Spring Break 2007

So we are going to give this whole blog thing a whirl. Don't really know what we're doing yet so have a little patience. We got back from vacation with about 250 pictures and decided that some of you wouldn't want that many in you email inbox so here is our alternative.

If there is one good thing about this crazy bay area weather it would have to be the fact that if there IS a warm sunny day, you get outside and make the most of it. We took the kids to a little park nearby where we live to let them play in the grass. How sad is it that we have to take our kids to the park to play on grass? Such is life here. Katie bought a bubble blower that was a big hit. I guess that last time she had to blow bubbles for a while wore her out so she went with something battery operated this time.

Just down the hill there is a little creek running through the woods. The water was pretty cold but the day was warm enough that the kids didn't seem to mind. We had the the place to ourselves for all of 15 minutes until some little girl saw us and brought all her friends, relatives, and acquaintances down to play. We left shortly thereafter.

Then it was off to Disneyland (or Dinnylan - according to I think you know who). The first ride we went on was the Winnie the Pooh ride. It is where The Country Bears used to be. I have to admit, the country bears was better. They were redoing Splash Mountain while we were there so no one was in the area. We went on it several times without even waiting in a line - twice without even getting off. Kinley like it, Kaden tried to climb on top of Katie's head to distance himself from the hefalumps and woosels.


Kinley set a new Guinness world record for most times on the carousel for a 2 year old.


We actually made it the whole three days only having experienced how small a world it is twice. I thought it was better when it was decorated for Christmas and singing Christmas music.


We spent most of the first day at California Adventure. The kids area is themed after "It's a Bug's Life." They have a pretty cool 3D show that we ALMOST made it through. Being 3D wasn't so much of a problem but we were done for when huge spiders actually dropped out of the ceiling.

Next it was off the Ariel's Grotto. Here you see the two main reasons I will never have any money no matter how much I ever earn.
Kinley got to talk with, hug, and have her picture taken with quite a few of the princesses. For the record, Cinderella was the hottest.

She was happier than she looks in the picture. She was just getting tired of having to look at the camera and not the princesses.

Here she is with Belle.

And here hugging Aurora (sleeping beauty). They all thought it was weird when I handed the camera to Katie and made her take pictures of me giving hugs to the princesses - you know us Green's, gotta get our money's worth.

This was one of the three times she took pictures with Mickey. Before this trip I had never once taken a picture with any of the characters but Kinley liked meeting them as much as she liked the rides and we kept getting lucky by running into the characters before there was a long line formed to meet them.
This was about 4:00 on the first day. They had to share that little teddy bear blanket the whole time because we only brought one. People thought it was pretty funny to see them each holding the corner of such a small blanket and sucking their thumbs.

The tickets we had allowed us to get into the park an hour before it opened on Tuesday. Mickey came out right as we came in and Kiley was the first kid to meet him that day. We walked by five hours later and he was standing in the same spot with a long line. I assume that at leas had to let him take bathroom breaks?

Kinley wasn't the only one who liked the "meet and greets." Kaden soon figure out that if he acted cuddly and cute it meant freedom from the stroller so he gave Chip and Dale a couple of hugs each before we had to take him away. It was pretty funny.

Kinley walked through Mickey's house in Toontown to find a surprise waiting in his workshop. I had never really experienced Disneyland like I did this trip. Kinley loved little things like this.

We spent a couple of hours with the Carpenter's on Tuesday. Kinley and Madi both enjoyed the Fantasy Fair where they got to listen to storytime by a princess, decorate their crowns with stickers, and learn to dance from the princesses.

Kinley and Kaden were pretty worn out at the end of each day. One of the days they fell asleep at 5 in the evening and didn't wake up until the next morning. It was awesome!

Of course Kinley had to finish off the whole trip with none other than a merry go round.