11pm.

Day 3...
We have a Magic morning early entrance pass. We had to take advantage of it so I drug myself out of bed at 6am. I was so tired! While I showered I called out to Wiggy and she eventually came and made her way to the shower. We were so close to the park, we decided to walk to the park instead of drive. We go to the park at 7am! Woot-woot.
We headed to the rides that we were unable to ride yesterday. The Matterhorn had no line so that was our first stop. I swear that ride kills by back every time! 



Next was some rocket ride in Tomorrowland.
It was like Dumbo, but in rockets. Totally exciting. Haha. But that's what she wanted to ride. 
We wanted to hit Frontierland, but they told on Magic Mornings only Tomorrowland and Fantasyland are open at 7am. Bummer! So we headed to Peter Pan. Still waited about 30 minutes, but that was fine. People love their Peter Pan! I bet it's in the top five longest lines. 
After the park officially opened we rode Splash Mountain a few times. We always rode in the back, so we didn't really get wet. Thank goodness. Both days we rode in the morning, while it was still cool outside. 
 We spent most of the morning meeting different characters and getting the autograph book signed. We were both tired and she was tired of waiting in lines. I didn't blame her! 
 
 She has been asking for a balloon since we arrived, but I made her wait because we had no place to put the balloon while we rode rides. I got her one right before we left the park. Funny enough, she poked at it on our way home and she popped it. Nine dollar balloon. Ugh.
The walk back to the hotel was fun for the first 10 minutes--but then Rapunzel started to get whiny and crabby. Apparently she isn't big on exercise or walking. :)
We checked out from the hotel around 3pm and then drove to the American at Brand in Burbank for lunch. We got home on Saturday night around 7pm.
It was a wonderful girl's weekend. One that I hope she does remember. If not, I have millions of photos and videos to remind her. 


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That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....

So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.

Florida 2008