The first night in our hotel Eryn came to Jens and I and said, "Can I see my wishing star?" Then she ran to the window and started to make a wish...If it was for all to have a fun and magical vacation at Disneyland, then her wish came true!
We drove to California on Monday and then spent 2 days in Disneyland and 1 at California Adventure. We got home last night and we are toast! But, it was so worth it!
We were worried that it wasn't going to work out....Jens had his gallbladder removed just last Thursday so, I had to do all the driving (which drove Jens insane!, but it made me happy!) And because of his surgery and me, well, expecting a baby, neither of us could go on any fun rollercoaster rides. We were bummed. But, it was all for the children, the little people..and the little people had a blast. Besides the obvious fun kids have at amusement parks, each one of our kids had something special happen to them in the place where dreams really do come true.
Eryn Jane's mom stood in line with her for 2 1/2 hours so she could meet Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Belle, Pocahontas and, her fave, Ariel. She said, "She liked me and gave me a hug! She's so beautiful!" Then she got to sit in a beautiful princess chair and have her face painted. She said, "Oh Mom, I look so beautiful!" She was in heaven.
At the very same time, Briggs entered his Cloud Nine....There's a stage area in Tomorrow Land where they hold Jedi Training. They pick kids out of the audience and train them to be Jedi's. They give them light sabers and robes...then they get to fight Darth Vader, Storm Troopers and Darth Maul. Briggs was picked and I was so bummed I missed seeing him fight Darth Maul. Jens said he was totally into it. When I asked him about it later the look of pride on his face was priceless!
Well, for the whole time we were there nothing really special happened to our Reagy, but she wasn't complaining. She was having a great time. She's our little daredevil and she's just as tall as Briggsy, so they went on all the big rides together. She picked out some Mickey Mouse ears to wear around the park. The ears have lights on them that sparkle at night. She wore them to the parade on our last night there. We got a good seat, right in front. As Alice in Wonderland passed, she looked right at Reagan and said, " I like your ears!" The Mad Hatter was also there and he said, "What?"
Alice - " I was saying that I like her ears!"
Mad Hatter - " Oh yes,yes! Her ears! Well, I hope she can hear better because they sure don't make her look any better! " Reagan cracked up and had a huge smile on her face! She loved it!
Other Highlights...
* Jens let the kids play the Gamecube in our hotel room for one night. They thought that was so cool.
* We ate so much JUNK! (which is also a very bad thing!) churros, cotton candy, suckers, popcorn, a turkey leg, fudge, too much Coke...you name it, we ate it!
* While in the California Adventure park we were able to watch a High School Musical 2 performance and Eryn Jane got to join in and dance with the actors. She was shaking some salt shakers. We all loved it and we were singing all the songs for the rest of the day.
* The weather was absolutely beautiful...oh how we miss that cool Cali breeze!
* We saw a lot of other Disney characters. Eryn got her picture taken with Mickey & Minnie Mouse. Briggs and Reagan also saw Princess Jasmine! Briggs blushed and got quite angry when Reagan said, " She waved and smiled at Briggs! "
Not So Fun Moments...
* Jens had to ride on the teacups with Reagan & Eryn. Jens and I both get so sick on any kind of spinning ride. So he was trying to keep the teacup from spinning as much as he possibly could. Reagan pouted and said, "this is boring!!!"
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Looks like you guys had fun. I miss Disneyland and can't wait to take Heidi there...someday. Hope to see you all this week. Take care!
Looks like you all had a fun time! Disneyland is the BEST!!!
what fun pics!
glad you had fun & lived it up.
miss you guys.
The funnest place ever to take kids. We went in February and it was such a blast. Glad you had great weather and fun times!! Tucker did the Jedi training and that was definitely the highlight of his life thus far. Still talks about it. How's the pregnancy? Are you feeling ok?
Nice tea cups - the high school musical dance was on like dong kong's twin.
Looks like a great vacation.
We missed you, but I bet you were a busy woman. Sounds like everyone had fun. How are you feeling?
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