The flight out was fun...it was Dawson's first flight and Beck hadn't flown in a while (he was a little nervous and talking about it leading up to the day we left). Dawson flew perfectly and Beck loved flying so much he didn't even play with the Kindle on the way home...something about "wanting to look at all the land forms from above." Once we arrived, it was off to Disney ASAP. We met up with my parents at the hotel where we checked in, dropped off the bags and hopped onto the shuttle. Grandma and Grandpa were a huge boon to our trip offering up baby sitting during rides, hugs, attention, love and prizes to the kids. It was fun having them along...thanks for everything you guys! Day 1 was fantastic. A weekday at Disneyland in February did not disappoint. We hit all of the big rides, some of them several times, and fast pass-ed it up as much as possible. The weather was fantastic, and we truly had a great day. Beck rode on everything (incl. Indiana Jones, and Space Mountain...still not a fave for this boy) this time despite being nervous. Way to be brave buddy! Asher loved all the crazy, fast, spinn-y rides the best. This trip was our first try at pin trading. Asher and Beck came with about 20 pins each and couldn't wait to start swapping with cast members. Honestly, I think that was one of their favorite parts and we will definitely be doing it again. Aside from losing pin backs here and there (I've ordered some stronger replacements already, haha) it was loads of fun and they both came home with some fun treasures. Even the hotel had a board for pin trading!
Day 2 was also fantastic. Weather, food, rides, and the kids. All of it was great! We hit California Adventure, which is just such a beautiful theme park and so nice and new-ish. Again, we went on all the rides we wanted to (minus the Monsters Inc ride...we were next to board and the whole ride broke down, boo). We loved the Cars racing ride...Grandpa bought 'Piston Cup' pins for the boys...somehow they all won their races so he just "had to." This time the Screamin' Rollercoaster wasn't closed and we thought it was GREAT. Beckett could not be coaxed into trying it out, but the rest of us thought it was the best. Throughout the trip we grabbed baby swap passes and they made it possible for everyone to ride attractions multiple times if they wanted to. So fun! Thanks for being a baby Dawson...except that I can't wait for him to experience it all next time. Asher's fave rides were Space Mountain and Screamin', and Beck's favorites were Splash Mountain and Cars.
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| Parade time! |
Day 3 was a Saturday so we decided to hit Disneyland again. My sister Laurie and her family had planned their own Disney trip at the exact same time by chance (Bonus! The boys were SO happy to see cousins.) and so we met up with them for the first half of the day. The morning was a total success and we were able to hit some great rides, but after we ate lunch, all bets were off and the crowds were horrendous. It's the busiest I've ever seen it and I can't imagine it getting much worse, honestly. The high that day was 80, so my best guess is that all the locals came out to enjoy the weather too. Yikes! We battled the hoards all afternoon and rode only a few rides...one being the monorail (Beckett's pick) which we had to wait a ridiculous amount of time for and didn't seem to be loading or unloading at all for 40 minutes. We did get really lucky and ran into Tigger and Eeyore as they were just finding a spot for meet and greets. Dawson was OVERJOYED by these guys. It was the cutest thing I saw all day. He was smiling laughing, grabbing them and really just excited as could be about it. Our luck wasn't up yet though...we came across (drumroll....) Mickey tucked behind an area near It's a Small World and the line was maybe 10 people long. Score! Dawson, of course, adored Mickey too. Cutest thing ever. Asher had really wanted us to see Mickey so we were thrilled to be able to make that happen without waiting in an hour long line (like the one we'd passed up in Toon Town). Corey HAD to buy Dawson some Mickey Ears complete with embroidered name on the back. Dawson, er, tried hard to love them (see picture below). It was hilarious, but they are so darn cute, you have to admit. We called it a day around 5 and never looked back. EVERYTHING had ridiculous lines. We even tried to get ice cream on the way out and just couldn't see waiting for 45 minutes for a treat. Nope. In fact, the day was so busy, our new mantra will be Disney on week days only, whenever possible. Sheesh!
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| D's favorite souvenir ever. |
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| Laurie's family...on wheels:) |
Day 4 we tried to go to church but the time was wrong on the website, so we ended up going to the beach to let the kids play. Newport Pier was gorgeous. The weather was (again) perfect. Asher loved jumping in the waves and finding shells, Beck enjoyed finding mini clam shells, and Dawson enjoyed perusing around on all 4's (or at least his style of the crawl) in the sand and water. That baby loves the beach and wasn't afraid of getting cold, or wet. Miraculously, he didn't even try to eat the globs of sand he held in his fists. It was our last bit of time with my parents before their flight, and I think they enjoyed it as much as we did. It was gorgeous and the kids had the best time just playing in the sun and sand. Love love the beach. We headed back to Anaheim and decided to try out some Rosscoe's Chicken and Waffles. Service was bad, food was good. May or may not go back but it was fun to try it out.
Day 5 was our last day and our flight was scheduled to leave at 3:15 so we made the most of our morning by taking the kiddos to the Discovery Cube, which was a short drive from the hotel and was a great kids science museum. It was wide open, clean, not too busy and had some great exhibits. The kids had a good time exploring before we headed over to LAX for our flight. While getting off of the rental car shuttle, Dawson threw up some milk, which was strange but I just figured it was a fluke. The flight home, the boys were well behaved and well occupied. Dawson's prior milk incident proved to NOT be a fluke after all. The poor little fella threw up. Two more times. All down the front of me. Now, although baby throw up is definitely not as bad as the big kid stuff, it did still smell and feel awful. I put a coat over my totally disgusting clothes and wrapped Dawson up in Corey's jacket. D was so sad and not wiggly at all. Just sad and still. What a heart breaker. At that point I was ready to get home of course. The awesome trip was over and we had a super sick baby to get home, clean up and snuggle.
Til' the next time....which I hope is really really soon! We love our California trips so much!
P.S. Grandma and Grandpa Pettit...the boys are really loving their custom built Light Sabers...swords are clanking, lighting up and crashing around. The dark side is being defeated one duel at a time over here.
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