Happy Birthday to Me!

For my 35th birthday, we decided to venture to the happiest place on earth for a few days of fun. Unforatunatly, everyone else decided to join us on Sunday making for wall to wall people and a couple of miserable Riggio's. I did, however, enjoy some time with Joshua and Dominic in the Brother Bear Wilderness Playground on Sunday before heading back to the hotel for a nap. Had we remembered to pack our suits we would have hung out at the pool for a few hours. We made plans to meet the Bridges Family at 3:30pm but that fell through when Pam called to report that both parking structures were full and that there was nowhere to park....dang! We had to return to Disneyland either way for Jim to complete his annual pass, so we decided to have an early dinner in Frontierland (which was mighty good I might add - Matthew LOVED the toddler meal of rice with chicken) and hit a few rides. (make that 2 rides; Pirates and Winnie the Pooh). We turned into the hotel early and watched some television before nodding off.

Yesterday we awoke early and packed everything up. We scheduled the Character Breakfast in the restaurant for 7am so we could get an early start. All three boys loved seeing Lilo, Stitch, Pluto, Daisy, and Minnie, and Jim and I enjoyed the multitude of breakfast entrees. I waited only 15 minutes or so in the ticket line to receive my birthday gift....since we have annual passes I received a $69 gift card to use in the park rather than the standard one day pass. We were thrilled to find that we had arrived early enough to walk on nearly every ride before heading over to California Adventure at around 11:30am. Joshua braved the Matterhorn and loved it. I convinced both boys to join me on Thunder Mountain - Dominic cried. I guess we found another ride he won't go on again for a while. Matthew soaked in the sun and fed the ducks with Jim while me and the older boys enjoyed Pirates.

All in all, we had a fun trip and are already planning our return on February 8-9. We will be celebrating my niece's 6th birthday and our annivesary.