Disneyland

We took the kids to Disneyland this year and had so much fun. It was all decked out for Halloween, and the Haunted Mansion was changed to the Nightmare Before Christmas theme. The great thing was that it rained all day, just a light drizzle (it poured a couple times) so all the lines were really short. We waited in maybe 3 lines, but otherwise we just walked onto any ride we wanted.

This was Grace's first trip to Disneyland and she was enchantated. And she lasted the whole day, 8am to 9:30 pm! We had to encourage her to stay just a little bit longer, because we wanted to watch the World of Color laser light show at the end of the night. She said it was worth it :)





This thing was cool... a giant ball sitting on a pedestal with running water. If you push hard enough, you can change the direction the ball is spinning. Ben really got into it.

Grace & Ember got to meet Tinkerbelle


We did all the classic kids rides for Grace, but we also talked Ember and Ben into doing the scarier rides. They did Indiana Jones, Tower of Terror, and even Space Mountain! Ember said it made her feel very brave and grown-up to do such scary rides. Even Grace did the Tower of Terror and didn't cry, although she said she didn't like it.

Grace got to meet three princesses, which made her day.

Even waiting in line was fun, because there were no lines!
We basically walked onto any ride we wanted to.

We had a blast, but Mom and Dad are worn out. Because the steps were slippery on one of the rides I twisted my knee and I'm walking with a limp. Plus earlier in the week I got a bladder infection and a toothache (I think I lost a filling). I was so ready for this vacation to be over. I'm glad the kids had fun though, I'd do it all again just for them.