Stein Family: California Adventure Park

Apparently every year Disney runs a promotion for southern California residents that gets you into 2 parks for the price of one. Lucky for us they were running that promotion when we planned to go anyway, so Wednesday we headed over to California Adventure Park. We had to be there first thing in the morning, because we had reservations to eat breakfast with the princesses at Ariel's Grotto. Thankfully this park was a little more laid back than Disneyland, I'm not sure the kids could've handled it otherwise -since we'd been at Disney so long the day before.

This is a picture outside the gate that I had actually taken the night before as we were leaving Disneyland.

Ariel's Grotto for breakfast with the princesses

Chris and the kids at breakfast. They gave us a selection of fresh fruit, meat, cheeses, danish, bagels and breads. Then they brought out the scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and potatos. It was quite good actually.

Clara and Ariel

Clara and Jonathan with Ariel

Clara with Sleeping Beauty

Clara and Snow White

Snow White trying to get a high five from Jonathan

Clara showed each princess her 'princess wave' and Jonathan imitated Cinderella with his hand on his chin

Getting Cinderella's autograph

Clara with Cinderella

Showing Belle the 'princess wave'

Big hugs for Belle. Jonathan tried to run over to Belle when she was visiting at the table before ours -- he was not excited when we told him to wait his turn. I guess we know who his favorite princess is :)

After breakfast

Yep, we have matching Mickey shirts!!! When Clara outgrows that one, I have another one for her and Jonathan can have that shirt -- then we'll ALL match!

We caught the Playhouse Disney show. It was done with puppets that were about 3ft. high. It was really cute.

They encouraged the kids to join in. Clara had a great time.

Daisy, Goofy, Mickey, Donald

Handy Manny was there too

And so were the tools (Pat, Dusty, Rusty, Turner, Squeeze, Felipe, and Stretch)

Even the Little Einsteins

And 'My Friends Tigger and Pooh'

'When you have a problem think...All you have to do is think, think, think..."

We heard the Aladdin show was really good - and it was. Like a little broadway show for kids. There were many jokes in it for the adults too, like the movies.