Part 4: Trip to CA....2nd day @ Disneyland

So the 2nd day was not quite as smooth as the first. First of all, the kids were still pretty tired from the day before. We actually went out to eat the night before at like 10:30 PM at a restarant right by the hotel and my kids were dozing while eating. It was sad! But we had to eat dinner. And the hotel was really HOT because I did not know how to work the AC right. So we sweated all  night long. And then from the very start of the morning Matt was so grumpy and I could just tell the day was not gonna be great! Oh and the kids were fighting. The kids actually had a good time though.

 We started out over at California Adventure and it was not crowded at all. I wish Disneyland was like that! My  mom had driven home the night before and driven back to meet us for the 2nd day! I was so glad we had her because we definitely needed her. California Adventure was pretty fun, but the kids liked Disneyland better. My favorite ride this day was the TOWER OF TERROR. I know this is sad to admit, but watching my kids SCARED FACES is so funny. Corey was not so sure of this ride at first, but once it was over she liked it. Cade does not really get scared. He just won't go on it again if he did not like it. But we had fun! Matt and I went on the SCREAMER roller coaster. Awesome! And the Ferris Wheel I would not recommend to anyone. Line takes forever and we decided to take the box that swings. OH IT SUCKED! It made us sick and not to mention Casen had a poopy diaper that we had to smell the whole ride. We also met someone famous on the Aeriel ride. Corey got to shake his hand. His name was Tyler and he was from our show PRETTY LITTLE LIARS! That was cool, but she would not let me ask to take a pic with him. I am so bummed we did not ask! Dang it!

After half the day over at California Adventure, we headed back over to Disneyland for the last 3 hours.  The park closed at 6 PM that night. So we headed over to Thunder Mt. again because the kids loved that ride. We also did Its a Small World again for Casen and Crew and then finished off with The Haunted House. I think the Haunted House and the BUGS LIFE 3D SHOW really put Casen over the edge. He has not been the same since that trip. He is scared of everything now. He has turned into a real WUSS BAG! And it doesn't help that Halloween is near and everything is scary! But it is getting really annoying. Whoever thought The Jungle Book Movie and ET would scare him, but it did. He was freakin in the car when we tried to watch both those movies. But all in all it was a good day, until the end, when we were all tired and ready to go and mommy and daddy started arguing and the kids wanted a souvenier in a store with an hour long line. And then I yelled at the TRAM driver because he wouldn't let Cade sit by the edge of the tram and he wanted me to move over to the edge with a carseat and diaper bag in hand and ANYWAYS I had had it by that time and I freaked a little and said a few swear words and embarrassed my kids. But who cares. I will never see those people again.

The trip was fun and it was great to see my parents and my family. My two little ones were not themselves there...Crew was not sleeping well and Casen would not go to anyone and was scared of everything and I was kind of ready to come home. Everyone needed mommy and mommy needed some time alone and some space. And not to mention, we almost missed our flight because CALIFORNIA is TOO BUSY! We got stuck in traffic in the carpool lane and we also had to wait in a long line to return the rental.....Matt had gone home a few days earlier so I had to travel home alone with all the kids. And if my parents had not been there to help me with the luggage and kids and the rental at the airport, we would have missed our flight. So all in all, the trip was fun, but now I am ready for a vacation by  myself or with Matt and NO KIDS!

These last 3 pics are actually from the day before and I forgot to post them, but I thought they were the cutest pics and I did not want to leave them out.

Part 3: Trip to CA.- First Day @ Disneyland

This first day at Disneyland went really well for how many people we had. It was our family, my parents, My sister Becca and her boyfriend JR, my brother Mike and his girlfriend Angie, and my sister Steph and her whole family. (Em wasn't able to make it on this trip. She was sad and we missed her). But it was not too hot and supposedly not too crowded, but I think Disneyland is always too crowded. But it went really smooth and we did not have to wait in too many long lines. My parents were so helpful in watching the little ones when we would take the older ones on the bigger rides. And all the kids got along too. The only bad part was one of my sisters little boys started throwing up at Disneyland that day. Yes, he was the first to catch the flu from Corey. It sucked. I felt bad for Steph. That always adds stress to a family trip..when someone gets sick. But she took it like a champion mother that she is and she just dealt with it. Love her! And we also had an amazing rib lunch. It was so good! Uncle Wrights knew right where to take us for that!

My kids loved it. I think their favorite ride was Thunder Mountain. I think Space Mountain was my favorite ride at Disneyland. And Matt handled it OK too. He did complain too much (well on the first day. The second day is another story!)

It closed at 8 PM that night and so we said goodbye to everyone and our family got a hotel close to Disneyland because we were going a 2nd day. And my mom was going to meet us the 2nd day to help us out!