DISNEYLAND!!!

Well we finally went to Disneyland and it was so fun!!! Worth the long car ride and the moo-lah to make this trip happen :) We woke up super early at 4:30 in the morning packed the stuff that hadn't been packed and put the sleepy boys in the car and off we went. Our hotel was nice and conveniently across the street from a hospital just in case we needed an ER for Evan- thankfully we didn't.


The next morning we woke up bright and early, took advantage of the free breakfast, put some sunscreen on, packed the back pack with treats and food and we were off as a family to have our first Disneyland adventure :)



Disney knows how to do parades and we watched this one a couple of times, so fun! We spent the ENTIRE day in the park, we kept asking the kids do you want to go back to the hotel and take a rest but they always said "NO!!! We want to ride more rides!" So we stayed for well over 12 hours. We finished the night off watching Fantasmic, sadly we do not have any pictures of that but it was the best. After the show was over we piled the boys into the double stroller where they promptly fell asleep. As we were pushing them down main street we heard Christian muttering something so we stopped so we could hear him and what he said was "Mickey Mouse is TOO awesome for me!!!"

The next day we spent in California Adventure, thankfully California Adventure opens later than Disneyland so we were able to get a little rest under our belts before we headed out. We did the new Toy Story ride which was really fun. While we waited in the line they had a Mr Potato head who would pick you out of the crowd, he kept talking to Christian and it was really funny. We also got to ride the big Mickey Mouse ferris wheel and participate in the GI Joe show, which Christians was really into. We also went to the Disney Jr show which is done all with puppets except for one person who host the show and the kids LOVED it. In general, California Adventure was more of a watch-a-lot-of-cool- shows instead of ride a lot of rides place for the smaller audience. But it was a nice change of pace and we had a great time.


For our third day in California we decided to take a break from Disneyland and go to the beach. Both the boys were excited to go to the beach. Christians was nervous and excited because he was worried about sharks getting him. Christian loved running around in the waves and trying to race them. Evan was more of a sand fan combing the beach for shells and sticks. Dan did his duty as a Daddy and built a sand castle and I sat on the towels and tried to take pictures and enjoyed the view. When we got there we stuck our toes in the water and it was COLD!!!! Also because there was no one in the water we saw quite a few dolphins very close to the beach which was fun. Dan found this shell that had a huge barnacle on it (at least that's what we think it was) which was still alive and moving. Christian and Evan took the shell and studied it and poked at it for about 15 minutes and then Christian suddenly threw it to the ground and said "That's DISGUSTING! YUCK!" ha ha


Our last day of Disney we had a pass that let us into the park an hour early and boy did we get a lot of rides done within that first hour. We had the kids tell us all the favorites they wanted to ride again and tried to ride them a couple of times that day. Some of the favorites: Evan loved the Winnie the Pooh ride and the Gadget Coaster which we rode at least 7 times it was also a favorite of Christians. Christian loved It's a Small World. He though Pirates of the Caribbean was scary and he loved the Haunted Mansion- go figure right? We also loved the Finding Nemo ride, and Christian decided that he did love the Rocky Mountain Railway so me and Dan got to ride a few times with him while we traded off with Evan.

Now for my favorite set of pictures. These are my favorite because Dan started taking pictures of him and the boys on the roller coasters and they are so cute! Starting with the one right above to the left. Christian has luck, almost every time he rode a bigger roller coaster ride he would get the Number 1 spot.


This next picture is what happens when Christian gets the camera and takes a picture of me and Dan when we are trying to decide what to do next. It totally looks staged but it is not :) The bottom right picture is of us riding the double decker bus and you can see how tired we are, but still having fun!

On our third day to the park Christian decided he wanted pictures with as many character as we could. So we did our best to chase down characters. Christian told Dan "I know it's just a person in a costume, but it's still fun anyways!" The characters were so cute with him as well and he would give them big hugs and high fives. Evan was a excited while waiting to see the character but then became shy when the time came for their turn.


We had such a great, tiring, fun fun fun time! Can't wait to do it again in a couple of years :)