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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012

'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa has arrived


Merry Christmas 2012 ♥ two sweet sisters
 
Ready to open their gifts on Christmas morning

Gifts from Santa

Alina enjoyed opening her presents

Gift unwrapping time

Momma helping baby with her present

Enjoying Christmas morning with the girls

Alina after raiding her stocking
 
 2012 Christmas tree with some of the girls new ornaments

Santa brought miss Elise a dollhouse this year. She loves it!

Elise digging into her stocking

The kiddos Christmas gift pile craziness; we need more space
 
Christmas 2012 at Nana and Papa's


Nana's lovely Christmas tree

Opening gifts and cousin time

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's house

Having a great Christmas with family

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Christmas Festivities 2012

Enjoying Dovewood Court holiday lights 2012

Us girls posing by the gingerbread house holiday display

The fun Santa's Workshop Christmas display

Mommy with her sweet little twinsie, Alina

The girls met Santa during their Disneyland trip

Having a great time at their preschool Christmas party
They got more Santa time, exchanged books, and little Elise
gave a fantastic performance during her dance routine!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Disneyland Trip 2012 - Festive New Orleans and Haunted Mansion Holiday

Beautiful New Orleans in Disneyland
 
The girls posing on the New Orleans Square staircase

Festive holiday decorations at New Orleans, Disneyland
 

Gorgeous New Orleans Square holiday wreath

Haunted Mansion at Disneyland

Haunted Mansion where Christmas and Halloween meet

Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland

The girls meeting Jack Skellington and Sally

Alina getting her crayon ready for Sally's autograph, so cute!
 
Family photo - All of us with Jack and Sally
 
Pirates of the Carribean Ride - One of the Best!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Disneyland Trip 2012 - A Christmas Fantasy Parade

Disneyland's Christmas Fantasy Parade 2012

Mickey Mouse atop the Christmas float
Beautiful Christmas tree float

Disneyland Christmas parade fun

Spreading Christmas cheer to the crowd

Disney characters dancing down Main Street

Elise loved seeing some of her favorite Disney princesses

Buzz Lightyear parade float
 
More Christmas Fantasy parade floats
 
Pinocchio and Jiminy's toy shop parade float!
 
Colorful characters in the Christmas Fantasy parade

Santa's dancing reindeer

For the finale - Santa Claus himself!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Disneyland Trip 2012 - Fantasyland Fun Pt. II

 
It's a Small World Ride Disneyland 2012
 
On our way through It's a Small World Holiday Ride
 
Happy Holidays on It's a Small World Ride, just beautiful!

The most fun and festive boat ride around

Gorgeous holiday lights - It's a Small World at Disneyland


  Getting autographs from a couple of misunderstood villains
The Queen of Hearts and Cruella De Vil


Mickey Mouse balloons
 
The girls posing by Sleeping Beauty's Castle


There is so much to see and do in Fantasyland that it warrants a very colorful two part post. We spend the majority of our first day here, and we also came back multiple times over the next few days. All the best rides for young children are in Fantasyland, and Elise begged us to go back especially for Dumbo, the King Arthur Carrousel and It's a Small World. It's a Small World holiday ride was definitely one of mom and dad's favorites. It really is a gorgeous sight all decked out for the holidays, plus it's a fairly long ride, so you get a chance to sit back and relax. Elise loved the music, and yes she was singing "It's a Small World" afterwards, she thought it was really catchy and original...imagine that. Alina had fun too, although she kept trying to squirm off my lap and attempt to climb off the boat. Of course, I didn't let her get very far; that sneaky little daredevil.
 
We also met some very special and beloved Disney characters here in Fantasyland; Tinkerbell and Rapunzel! Everyone close to Elise knows that these are her absolute favorite Disney characters in existence. She and Alina really enjoyed getting to meet the both of them. As an added bonus, they also met Periwinkle (Tinkerbell's long lost sister), Terence (Tinkerbell's good friend and keeper of the pixie dust) and Flynn Rider (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert, Rapunzel's true love). Meeting her most favorite Disney characters was one of the highlights of the trip for little miss Elise. Stay tuned for plenty more Disneyland posts, the fun is just beginning!
 

Ready to meet Tinkerbell at Pixie Hollow

Meeting Periwinkle, Terence and Tinkerbell

Happy girls with Tinkerbell and Periwinkle
 
Tinkerbell's house in Pixie Hollow
 
Elise got to meet Rapunzel, she was so happy!

Meeting Rapunzel and Flynn Rider
Elise was thrilled, Alina was in deep thought hah

Pinocchio's Daring Journey - the girls enjoyed this one
 
Riding the Fantasyland King Arthur Carrousel

Beautiful Fantasyland holiday lights and magic