Moser Moments: What should we do today...Disneyland?

You know how you dream about your parents suprising you one morning and saying "let's go to Disneyland one day." Mike and I had the chance to do it to our kids. He had to go on a last minute trip to southern CA for work, so after some deliberation we decided to go. Especially since he has enough airline miles that we could all fly free. The plan was to leave Kyle with family and take the older two kids, and everything was booked about a week before we left. We also decided we didn't want the kids upset everynight asking if it was time to go to DL so we didn't tell them until the morning we left. Mike and I probably spent more time talking about how to suprise the kids and what there reaction would be then actually planning and booking the trip. We figured this opportunity to suprise them like this probably would not come again so we took input from everywhere on how to suprise them. Well the morning came and we decided to wake them up at 5:00am and have them open a present with balloons inside and bags that say Disneyland, then tell them that was where we were going. Mike and I had a hard time sleeping we were so excited to see the looks on their faces or watch them jump up and down with joy! Anway, the video below is what actually happened.

Note to self...never try to suprise kids at 5:00 in the morning!

By the time we made it to the airport though they were getting excited, especially about the plane ride. Below is the actual plane we rode on.

Andrea, of course, was as cool as a cucumber. She acted as though this was old hat. We had to ask her if she was excited. Totally typical for her.

Nick on the other hand was talking non-stop. As soon as we walked onto the plane he found the first seat he could and tried to sit down. Of course that was first class. After finding our seat he jumped right in a searched frantically for his seat belt. The smile on his face and excitement in his eyes did not leave for about a half an hour. He loved it. While on the plane he had to go potty, which was a little treat. He was especially excited that he was going potty in the sky. In fact that was his favorite part of the entire plane ride! Funny what kids love! Below is the picture of the grin that never left his face.

When we got to DL we of course had to take a picture in the front.

The first ride of the trip was Buzz Lightyear. We rode that ride at least 10 more times thanks to Nick. And yes I got more points then Mike on the first trip through...BooYah! We won't discuss how the other trips on the ride went.

We thought that the last week of Feb would be a great time for DL, but it was not. The first day was a Thurs and it was packed. Nick was very tired, ornery, and worn out from standing in line by about 3:00pm the first day. I asked hime to smile and look at the camera on this picture.

Mike was eventually able to get him to smile a little through extreme means. I spent most of his time on Buzz Lightyear and Autopia. We did make him go on other rides with us, but he did not like it and kept his head buried in my lap the whole time.

Andi on the other hand loved every minute of being there. She didn't mind the lines as much because she knew at the end she would get to go on a ride.

Andrea has absolutely no fear when it comes to rides. She went on everything except for California Screamer which her height was the only thing that stopped her there. Some of her favorites were Thunder Mountain, Tower of Terror, The Matterhorn, and Indiana Jones. Her all time favorite though was Space Mountain. I loved riding with her because she would just giggle the whole way through, and that is saying something for Andrea. This is her in front of space mountain with her horse Bullseye she got there.

Andi is not much for any of the characters at DL, because as she says, "They are just people in costumes, not actual princesses mom!" However, we did see Malificent from Sleeping Beauty and she was tons of fun to see! I loved her scoul!

Our little family with Nick boycotting pictures. The second day it rained on us and there were long lines, but the third day was finally a little different. It was cold there, 50 degrees, which I guess is too cold for the locals, so no one was there. We were finally able to make up for the long lines of the day before. We stayed until almost midnight that night. Nick we brought home asleep everynight, but Andi would have stayed up until the next morning going on rides if she could have.