This year we were able to spend Halloween in Disneyland! We had such a wonderful time. We spent 3 1/2 days between Disneyland and California Adventures and still we didn't do everything. Neither Scott nor I had been since we were children, and it was so fun to see all of it with our 2 little men. Carter is a crazy daredevil that nothing scares. There was only the big rollercoaster at C.A. that he couldn't ride beacuse he was 1 inch too short. We measured on our first night there and by day 3 he thought we should go back and check because maybe he had grown. Jake was quite a bit more cautious! I thought he would love the caracters, but he was very shy and only smiled and talked to Pocahontas and Princess Jasmine. It was at our character breakfast that he said to me "Why doesn't Goofy talk out his mouth?". So that was the problem, because those characters can't talk they scared him, but because the princesses could talk to him he warmed up to them quicker, and they were very pretty!! One special treat we had was an early entry to Toon Town where we were the first to arrive that day and we were chosen as the "Honorary Family". Basically, we stood on stage with special banners as everyone there is made "Honorary citizens of Toon Town", but it sounds cool! This is what you see in the first picture. A couple other pictures I wanted to point out were the two of the boys in the dark. These were taken on the monarail at nearly 1030pm on halloween. We had been waiting for the perfect time to get on and had been pushed back until this late. Because of my research before going to Disneyland I found out that if you ask you may ride in the very front with the "driver", so this is what we did. Jake called this the "Mamarail" and pointed it out EVERY time it went by. This was his favorite and long awaited ride! I love his huge grin quickly followed by his huge yawn! Scott puts it best, "Jake's favorite part of Disneyland was the transportation." He loved the train and the monorail the most! I realized that I didn't get any pictures of Carter with his favorite's, but probably because you can't take pictures on those rides, you have to HOLD ON! The picture with Jake standing next to someone with a Donald Duck jacket on is significant because Scott thought that Jake often looks like this portrayal of Donald. He purposely stood next to this person and Jake, with no cues needed, did his thing! I loved watching Scott race around with Carter so they could go on the rides multiple times when the lines were short. We trick-or-treated with the characters, watched fun shows, ate yummy junk food, saw our Disney friends, rode lots of fun rides and all had a wonderful time. I wouldn't have changed a thing!
