disneyland: day two

We loved our hotel and Halle did too. Her favorite thing to do was pick up the phone (we unplugged it so she wouldn't accidentally call China) and talk to baby Jake.

We spent the morning at Disneyland where we rode some new rides and also did some

repeat rides. She fell in love with Sleeping Beauty's castle and had to walk through it several times before we had to tear her away from it. The first time she went through she got to the end and said "I made it!"

Before we left the park to put her down for her nap we ran into Pluto.

She was so shy until he gave her a kiss.

From then on she kept talking about how Pluto gave her a kiss and it was "so nice."

We spent the afternoon at California Adventure where we met up with Wes's old roommate from Dixie State, Travis Bunker, and his family and friends.

We had a great afternoon riding some of the big rides while Travis's family watched Halle and then had fun on the kiddie rides.

We then hopped over to Disneyland for the parade that evening.

Halle had that same look of wonder on her face the whole time.

Her favorite part was when the performers let all the children come dance in the street with them.

After the parade we tagged along with Travis and company to Goofy's Kitchen.

We had no idea what we were in for.

Goofy's Kitchen is a buffet stye restaurant inside the Disneyland hotel.

Each night they have several Disney characters roaming the floor of the restaurant stopping at each table to chat with families and take pictures.

We had such a good time with Travis and our new friends and Halle loved having all the little kids to play with.

So many characters came by we barely had time to take a couple of bites before another one came around. We saw Chip, Goofy, Cinderella, Minnie, and Sleeping Beauty.

At different times the characters all meet in the middle of the restaurant and music starts to play. The children are invited down to dance with the characters for a few minutes.

Sleeping Beauty took Halle down to the dance floor and danced with her

Then Halle wanted to get down all by herself.

She has some sweet moves.

I have never seen such a look of pure joy on her face.

This was definitely the highlight of our trip.

After the dance was over, Sleeping Beauty grabbed her hand to take her back to her table. Halle tried to take her back and pointed back saying, "Come on."

We couldn't get her to sit at the table after that.

It was an absolutely perfect night and day