We still have not come down from the high of experiencing “the happiest place on earth!”  People ask if our trip was everything we wanted it to be and the only true answer is that it was so so so much more. Perhaps it was the fact that neither kid was scared to go on any of the rides – we took both Liam and Skyler on almost every single ride including Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and the Twilight Zone!  Splash Mountain had to be the highlight as all six of us went together in one boat two times! It was one thing for SJ to ride in the front when she didn’t know any better but she did it twice!  Neither of the kids were thrilled about The Twilight Zone (in fact it took some convincing that it wasn’t real when we went to bed that night) and Ted spent the entire ride screaming “I want to get off!!!”  Skyler yelled “not cool” when we finished Space Mountain HOWEVER, both the kiddos said they would do all the rides again (except for the Twilight Zone). Here we are almost a month later and the topic of conversation on the way home from school today was how awesome Pirates of the Caribbean was. We mastered the Fast Passes and were able to ride the Cars ride three times. We spent the first day at California Adventure Park and even Uncle Mike joined us. We stayed just across the street from the entrance at the Del Sol Inn and we were at the park from 8am-4pm before we came back for naps. Then back to the park for a few more hours to ride more rides and see the light show. The next day we spent at Disneyland. We happened upon the parade and the kids’ faces were just priceless as they would see each character come around the corner. Such pure excitement and joy. Liam would scream and Skyler would wave. The princesses blew kisses to her and I thought her heart might explode. Stephanie, Skyler and I went to the princess lunch at Ariel’s Grotto and Skyler had her picture taken with Ariel, Minnie, Belle, Aurora and Tiana. The boys went on a few rides that Skyler was not talk enough and we all met back up after lunch. That evening, we went back to Cars land to have dinner at Flo’s Duner and besides the $8 3 ounce glasses of wine, it was a perfect evening. We spent the third day racing around doing everything we had left in our list at Disneyland. Skyler got to go with Grandpa Teddy to see a Rapunzel  performance while Liam, Leif, Stephanie and I went on Indiana Jones (which sacred Liam). He literally started crawling up Leif’s leg as we stood in lone because he thought snakes and bats were going to come out!  We finished our time by standing in line 45 minutes to see Mickey which I thought was appropriate. We hit In and Out Burger on our way to the airport.