Our Disneyland Adventure

We had been planning to go to Disneyland in March for Roman's Birthday, but had to expedite our trip  due to Jason getting a new job (WOO HOO...more on that one later). The trip worked out perfect and was just what we needed. We picked up Jason from work on Friday afternoon and headed on our road trip to So Cal.

Our first stop was to visit Jason's good friend, Jon. We loved visiting his house and exploring the adorable neighborhood of Playa Vista. What an amazing place to live in So Cal.

Then on to Disneyland. We were staying in Anaheim for 3 nights and were excited to have some fun, relax and just enjoy being with our little family. Here are some of our highlights...

Roman's 1st request: The Haunted Mansion

This boy cracks me up. This was our 1st visit when there were a few rides he did not want to go on (Pirates, Ariel and The Jungle Ride). All for very specific reasons, but he insisted on The Haunted Mansion as being our first ride. 

Paisley is at the adorable age of loving life. Here she is giggling in the Haunted Mansion. 

We are pretty sure she is going to be our little Dare Devil. 

Our 2nd Ride had to be Paisley's Favorite, Winnie The Pooh. 

Paisley's favorite method of transportation, her Daddy's shoulders. I don't know how men do this? 

I've tried a few times and just can't do it for over 5 minutes. 

Roman recently fell in love with the movie, Peter Pan. I loved watching their two smiles on the ride. 

Always a favorite, The Carousel. 

Pure Joy! 

Roman's favorite character, Pluto

He carried around his Pluto stuffed animal the whole trip and was so excited to meet Pluto (multiple times). 

This little sneaky girl. She found the leftover cotton candy right before bedtime. 

The next morning we headed to the character breakfast "Goofy's Kitchen" at the Disneyland Hotel. This was the first time doing this one and it was magical. Roman is at the perfect age for this experience and this was our true highlight of the trip. He got so excited to meet each and every character (even the ones he didn't know). Paisley on the other hand would hide under our table (no joke) when most of the characters came to our table. 

Dale

He kept asking me if Pluto was going to be here. I didn't know and my heart just melted when we saw Pluto was there. His fav! 

Mulan

GIANT BEAR! Roman loved, Paisley not so much. 

Minnie is ready to go! 

Rocket ships

Buzz - Always a favorite! 

Roman loved Autotopia, especially crashing into us. 

Love these smiles

Getting ready for the Pixar Parade. 

1st time seeing this one and it is adorable. So many memorable characters. The kids loved it! 

Cars Land at night

Paisley was much more excited to meet all the Cars than Princesses. 

Lightening McQueen

Paisley is all ready for Toy Story Mania (my favorite ride)

We loved this ride so much that we found time to do it twice. Roman surprised me with how good he was at it. 

Paisley loves carousels. She would ride it a dozen times if you let her. 

Roman loved meeting Buzz. 

He really wanted to ask him a question and was so excited to get a high five. 

Took an hour break at the Redwood Creek Challenge in California Disney. It is quiet, peaceful and full of ropes courses, slides and play equipment. The perfect opportunity for the kids to get some relief from over stimulation and just run free. 

So proud of Roman. He made it thru the whole course on his own. 

We finally made it to Radiator Racers. During our last trip the ride broke down during our Fast Pass time, so we were so excited to go this time. Roman got to ride twice - THANK YOU stroller pass. 

Ready to Go! 

I wanted to cry (no joke) when I was on the ride. The ride is so sweet and all the characters really come to life. Knowing how much Roman loves Cars and seeing his face was just priceless. The ride also goes pretty fast and afterwards I think he may have been in a little shock. But I was so happy that he wanted to ride again with his Daddy. 

My favorite duo

Jason and Roman

Another Maddox Favorite. This ride is great and so fun. 

Almost Birthday Time for Roman

Teacups - They like going fast since they know their Daddy hates it. The faster the better

Minnie's House  

Lucky Boy

We Love You Minnie!

Wanted a little Mar Mar love

Good Bye Disneyland (until next time) 

We had a magical and wonderful time. This trip actually really felt like a vacation (which isn't always the case when traveling with kids). It was so nice to have some fun family time and just be on our own schedule.