Family Vacation

We went on our first family vacation in years and it was so much fun!  We took a trip down to Southern California and packed in the fun. 

Our first stop: THE BEACH!

We've been reading this Arthur book (over and over again) about Arthur's family vacation and at the end of the book they go to the beach, so Marisa couldn't wait to go there herself. 

 They were not dissapointed!

We played in the sand...

and in the waves...

They loved the beach!

Our next stop: Disneyland!  I grew up in Long Beach, so my family went to Disneyland a lot.  This vacation was probably more for me than anyone else!  I had so much fun showing my girls all the rides I loved when I was a little girl, it was a blast! 

The teacups

The rockets - Marisa's favorite ride although it doesn't look like it from the picture.  We rode these 4 times she loved it so much!

Dumbo

Marisa and Megan love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so of course we had to meet all the characters.  It was so fun to see how excited they were to see Mickey and Pluto (Megan's favorite) in person!  We warned them ahead of time that Mickey is really tall in real life so they wouldn't be too afraid and it worked!

Tiana

Ariel - Marisa LOVED Ariel.  She gave her a big hug and asked her a bunch of questions and Marisa just beamed through the whole thing!

Cinderella

Giving Donald a hug

Chip and Dale

Megan LOVED Pluto

and of course Mickey Mouse!

I love Disneyland!

We also went to the San Diego Zoo...

Megan loved the monkeys, I'm not surprised because she is our little monkey climbing around the house all the time!

Of course we had to hit a baseball game.  The Detroit Tigers have been Gary's favorite team since he was a kid (passed down from his Dad) and they just happened to be in town playing the Angel's that week.  The girls loved seeing a baseball game in person, they are so used to seeing it on the TV all the time :)  and the Tiger's won so that just topped it all off!

Overall it was a great vacation.  The girls had so much fun and so did we!  We were all totally exhausted when we got back though and really needed a vaction after our vacation. 

(notice the Arthur book)

I think the best part was spending the WHOLE week with Gary and the girls.  They are such good friends already and I love them so much! 

I can't wait to go again next year!  Ha ha just kidding Gary ;)