California Adventure!!!

We spent our second day in Cali at California Adventure. Since it was a weekday, it wasn't too crowded. We went on all of the rides in Bugs Land, then hit the splash pad area for a bit.

 

For lunch, we ate at Ariel's Grotto. It was such a fun dining experience with 3 course meals and princesses popping in throughout. As we walked into the restaurant, we got to meet Ariel. Sadie slowly walked up to her and would answer her questions without looking her in the eyes haha. As soon as we walked away though, she kept talking about her and the other princesses we met. I think she was definitely starstruck :) 

After lunch, we headed to Cars Land. Mater was parked outside the Cozy Cone Motel so we hopped in line to say "Hi". Sadie wasn't nervous of him until he started talking to her haha. She posed for a few pictures though and still brings him up, and how we touched his teeth and talked with him. She did love seeing him and Lightning McQueen in the parade later. We went on several rides in Cars Land and even managed to get Sadie onto the Radiator Springs Racers. She's technically 3 inches too short.. but there aren't any drops or bumps that could knock her out. It just goes 45mph at one point (but we knew she would love it), so we made sure she was buckled good and also held onto her tight ;) We all loved it!

As it was getting dark, we hopped on the carousel then rode the giant Mickey ferris wheel after. We grabbed some food then looked for a prime spot to watch World of Color. When we learned it wasn't for another hour, we lost motivation to stay. We were all exhausted and ready to head back to our hotel.

We were planning on driving home after our beach day on Saturday, but decided to prolong our trip through Sunday. We drove up to Newport and stayed in a really nice Marriott hotel. We played at the beach and then walked across the street from our hotel to a mall. We explored and let Sadie play around the fountains. For dinner, we ate at The Cheesecake Factory there. Sadie insisted on drinking out of her favorite souvenir, a Chip cup. Cutie!

The next day was Mother's Day. Will ordered room service for my "breakfast in bed". I had crunchy french toast (basically they dipped the batter-covered bread in a frosted flake type cereal before cooking) served with bacon and fresh strawberries. It was delicious! We headed to Newport Beach but didn't stay too long since it was really, really windy. From there, we headed back home to make it to my mom's Mother's Day Dinner. It was such a fun weekend!