Disneyland Trip - Day 4

This was the day we had been gearing up for.  Kira was dancing!  We took the morning to 'sleep in' (it means an entirely different thing with 3 kids that aren't used to their surroundings...we were at the park by about 9:30, not 9 when they open...)  We went to California Adventure since that was where Kira would be dancing.  We braved the lines and went to Car's Land to ride the kiddie rides, even though they had longer waits.  *Yes, we have become snobbish since our trips to DW have been in the off season so there are rarely lines and skipped many rides because of the wait times...

 

*Blogger is having issues, NON-user error related ;) and I can't get the pictures back in order...





Josh and I enjoy SNL and recently they have 'The Californians' skits.
 Every mirror we passed we had to make our Californian's faces.
 It made us laugh, and those around us stare uncomfortably :)
Josh and the girls were waiting in line for Luigi's Flying Tires when he captured this picture :)

 

 

 



Posing just before her performance with Frozone

Excited to perform!

Heading backstage to perform

Hi Mickey!

Cinderella was just coming out as were were enter Disneyland after Kira performed. 
Kira told her all about her dancing :)

Even Ella liked her...from a distance :)
*Rora was napping so no pics of her....

Pinocchio loved Ella and was the only costumed character that got her to smile :)

Group dinner - adult conversation is so nice!

All the kids sat at the other table.  Grace was wonderful to have Rora sit by her.
 I didn't have to do anything the entire meal.  Bliss!

Ceylan her dance teacher with most of the girls

 

 

 

As a Mom of course, my favorite portion of the day was watching Kira dance.  This may sound boastful, I'm not perfect and I think it's part of the job description of being a Mom, but she was the best of the 6-7 year olds out there.  She worked so hard on her dancing and did great on the stage.  She just needed to smile more! 

 

Josh's favorite was watching her dance, and dinner at PCH Grill - no surprise, he loves to eat!