Last One, I promise

I forgot I had some more pictures to share of Disneyland... I know you guys have got to be sick and tired of Disneyland by now. But I have to get this stuff down... for memories sake. So, bare with me... but this is the last post about Disneyland for a while... I promise.

Here are more highlights (according to my sister):

Walking into the park with my parents for their first time in almost 30 years. My mom used to work in Disneyland as a teenager (at the restuarant in the Pirates of the Carribean) and my dad would come every summer with his family as a little boy. When they saw what used to be a huge parking lot is now California Adventure, I'm sure they thought everything else about Disneyland had changed but when they got through the Main Gate and than saw Main Street, you could see them magically swept away to the past and they lit up! It was really neat to watch, this was by far my highlight of the whole trip. My dad started taking about a magic shop that he loved going into on Main Street as a boy and sure enough it was still there. I think that made him really happy.

Telling my parents that the Peter Pan ride is by far the greatest ride in the whole park and my dad lit up again and got really animated and said, "You're right, that ride is so great."

Hannah, my little niece, constantly loving Elsie and smothering her with hugs and saying over and over again, "I love you Elsie." It was really sweet to see. She will be a great cousin.

*One lady, she was from Korea, actually asked to get a picture of our whole family and Elsie...I think it was because of Elsie, Hannah's adorable curls and Ella's big blue eyes. It was pretty funny, here she was at Disneyland, there are so many other things worth taking a picture of and she is taking a picture of us. I'm used to be an attraction when we go to other countries but not in the U.S. My dad got a great picture that capture the whole moment.

*During the firework show, Hannah was on her dad's shoulders and I was standing next to them and there is part of the show where they take clips from different movies where the characters are all wishing something. Well, when Pinnochio would say, "I wish I was real boy." Hannah would look at me and get all excited and say, "Pinnochio." Or, "I wish I was a part of that world." She would get really excited and say, "Ariel." She did this throughout the whole part and than gave me a huge hug! I loved it!!! She got really excited when she learned that Mary Poppins was narrating the whole thing.

*Watching my sister and brother-in-law (Chris and I) get into the whole pin trading experience. They became the dorks they used to make fun of...what goes around comes around. It was pretty funny to watch them but they got some great pins.

*Hearing my dad come into the hotel room at midnight because he wanted to stay and ride more rides like Splash Mountain and Peter Pan. He became a child at heart this trip, it was great to see.