Disneyland!!

The week after Labor Day we headed to Disneyland with our little guy! We spent 2 1/2 days there, just enough in our opinion, and we made many more wonderful memories. We were blessed with mild temperatures, thankfully for me especially since I did a lot of standing around waiting for the boys to get off the bigger roller coasters. T grew a whopping 4+ inches from last summer to this one, so he was able to go on nearly every ride this time! He is a child that loves roller coasters for sure, any ride really, so this is awesome for me since I do to...when he is older we will definitely take on Magic Mountain together, and wimpy Jason can stand and watch the next time!!
T was such an awesome traveler too! He has always been a child that does well in car rides - he learned very early on to just sleep when we were in the car longer than 30-40 min. so we have been lucky since I know many parents who don't have the same experience. He slept the first 3+ hours of our drive there, then woke up just before the Grapevine - he was hungry and immediately asked where Disneyland was!
I think we all miss Disneyland already, and although Jason and I decided that we won't go again until the new baby is about 2, I have a feeling we will visit again much sooner!
One happy boy, despite just starting our journey through the Grapevine

Bless you Crayola Magic Color Wonder markers for keeping his attention for the last 2 hours of our drive, when he woke up!

Coming off Big Thunder Mountain for the first time! 3 more rides to follow!

Getting on Splash Mountain

We went on Splash Mountain!

T liked walking through Sleeeping Beauty's Castle

His first attempt at removing the Sword in the Stone

Tweedle-Dee and Dum

Going down the rabbit hole

His all time favorite ride, the Carousel

He asked to get his face painted, and chose a scary fire-breathing dragon

Lovely

Waiting in line for Small World

The new look of It's a Small World

Contemplating going on the Matterhorn

We ended up on the Astro Orbiter so Mommy could ride something else

Cars at Disney California Adventure

Bugs Life

Cooling his jets after going on Soaring Over Califronia

Toy Story ride -so much fun

Andy's green Army men arrived to do some recruiting - guess who rose to the occasion?!

Donald Duck was being quickly rushed away but he saw T and stopped to hug him!

We spent several hours exploring caves and looking for treasures around Tom Sawyer Island

Jason is wearing the blue hat - here they are on Big Thunder Mountain again

Nap time before Fantasmik - it was early enough that we found a front row spot on the waterfront, put down a blanket, and had dinner there before the show.

Watching Fantasmic!

Doing his first "Wave!"