Lili's Disney trip.

1st morning, Lili's B-day and there was Minnie right away!

It was a Mardi Gras weekend and the characters were in costume.

Fresh Mickey beinets and fresh mint juleps, yum.

Lili joined in with the Princess Tiana cavalade!

Now what?!

Lili's 9th Birthday party.

Cake decorating contest.  The cake was awesome.

Another Magical Disney moment.

Gun...too heavy...at least she could reach it this trip!

Angry Bird while waiting to visit Pixie Hollow, with Rosetta and Tinkerbell.

Tried to take a shortcut to Fantasyland and found Captain Hook!  It's was a thrill to find Characters we haven't met before.

Eric packed us ponchos which were fabulous for the Grizzly run ride!

Koda had fun playing in Lili's hair but he was admonished by his Disney helper and he quickly fixed her hair for her.  Koda is one of Lili's favorite characters so it was pretty cool for him to take the time to play with her.

Hair all fixed.

Meet Duffy the Disney Bear.

Can you see how quiet it is there?!

Too bright...can't look.

I know a lot of people seemed shocked that I'd take only one kid to Disneyland but really it was fabulous.  Lili and I had a great time, one on one for days was simply awesome.  Jia and Fei did fine at home with Eric.  They were both excited to see  us when we got home.  I was a bit worried that Jia would play strange with me, but she didn't at all. 

It was hot at Disney!  We weren't expecting that.  It was off season so it was really quiet there.  No issues re: line ups.  The longest lines we did was to see Rapunzel which was about 20mins.  If Lili thought the line would be long she'd play Angry Bird on my phone.  She thought anything longer than walking right on the ride was a long wait.  She's ALL about the rides!  No interest in the entertainment stuff unless is happened right in front of us.  She enjoyed the characters, but they weren't very important to her.  I wanted her to direct the trip so she was having to make a lot of decisions on our last day there when it came time for dinner she melted a bit and demanded I decide :)  We met the newest Disney character, Duffy the Disney Bear.  He's Mickey's teddy bear, that Minnie made for him.  The store right next to where we met him had bears for sale and Lili bought one.  That was her only shopping!  A trip to Disney with NO shopping!  Wild.  We did all of DL in two days and CAL in one day.  After that we just re-did the big rides that Lili liked.   We found a few hidden Mickeys, they're easier to find without the crowds.  We didn't go near the Princess Fantasy Fair.  I took 130 pics, so it was a bit tough to pick a few for here.  Lili mastered California Screamin and we went on it three times.  She was just tall enough to ride everything there.

You just know that my trip next year with Fei will be very different.  She'll shop every store, see the shows and skip most of the rides!

Lili was a lovely travel companion.  The park opened at 9 and we got there late every day, closed at 8 and we were usually out of there by 5 or 6 every day.  It was so quite we just didn't need to stay in there all day.   The hotel was great, they even had fresh baked cookies, fruit and water in the lobby every night for bedtime snack.  I'm missing those cookies!