Disneyland in September

So we bought year passes for D-Land and its my goal to get my money's worth as far as is possible, specifically going once a month. So we went at the end of September (on the hottest day of forever I think). Here's what we did.

We started in California Adventure Land. When we start at Disneyland, we never seem to make it to CA so we thought we'd go there first. We also wanted to be sure to see what Halloween-ness they had to offer.

While there we met . . .

Snow White (Mommy's favorite princess) and Dopey
Adria LOVED Snow White . . . not at all a fan of Dopey

Jasmine (Lainey's favorite princess)

Mulan (no one's favorite princess . . . am I wrong? I have never heard anyone say that Mulan is their favorite.)

The Incredibles

We rode . . .
the bumper cars

the slowest roller coaster in the history of mankind (seriously--old ladies with walkers passed us on this one)
. . . but it did have interactive smells so that was cool.
. . . and it was just at Lainey's fear-factor-level

We also went on this up and down ride
and got some super hot (literally . . . it was 99 degrees and humid) of each of us.

We then headed over to the huge Ferris Wheel. I thought I'd be okay since it is fully enclosed, unlike the scary carnival ones. But when I saw the ride stop abruptly to let a little kid off and when he ran to the trash can and barfed, I felt a little bit nervous; and when we entered the car that not only goes around, but also slides, I felt more nervous. The near breaking point for me was when I saw this . . .
Ferris Wheel Barf Bag . . . nothing says "fun" like motion sickness!

I was okay when the wheel started to turn,
as was daddy (but he's always okay)

but my "nervous mom hand to the knee" quickly came out (as if one hand on Lainey's knee can save her from ferris wheel doom.)


both Lainey and I tried to show pure braveness, but I think our faces tell a different story

We took a break from the heat and enjoyed a showing of Playhouse Disney

Lastly, we headed over to Disneyland to go on the Haunted House. A little birdie told us that it had just reopened it's doors after being closed to get all "Nightmare Before Christmas" decked out. Lainey was so excited and then we saw this . . .
We were TWO days early!!! Aaargh!

But we thought it a perfect opportunity for a photo anyhow.

It was way too hot so we decided to get the heck out of there (We were going to go on Pirates to cool off, but it was temporarily closed . . . Daddy says, "That's probably 'cause someone barfed." Really? That's too much barf in one day!)

The girls waited patiently for the tram to pick us up to take us to our car.
Once in the car, they were out!

Lainey was so tired, she had a drool string. Look closely, its running down her seat belt!