Disneyland Nov 7, 2010 Marley's 1st Trip

Today was the day that i have been waiting for , for a very long time. Armando and I took Marley to Disneyland for the first time, it was sooo much fun we had a blast. We started the day by getting Marley her "first trip to Disneyland pin", then headed over to Fantasy Land. Have of Fantasy Land ended up being closed because they were shooting a bunch of Christmas performance in front of the castle for the Christmas parade airing on Christmas day, and because they were shooting off fireworks, half of Fantasy Land was closed. So we started the day on the Tea Cups and Dumbo. Marley absolutely loved both rides, which I'm not surprised i new they would be her favorite, it was very hard getter her off of them, crying "I want to go again, I want to go again". But it was cute.

After those rides we went over to the Finding Nemo ride, Marley enjoyed that to as well, she loved looking threw the submarine window at the fishes, and coral sawing below.

After Nemo, we went over to Toon Town, Marley had tons of fun going into Minnie and Mickeys houses, Minne's i think she loved best she was playing with the tea set, and cookies, and even got a little territorial when some other kids came along. We had to remind her that these were not her things and she needed to let other kids play too. While in Toon Town we Met Mickey mouse. Marley would not let me put her down but she still wanted to go up to Mickey , she gave him a high five, a hug, and kept showing mickey Mouse her tongue, which made Mickey laugh and he showed Marley his tongue. It was very funny, she gave Mickey a high five and then we left. When we walked out Mickeys house, we saw Minnie Mouse and Goofy taking picture with people, we were not able to though because they were leaving soon, but Marley stood there and watched Minnie and Goofy for about 5 minutes,it was very cute. As we were leaving Toon town we saw Pluto so we ran over to take a picture with him, and once again Marley was showing off her tongue (not sure why but she was doing that with all the characters.)

After leaving Toon town we went and rode Alice in Wonderland and Snow White, She did not like the darker parts of the ride but i think she still had fun.

Around 12 Marley started to get grumpy and fussy, and i new it was bed time. so we went and sat on a bench to try and get Marley to fall asleep, while in the process of doing this we were able to see bits of the Christmas parade, which they were filming to be shown Christmas day on ABC. So it was fun to see a couple floats, after Marley fell asleep we decided to go ride the Haunted House and Pirates Of the Caribbean. Marley stayed asleep threw the haunted house but woke up in the middle of the Pirates ride, which she kept saying was scary but she did good.

Now that Marley was awake we headed over to Tomorrow Land were we rode the Rockets, and the Buz Lightyear ride and Autotopia Marley sis not show much reaction to the Buzz ride but boy did she love Autotopia and the Rockets. I think Autotopia was also one of her favorites because she was able to steer the car all on her own while i did the gas pedal. It was funny though because Armando was in front of us and he kept turning around but he could not see Marley so it looked like a ghost was driving. It was quite the bumpy ride for me, but it was fun.

After Tomorrow Land we went over to Critter town and rode on the Pooh bear ride, which is one of my favorites. Marley had a good time, but more exciting we got to meet Pooh after we got off the ride. Marley went about showing pooh her tongue but also showed Pooh that he was on her shirt. She gave pooh a High five and we took pictures and left.

We then headed to the Haunted House because i did not think it was as scary decorated in a Nightmare Before Christmas, so we went on that , Marley said "scares me" in a couple places but she did good, and seemed to like looking at all the decorations. Then we went to Pirates of the Caribbean again. I wanted to see how Marley would do with it again not waking up in the middle of it and i wanted to see how she would do on the little drops. She did very good, even though she probably did not understand me much i warned her that there would be a couple drops were we slide down really fast. I new it got her tummy a little because i could feel her tummy suck in as we went down the drops, but once again she did very well threw out the ride.

We ended the night with Peter Pan and King Arthur's Carousel. We had such a fun time and I could tell Marley enjoyed her self, very much. We were surprised to see that there were not a ton of people at Disneyland today , the longest line we waited in was peter pan, and it was only 30 minutes long. This was nice, because Marley got a little restless in the lines, but they kept on moving. We did not make it to California adventures, but we will next time. Overall a great day and night.

Halloween 2010

Halloween night was lots of fun. We drove to daddy's house to go trick-or- treating with some of Marley cousins. Adrien who was Peter Pan, and his sister Alexa who was Tinker Bell. They had a ton of fun together. Alexa taught Marley what a bat said, so Marley was running around at one point before we left saying "Ekk Ekk Ekk" she was very scary. I did not dress up yes i know I'm boring, But Mando did. He painted his face along with his sister as Day of the dead people they both did a really good job. When Marley first saw them she was scared and ran away from them, but as they talked to her she got use to it and was okay.( it was funny)

We went Trick -or-Treating in a Navy housing community so there was a ton of people and a ton of houses to hit up. With all of her practice Marley was a pro now at saying Trick-or-Treat, and she did great, even at the scarier houses. She was very brave at a particular house. They had there pet snake out for the kids to touch and see, I took Marley up to were the snake was and at first she was scared but when she saw me touch it she touched the snake as well, a couple times. She liked it a lot, actually she did not want to leave the snake. I was quite surprised. Marley started to get tired before her cousins were down so we left early, but Marley still did good on the candy, she got plenty enough for herself.

The Kids

Daddy and Marley

Mommy and Marley

Trick-or-Treating

Why im i the only one smiling

Alexa aka Tinkerbell

Adrien aka Peter Pan

Cutest Batarina EVER

Dumping ou the goods

Sooo much Candy

Trunk-or-Treat 2010

Tonight we took Marley Trunk-or-Treating, actually just got back. It was soo much fun, Marley loved it. We practiced our "Trick-or-Treat" all day so that we were ready for tonight, and Marley did great. She said "Trick-or-Treat" at every car, even the ones that were a little scary. She even walked herself most of the time. Every so often i had to pick her up if she saw a scary costume but other than that she was a big girl and walked herself.

After Trunk-or-Treating was over she was very excited to eat her candy, and we sat down and dumped out her bag so she could look at it all. No surprise she went strait for the lolly pop (she loves her lollys). :) She got to eat a couple pieces then we called it a night for eating candy jumped in the bath and now is relaxing with a movie. She had lots of fun , and cant wait for tomorrow for more Trick-or-Treating.

Early Birthday Presents

About an hour ago, my mom had Marley come out of her bedroom with a big box wrapped up with bows. I was told that this was mine and Marley's Birthday Surprise. I was very excited because i love surprises. Marley and I opened up the present and found a check with a note attached explaining that this was a donation for a Disneyland Pass, which Ive been wanting. Marley's surprise was a Snow White dress, that she could wear to Disneyland. I am so excited I cannot wait to go to Disneyland with Marley it is going to be so much fun. I'm hoping to take Marley before Christmas is over, because i really want to see all the Christmas decorations. This was probably the best early Birthday Present ever and i know Marley will think this to when she sees Disneyland for the first time. YAhhhhh Cant Wait. Thanks Mom/Nana.