Breakfast with Mickey and Friends!

We couldn't go to Anaheim and NOT see Mickey Mouse.  Oliver is obsessed with Mickey right now.  He loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  (It entertained him all the way from Utah to California!)  When we see anything Mickey, Ollie exclaims, "Mickey, Mickey, Mickey!"  It is so cute.

You can have breakfast with Mickey and his friends at the Paradise Pier Hotel.  It is a Disney hotel, but you don't need park passes to enter.  YAY!  We had a reservation on the books and have been looking forward to it for weeks.  I messed up ordering our tickets, so we ended up paying more than I had expected (eek!) but it was worth it.  Ollie was in Mickey heaven.  The other kids thought it was pretty cool too!!

I took 1.2 million photos.  It was just one of those times where every second was too cute not to document!!

Oliver gave the first hug.  It was a nice big squeeze.  He had the CUTEST smile afterward.  

Mickey and his Friends!!

Our little crew.

After our photos with Mickey we all got to visit the breakfast buffet and get our food.  The kids got cereal.  Wait what?  There was a whole room full of delicious foods and they got fruit loops.  Sigh. 

During our meal, all of the characters came by to visit, one at a time.  We sure had fun goofing around with them.  

Natalie is seriously adorable.  

Pluto was a character!  He sneaked up behind the kids and pretended to get their food.  Natalie even put her head in his mouth.  She thought it was hilarious.  

Yummy!

We sure love Daisy!

Periodically, the restaurant would turn on dancing music and the kids had a chance to go dance with the characters.  It was a lot of fun.

Ya know...just chillin with Mickey Mouse.

Waving goodbye to Mickey after the dance song ended.  Can you see Mickey's bodyguard behind him?  :)

We were also visited by Stitch.  But, I only have pictures on my phone!  He was seriously cute too.  The kids were all giggling as he teased us.  

It was a nice way to start our day!  Disney sure knows how to make kids (and mommy's)  happy.  

After breakfast, we headed over to Downtown Disney to shop!  The kids had been patiently waiting all week to buy a souvenir.  They were anxious to get shopping.  We explored in a bunch of the stores and saw the new Frozen Boutique.  It was fancy!

The kids picked their toys from the giant Disney store right outside the park entrance.  It was almost impossible to choose.  Libby ended up getting two things because she was crying at the cash register. She just could not decide between the Minnie doll and Minnie earrings.  So, Cord got both.  :)

I sure love my little ladies!!

After we finished shopping, we headed back to our hotel to swim.  Ollie got a nice long (much-needed) nap.  Then, we drove to Huntington Beach to see the ocean.  The kids had fun chasing waves and getting smashed by the water.