Disneyland-this is more like it

Tuesday morning we woke up way early (5:30 a.m.) to get to the park on our early day. It was a struggle to wake up, but we were looking forward to beating the crowds in Fantasyland. We went right there and rode all the cute kids rides. They loved them all. We went on the Dumbo ride, the Teaccups, sans Susan. We hit all the rides that looked packed yesterday like Peter Pan, Pinnochio, Alice in Wonderland, Toad's Wild Ride and all the rest of them in that area. Sadly, It's A Small World was closed, but the kids never seemed to notice. The kids really enjoyed these rides a lot more than the ones they had ridden the day before.

Our next order of business was to get the kids their ears. They were so excited to have their names sewed onto the back of them. Ainsley picked out the ears that had an earring in them. She was sold as soon as she saw them. Ty took his time looking over all the ears but then settled on the classic black. They looked so cute in them. They saw their shadows with their ears on and had fun pretending they were Minnie and Mickey Mouse.

Then it was time to wait in line for the Princess Fantasy Faire to begin. Luckily we were pretty close to the front of the line when it began. Ainsley and Ty were really looking forward to meeting the princesses. We finally got to turn the corner, and who was there? Snow White, Tyler's favorite princess! And what did he do right away? Freak out (not in the good way) and ran to Blake. He clung to his neck to the whole time we were in the princess area. I thought he would love them, but I guess I was wrong. Ainsley, on the other hand, was more than happy to meet them. She talked with Snow White for a bit and then Cinderella was next. She was so sweet to Ainsley. I could tell Ainsley was in total awe because Cinderella was just so kind to her. I think Cinderella quickly became her favorite princess. After Cinderella, Prince Phillip was next. He was really sweet to Ainsley, too. Not too hard on the eyes, either. After meeting them, Susan took Ainsley to get her hair done at the Royal Court Salon. We waited FOREVER, but finally Ainsley's turn came. She asked for her hair to be done like Cinderella.

Meanwhile, while Ainsley and Susan waited for their appointment, Blake took Tyler to go on some rides. They went on the Jungle Book ride and he loved it. He was in animal heaven. They had all of his favorites...elephants, hippos, giraffes, zebras, lions and more. It was such a cute ride and Ty rode it 3 more times by the time we left Disneyland. In the afternoon we headed back to the hotel for a nap since we got up so early. We tried to get some sleep, but the kids weren't having it. So we laid around for a while and dozed off a little bit at a time. We headed back to Disneyland. Ainsley found her favorite ride, at last. It was the Soarin' over California ride and both the kids thought it was a blast. We went to dinner at a restaraunt in Adventureland. We were so hungry, everything looked good. When we got our food, we realized we weren't that hungry. The food wasn't that great, but it was nice to sit down and eat.
After dinner we headed over to see the light parade. The kids were really tired and cranky, but we made them stay up and watch the parade. Tyler ended up falling asleep in Susan's arms and missed the whole parade. Ainsley got happy again once the parade started. It was fun to see all the floats lit up and the music made it so cool. Ainsley decided she liked parades after all. After the parade, we headed back to the hotel to get to sleep. We had another fun day ahead of us.