Where Dreams Come True!

We decided to take a trip to Disneyland this year, just before Madison turns 3 (so we didn't have to pay for her) as a pre-birthday celebration. It was so great. She was so excited and really had a great time. Her favorite ride was the tea cups-good thing she couldn't really spin them very fast or we would have been sick the whole time.
The highlight of the trip for all of us though was meeting the Princesses. However, now I know not to tell a little girl that she is going to get to talk to a specific princess and then have her go dressed up, ready to meet that princess when you can't be 100% sure that the particular princess will be there. Let me explain:
Madison's favorite princess is Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). Before going to Disneyland we got her all exited by saying we were going to talk to Sleeping Beauty, then, the night before Grandma (who came with us) bought her a Sleeping Beauty dress to wear which she didn't even want to take off to sleep (but we made her). So, when we get to the park we head over to meet the Princesses. It was a long slow line and while waiting we discovered that the Princesses rotate every 45min and you never know who you will meet so while in line they rotate and Sleeping Beauty LEAVES! When we finally got to the front Ariel, Belle and Tiana (Princess and the Frog) were there but it was too late, Madison was already set up for disappointment. She walked up to Ariel and said "I was waiting to see Sleeping Beauty." I felt like crying. She posed for pictures but when we left she siad with tears in her eyes "I wanted to see Sleeping Beauty and show her my dress." ...again, I almost cried.



Our only consolation was that we had the next day to try again. We got to the park early, rushed to the Princesses and waited. I went around the back where they came out to see who would be there and...Yes! Sleeping Beauty came out. I breathed a sigh of relief but as the line dragged on I kept watching the clock, panicking- what if they switched before we got up there?! I can't even describe the stress- I just couldn't stand to disappoint her again. Well, as I said, Dreams do come true because Madison got to meet Sleeping Beauty (who left right after Madison met her) as well as Cinderella, and Mulan; you can't put a price on seeing your little girl's dreams come true! It was so great! That just made the trip for us and everything else that happened was just a bonus! So thanks Disney for making this possible (although, I wish it didn't have to be so stressful!)
I just loved how comfortable Madison was with her, she sat right in her lap!


Of course the rides were great too. Madison LOVED the teacups- she could have stayed on them all day. She also liked Small World, the Carousel and the bug rides in California Adventure.


Our Little Princess! She was being so cute for Mahlon, she did this pose all on her own. She's starting to catch on and knows what to do when Mahlon takes her picture!
The other highlight of the trip was meeting Tinkerbell. It was such a cute set up, then made everything big so it looked like you were small like a fairy. We met Iradessa first and she was so nice! We had to wait for Tinkerbell to come out of her house and while she waited Iridessa was making faces at Ellie to make her smile, it was so great. Madison didn't say much, she was being shy but I also think she was just in awe to see Tinkerbell up close. Now she tells all her princess and Tinkerbell dolls "I saw you at Disneyland! I'm sorry I didn't bring you." Its so cute!

It was such a great trip, the only princess we didn't meet was Snow White so Madison keeps saying we have to go meet Snow White next time. Whenever that is...probably just before Ellie turns 3!