After we rode Monsters, Inc. we decided to stop for lunch. This is when I asked the girls what their favorite rides were.
After lunch we headed over to Playhouse Disney. They take a few shows that are playing on the Disney Channel and use puppets and act them out. The girls loved it! Last year they both fell asleep! It was different shows and we didn't really know them. This year it was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, My Friends Tigger And Pooh and Handy Manny. While waiting for the the show to start, they girls did a little MONEY MAKER Shakin!! Oh and on the way to the show...I had to snap this shot.....COME ON!!! You're in a theme park....you walk ALL over...and you chose THIS to wear?!?!?!!? Keep in mind it was cold too!!
After we danced at Playhouse Disney, we went over to the Muppets. California Adventure has a lot of 3-D attractions. The Muppets was a great show. I love how Addison puts on the glasses upside down! She did this every time we were given a pair! Of course we had to take goofy pictures while waiting! It wouldn't be a Bronwell adventure without them!
After Muppets, we decided it had slowed down in the rain department and ventured out to do a few rides outside. Ashleigh loves this next ride! She had been talking about it all day and couldn't wait to ride it! The little caterpillar that you ride acts like he is eating food while you are riding along. When you go through the watermelon, you get misted with watermelon smelling water. When you go through the animal crackers it smells like animal crackers. Ashleigh told me when I rode it with her, that she likes it because Heimlich, the caterpillar, like candy corn and so does she!! She is still talking about this ride!
Ashleigh is such a little protector of Addison!! We were getting ready to ride the ladybugs which were kinda like the teacups. They spin around but you don't turn a center thing. Ashleigh was telling Addison not to be scared!
Next was these Flick's Flying something. This whole area is after A Bug's Life. I HATE this ride!! I take after my mom in my old age!! I really don't like rides....I just suck it up. Our children.....LOVE this ride!! Ashleigh rode with me and Addison rode with Daddy. You get in these box things that go up and around. They are a lot like the balloons at Gilroy Gardens.
Ashleigh before the ride started......
During the ride! Addison was doing the same thing...I just couldn't turn around to get her picture! Daddy taught them to do this while riding. I, on the other hand, hold on for dear life!
I love that Rick looks like he is talking to himself!!
This is just a picture of Paradise Pier....not everything was working due to the weather. Thankfully the roller coaster wasn't working when we went by the first time!
Next we headed to another carousel....more my speed!! Again let the craziness begin! This is why I take the pictures!! lol
I really like the light on this one. It was just starting to get dark.
As we made our way over to Grizzly Peak, we ran into a marching band......
It totally brought back the memories for both Big Daddy and I. When I went to Disneyland for the first time in 1992, (damn I just dated myself!) my band marched in the nighttime parade. They hadn't built California Adventure yet. We both shared great memories marching in the band!After the band passed, we went to ride another one of our favorites from last year...and unfortunately it wasn't working for some reason. Grizzly Peak is a water ride that you ride in these raft things and get wet. I am thinking it was too cold for it to be working, but it didn't even have water in it. The girls both were sleeping last year so we took turns riding it by ourselves. Ashleigh would have been tall enough this year.
So of course you know that the Bronwell's just can't have a normal day without something crazy happening.....this was was no exception!As we walked back around to investigate why Grizzly Peak wasn't working, I saw a few people standing around this trash can...so we decided to see what was going on. This trash can was talking!! I took a video of it and had to stop taking it when it started to chase me!! It thought I was taking a picture and kept saying "CHEEEEEESSEEEEEEE!!!"
Addison was so scared that she wouldn't even get out of the stroller!! Ashleigh grabbed onto Rick and didn't understand what was going on...
and Big Daddy thought it was great!!!
I have so much more to post but am going to stop for today. I don't want to make my post so long that it takes forever to read....besides its time to try to get the little monkeys in bed. Rick will be home late tonight...and I am happy to report, now that the road trip is over, no car crashes and nothing eventful really happened!!! He is home for 6 days with 3 games then gone again for 8...not like I had said this before! lol It's supposed to rain all week again....and I am sick of it! Seriously it never rains in the summer but does this time of year. At least everythign is green and not brown and nasty like it gets in the summer!
Okay...enough from me...until tomorrow.....
oh and I can't wait to see how much the Stash has grown! And the wax finally got here!!!! SOOO stay tuned for another installment of....THE STASH!!
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Hey,
I still have the Mickey pin that you brought back from Disneyland way back in 92. Now I feel old too :)
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