Disneyland

This is Kaden freaking out cause the sun was shining in his eyes! :) A great start to the day!

Oma, Kaden, and Pluto..are first Disney sighting of the day

On the horsies...the one other ride Caleb wasn't terrified on

Waiting for Eyeore




Not sure about this big Pooh

"I liked him better from far away!"




He woulen't even look at Tigger without screaming!

Caleb was scared of the Mermaid too..so just Kaden got to meet her.





Getting cozy with Snow White

Showing Sleeping Beauty his lightsaber!

The Castle at Christmas time

Last picture with Oma and Papa Lance

One of the hightlights of our trip to California was Disneyland! We went to celebrate Kaden's birthday and as a special day to have with Matt's mom and Lance. It was the perfect day to go to Disneyland! There were enough people in the park to make it fun but the crowds were so low that we were walking on the rides! The only ride we had to wait for was Finding Nemo and that was only like 45 min! If you recall...last time I had to wait two hours for Dumbo! We went on the Buzz Lightyear ride and it broke! But not until we were at the end so we just walked off (once they let us out of the seats) and as we were leaving they gave us a pass to cut to the front of any line in the park! We used it to go see the princesses and saved ourselves on hour wait! Short lines made Disney so much fun!

Kaden's birthday present from Oma was a lightsaber (why StarWars and Disneyland are connected I have no idea, but whatever). After watching the Jedi's fight Darth Vader (they pull little kids out of the audience and let them fight Darth Vader...Kaden was like No thanks, I'll just watch!) Kaden was so pumped up he went and got his lightsaber and practiced swinging it around the rest of the day. His lightsaber was also the one thing he couldn't wait to show off to the princesses! Notice in all the pictures that he's holding it. That's my favorite memory of the day, watching Kaden impress the girls with his sword. Kaden walked away from Cinderella and said, "Cinderella told me I'm a great knight, hehehehe!" It was to cute.

Caleb, on the other hand, did not enjoy Disneyland as much! He was pretty much terrified on every ride except Dumbo and he's still really scared of the characters! It was so cute, we were waiting in line for Pooh and Tigger and he was so excited. He would scrunch down real low and look at them under the rope and wave, but as soon as we walked up to them he started crying and clawing at me to get away. Then he would look at them and start to smile and then he'd bury his head in my shoulder and start to cry. It was so precious. It was like he was trying to like them but he just couldn't. Oh well, maybe next year he'll be more into it!

The Lord blessed us with such a great day and the memories are so precious...I can't wait to do it again!