Disney Day 2....Part 1

Back to the Disney update!! So on Friday, our second day on our vacation, we went across the little walkway to California Adventure. Rick and I really liked this park. We didn't get to spend much time here last year so it was nice to spend the whole day this year. Before we got out the door, we had to do a little posing with the mouse ears! Good thing we took pictures before we went outside.......because it BUCKETED rain!! Notice the lovely ponchos in some of the pictures. I HATE ponchos!! Ashleigh hated hers as well and Addison just sat in the stroller all covered up so she didn't need hers! Big Daddy was the only one that wore his!! He's the only smart one in the family! lol


California Adventure has a lot of fun things to do. Last year Ashleigh was too small to go on anything really big here. This year she was able to go on almost everything. My favorite ride, Soarin Over California, was a big hit with her. She rode with Rick and then again with me. It's really cool because you actually feel like you are flying. I know Addison will love it when she is tall enough.

Right outside Soarin, was a cute little Cars thing. The girls had to pose with Lightening McQueen and Tow Mater....hope I got those names right! I've only heard the movie from the from of the car! lol


After we each rode a few times, it was over to Aladdin, the musical. (Make sure you scroll down to the video) We missed this last year and kept hearing people talk about how neat it was. It as sooo great!! They did a fantastic job putting it on! The girls LOVED it!! Rick loved it as well since it is his favorite Disney movie.


I loved Genie and the Magic Carpet!!


I'm sure they will be making a Wall-E ride soon! We love Wall-E!

Then we went to Monsters, Inc. Again last year this one was closed so we didn't get to do it. We made up for it this year!! We probably rode it 10 times in a row!! We enjoyed seeing different things each time we rode it. There are 6 hidden Mickey ears throughout the ride. We were able to find them all...tells you how much we rode this ride!!! lol


They really do make it feel like you have seen the whole movie in the time it took to ride the ride. I'm glad it was open this year as we did have so much fun in Monstropolis!

After we finally finished riding Monsters, Inc. I wanted to take a few pictures of the girls. They posed so cute in front of this fountain. Last year Addison was asleep so we didn't get any pictures of her around the ride. This year she was in a better mood than Ashleigh to take pictures!

That's it for today.....the Sharks play tonight...so I gotta get busy getting ready.

The Stash...Day 30

I had to take a break from the Disney adventures to share the latest picture of the Stash!!

Seriously it now is a common topic of conversation in our house! The girls can't figure out what is on Daddy's lip! I don't even recognize my wonderful husband anymore!!

He now tells me today that it is getting so long that it tickles his nose!! Also he has started to condition it so it doesn't itch and feel so rough! We are still waiting for the stash wax to get here! I think on Monday I am going to have to give them a call to see what happened to it!

People are starting to really give him the creepo look now as well! I know they think we are total white trash! All we have to do is have about 10 more kids and we'll fit right in!!

Now it's off to bed....until tomorrow.....

Day 1 Part 2....

I wanted to break the days up so I wouldn't have to post 50 pictures in one post!! This is day 1 continued. After hitting the tea cups and Dumbo, the girls wanted to ride on Storybook Land. This is a very cool ride because you ride on a boat that is named after a princess. Everything you see is miniature. As we were waiting in the short line, Addison was certain she was going to climb the railing.....

And she made it! lol The girls we so excited!

You start out the ride going into the mouth of the whale from Pinocchio.


The girls loved the name of our boat.....

Whenever I see Pansies, I always think of my Grandparents. There were so many here and they were so beautiful.

Cinderella's castle
Daddy and Ashleigh looking at the city of Agraba

After finishing all of the rides in Fantasy Land, we hit Toontown.

The Roger Rabbit ride was a blast!!


Toontown is really cool because they have all kinds of things for the kids to play with. The girls liked pretending they spread these bars!

This is one of my favorite pictures!! We just got the mouse ears and they had to pose with them. I was surprised that they each picked out the same ones.

Again, more fun stuff to play in.

This was a wishing well outside Minnie's house. We didn't go through her house because there was a little bit of a line so we decided to see the wishing well that talked to you when you threw something in it and head for Mickey's house.


Mickey's house is really neat too! There is all kinds of things for the kids to try out and explore. This chair was in front of an old TV that was playing black and white classic Mickey cartoons.

Last year when it came time to see Mickey, Ashleigh gave him a high five and Addison wanted nothing to do with him. It is amazing what a year does! They both were happy to see him!

There is a large play area in the shape of a boat, complete with waterfalls and water surrounding it for the kids to play on. Of course we had to make a stop at it. Addison and I went to the bathroom while Daddy and Ashleigh had some fun playtime.


It wouldn't be a Bronwell outing without a cheesy picture of the girls together!

I LOVE this look!

This is Cinderella's castle at night. I don't think I will ever get tired of taking pictures of it. It is absolutely gorgeous!

Addison in Dumbo, AGAIN, with her magic feather.

After Dumbo, we went over to Casey Jr. the train ride. Side note, I had no idea it was actually in the movie Dumbo! The girls were watching it on the ride home and we heard the little song playing! Anyway Ashleigh is pouting because she wanted to ride in one of the cages! This was our last ride of the night and we told her we would ride it again another day and she hopefully could get a cage. She still wasn't happy! lol

More self taken picture time!

Finally getting a little happy!

After telling the girls that the train was our last ride...we had to jump on the tea cups one last time.....

And of course Dumbo! Ashleigh rode with me this time. She is a kick! On Dumbo, there is a little control that takes your Dumbo up and down. You can see the whole Fantasy Land area from the top and then when you go down to the bottom, there is water. Ashleigh kept saying, "Are we going to crash into the water? I don't think so!" and would raise the Dumbo up again. They both really love this ride and would have been happy riding it over and over and over again!
Day one was a good day. Ashleigh rode Splash Mountain with Rick. That was a big step for her. I really hoped she liked it so much she would go with me. When they got off the ride, I asked her how she liked it and she says, "I didn't like it AT ALL!" So much for her riding with me! Rick bought the picture of them going down the big drop and a little snow globe for her to remember her first time. I'll have to scan the picture soon.

We pretty much rode everything in the park. They really didn't like Pirates Of The Caribbean, but since it is Rick's favorite ride, we rode it a few times and by the end of the vacation, they actually kinda liked it.

That's enough for now.....until tomorrow!