June 6th, 2009

Disneyland Vacation Recap

I so thought I’d be able to blog about my Disneyland vacation while on vacation but clearly that did not happen. We got back Wednesday night and this is the first time I felt like I had even a minute to think about my poor old blog!

Daddy, Little Boy & Big Boy on the Plane

We left on the 27th and had a direct flight to LAX. With all the

Mommy and Baby Boy on the Plane

waiting at the airport and the flight, it was already getting to be a long day, even though all three boys did really well in general, so it was frustrating to hit rush hour traffic in LA after picking up our rental minivan from Hertz. It took us 2.5 hours to get to our hotel and  we were wiped!! The hotel was quite nice though and we settled in and then headed back out to stock up on some needed supplies (snacks, milk for baby, water bottles, etc). I enjoyed the short stop at Target, which is a store we don’t have here in Alberta, then we headed back and turned in for the night.

We spent the better part of Thursday and Friday at Disneyland and California Adventure. My poor 4yo did not enjoy too many rides,  but he did have lots of fun. The 7yo was a perfect age to enjoy Disney and loved almost every ride he tried. Thanks to BFF travelling with us we were able to easily do swaps and stuff so everybody could try things out and still have an adult looking after the two younger boys.

Family with Goofy

Little Boy in California Adventure

Baby Boy in California Adventure

Big Boy climbing the rock wall

We went to Hollywood on Saturday am (kind of disappointing) and Santa Monica. The boys loved the beach but the weather was chilly so it wasn’t that exciting for us grown-ups. Sunday was some outlet shopping and then back to Disneyland for Monday and Tuesday, we also made a quick stop on Rodeo Drive Tuesday as that was the one place BFF really wanted to see. I say quick stop, but of course because of traffic we were gone the entire morning, ugh.

Visiting Hollywood

Wednesday we had a last swim at the hotel pool and made our way back through traffic to catch our 2pm flight home. It was so nice to be home that night, sleeping in our own bed and NOT in the same room as all the boys, lol. Overall it was a great trip and I’m really glad we went!