10 favorite things about my trip to California!

So I recently went to Anaheim, California, with my friends from the Mommy & Gracie show for VidCon! It was such a crazy week. VidCon is a celebration of all things YouTube with stuff for professionals as well as fans and it also happens to be organized by two of my favorite YouTubers, Hank & John Green.

If you want to watch some of our adventures, here are some videos from Mommy & Gracie. I am going to try to put one together too (Here it is. I finished the vid before I finished writing this!). Some of you might remember I used to have another blog called 10 Things because I loved lists and I think I need to start those up again!  These are my 10 favorite things about the trip.

1. I got to see Hank Green and some other awesome YouTubers, like Hannah Hart and Rhett & Link.

2. Met some really cool people, like the adorable and super smart Presley from ActOutGames and people like Syndey and her mom Kristina who are big fans of M&G! This is always my favorite part of any convention - not the big stars, but people who are more like me!

3. Getting to see my friends Haley and Amanda! They were my own personal tour guides at Disneyland! It's been about five years since I've seen them.

4. It's a Small World - I love this ride, but this version at Disneyland was extra awesome with characters from Disney movies! I didn't see those in Orlando!

5. I had so much fun hanging out with Gracie. We spent a lot of time hanging around the expo floor, playing over sized games and dancing in the silent disco. Back at the hotel, we watched YouTube videos and made up crazy ideas for Monster High lines. We laughed so hard!!!

6. In & Out Burger. We made two trips. Those animal fries are so good!

7. Mad T Party at Disneyland! So much fun. They are a really great band!

8. Toy Hunting. Because I was with the Doll Hunters we had to go toy hunting! We found some awesome Funko Pops right at the LootCrate booth and we visited a bunch of Targets and Toys R Us stores. Founds lots of cool stuff from Monster High, Littlest Pet Shoppe, Mash 'Ems, Ever After High.
We also had plenty of toys with us, too! Lil Penny came with me and so did a bunch of my Funko dudes.

9. These awesome Legos at Downtown Disney!

10. Disneyland. While it might be smaller than Walt Disney World, I think it was cool how California Adventure and Disneyland were so close together! There were come cool features that Florida doesn't have - the Indiana Jones ride, the story book ride. the Mad T Party, all that Cars stuff! The lines weren't bad and the weather was just so nice. It was all pretty magical!

So many toys!!!

Last week, I went to Toy Fair New York to take photos and video for the Mommy & Gracie show! We were like kids trapped in a toy store. While other people were there to make deals, we squeed quite a bit over the new stuff!

I took so many photos! You can visit the M&G show for lots of video on all the stuff we saw. I tried to narrow it down to stuff I really nerded out over here! So many toys!

Mattel's new Cedar Wood Doll from Ever After High is so adorable! They have some really lovely dolls coming out soon. She was my fave.

Neighthan Rott is a new Monster High character. He's a half-centaur, half zombie dude. The Monster High display at Mattel was one of my favorite things. The new dolls are gorgeous. Including this Dracular/Robecca dolls from the Freaky Fusion line.

Here's a skating Elsa doll from Mattel. She looks like she's singing! Let it go, Let it go...

Moustache Smash from Spin Master looks super fun! You have to smack cards with these sticks. 

And these robots - Boomer and Zoomer - from Spin Master are so cute. They respond to voice and motion. They are really like little pets. 

I think we almost died at Funko. For real. You can listen to use geek out in this video. There was so much awesomeness from Adventure Time blind box tins, new plushies, Arrested Development Funko Pop figures. 

Underground Toys was another one of my absolute faves! One wall was all Star Wars and the other side of the booth was Doctor Who. And in the middle there was stuff from Anchorman and Ghostbusters. It was awesome! 

We also saw Star Trek stuff for pets!

And these awesome Mimoco flash drives - they had Adventure Time, Star Wars, Elvis - and some other cool products that are coming out soon too. 

Madame Alexander had beautiful steampunk Wizard of Oz dolls and some new Muppets! 

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I love the details on the dolls - like this little robot Toto!

Hasbro has some awesome nerdy toys. Lots of stuff for Star Wars Rebels and Guardians of the Galaxy. We also saw awesome Marvel mash up figures, mix-up mini Potato Heads and Transformers.

Nerf has a line to help you fight zombies! 

And the new Littlest Pet Shop critters are so adorable! I want this owl!!!! 

This Monster High Styling Head is just so awesome. Lots of changing pieces, glow in the dark features, stickers. I want to play with her! 

Mattel is also releasing some movie action figures, like this Christopher Reeve Superman.

I saw this at Mattel, too. Brought back lots of memories! 

This is Mip, a cool little robot from WowWee. He can carry a bunch of stuff and dance! 

Alice is a new edition to the Once Upon A Zombie line.

These are called Noomies - they are little robots with accessories that make them do different things. Really cute! 

You can shoot at this robot zombie and it will fall apart as it attacks you. 

Really cute plushies from Aurora. Lots of ponies!

Jakks Pacific has these giant action figures - including the Inquisitor from Star Wars Rebels.

I need this little pup! It's so cute! 

This is about all we got to see of Lego. Very secret booth! 

Living Dead Dolls - creepy and cool! 

It's a little Toothless! 

Here I am practicing my zombie shooting skills.

And this was one of the coolest things we found for nerds. It's a monthly subscription like Birch Box - but for gamers and geeks. Every month, Lootcrate will send you fun stuff like Funko Pop figures, Star Wars stuff and lots of fun little things. I think I'm going to sign up!