I took a day off and we headed to CA for a quick trip. Our main purpose was to spend a family day at Disneyland and then celebrate an early Thanksgiving with my family. We ended up sneaking in a few other things while we were there too. We had a wonderful day at Disneyland.
It's so much fun as the boys get older and can go on most all the rides, to watch them and experience it through their eyes and with them. I love when they laugh so hard because they are getting swung around on a ride, or when their tummy gets butterflies because we just went on a big drop - it's a special memory for me. Despite the fact that it was fairly crowded, we managed to get on 15 rides, watch two stage shows and see one parade in each park. Logan experienced Star Wars for the first time (which he loved - no surprises there) and we got to ride in the front of the Monorail. The boys are getting much better about standing in lines but we still have a ways to go before they are great at that. This time we brought their Nintendo DS to help get through the wait times. Grammy was so helpful in getting us fast passes, saving seats for the parade and being an extra set of hands for the day. I believe Disneyland is such a wonderful place to make family memories and I look forward to taking the boys as often as we can. It's become a special time for the boys to be with Grammy. When I asked Logan who lived in Disneyland, he first said Mickey Mouse and then he said Grammy. He knows that when we go to Disneyland, Grammy always comes too!
I'm glad that we got to go this year during Christmas time. It's my favorite time to go and of course, it was a special moment when we stopped on the spot that Ricky proposed to me coming up on 11 years ago this December. We got to see the Christmas parade and the boys experienced Haunted Mansion for the first time with Nightmare Before Christmas decor and Small world with all the Christmas themes. It was definitely a successful, fun and memorable trip.
Riding the train was Logan's favorite thing. He was so mad each time we got off at a different stop. I'm sure he would've been content staying on it the entire day. He insisted that we watch the engineers re-load at the water station and he wanted to watch the train go into the tunnel.
Our first ride of the day was the Mater Tractor Tow in DCA. I rode with Logan and he laughed the entire time. Precious for a mommy to hear her kiddo having so much fun.
Since mommy and daddy have weak tummies, Grammy braved the flying swings and took the boys for their first time on this ride. Ricky and I were a bit nervous for them considering how high they go but they loved it. They didn't seem scared for a second.
Lincoln and Grammy on the Little Mermaid ride.
Logan was so excited he was tall enough to go on the bumper cars. He was still mad about the fact that last month in Vegas he was too short to ride those cars so this was a treat for him.
Mommy was lucky enough to ride with Logan.
Daddy scored and got to ride with Lincoln.
Christmas card sneak preview....I love this picture! (Yes, it would've been better if Logan actually smiled but that's life. What can I say his brother is the ham in the family and Logan is just rolling with it.)
I was glad that the boys were as excited and interested in the parade as I remember being at their age...heck, I still get excited about it as a grown adult!
Our one and only family picture of the day.
This was taken while riding in the front of the monorail. As you can see, Logan was thrilled! For him this super special ride was only second to riding the train earlier in the day.
Ricky's favorite part of the day (and always is) the last stop of the night...beignets at New Orleans Jazz Kitchen. I unfortunately was still full from dinner so just he and the boys at them while they were still warm but he was a happy camper after that stop.
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