Monday, May 7, 2012

The Happiest Place on Earth

We finally took our kids to Disneyland. And it was super crazy amazing! We had a blast. And we're already planning to go again next year. 

We wanted to do some geocaching on the trip, on the way, to break
it up a bit. But we only took time for one. It was the world's largest thermometer.
Our road trips are pretty exciting, right?

They had to try out the pool. Even though it was a bit chilly!

Yay! We managed to get our picture taken with that famous mouse. 


Love these girls.

The kids loved the monorail. It was great to see so much of the park all at once.

As you can see, Ryan kind of got into this ride.
And Molly was his navigator. She loved spinning the car around!
Zoe, you make those 3D glasses look good, girl!




I'm not sure how obvious it is... but Emmett and Sam loved riding the California Screamin' roller coaster....because it's not like their expressions give it away, right? 


That is one awesome husband I have. Yep.
I definitely won the Best Husband Lottery.

This is us riding the Mickey Mouse Ferris Wheel.
Neither Weston nor I are fans of ferris wheels. They just give you
too much time to contemplate your possible demise. But everyone
else loved it!


We had such a great time. We laughed and chatted and held hands and ate all our meals together. We watched shows and rode rides and swam. I know trips like these are expensive, but they're totally worth it. It's such a great bonding experience for a family! And we built some really really amazing memories.

We went for four days and I think it was the perfect amount of time. Although we were exhausted by the end of it! I think the best way to do it would be to go for two days, take a break and hang out at the pool, do some shopping or hit the beach and then do the next two days. But still, we had a blast. We saw the World of Color show, Fantasmic, Aladdin, The Muppetvision 3D movie (twice), Captain EO (oh! That was a trip down memory lane!), enjoyed the Inoventions building and the Mickey parade. And then the rides....let's see if I can name some of them...

Space Mountain, Finding Nemo, Autopia, Star Tours, Astroblasters, Dumbo, Peter Pan's Magic Flight, Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Storyland Boat ride, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, the Jungle Cruise, Indian Jones, Monorail, train ride, It's a Small World, Magic Teacups, California Screamin', Soarin' Over  California, Tower of Terror (which my 4 yo LOVED!), Silly Symphony Swings, Toy Story Mania, Golden Zephyr, Goofy's Flight School, Ariel's Undersea Adventures, two carousels, Grizzley River Rapids, Mickey's Ferris Wheel and and and....so many more! Disneyland Rocks.


Molly was very excited to meet Minnie Mouse. And we thought that fake street in California Adventure was very cool.

Dang it. I guess none of the kids are King Arthur. I was really hoping...



 The highlight of the trip for Zoe had to be meeting so many princesses. She got to twirl and curtsy with Cinderella. She met Ariel, Tiana and Rapunzel. And she even got to hug Eugene! He said to her, "Hey, I recognize that dress. Come here, Blondie." So cute!


Molly was also excited to meet princesses. We watched Mickey's Soundsational Parade and when the float full of princesses came by, Molly waved like crazy. And the look on her face was priceless.  On the front of the float were three of them and then when it passed us there were three more. She was thrilled to see them so many of them!





















The Queen of Hearts was trying to get Sam to bow to her, but we weren't quite sure what she wanted at first. But he finally figured it out and made her happy.....um...I guess. It's hard to tell since she looks a bit scary to begin with!

And see that hat he's wearing? It's a Beaker snow hat. He got that for free! The customer service at  Disneyland is crazy great. Sam wanted a Beaker doll but I made him wait to the end of our last day to get one because he kept changing his mind about what he wanted to spend his money on. Well, we ran over to the booth at California Adventure to snag it before the park closed but the booth was already closed! Ack! He felt horrible. So, I went into another shop and explained and they made a phone call and then said they'd gift the doll to him. But then the store had run out! So, they gave him the hat. Nice, right?

He still felt so bad. When we were back in Disneyland I was in another shop and saw a manager passing by. I thought I'd ask him if there were any stores over there that sold Beaker dolls. I had seen some of the same souvenirs sold in multiple shops. I figured it was worth a shot. But there weren't. HOWEVER, he said they'd send Beaker to us and asked for our address. I told him we'd already gotten a hat, but he said something like, "Well, you've got to have Beaker." Awesome, right? Sam is now checking the mail every day.

What a great week! And hopefully I'll get a chance to write up some tips and tricks I learned from this trip soon. So, stay tuned!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! Looks like you had SOOO much fun! I don't have your email address anymore, but I wanted to make you aware of something Frontier Homestead State Park is doing. I thought of your boys when I heard of it...I just hope its not too late if you're interested...it's limited to 12 boys ages 9-11. Here's the blurb:
    "Enlist yourself with ink and quill to the life of a 19th Century militiaman. You'll soon learn what it's like to make and eat the hardtack staple of rugged officers, prime and fire a working cannon, and use long distance communication. Did we mention Dominos and a couple innings of Rounders? Fall into marching order and enlist with the Mormon Battalion."
    It's a one day camp (May 19th) for $30.00, FYI. -- Harmony

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