Disney Trip: day 3

Day 3: Nolan's first birthday!! I'll go more into detail about the mere fact that my little boy is one and how cray it is in another post. But his birthday was my big push for this trip. I thought there would be no place more fun to celebrate a birthday than Disneyland and have been wanting to go on this trip over his birthday ever since. We again took things at the kids pace and tried to let the birthday boy have a fun day, which we all did.
-We did a character breakfast in the morning to celebrate Nolan turning 1. We went to "Goofy's kitchen" and got to see a bunch of characters there and spend time with them. Nolan liked looking at them as they walked around and even gave some of them high fives. Rafiki the money from Lion King was there and Caitlin told him he had boogers in his nose (I guess because it was a different color with big nostrils?) The food is buffet and they had tons of yummy things. Of course including Mickey Mouse pancakes and waffles. Caitlin discovered her love for Froot Loops on this trip. They brought Nolan a cupcake with a candle and sang happy birthday to him. Caitlin helped him blow out his candle. He dug into his cupcake and was very concentrated on eating it and feeling every little bit. It was serious business.








-After breakfast we went to the park and met up with Jeff, Melissa, Emily and Madison! It was so fun that they could come for a little bit of our trip! We rode rides with them and the little girls loved being with each other. They also got to meet Rapunzel and the grown ups got to switch and do a couple rides for ourselves. Nolan was wished Happy Birthday by everyone around, workers and strangers alike and just generally adored by all of us, as usual.


-We watched the parade again too and the little girls danced it out. People around us were laughing and smiling at them and we just tried to keep them out of their laps and said "You didn't know you were getting a show with the parade!"



-We took the kids back to the hotel for naps that afternoon, which unfortunately was a failed attempt for ours so we did some "quiet time" and then swam in the pool (which meant poolside snuggling for me and Nolan). Then we all went to Denny's for dinner.

-Then it was back to the park to see the fireworks! They were amazing! Nolan decided he was done with festivities and slept through the whole show, and Caitlin fell asleep right after they ended. We watched them from Main street in front of the castle and it was one of my favorite fireworks shows I've ever seen. We did a couple more rides and watched another show and then returned to the hotel.

-Late that night Melissa and I stayed at the hotel with the kids while the boys went to go get donuts from a place we discovered: M&M Donuts. They make THE MOST delicious cake donuts, blueberry specifically. They make a bunch then close their shop to make more. The boys waited for over an hour to finally get our donuts but they were so worth it! Warm, fresh donuts. My mouth is watering just remembering them.