Celebrating Uncle Bart's Birthday

Uncle Bart's request for celebrating his birthday this year was for the family to get together for the Character Breakfast at Disneyland and then spend the day together at the Happiest Place on Earth. Gramma and Papa, who's annual passes expired a year ago, and haven't been in a while were able to come today thanks to some passes Uncle Bart picked up on the military base. We had a great breakfast at the Plaza Inn and were greeted by quite a few characters. As often as we go to Disneyland, we've never done this character breakfast, so it was something new to us as a family. Both the girls loved it and enjoyed seeing the characters come to our table.

Having worked up enough courage to ask
Captain Hook for his autograph, she then stood for a picture. Following breakfast, we headed into Tomorrowland, doing some of the rides there. As we were heading out of Tomorrowland the back way, I noticed a member of the Dream Squad walking right towards me and Rachel, looking directly at us. Knowing it was still early in the day, I was hoping he was going to offer me the night's stay in the Mickey Mouse Suite at the Disneyland Hotel. LOL. No such luck this time. He first asked if we'd been on Space Mountain, and then he realized that Rachel was too small for Space Mountain. I think he was going to give us some FastPasses to get on the ride, but seeing how Rachel was too small for the ride, he then turned his attention to Hannah who had now joined me and Rachel. He acknowledged her birthday button (we got her and Uncle Bart one since her birthday is next week). He asked if she collected pins, and she does. He then presented her with a special package of two pins. He explained that one pin was hers to keep, but the other was for her to spread the magic and give away to someone today.

Mommy was very impressed that Daddy had the camera ready to capture this moment. I think he was hoping the Dream Squad was going to come through with something bigger for us. LOL. Hannah found a little girl later in the day to give the other pin to. Turns out, it was the little girls first time to Disneyland and she liked Tinkerbell! Our afternoon was filled with more rides and a stop to enjoy the shade and a corn dog. If you've never had a corn dog at Disneyland, you've got to try it at least once! They're huge and good! Hannah enjoyed hers! Daddy had left mid afternoon to head home to serve in his ministry at the evening church service. The girls and I stayed into the evening and hitched a ride home with Gramma and Papa. We finished out our day by watching the parade and hitting a few more rides. We grabbed dinner and then it was time to use our Fastpasses for Space Mountain. Hannah willingly went on the ride, but had second thoughts once we were five feet from boarding, and again once we were seated. She chose to sit next to Uncle Bart and she held on to him for dear life. I'm not sure she'll be going on that ride again anytime soon. LOL. The weather, while a little warm for Anaheim, was beautiful. It was crowded, as there are a couple more weeks of the Spring Break season left. But all in all, we had a great day and a lot of fun.