i've been wanting to go to disneyland for about the past 10 years and arron would never take me!! RUDE!
he is not a lover of disneyland, or should i rephrase, he WASNT a lover of disneyland.
however, take your kids to disneyland and not to sound completely cliché but it is amazingly more magical, and although he wont be sporting his mickey shirt on casual fridays or running out and purchasing a mickey mouse watch, he did catch the spirit of the happiest place on earth,
and i believe he is secretly planning and making spread sheets for our next disney getaway in his CPA brain.
Ooooooh YES WE DID!!
we were "those" people with the matching shirts.
its really the only way to fit in.
and all the cool people are doing it.
and if we ever go during the winter months we will buy some matching hanes sweat suits and matching disney iron ons and get us some fanny packs and you will wish you were us!
although i finally made it to disneyland after years of begging i was also 5 months pregnant so i couldn't
ride any of the good rides. {seriously, the disney gods are against me}
HOWEVER!!! just seeing cars land made it all ok.
That place is AMAZING!! you seriously feel like you are in the movie.
and it blew little Lightning McQueen lovers minds!!
this disney trip had been in the works for a year, we started planning it one night with our good friends the Jones family, and it was awesome to finally make the 12 hour trek with Gabes best friend and some of our favorite people.
nana nancy and papa tim came to share in the magic for a couple of days.
which was code for "come and watch the kids while the adults play for a couple hours"
did that happen, no! but it was nice to have some extra eyes to keep track of 2 very excited little boys.
so there is a slight chance that we took gabe about 6-12 months too early.
He loved meeting all of the characters,
he did NOT love the rides.
he liked most of the kid rides once he got on them but the anticipation caused the poor kid some major anxiety accompanied by some tears and deep breaths.
his favorite ride was toy story mania.
his least favorite ride...well i'll let the picture below do the talking.
{i think its the BEST picture from the entire trip, that face is PRICELESS}
everyone should be able to dress up as their favorite super hero for a day, but something magical happens in DISNEYLAND when you put on those wings or brandish a wooden sword aka stick.
you BECOME them, and you get more attention and smiles and you might as well get an agent and manager because you are the star of the show.
at least thats what these two thought as they slipped into last years halloween costumes that were now 2 inches too short and took to the streets of disneyland.
peter pan found tinker bell and gabe found his stunt double and was kind enough to pose for a picture with him.
Random people pointed, snapped pictures and oohed and awed at the 2 handsome little celebs.
one lady even asked gabe if he was going to be buzz light year when he grew up,
to which he replied "no, an accountant" .... hahaha
dont worry, there is still time to change his mind!
we had so much fun and cant wait to go back, maybe mac will be lucky and get to experience disneyland next time instead of being strapped into a stroller or to dad or asleep.
he was a little champ and i'm sure it was because he could feel the magic...right?
we love you Disneyland...to infinity and beyond!
until next time!
