Disneyland Recap....be prepared for LOTS of pics!

We left Sunday and made the long trip to CA. The kids actually did pretty well, and we didn't even have to use our ear plugs on hand (but yes, Kristi, I brought them this time!)

Here is our lovely self protrait before we left.

We had a pretty good first night and now off to Disneyland!

At the happiest place on earth!

Toon Town Strong Men!

Uh oh. Don't mess with this guy.

We may have bribed the children with candy...c'mon, we're on vacation!

Look at this cuter pie!

Kade LOVED the rides and wanted to go on everything he saw. Dad was happy to oblige. Gavin just watched everything move, and never got scared on any of the rides that we took him on. He just took it all in. All in all we spent 2 full days at the park. The second day we also hit CA adventure. The boys did so well, better than I could have asked for.

Kade loved the race cars!

On Pirate's of the Carribean, Kade is a little alarmed, though I assured him everything was fake:)

Making sure he was tall enough for all the big rides, that one is space mountain....that's right, space mountain. Crazy!

Look close, that is my 3 year old on Splash Mountain. He did it TWICE!

All the rides were fun, but Kade was most excited to meet all the characters. He was so cute and introduced himself and gave them all hugs. Gavin, on the other hand was not too sure about the big costumes..and preferred to watch them from a distance.

He couldn't wait to meet Mickey

Gavin was not too thrilled with Minnie, but Kade liked her!

Tigger and Pooh:)
I just love this picture!

Kade loved Buzz, and asked to see him everyday.

Here are some highlights form CA Adventure:

Gavin looking studly in his 3-D glasses before the muppet show!

Kade loved seeing the little einsteins "live"
Look at these cute little Firemen!

like father like son:)surfer dude
Joel told the boys to sit there....were we not supposed to do that? It's not like there was a sign or something:)
More rides for Dad and Kade

whew, what a fun couple of days!

We had 3 day passes to the park, and the first two days were great. WE planned to do a short day on the third day, which was good because not only did it rain....a lot...but the boys hit there limit. Complete overload followed lots of whining and tantrums. So, we cut the day short, and just went back to the hotel and played around.

horsing around after we were rained out.

All in all, a great trip! It was a Looooong drive home though, (yes, we finally had to break out those earplugs, or as Kade calls them, ear drops!) and I think we are still in deprogramming mode. All well worth it:)