So 3 days before Christmas Chris came home from work and said to me, “I think we should go to Disneyland for Christmas.” WHAT??!!?? is what my mind said, “Really? Okay.” is what I said to him. So I spent the next several days working out the logistics of a family road trip 700 miles to California over the holiday break. I am SO glad that we did it! It was crazy busy with boat loads of people there, but was such a blast for our little family and fun times for the kids, even Izzy!
Spencer was tall enough to ride all of the rides this time and Josey could ride everything except Indiana Jones (although she was scared to death of everything, even Peter Pan!) Some of my favorite moments of the 3 days there: Josey did not want to ride any of the rides…she would take one look at them and say they looked scary and that she was going to throw up if we made her ride on them. Her very first ride was Peter Pan and she was freaked out. A teenager in front of us told her she would give her 2 quarters if she didn’t like the ride. By the time we got off Josey was crying uncontrollably and the teenager stayed and delivered on the two quarters. She only wanted to meet all the characters: Mickey, Minnie, the Princesses, Tinkerbell, Goofy, all except Sullie from Monsters, Inc.–NOT interested! 
Spencer wanted to ride all the roller coasters. Chris and Spencer would go ride the roller coasters while the Girls waited in lines to meet the characters. They rode the Matterhorn several times, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain. In fact he rode Splash Mountain 5 times back to back as a single rider getting wetter and wetter the more he rode. He loved the freedom! Izzy loved Tigger, Pooh Bear and Eeyore. While waiting for Spencer on Splash Mountain, they were coming back from a break and Izzy saw them and with arms out in front of her chased after them, Tigger came out behind her and saw her, following her mimicking her arms and she stole the show and made everyone there smile! Josey at that age wouldn’t let the characters come near her, Izzy let them even touch her without freaking out! She was fun! It was crazy busy, but the magic that children experience while there is priceless…I am so glad that I worked out all the logistics!
