O.K. So I know Halloween was months ago. Life's been busy and I haven't taken the time to update this blog, and I was waiting to get all pictures printed. So Last year we decided to take the children too Disneyland over Halloween as a Christmas present. I know that sounds funny, but it was great fun. We visited Oct 30, 31 and Nov 1. It was warm (hot compared to the weather we had left behind) and sunny. We had a great time.
We were able to visit Mickey, Minie, Tinkerbell, Cinderella and Woody while in the parks, but we got to play with Goofy in our Hotel lobby and the surrounding gardens.
We had asked the children before we left on our long drive what one things they really wanted to do while in the park and the only thing James REALLY wanted to do was pilot the Mark Twain. So when we hopped on James asked the Captain if he could pilot. The captain let four of us up top and told us wonderful stories of Disneyland. James also enjoyed the "bigger" kid rides with his Aunt Jen and Uncle John who joined us from Texas. By the end of our visit James and knew where all the cameras where and played up to them.
Kenzie, Cami and Livi took advantage of the opportunity to trick or treat around our hotel. Livi was Tinkerbell (she wore that outfit two day in the park) Cami was a chef, and Kenzie just wore scrubs. Each night after watching the fireworks from the hotel room we fell asleep watching the glow of Tinkerbell as she flew around the hotel room.
It was a fabulous trip that we are still talking about. I enjoyed watching the magic return, even if it was only for a short while. The children are already planing the next trip, even though we don't know when it may be. It's enjoyable to have them old enough to do wonderful family trips like this, but it also sad looking back on the days when they were young and life was magical. Now the "magic" of childhood is slowly disappearing. Some days I wish it were possible to return to childhood, and the magic of it all. Disneyland did that for all of us, even if it was only for a short while.
