No School = Disneyland

There was no school today, due to Veteran's Day, so me and the girls took advantage of no school and headed to Disneyland!

It was a beautiful day for going, beautiful blue skies, just the right temps. We arrived to the park just after 9, and managed to beat a lot of the holiday crowds. We checked out the line for Finding Nemo...already a 90 minute wait so we skipped that one. Disneyland is mostly decorated for Christmas already so Small World was up and running in its holiday decor and song. We walked onto that ride and the three of us had the entire boat to ourselves! The girls thought that was pretty cool. We headed back into Toontown and did some exploring there. There are all sorts of fun props to pull and push that make noise and the girls had fun doing that. They were more than happy to pose for a picture in 'kid jail' as I called it. We strolled through Disneyland, stopping for a few favorite rides. Enjoying the Christmas decorations. And stopping in front of the castle for the morning show of Mickey and Friends with the Disneyland Band.After the band performance, we headed down Main Street, strolling through some shops and then made our way over California Adventure. As we were getting ready to enter the gates we ran into neighbors who lived right next door and moved about a year and a half ago. It was so nice to run into them and see how each other's kids had grown. We ended up spending the rest of the afternoon with them. Hannah and Karisa had so much fun riding rides together and hanging out. They used to play together a lot before her family moved. We talked about meeting up again at Disneyland and perhaps even arranging a play date for the girls.

We went our separate ways and we headed for home. We're looking forward to our next trip to Disneyland this weekend where we will spend the day with Mommy's good friend Karen, and her entire family, coming all the way from Pennsylvania.