Never having been much of a fan of Disneyland, I can now say I'm converted.
After my big birthday weekend (Brian treating me to a manicure, pedicure, hour-long full body massage, AND getting my hair done!) we decided to meet up with some family in LA and go to a theme park. Our first choice was Knottsberry farm because Jackson's not old enough to really appreciate these kind of things yet and I've never really liked Disneyland (something about the crowds, lines, and "boring" rides...)
As fate would have it, we ended up at Disneyland.
Not only did I LOVE spending time with my awesome nephews but I ended up having a great time myself! It ended up that on top of all the things having a baby has changed about me I am also much more afraid of rollercoasters, and Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain were plenty of ride for me! I even had to close my eyes a couple of times. (Brian so kindly pointed out to me that even my 6 year old nephew was allowed on those rides that scared me.) As it was I was really grateful we didn't go to a place with anything scarier than those. BONUS: My pregnant sister Michelle, Jackson, and my 3 year old nephew Tyler were able to go on all the rides but 2, saving them from a dull day of sitting around.
Disneyland was all decorated for Halloween
So I have absolutely no idea how Brian got 55,600 points more than me I swear my gun thing was broken.... And I don't know why its all in Spanish....
The Buzz Lightyear ride was the first one of the day!
Can I just brag for a minute about how amazing Jackson was? He seriously didn't cry once and loved all the rides. Well, all except Haunted Mansion, which has a loud sound at the beginning of glass shattering that scared him to death and made him cry. Other than that though he was a perfect angel!
I can't believe my dad treated us both to Disneyland which, trust me, is NOT cheap!
You can't go to Disneyland without going on the cheesy "It's a small world after all" ride.
Yes, this is what 12 hours of Disneyland will do to you.
It was so amazing seeing Michelle and her family, we had a blast!
One last funny story, at Disneyland you can get these passes called FastPasses that let you skip almost the entire line, the only catch is that you have to come back in a couple hours to do it. So Craig spent any time NOT on a ride running around getting the right FastPasses so we could skip the line of a certain ride a few hours later. By the end of the night it got too dark for the workers to really see what time was on the FastPass, so we Danielsons, having learned from the best, decide that we could get a FastPass, and despite it saying that we could only get on a ride 2 hours later, we could skip the lines and give them the FastPass right then. We later joked that these are the things that we want our kids growing up learning, and because my mom and grandma aren't here to teach them, we have to uphold the traditions of scavenging and getting the most of your money ; ). It was all in good fun!
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