This year was the first year that we felt they were old enough to make an amusement park worthwhile. We decided to start with the big one: Disneyland.
Disneyland is expensive! Ridiculously so. It's $80 or so for adults or kids! I remember when it was $25....back in my day!
However, we had some wonderful people help us out. A friend of my grandma's (so the kids' great grandma) can get people into Disneyland free (if you work there, you get so many free passes for others.) Wonderful, wonderful Yolande was able to get 3 adults in free. Yolande really is a very sweet lady. So sweet that I even remember her from my aunt's wedding that must have happened when I was 16 or so! So right there we had my parents and Justin covered. Then my grandma paid for the remaining adult (me) and the two boys (the girls were free). We weren't really expecting any of this. We were planning on getting at least 2 of us in free (via someone who worked at Disney...we apparently have a few connections) but we figured we'd have to pay for at least 2 or more people on our own. The fact that we were able to go to Disneyland free of charge was great! A huge thank you to my grandma and Yolande.
We didn't get to do too many rides. It's amazing what waiting in line will do to your day. Justin and the boys (along with one or both of my parents) hit all the big rides and by big I don't mean popular, I mean big. Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Star Tours, etc. I on the other hand did Pixie Hallow and Minnie's House with Everly.
The boys loved all the rides. Logan came out of each ride exclaiming that THAT one was his favorite. Logan also had some crazy luck in that he was always in the front for pretty much every ride. He also proved to be quite daring in that on one ride (a roller coaster no less) he rode in the very front all by himself. The kid definitely gets that from Justin and not me that's for sure!
Everly on the other hand was not a huge fan of the characters. She loved the idea and all the way to the front of the line she was excited. In fact, in Pixie Hallow (where the fairies are) when we got to the front of the line, she dashed towards where the fairies are and I had to pull her back as it wasn't our turn. Of course, by the time it was our turn, she didn't want to be anywhere near the fairies. I had to actually pick her up for the pictures and she wasn't happy even then. Minnie Mouse was the same way. In fact, she begged to get out of line at one point. Of course, now if you ask Everly about Disneyland she exclaim that she got to see Minnie and fairies! Crazy girl. Everly did however love to ride in the stroller eating her carrots. That's all she really did for at least 4 hours.
Verity of course slept through the entire trip. She only woke up to eat every few hours and then it was right back to sleep. Got to love my Ergo baby carrier!
It was quite the day. We couldn't have done it without my parents. Four kids at Disneyland needs at least 3 adults and 4 was better as that meant I usually had someone to hang out with when everyone else went on the rides.
All in all it was a great day and I know the kids loved every minute of it.
Oh those pictures made my heart smile! So awesome that you guys got to do that. Your kids will remember that trip forever! I still remember our first trip:) thanks for sharing the pictures!
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