Mother's Day Preschool Celebration

Yesterday I went with Madison to her preschool for a Mother's Day craft along with muffins and juice! We had so much fun! When I went to pick Madison up from preschool she was glowing and just kept saying how fun it was to have me in her classroom for the morning. It made my day! I am so blessed to have her as my daughter! She continuously brings me joy!




Here is the cute Sunflower Madison made for me at Preschool that I was given at our Mother's Day breakfast!

My Sweet Boy

Goofy's Kitchen

After two fun filled days with rides, princesses, adventure, and fun park snacks and food, we wanted to finish out the trip with a bang and I am so glad that we did! We had reservations at Goofy's Kitchen. I had been to Goofy's Kitchen as a kid, but couldn't remember much, other than that I saw Mickey.

This was probably one of the highlights of the trip! Madison was able to meet: Goofy, Pluto, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Chip, Dale, and Snow White. She was in heaven. I am not so sure how much dinner she actually ate because of all of the characters, but her face was priceless.





I think my favorite interaction she had was with Peter Pan. He was the most perfect Peter Pan. He got right down to her level and was right in her face talking (like a boy) and completely in character telling her she didn't want to grow up. Madison was so cute...she was twirling her hair almost the whole time he was talking to her! We caught some of it on video.




Madison was obsessed with Captain Hook. We had just watched Peter Pan with Madison, for the first time, before going to Disneyland, so she knew all about Captain Hook, but she kept telling him he was nice (he was in full character pretending not to like little kids) and finally at the end of our visit, he tipped hi hat at her and she melted. :)



It was also extra special to see Madison with Snow White because she'd been dying to see one of the princesses! She told Snow White that Dopey was her favorite Dwarf and Snow White told her that she'd tell him, "Hi" for her.






Madison also enjoyed dancing with both Chip and Dale. We learned that Chip is the one with the black nose just like a chocolate chip and Dale has the brownish red nose! :)

California Adventure

On day 2 we went to California Adventure! Aside, from Madison never having been there, my parents had never been their either, so it was doubly fun watching them all enjoy the park! Madison's hair (because of all of the hairspray) was still perfect and in tact so we let Madison get all dolled up again in her Cinderella outfit, so you'll see her sporting her princess outfit once again (except she added hot pink Tinkerbell socks "because they are what princesses wear")


The first thing we did in CA Adventure was go on the Monsters Inc ride. Madison LOVES this movie and the ride was equally cute! She was able to go on it a few times because not a single person was in line ahead of us, due to how early we were able to get in.








Here in California Adventure, Madison met her first Character: Pluto! It was so cute to watch her interact with him. She was the only one in line (we had some special meet and greet privileges because of my mom's Disney Visa), so she was able to spend a lot of time playing with Pluto.






After meeting Pluto, we went to Bug's Land and rode on a lot of fun rides there! Madison LOVED this land and really enjoyed all of the decorations because of all of the bugs (if you read my earlier posts, she's still obsessed with bugs).









After Bug's Land, my parents and Alex went on Soaring of California and Madison, Hudson and I explored the park on the hunt to find more characters. We were in luck! We came across Minnie Mouse, Duffy the Bear (the bear that Minnie made for Mickey), and Mickey Mouse. We managed to get some cute pictures while waiting for everyone to get off of the ride.







The last thing we did in California Adventure before leaving for our yummy dinner at Goofy's Kitchen was to go to Paradise Pier and Alex played a few games and Madison did as well and we won a fun Mickey Mouse! My mom, Alex and Madison also went on the Paradise Pier Carousel.






We had a great time at California Adventure and look forward to our next visit!

Disneyland

After we finished up at the Boutique, we had sooo much fun going on all of the different rides and watching Madison's face light up! The park was deceiving. When we arrived it looked like there were a ton of people that had had the same idea as us, but we never waited in a line longer than 20 minutes. It was great!



We were able to go on so many fun rides. Madison still talks about Pirates of the Caribbean and says that by far that was her favorite ride! She walks around the house saying, "Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirates life for me!" I just love hearing Madison retell her experience and what she remembers!



I can't wait to go again! We will be going again before the end of October because we still have one ticket left on our special 3 day military tickets! :)

Buzz Light Year



It's a Small World


Storybook Land


Carousel


Finding Nemo

Dancing with Mary Poppins

I have been trying for three days now to post the video of Madison dancing with Mary Poppins and Burt, but for some reason Blogger won't let me. Anyway, here are the pictures we captured of Madison dancing and having the time of her life!

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique

On Monday, April 25th, we arrived at the Disneyland Hotel around 9:00 in the morning! We took all of our stuff up to our room and then headed off to Disneyland. Our first stop for the day was the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.

Now, when we'd been telling Madison about this trip, we told her we were going to Disneyland and that she was going to get to turn into a princess for one day as a special birthday gift from grandma and grandpa. So, naturally, we began asking her which princess she wanted to be. First, it was Belle, then it was Sleeping Beauty and then Cinderella, and then Rapunzel. Needless to say, she had trouble making up her mind because she is so in love with all of the Disney movies right now (and I'm in heaven with this phase, being the Disney nut that I am). Finally, about three days before leaving for our trip, she decided she wanted to be Sleeping Beauty because she wanted to wear a pink dress. So, we were all prepped and ready for Madison to turn into Sleeping Beauty.

Okay, so back to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, when we walked in to the Boutique, Madison was pulled in every direction as all of the gowns, shoes, accessories, and wigs were on display for pretty much every princess you can think of, including some of the popular non-princesses (Tinkerbell, Alice, Minnie Mouse). At that moment, I had a feeling Sleeping Beauty might have some competition. Madison ran back and forth between all of the beautiful dresses. She finally decided that she wanted to be Rapunzel, but the only problem was because she was so new, they didn't have all of the fun accessories to go with her. Once Madison found that out, it was back to the drawing board. We were running out of time because when her name was called for her appointment she was supposed to have picked her princess so that her Fairy God Mother in training, could take her shopping for all of the pieces that went with her outfit. Madison decided that she wanted to be Sleeping Beauty once again because she wanted a pink dress, BUT once she started looking at the accessories, she liked Cinderella's better, particularly the shoes! And, well folks, Madison is all girl...the shoes were the deciding factor. Cinderella won! (I personally was thankful that Cinderella beat out Sleeping Beauty because it was already so hot and Sleeping Beauty's dress was the only one with long sleeves and I was worried that she would overheat).





Finally, we heard them call "Princess Madison" and the transformation was getting ready to begin. Madison met her Fairy God-Mother in training, who was very sweet. Together they went over the Cinderella's section and began the "shopping" process. Madison's dress was already picked simply by virtue of picking Cinderella, but she then got to pick between two different shoes and several different accessories. Next, her Fairy God Mother told her she was going to go ask the mice if they could make a dress that fit her. We waited in the Boutique for a little bit and then we heard "Princess Madison, your outfit is ready."




So, we went back to the dressing rooms and it was sooooooo cute! When the curtain was opened Madison's dress was hanging with her shoes set up nicely underneath and all of her accessories were laid out waiting for her to put them on! I went into the dressing room with Madison and helped her begin the transformation. Madison was simply glowing! We walked out of the dressing room and showed off her outfit to Dad, Grandma and Grandpa.



We then, had to wait for her special chair to open up, so that the rest of the transformation could happen. Madison lucked out and happened to get the chair right next to a HUGE stained glass window of Cinderella's Fairy God Mother. At this point, Madison was shown three different pictures of hair styles that she could pick from and she picked the one that she said looked like Cinderella at the ball. She then got to pick out her tiara, her ring, her make-up, and her face jewel.



Once everything was picked out, the hair was started! It was so much fun to watch Madison in the spotlight. It was kind of funny though because when Madison was closing her eyes to get her make-up put on, she was starting to nod off. It had been a long day already for her (since she decided to wake up at 5:45...she couldn't contain her excitement) and I guess closing her eyes was all she needed :)




The Fairy God Mother finished up with her hair and make-up and it was time for the big reveal, but before that could happen the Fairy God Mother used her "special wand" (which dusted her hair with glitter) and waved it over her head saying, "May all your dreams come true." Disney has seriously thought of everything! They had such a cute curtain set-up that "magically" opened so that Madison could see herself all done up. She looked stunned and happy at the same time. I don't think she recognized herself. Later when she got down she told me, "Mommy, they really made me a princess." It was priceless!




After all of the finishing touches were completed, Madison was taken back to the studio for a photo session. It was too cute! They had Cinderella's carriage and a meadow with some of the "enchanted" animals. Madison had so much fun during the photo shoot, but I think her favorite part was sitting in the carriage! She didn't want to get out when it was time to leave!






Not only did this transformation make Madison feel so special, but everywhere we went throughout the park people were stopping her and telling her how beautiful she looked and some people even asked if they could take pictures with her. It definitely had it's perks; as we were leaving Sleeping Beauty's Castle and ready to venture out in to the rest of the park, we came across Mary Poppins and Burt performing with their band and they pulled Madison out with them to be apart of their song and dance, but I'll post more about that later!