Wednesday, February 9, 2011
We were all pretty tired from a full Tuesday in California Adventures. Megan, Jacob and I left early so we could get fast passes for everyone to see the World of Color show. When the rest of the crew arrived at the park, we split off again. Jacob and Megan really wanted to do Tower of Terror and California Screamin’ again. The little ones were more in the mood for princesses and teacups. So we split up with the plan to meet for lunch.
We did California Screamin’ again, then headed over to then took Megan over to the Toy Story Midway Madness ride that she had missed out on during her princess lunch yesterday. Megan had some difficulty with the firing mechanism, so she struggled. Jacob and I battled for first place in our car. You’ll have to watch the YouTube video below to find out who won.
It was approaching lunchtime so we decided to meet up with the rest of the family in Disneyland. We ate lunch in a secluded little area off of Fantasyland, and then headed up towards Toontown. The kids had fun with all the little gags and jokes in Toontown, but I spent most of the time trying to deal with Drew, who was about to the end of his rope at this point. The poor little guy was so extremely tired, but he didn’t want to stop and take a nap.
However, we had purchased the unlimited shuttle bus pass on our first Disneyland day, so we could head back to the hotel quite easily. We all caught the train and Drew and I got off on the Main Street USA stop and made our way back to the hotel. The rest of the crew went on to Tom Sawyer’s island and later said they’d had a great time.
Getting Drew to take a nap was a challenge. I would hear him open his door, sneak around, and then close his door again. This happened about every 15 minutes, so I was sure he wasn’t getting any sleep. Finally, at about 4:30pm, I went into his room to check on him. I knew something was up, so I was capturing it on video. As soon as I went in, I could smell Chips Ahoy cookies, and confronted Drew on it (again, watch the YouTube video). It’s hard to be mad at such a cute kid.
We made plans to meet back up at the Plaza Inn, where we’d heard there was a great deal on a full chicken dinner. We had done a very good job of packing in our own food for lunches, so we felt OK about splurging. We enjoyed a good dinner together, and the kids were able to share, and we still all ate until we were full.
I think we were all pretty tired at this point, but we still needed to wait until 8PM for the World of Color show that we had been looking forward to. So, instead of going on more rides, we moseyed down Main Street USA. We sat and listened to the ragtime piano player, ducked into a few shops looking for souvenirs, and Grandma Jan treated us all to some ice cream.
We made our way over to California Adventures to watch the World of Color show that marked the end of the day at the park and the end of our great Disneyland vacation.
The show was very cool, definitely worth seeing. We hustled back to the bus stop to catch the last shuttle of the day, and practically fell into our beds when we got home. We were all so very tired.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
When we hit the road on Thursday, we weren’t planning on driving all the way home in one day. We had planned on just taking it easy, stopping for a day in St. George. However, by the time we got to Vegas, Manina was just ready to get home. So, we made a few calls to change arrangements and notify some of our neighbors.
We finally pulled into our driveway at about 11:30pm. Most of the kids were asleep, but it was very nice to be home. Our neighbors who were watching our house had brought over milk, juice, eggs, cinnamon rolls, cereal, and fresh fruit for our breakfast in the morning. How awesome is that? In the morning we would be reunited with Ellie (who had been left behind) and our family vacation was over. It was an awesome time though.
MightyJohnsons 
So, so fun.
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