California Adventure

On Wednesday, we headed back to Anaheim to go to California Adventure (it's right across from Disneyland). It wasn't nearly as crowded as it was on Monday which was great for us because we got to walk right onto almost every single ride.

Emma and Jackson got a break from waiting for all the "big kids" to go on their rides. There was a whole area just for the little kids to play. There were slides, climbing walls, rope ladders and all sorts of fun things for them to do. Emma and Jackson had a good time racing each other down the slides.

There was also another area by the bigger rides for the kiddies to play as well. Emma and Daddy went "surfing" while they waited for everyone to go on the rides. We had to literally pull the kids out of here when we left.

Next on the list of things to do was face painting. We took both Emma and Levi over to have their faces done up. Emma really wanted a big dinosaur but we talked her into the princess look. Amazingly, she held still pretty good. She didn't really like the paint right around her eyes but she was really excited to be wearing "makeup".

The before and after pictures.








My favorite ride was the new Toy Story ride. They gave you 3-D glasses and a lazer gun...need I say more??? You got to ride around in a car and shoot at different scenes with Toy Story characters in them. I really liked it because I got the highest score out of all our group and I was holding Lucas in my lap the entire time!! The trick is to just keep pulling the trigger and not really aim, you'll hit something eventually....

We also took Emma to see the Playhouse Disney live action show. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy were all in it along with the Little Einsteins, Handy Manny and Winnie the Pooh, Darby, Tigger and Roo. It may not sound like a lot of fun for all you adults out there but Emma loved it. She sang and danced through the whole thing.

Lucas is amazing! His two favorite views this week have been the inside of his eyelids and the inside of the stroller. He has had a couple of rough times but for the most part he has been great!! Levi was Lucas' buddy every night on the way home from wherever we were. He would sit right next to Lucas' car seat and hold his hand the whole way home. I hope they will always be good buddies.