More Disney

Off to another day in the park... Craig was trying to get out of this picture but you notice I was still able to get him.















We saw Captain EO the kids said that Thriller was better.

It's a Small World

We didn't renew our annual passes last year and hadn't been on Small world for a little bit before that so we were interested in seeing the changes to the ride. They had added some of their own characters to it. The first time through it was a race to see who could spot what first.






Peter Pan and Tinkerbell.








Alice in Wonderland.






Cinderella.






Pinnochio the last time that we rode this ride we noticed that Jiminy Cricket was off to the side of him but you can't see him in the picture. They closed the ride down on Monday though to get it ready for Christmas so we didn't get another picture.






Jasmin and Aladdin.



Mulan and Mushu flying a kite.












Simba and Pumbaa and all you can see is Timons paws at the top of that pole thing they are standing next to. Timon pops up every few minutes but I missed him in the picture.




Three Caballeros.





Ariel and Flounder.





Nemo and Dori.





Lilo and Stitch.





And we couldn't help but notice that this mask looked an awful lot like Patrick and it even looks like he is standing in front of a pineapple under the sea.





Woody, Jesse and Bullseye.

Disneyland!!!!

We just got back from our halloween trip to Disneyland. We had soooo much fun. Wish we were still there. I had to start out from the beginning. The boys least favorite thing to do is wait. Of course we had to wait at the airport for the flight.



And then at the park we had to wait for tickets.



And then because the boys had changed enough since their last pictures they had to wait to have those retaken for their passes.



And then mom made everyone take a trip to the bathroom before we finally went on our first ride.



We love the haunted mansion but especially the way that they decorate it for the holidays since we love jack.



Here is the gingerbread house in the haunted mansion it isn't a very good picture unfortunately you can't use flash inside the ride. The gingerbread house is different every year and you can also see the place setting that is the hidden mickey it is the second one from the left a dinner plate and two salad plates. One of our favorite things to do is look for the hidden mickeys. We spotted several this trip.

Is it time to go yet?

The boys have been anxiously awaiting our trip to Disney this week. Jacob has been packing for a week now. Of course his idea of what he is taking and what he is actually taking are two different things. He will be dissapointed when I repack for him since I plan on leaving the stuffed animals and taking clothes. He asked me if I would carry them in my purse so they could go into the park and I told him no.



Zach of course is excited but he also got his new book this week by Rick Riordan. He wants it mentioned that he got it the day it came out. He has been spending extra time reading and is really enjoying the book.



I did get a picture of him holding the book up and smiling but when we looked at it on the internet he started laughing and said his smile was pretty creepy looking in that one. So he chose this one instead.

The school did their emergency evacuation drill a couple of weeks ago. I forgot I had these pictures on my camera. They had the fire dept, police and ambulances from several surrounding cities.



The younger kids really enjoyed watching the fire dogs play.



But they really liked walking through the fire truck. Jacob had had his red jacket on but took it off right before he went through the fire truck. So I didn't see him go through I just snapped this picture and it was total luck that he was crawling out. I didn't even notice it was him till I blew it up on the computer.



They even had simulated injuries inside of the building and rescues then they hauled the kids across the street to Tosh in ambulances. I thought that would have been fun but Zach thought I was crazy and didn't want to sign up. I was told that since I old I have a different sense of fun then I should. Ok whatever that means. Hey usually you have to pay for those ambulance rides and they aren't so fun.

Halloween part 2

I think we are pretty much done with the inside now also. We added a web to the big spider this year.



We also got a big pirate I have to admit I was thinking more along the lines of Captain Jack but I guess this one works for halloween.



This is the favorite place to congregate now because of the halloween dots.



I know I never did put the Christmas village away last year I am hoping it will make it look a little more Nightmare Before Christmasish. That works right?

Getting ready for Halloween!

Today we started decorating for halloween. The kids were very excited although only one showed up to help.



Jacob building a monster.



And here he is finished and hanging over the door.



Three scary skeletons.



This is my favorite piece he is a solar light.



We have a few other pieces that we wont put out till the week of halloween and some that can't go out till halloween so we will post more pictures later. We are also going to work on inside deocorations next week. Hope everyone is having a spooky October.