"The happiest place on Earth" was definitely that! This year for Marley's 6th birthday we decide to take her to Disneyland. We told her about 2 months ago and we've been counting down every since. I'm not sure who was more excited! Ironically Marley has never flown before either so not only was it her first real vacation out of the state, but also her first flight, which in this family is a big deal! We flew from Dallas Love to Orange County and Marley was a champ. She actually could have cared less and didn't even notice on take off on the way home until we had been in the air about 15 minutes. We spent the first day in downtown LA since it was Memorial Day and we figured Disney would be extra busy that day. We went to LA Museum of Natural History and the Kids Science Museum which had the space shuttle Endeavor. That was super neat!
Tuesday and Wednesday we went to Disneyland and California Adventure. Marley was a trooper! We walked over 6 miles each day and went from park open until after the fireworks show. She loved the fast rides and even rode two smaller rollercoasters, but the Grizzly River Run sent her over the edge! She was not a fan! Adam and I both said it was worth every penny to see the shear joy on her face throughout the entire day. We saw Mickey, Minnie, Chip (no Dale), Goofy and Donald the first 10 minutes in the park and she was bursting with excitement. When we got to see Cinderella, Snow White, Anna and Elsa and Olaf and she just about wouldn't leave as she was carrying on full conversations about their shoes, what color of mermaid fin she would want and how cold the ice was for Olaf. During the parade she began to hyperventilate trying to tell us about each character she saw coming on the next float. I'm really not sure who was smiling bigger, Marley or Adam and I. At one point we ran into Alice of Alice and Wonderland who told Marley to walk with her because she "was late for a very important date!" Marley ran back to us to tell us how fast they had to walk so Alice wasn't late. I truly felt it was the perfect time for us to go and live through Marley and her joy and belief in everything she saw.
On Thursday we headed to Laguna and Newport beach for the day to check it out. Marley was sure she was going swimming in the ocean until she got a touch of the freezing water on her little toes.
