Usually around August I am a little frustrated and annoyed with the heat in AZ and ready for a vacation. So this year we decided to go to Disneyland for five days and then go to Montana to spend some time with Nana, Pa, and TaTa. The first stop was Lightening McQueen and Tow Mater (if you are wondering our next trip to Disneyland/California Adventure Park will be in 2012 when Radiator Springs opens)
The next morning was the character breakfast. This is the ONLY way both the boys would come within a 1/2 mile of the characters. Which I am perfectly okay with and didn't have to worry about standing in line or elbow punching anyone who cut in front of us...
Pa was reunited with his distant relative Brother Bear..
We stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel and as hotel guests were able to get into the park at 7:00am and get into ToonTown an hour before it opened to the public! This was the best! Take a look at the castle and barely anyone was around it, it was great! The only downside is I was ready for lunch and a nap at 9:00am.... 
Here's the ToonTown Welcome!
Here's Little Man using all his body strength (literally) to open the mailbox...
Alex was really excited about driving Toad's car, Little Man on the other hand was a bit frightened.
And of course one of our favorite rides is Dumbo. Here's Little Man posing for his picture (this is very rare)
Most of the group pictures were taken by my mom's camera, so I will have to wait to post those, but this is one of the family shots..jpg)
There's a new Disney collection that is called Vinylmation and you can buy a mystery Mickey Mouse figurine from various collections and trade it at designated stores in the Park and at Downtown Disney to collect different figurines. It was fun and we felt like it was a treasure hunt.
And here's Alex's best pirate face...
Overall, it was a fantastic trip and we can't wait to go back to see Radiator Springs!!
5 comments:
Oh, that one of Colin!!! Precious.
Totally going in 2012 ... looks like FUN!
This is dreamy!! How did I know know you blogged? I love all the of it and I wish I were there right this second. The 7:00am thing sounds like a dream to me!
Love you!
Um, I didn't realize you updated...love it all!!! Glad you had a great time...reminds me of our time there with you which was completely AWESOME. Such great memories!!!
I really enjoyed the comments and pictures. The one of Marty was really funny. Too much fun. That picture of Alex and his pirate face is pretty cute. Love ya can't wait to go again. Nana
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