Well, this last week our good friend Sean got a new job at continental airlines as a pilot. He and his wife were so excited about the new promotion that they decided to take a trip and being the great friends that they are, they invited us along. Wednesday night we finalized plans to go to disneyland the next day. Talk about a whirlwind trip. There wasn't even time for anticipation, which with a couple of four year olds, is a good thing. The flight wasn't exactly great cause peyton wouldn't take a nap. It was a long three hours. Once we finally landed, the airline hadn't sent Blakes carseat, so we were stuck in baggage claim for a little longer than intended waiting to get that situation resolved, as well as getting the rental cars, but it was alright, there were phones there to entertain the kiddos.
We finally got to the hotel around 9:30 and put the babies to sleep. Halli & Blake thought it was way cool to sleep on their "transformer" bed as Blake put it. It was a sofa bed, but so cool to a four year old. :) Everyone woke up bright and early the next day ready to head out to disneyland. We started off the day with a smaller ride that the babies could go on, and then went to snow white, which scared Halli & Blake just a little bit. I was kinda suprised just how many spooky rides there were at disneyland. I guess you don't really think about it until you have kids with you to remind you.
The whole first day was really spent waiting in line for some of the bigger rides, everyone loved pirates of the caribbean, and the kids liked splash mountain. I wish I could have gone on more of the rides with Halli to see her reaction, but being pregnant and having peyton to watch made it kind of impossible. She said she loved the Haunted mansion, but not the elevator part at the beginning. The hardest part of the day for her was when we were on the train that goes around the park, and it had stopped at one of the stations, we weren't planning on getting off, and right behind us at the bottom of the hill were Belle, Aurora, Cinderella and the fairy Godmother. Halli put her hands over her face and gasped then hopped off her seat, put her hands on her hips and exclaimed "I'm getting off!" We wouldn't have made it in time cause they were getting ready to leave, but she was absolutely heartbroken.
Another of her favorite things to do was see the fireworks at night. They put on a really cool fireworks display and the kids all thought it was the best thing. Peyton loved watching them too.
The second day was a little different. The kids were kinda tired and we had promised Halli we would find some princesses that day. So we got to the park and went to meet the princesses. You have to wait in line and they keep all the princesses behind a wall where you can't see them, so you wait for about 1 1/2 hours and you don't even know who your going to meet. Kevin was a sweetie and waited in line while we took the kiddos on a couple rides. I didn't want the Monsons to have to wait to meet princesses with their two little boys. We finally got to the front of the line though and Halli was so excited. She was able to meet Pocahontas, and lucky for us, right as we got there Jasmine came to take her place so Halli was able to meet four princesses instead of just three. After that she met Belle and then mulan. Now her favorite princess is Ariel and they keep her in a different spot, cause she's part fish and can't walk around like the other princesses. So we left one line, to stand in another. Thats kinda how disneyland is though, isn't it? So she finally got the meet Ariel. All during this time, the Monsons were waiting in another 1 1/2 hour line for finding nemo, the submarine ride. We caught up to them and got on the submarine. Its a cool ride, but not really after waiting that long in line.
The rest of the day went pretty quick and we only went on a couple more rides. Sean & Kevin left real quick to go on Indiana Jones which they really liked, and Allie & I took Halli & Blake on autotopia, where they got a drivers license and got to drive the car, Halli LOVED it. It was a short trip but the kids had lots of fun, at least the older kids anyway. I seem to have lots of photos of Peyton crying. I think she had a slightly long weekend. But it was tons of fun, and we were able to really enjoy the time there spent with our families and friends.
Entertaining themselves while waiting at the airport.
Halli & Blake on the shuttle to the Magic Kingdom
The first Character they met, Buzz Lightyear. This is Halli with Allie, Sean & Blake.
Me & My very happy child waiting for the submarine. The funny thing is she is really mad cause I took her from Sean who was holding her. She has a small daddy crush on him.
Our content Peyton, in Seans arms.
On the submarine, it was a neat ride.
Gadget Coaster in toontown. Halli went on the ride with Allie, Sean & Blake while Kevin waited in line at the princesses for us.
Halli & Belle
Halli with Jasmine and Pocahontas
Halli & her favorite, Ariel
Halli & Daddy after getting her mickey ears.
The obligatory photo at the park entrance. Here you go britt, a pic of my expanding waistline!
Kevin & the girls on the Matterhorn. Peyton didn't go on the ride, she just hopped into the cart at the end.
Our very unhappy girl playing in toontown. I have no idea why she was mad, she was finally free of the the stroller, you'd think she'd be so excited.
You can't really see them, but this is Kevin, Sean and the older kids on splash mountain. That's Kevin with his arm up on the air, Sean is in front of him, and you can't really see the kids.
Here's the fam on mainstreet just before the fireworks.
