Mainstreet Meltdown

Even with Little Buckaroo's terrible two meltdown, a day is always better when your at Disneyland. Little Buckarro is at the stage where a stroller is still needed but harshly resisted, he is craving his independence to walk around and explore. Being that our May trip to Disneyland was just the two of us, I desperately needed the stroller as my toddler command center for supplies, large crowd cruising and nap-time bunking. It was a beauitful day and we traffic was light making the start of the day just about perfect. I was safely able to manage the parking lot tram with Little Buckaroo and the stroller, then we entered Disneyland. We headed up the stairs to take a ride around the park on the train and it began.

After some resistance I got Little Buckaroo on the train but only made it to the first stop in New Orleans Square after all eyes where on him having a fit. Thank goodness I remembered to bring his snack bag and for the jazz band playing in The French Market.

Mr Attitude

We hung out in The French Market for a few minutes while Little Buckaroo gobbled down a few snacks but he began to get fussy again so I loaded him up in the stroller and headed back to Mainstreet debating whether or not to just leave. It wasn't necessarly busy that day in the park but I normally put him in the stroller to navigate our way through the park and take him out when we get to where ever it is we are going. Im not quite sure what upset him so but he certainly made me pay for it with a meltdown on Mainstreet.

I still hadn't eaten breakfast and it was now late morning so I decided to get a ham and cheese sandwich from the Mainstreet Bakery, which it pretty good but the cheese on the bread makes it a bit hard. I tried to eat at the counter but once again, Little Buckaroo began to fuss so I took him out of of his stroller. What a difference, I sat on down on the Mainstreet curb and he played with the horse post while sharing my sandwich.

Finally happy.

I'm glad I decided to stay because we got a chance to take a few spins on the Mad Hatter, Little Buckaroo  first time, and he loved it. I love having those special moments, especially at the park.

1st time on the tea cups.

It's as if the morning  was reset and we got a chance to really enjoy the afternoon. Even found a penny (heads up) that Little Buckaroo tossed into the wishing well.

Making a wish

We made our way through Sleeping Beauty Castle....

and stopped for a treat....

Sticky face

We were at the Pin Trading Post to get a few pins when Little Buckaroo fell asleep for his afternoon nap. I nornally try to leave just before Little Buckaroo takes his afternoon nap but with our late start we were too deep in the park to make a quick exit and it's too difficult to load a sleeping toddler and stroller on to the tram by myself so I decided to stay and stroll around the park while he slept.

My time with Mary Poppins and Bret.

After nap time we ventured over to California Adventure to play around in the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. Little Buckaroo had a blast running around and exploring.

Plenty of space to run around.

Mikey enjoyed bouncing in the rope bridges.

We finished off the day riding rides in "a bug's land"...

Flik's Flyers

It was a long and wearing day at the parks but so worth all the fun and memories we did have. It's tough being a toddler and wanting your freedom to roam with a protective mommy.