While we were down in LA, we celebrated Jennifer's 34th birthday with a Mickey Mouse theme at a local restaurant. A day later, we celebrated Max's 2nd birthday with a Woody-Buzz theme. Papa's 62nd was celebrated at the end of the week - no theme, just plenty of family who were glad he was there!
While in Disneyland, Papa rented an electric cart. We thought we would get into rides quickly, using the handicap card (lines were at least a 60 minute wait that first day!), but it turned out that Papa could get into the ride, but had a really hard time getting back out
, so he opted out on almost all the rides. Papa and I enjoyed watching all the kids' eyes (big and little) wide with wonder and excitement as the three days passed.
, so he opted out on almost all the rides. Papa and I enjoyed watching all the kids' eyes (big and little) wide with wonder and excitement as the three days passed. Adi was just a little afraid of the dressed-up characters, but was willing to get close up and personal when Aunt Jen held her on their visit to Minnie's house.
Max's favorite character right now is Woody-Buzz (either will do, as he calls them both by the same name!) and it was so sad when we finally got to see the Woody character that Max had fallen asleep and no matter how gently Leo tried to get him to wake up, he just wouldn't.
One of the highlights of the trip was spending Thanksgiving evening with Danielle's whole family - her two brothers, her sister-in-law, her mom and dad and their partners - and introducing the young nieces and nephews to each other.
Nana probably got an A- from Papa on her driving, and he even drove a couple of hours in California. We were very glad that we had our snow tires rotated in Redding on the way down and put back on when we were headed home - lots of snow and ice between Weed and LaPine.
It will be a trip we will remember for a long time!!
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