Caiteyn, Mommy and Disneyland

A couple of weeks overdue I know, but we've been busy doing nothing! Caiteyn and I did make it out to Disneyland and it was really nice to be able to spend some alone time with her. We tried to avoid most of the heat and didn't arrive until about 2:00 which was perfect because as soon as we walked in, we were able to watch the parade (the same one that we've seen a thousand times!). After the parade was over we walked over to Space Mountain and she was fine until we actually walked inside the building; she started asking a lot of questions. I had to do some convincing because as soon as they strapped us in, she started crying. I knew that she was afraid of not knowing what was ahead more so than the actual ride. I just kept explaining to her what was about to happen and she calmed down. After we got off the ride I asked her if she wanted to go on it again, and she said, "I don't think so, it was a little too fast."

We then walked over to Matterhorn, which she had been talking about nonstop. We got on and she LOVED it, she wanted to ride it again right away. I told her that we should go on some other rides first and then we could come back to it. We then went over to Big Thunder and Pirates of the Caribbean. Every time that we visit Disneyland Caiteyn wants to walk through Tarzan's Treehouse, but with Carlie, it would be pretty difficult. So after Pirates we walked through the treehouse and got our stair workout for the day!

We went and had some dinner and it was really nice to be able to sit there just the two of us and hear Caiteyn talk about whatever was on her mind. Usually at dinner I'm trying to get the girls to eat, to sit down, to stop playing, pretty much everything else but carry on a conversation, so it was really fun to hear what she had to say.

After dinner we walked around and got on some other rides and then waited to watch Fantasmic. I hadn't seen Fantasmic since I was in high school and it was cool to see again. Right after Fantasmic was done the fireworks started, so we watched those for a while and then walked over towards Matterhorn. We rode it one last time and took this picture before it was about to take off.

As we were walking out, we stopped at one of the stores to get a sweet to share. I asked her what she wanted and she told me, "You can pick Momma because you took me on all the big rides today." We decided on a chocolate chip cookie, which was just as sweet as she is. We had a great time and she has already been asking me when we can go back just the two of us...