disney.

well it's about time we delve into the world of disney. levi had an externship down in LA at the end of september, so we spent the few days beforehand at my favorite place in the world. i love disney. it's so magical. and i was super stoked for zak to get into it and actually remember. to prepare, zak and i watched a special disney movie every day for the week beforehand, tangled, toy story 1 & 3, monsters inc, and cinderella. {i wanted adorable pictures of him with princesses but we failed at that. and nor did he care very much. super lame}

we did california adventure on friday because disney closed at 7 that night and it was awesome. basically no lines, and it was the first time we'd been there, so zak and i were quite excited. {i swear the rest of our family was there, but for some reason they don't express emotion like we do}

we rode the ferris wheel first because there were no lines for it that morning. super sweet. 

zak became super stoked for toy story before we left, unfortunately for us, the two times we tried to see buzz, he decided to take a little snack break. zak was super disappointed, but we made up for it riding the toy story ride. it's pretty much the coolest ride in either of the parks. it's amazing what technology can do! 

oh. and cars land is awesome. luigi's tires is super fun. 

they also had a disney jr show that zak was very excited for. mickey mouse, sophia the first, and jake and the pirates oh my! 

and greysen....  well he gets shafted for being too little to go on anything. lucky for him, he found a watering hole and quite enjoyed himself there while zak rode on all the rides. 

that night, we went to go to dinner with the princesses, but apparently ariel's grotto doesn't do dinner with them anymore, they just give you a VIP ticket to world of color. which means you stand right in front. way better than fast passes. totally sweet. that show is amazing! 

as per our tradition, the next morning we did breakfast with the characters. it's not only delicious, but gets quite a bit of characters out of the way. 

greysen looooooved the characters. he was soooo happy. 

zak even took good pictures while we were there. like i said, disneyland is magical. 

it got super hot on saturday, so we bailed out early for naps, and went back after when it was cooler and there were less people. we spent a lot of time in tomorrow land, and riding autopia. {btw, stroller passes are the bomb! if one of you has to stay with the babes, make sure you get a stroller pass so you can go up to the front of the line when the other person gets back. super sweet!}

i'm sure i could write a lot more, but it's been so long. next time we go, it would be at the same time, just during the week because the weather was nice, and no one was there on friday. plus, having it all dressed up for the holidays is pretty fun. 

our last venture of saturday night was to ride the train. all zak wanted to do was ride the monorail but we failed as parents, so we rode the circus train instead which satisfied him for the moment, until he realized that we sucked, and was so sad the whole week after because we didn't get to ride it. 

like i said. he was so happy on there. train addict. 

notice how there are no adult rides pictured on here? alas.... the perils of children. we got fast passes to go back at 11:00 for space mountain, but they closed it. most unfortunate. so we wandered around and ended up on indiana jones as our one adult ride of the weekend. boo. i could have definitely used another day there.... but something about preschool starting, externships starting and such. pffft.