8
Jun

Day 1 – Can you guess where we are?

These 3 all built light sabers. Of course, a battle broke out!

Hey Grandma & Grandpa H. He finally got his churro!
So hot, but enjoying the relaxing carousel.
James and Faith’s 4th time on the tea cups! They took Dad this last time and – hey look! He’s still smiling!
We can spin Mom fast!
We went to Garnet’s favourite ride, Dumbo, first. There were some nerves at first and then it seemed like our newest member was ready to dive in. She loved it!
Grace wanted to see the castle most of all on this trip. So glad to be here once again.

 Unfortunately, I appear to still be posting my photos backwards.  You can click on them to make them larger. 

Yesterday was HOT!  We were still nursing sun burns from San Francisco so the sunscreen went on thick and often yesterday.  We even bought one of those over priced mister-fans and it was a life saver for these northern creatures.  Everyone got a bit of what they had hoped for yesterday, but it was a bit of a tough day as we chose to do Fantasyland first and then a couple of other rides just for the shade. We wanted to warm up Grace to the rides before taking her on the faster ones.  Unfortunately, the sun was most intense in these areas so we definitely got overheated.  Quite a change from Oregon.  lol   

Garnet had a chance to ride Dumbo and build his Darth Maul lightsaber so he was thrilled!  He’d been talking about those two things for a whole year now (quite an accomplishment for a 4, then 5 year old!). 

Grace had a few nerves before a few of the rides (flopping her foot back and forth nervously or chewing her cuticles), but then she’d come off smiling and asking to do it again.  She cowered a few times in a dark part, but she liked the speed and the characters.  She had been really looking forward to seeing the castle and so she was all sparkly eyed walking through it.  She was a concerned when we bought her a sun hat and not the micky ears, but took it quietly.  Se tends to be a bit more, ummm, outspoken, when she doesn’t get what she thinks she deserves, so this was interesting.  I know she’ll be tickled when we get to a bit more shopping.  She was surprised when we bought her a lightsaber though.  She likes to be able to tangle with the boys – not timid that way! 

Faith really enjoyed some of the character type rides – like Alice in Wonderland, but she clutched my hand during the Matterhorn.  She LOVES the fast ones, so I can see her ramping up the more we go on.  Faith was the hottest of us all yesterday, being so fair, so we had a job making her drink water all day.  She is so fun to be here with.  Such a treat to walk around holding her hand and chatting.  

James  got a bit of the short end of the stick, but he Garnet were ride buddies a lot and you could see the delight that James got from watching Garnet enj0y things.  He also helped Garnet build his lightsaber and that was a cool brother thing to do.  He got his churro!  Apparently he and Gma and Gpa H. had spent a LONG time looking for one last trip and so when we found a booth yesterday, he had to have one!  We even waited 5 minutes for them to cook .  Nothi ng was going to stop him from having one.  hehehe  Stephen and he got fast passes for Space Mountain for 10:55 -11:55 last night. They took the rest of us back to our room and then went back for more fast rides.  I was so glad James had a fun end to his day.  He’s still sleeping or I’d ask him how it went.  

Stephen and I were hot and happy.  It was so neat to see the kids enjoying themselves and for the ones who’d been here before, to see them remembering things. Stephen is a good planner, but the heat made for quite a few detours.  I ended up getting a migraine and went straight to sleep after we got back.  Fortunately I had brought my migraine meds and I’m feeling like my normal self this a.m. 

Well, off to wake the rest up and get going again!  

Comments

  1. kim denis says

    Miah’s favorite ride was Dumbo too! Mackenzie got brave this past April and rode California Screamin. Mack says to tell Faith to have fun!

  2. Oh the teacups!!!We rode those more times than we can count, Riley still talks about her teacups:0) Hope you are having a wonderful time in Disneyland!

  3. So glad you got your Churro, James!
    Gramma H.

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