Friday, November 4, 2011

disneyland 2011

One morning Wes said that he was going to take a week off of work and asked if we should take the boys to Disneyland.  Of course I said "YES!!!"  Alex has been asking for awhile to go see Mickey Mouse so I knew the boys would be excited too!!  I told Alex we would be going to Disneyland in October so everyday he woke up and asked if it was October yet. I now know to wait a little before telling the boys they are going somewhere.  So, for the next 5 weeks or so I was looking something up related to Disneyland almost everyday. I was counting down the days along with the boys!!
Our trip is finally here and we are off to see Mickey and friends!!

We tried to leave early in the morning so we could have a few hours at the park before it closed.   We got to the hotel around 3:30 and by 4:30 we were getting on the shuttle to go to Disneyland
Alex and Mommy waiting for the shuttle
2 happy boys!

...and here we are!!!  The park was decorated for Halloween so we loved seeing all of the pumpkins decorated like the characters (in fact everyday we left Evan would wave and say good bye to each one of them...so cute!)
Our first trip to Disneyland
being our first time there we had no idea where to go but Alex saw some rockets and wanted to ride
Alex and Daddy on the Astro Orbitor
flying with Daddy 
Evan was so excited to see Buzz Lightyear 
this ride was so cute because you could interact and shoot the Z

Daddy helped Evan
Mommy and her boys in front of the castle that you can't see

picking out some glow in the dark toys
"It's a small world"

Look at my Buzz
The boys were worn out after a drive from Phoenix and a few hours at the park. We came back to the hotel and watched a show with them and then they were ready for bed.  
Alex was sound asleep. He never napped in the car because he was so excited!
The next day we woke up and went to California Adventure
what is out the window
Daddy and Evan were ready with their 3 D glasses to see the Muppet Movie
We caught the end of the Pixar Pal show with the characters from Monsters Inc.
Sulley!
Daddy and the boys watching the show

Happy boy!

We went to Bug's land because they had a lot of smaller rides for Evan
The boys go to take their picture with Lightning McQueen and Mater 
When I told Alex we were going to Disneyland and showed him some information on the computer the first thing he noticed was the Mickey Mouse ferris wheel.   And it was the first thing he noticed when he saw the map!!
on the Mickey ferris wheel
Evan dancing to the music

the boys in front of the Disneyland sign
we spent a few hours at California Adventure and then it was time to go back to the hotel for naps. Later that night we had plans to go to Mickey's Halloween party!

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