California Adventures!

Maren:

Our second and third days in the parks we spent at California Adventures.  Mommy and daddy had never been there either so it was a new experience for all of us.  The park is quite a bit different from Disneyland but still lots of fun.  

One of the most amazing things they had in the park is a live show of Frozen.  Daddy took Maddox back for a nap and mommy and I got to watch it.  We were running across the park to go and see it when we ran into Minnie Mouse!  So, we stopped to say hello, she gave me some kisses and we headed to see the show.  It was really amazing!  Elsa and Anna sang all of their songs and I got to see it all in person!  Then, after the show we took a chance, walked over to a different building and got to meet Elsa and Anna in person.  I was beaming from ear to ear and was so excited that I could barely speak!  They both gave me lots of hugs and snuggles and I was over the moon happy.  

One of the nights in California Adventure we got to have dinner with the princesses at Ariel's Grotto.  When we got there, we got a special meeting with Ariel and then a bunch of princesses came right to our table!  I got to see Cinderella and Belle again, but was super excited that I got to meet Rapunzel and Aurora for the very first time.  

The second day at California Adventure started off a bit rainy but it didn't stop us... we are Oregonian's after all!  Mommy and Daddy bundled us up and we just spent the first few hours checking out shows and such.  One of my favorites was Turtle Talk with Crush!  We sat down in a big room and Crush (the turtle from Finding Nemo) came in and talked to us.  He actually swam right up to me and I got to ask him a question.  I was kinda shy so all I said was "You're funny!"  

One of the most fantastic things in the park was an area they had set up for kids to play.  There were zip lines, slides, rock and rope climbs... we spent hours there just climbing and playing.  Both Maddox and I really enjoyed it. 

Maddox:

Our adventures continue and I am having a blast!  Because I am little, there are a lot of rides I can't go on, but I'm pretty happy just walking around and checking things out.  They had a bunch of stuff for littles to do in the park.  My favorites were: the water play ground, where they had a whole area of shooting fountains that would go off randomly.  I loved chasing the water and running from it!  I also really liked the Adventure land where they had lots of rope ladders to climb on (even though they kinda scared me) and slides.  I went down the slides at least 100 times and would cry every time mommy and daddy said it was time to go!  Of course I loved cars land!  There were cars everywhere and there were actually a few rides I could go on.  My favorite was Luigi's dancing cars.  That was super fun!  I also really enjoyed the Pixar parade because of the music, the characters still were very scary, but as long as they stayed away from me I was fine!  The World of Color show was also pretty spectacular.  I loved the lights and music and danced on mommys shoulders the whole time.