Disneyland Day 1

The girls were very excited to go to Disneyland! In fact Aly woke up at 6:30 in the morning begging Grandma T to go. Grandma tried to get her to go back to sleep but she was wide awake and ready to go. The park didn't open until 9:00 a.m. that morning. We managed to get there by 8:45. The park was pretty empty so we were able to have just a short wait on their favorite ride Dumbo. After that Grandma T and I went on Peter Pan while Daddy took the kids on Casey Junior train. We met up with him and did the carousal together.

After the carousal we decided to go on the Storybook ride. That is the ride where you are on a boat that goes through the whales mouth! Once we finished that we were headed to Toon Town since KK wanted to ride the Mickey Mouse Roller Coaster. Aly doesn't like that ride so KK, Mommy, and Grandma went on while Aly played in Goofy's house. After the ride was over we took KK to the bathroom. Yes, this is where our first problem began. KK was terrified of the automatic flush toilets!

After going to the bathroom we met up again with Daddy at the Mickey Mouse Fountain. KK was really clingy with Grandma today and wanted Grandma to hold her. Aly decided she wanted to try out Donald's house so we all began heading over there. Before I knew it I looked over my shoulder and Grandma was on the ground. There was a curb on the Mickey Mouse Fountain and Grandma couldn't see it since she was holding KK. She tripped and fell. She did an amazing job protecting KK. KK got up and walked away without a scratch. Unfortunately Grandma scrapped and bruised her knee and elbow as well as twisting her ankle.

At first Grandma couldn't feel any pain but I insisted on her seeing a nurse at least to bandage up her scrapes. It took about a half an hour to get the nurse. When the nurse came out she felt that Grandma's ankle was already a bit swollen and Gandma should get ice and a wheelchair. Tough Grandma said she was fine and could walk. The nurse didn't feel it was a good idea so Ed went with a staff member to get the wheelchair and we made Grandma sit in the chair.

At first Grandma felt o.k. so we went on the Jungle Book ride and headed over to California Adventures because they have much better food over there. We ate lunch and went on a few rides over at Bug's Life. At this point we thought it would be good to take Grandma back to the hotel to elevate her ankle and let the girls take naps. After naps we had dinner and we headed back to the park. Grandma wanted to stay at the hotel to rest and watch the Presidential debate.

Our kids ended up being so cranky that we were back after just an hour or so at the park. We all went to bed. Hubby and I talked over leaving Disneyland by noon the next day so we could take Grandma home so she could be seen by a doctor.

Alyssa is inside the pumpkin!