Oh, my goodness. We had another incredible time visiting with family and friends in Los Angeles over Labor Day weekend. Dylan ran a great race and, I think, Tom and I did, too (all things considered). I’ve delayed writing the post because my pictures are trapped on a hard drive that just died and I haven’t had time to move them to a new one.
Anyway, we spent two days at Disneyland where Dylan had a few “firsts” (and Cameron, too): riding Astro Blasters (twice!), the horse-drawn trolley (pulled by a giant Belgian named Holly), the Mark Twain steam boat, and sittin’ in the Tiki Room (where people applauded animatronic birds on-demand).
We also were able to squeeze in a few rides on the Steam Train and the Monorail, Finding Nemo, Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, and Alice in Wonderland. Not bad, considering the last time we were there, I think we only managed to ride a total of three rides!
For the most part, Cameron enjoyed herself, too. On Pirates, Astro Blasters, Mr. Toad’s, and Alice in Wonderland, she’d burrow her sweet little head into my chest and just wait for the ride to pass! On Finding Nemo, she wanted to open the window!
Yes, the weather was pretty good — for our half-marathon (we owe a billion thanks to Grandma Sharon for waking up at 4:30am to watch the kids while we ran), it stayed at about 65 and, during the second day, it didn’t break 90F! And, the park was remarkably uncrowded.
We returned to Grandma Sharon’s house after leaving Disneyland and we spent the next 2.5 days there.
Dylan just loved playing with Grandma Sharon and, even now, he says wants to move to LA (sorry kid, not gonna happen!).
During our brief stay, we also got to visit with Ty and Lynn, Jennifer and Kyler, Auntie Janice, Uncle Donald and Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Michael, Uncle Fred and Aunt Julie, Eli and Rocky, Aunt JoAnne and Grandma Sharon’s good friend, Dori.
Anyway, I will post some pics as soon as I can recover those files….
