Birthday Surprise

Arianna on Winnie the Pooh
Arianna and Mommy on Indiana Jones

Arianna on Astro Blaster

Kara riding Big Thunder Mountain

Arianna and Mommy with Dale

Arianna and Daddy on Jumping Jellyfish

Arianna with her face painting

Arianna and Mommy riding Matterhorn

Arianna riding Big Thunder Mountain

Well this last weekend was a fun adventure. My birthday was on Friday the 20th. Up until Wed/Thur Michael had told me that we were going to the Oregon Coast for my birthday, but he would not tell me where we were staying, etc. Then the day before while i was getting ready to pack he told me the truth - so I could pack appropriately ( i had been packing warm clothing because it was going to be rainy in oregon). We decided not to tell Arianna until we got to the airport. We had decided earlier (when i still thought we were going to the coast) that we were not going to take Ethan because he would not enjoy all the driving and sitting around. We were still not going to take him to Disneyland because where we had limited time we wanted to get as much in as we could and that would have been too much for him. So Ethan stayed with grandpa and grandma. So we dropped him off on Thursday night and drove into Portland to fly out of there.

We got into CA around 2:00 and into the park around 4:00. We got some special fastpasses since it was my birthday and then that night we ate at Blue Bayou for dinner. We had a great time the whole time we were there. On Sat we went to the park at 7:30 and left at midnight. With two breaks for lunch with princesses and dinner. Sunday we had breakfast at Goofys kitchen so we got into the park at 10:30 or so and stayed until 11 pm and then flew home on Monday.

Arianna had some much fun. She was so surprised to go when we got to the airport. She was able to ride all of the adult rides this time. Her favorites were Tower of Terror, California Screaming, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, etc. Pretty much everything - the only thing she didn't like is Indiana Jones - she would ride it but would close her eyes. She loves all the rides which makes it so fun to go with her - we can go on anything. Also her big thing was that she wanted to ride whatever she could on her own. Thus if she could she wanted Michael and I to sit together and then she would get her own seat/cart. She even rode Mulholland Madness on her own as a single rider while Michael and I waited for her.