first disney day of the new year

Our Disney passes expired in December, and I couldn't decide if we should spend the money to renew or not. Trav is so busy with school that he can't go much at all, since the cheap tickets only work on the weekdays. So he didn't want to get a pass. That left me and Kapria. But the more I thought about it, I realized that this is a great way to spend time with my girls. We may never live so close to Disneyland again, and we'll never have only one child to pay for. Not only that, but I got a free Disney gift card that covered the price of Kapria's ticket. So that left only mine to pay for. We decided that would be my Christmas, and I'm so glad it worked out.

Our first day back was so much fun. It's crazy how much Mila has changed in the month since we last went. She does better waiting in line, plays more with Kapria, and isn't as scared of the rides.

The first ride the girls insisted on seeing was Captain EO. Since seeing it in December with Trav, they have become obsessed with Michael Jackson and his music. We listen to it every day. So that's the first ride we went to. But with being even a month older, Mila IS more aware of things that truly are dark and scary, and this time she was so scared of the spider lady that she hid her face in my shoulder and wouldn't watch. I made sure she saw the end, where the spider lady is turned into a beautiful queen by Captain EO. And even though it was scary, she still says it's her favorite ride.

We were super excited to meet Iridessa for the first time - the girls have been hoping to see her for months, so they were pretty thrilled. In the past Mila has been too scared to talk to any of the characters, but this time she wouldn't stop talking. She told Iridessa all about Captain EO and the spider lady. Ha ha ha.

We get spoiled with short lines, so if there's ever a long line, we choose not to go on the ride. So the short lines for the day were the carousel, teacups, astro blaster, astro orbiter, and visiting the fairies and Rapunzel. All in all, a great day with my two favorite little people.