Breakfast with Mickey and friends

After exploring Disneyland Park on day 2, we woke up early on day 3 as the girls were excited about The Surf's Up at Disneyland Paradise Pier Hotel! Breakfast with Mickey & Friends is a lively Character Dining experience that features a bountiful breakfast buffet filled with morning delights. The girls snap photos, practice hula hooping and hang ten with some of their favorite Disney Characters, eg: Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto! Scrumptious breakfast specialties include flatbreads from the wood-burning oven, grilled breast of chicken with roasted garlic sauce and signature chilaquiles with shredded beef, salsa verde and queso fresco. All I can said is " you must try this!"

ES requested Goofy to sign on her autograph book.

We had a birthday celebration for the twins too. The staff prepared two piece of Mickey cake and sang  happy birthday song to them.

Day 3 was a day to explore Disney California Adventure Park.

Here we are at the Francis' Ladybug Boogie. Ah Ma and ES climbed onto the "back" of one of the ladybugs. As the music starts to jitterbug, they whirled under the colorful canopy past a giant, old-fashioned 45 rpm record. The ladybug not just spin to the music but it grooves on a figure 8 track!

The girls love this Heimlich's Chew Chew Train. We ride around the track as this talkative Bavarian caterpillar invites us on a smell-icious journey through his favorite food!

Chew, Heimlich, Chew!

The hilarious Heimlich winds his way through one snack after another. Smell each snack as he chomps through every delectable tidbit: watermelon, carrots, candy corns and more! He's not particularly "chew-sy" about what he likes to eat. His belly seems to be bottomless!

Army Cargo is out!

ES with daddy go on a ride while MSLS taking a nap in their stroller.

We went back to Disneyland Park later in the evening as there was  a light and water show - World of Color.

While waiting for the World of Color, we went into The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure for three times! The girls loved it!!We went through an ornate 86-foot-long, hand-painted mural as we climbed aboard a giant clam shell and slowly descend below the waves to an underwater world teeming with movement, color and magic. This elaborate "Omnimover"-style ride features high-energy songs, state-of-the-art Audio Animatronics characters and immersive special effects that transport us inside scenes from the animated classic.

On our voyage, we found an ocean of favorite characters from the film including Ariel, Prince Eric, Sebastian, Flounder, Scuttle and even the wicked sea witch Ursula—towering over us at 7.5-feet tall and 12-feet wide!

In addition to the astounding sights, there were some unforgettable songs from the film, including "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea," "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and "Kiss the Girl".