Where we've been

Long time no Post . . . We just returned on Wednesday morning from a fun family vacation. I love vacations, but it seems like it takes a week before to get ready and a week when you get home to get back on schedule.

Michael had some time off work so we headed to Disneyland for a few days. We had a blast! It was the perfect time to go and the weather and lines were wonderful. Most of the rides had a 5-10 minute wait. My guilty pleasure of the trip was that we left Harmon with my wonderful parents. I felt awful leaving him, knowing he was going to miss all the fun, but it was so nice to not have to chase him all over. He's in the walking mode where he just wants to run everywhere. We made fun of the people there with their kids on a leash, but I think we may have needed one if we took him. We also had VERY long days. We left on Saturday after Haley's t-ball game and Hunter's soccer game. We had a few free days in the park so we headed in that evening for a quick peek. We ended up staying until midnight when the park closed, then we were up at 8:00 the next morning and went all day long. It was a blast! Haley and Hunter were so fun to watch and they were excited about everything! We did have to talk Haley into a few rides, but once she went she was excited to do it again. We went to Goofy's Kitchen one day and I was a little disappointed. We only saw 4-5 characters and the food wasn't that great. I just expected more for the price. Most people love it so maybe we just picked a bad day. The fun outweighed the bad though and we were glad to go.

Haley's D-land highlights were:

• Meeting Tinkerbell and Iridessa
• The Buzz Lightyear ride
• Jedi Training
• Talking to Crush the turtle
• Meeting all the Characters (Tigger was GREAT)
• The Toy Story ride
• Her princess Mickey ears
• Getting a kiss from Mickey (I told her he thought she was Minnie with her ears on-she thought that was pretty funny)
• Autotopia--She LOVED driving those cars!

Hunter's highlights were:

• Meeting all the Characters--especially Goofy.
• Buzz Lightyear ride
• The Jungle cruise
• Snacks, Snacks, Snacks
• The Mickey Ferris Wheel (he was very nervous on the top)
• Picking out his pirate Mickey ears and a pirate sword
• Taking turns riding with Mom and Dad
• The train
• Letting us know he had to go potty 2 minutes before EVERY ride.
• He loved everything and will be talking about it for a long time!

I do have to tell a funny story about Hunter and Sleeping Beauty--we had been telling him that when he sees a princess he should say "What's up Hot Stuff"--I just knew he wouldn't do it. Much to our surprise he walked right up to Sleeping Beauty and said it. We laughed so hard--I don't think she saw the humor in it and taught him how a true gentleman says hello. He actually kissed her hand after that. Everyone but the princess thought it was funny, maybe she was just trying to stay in character. It will be something we remember forever though!

We ended the trip with a GREAT Red Sox and Angels game. I think the game was the main reason we went and it was just handy that Disneyland is down the street. It ended up being such a good game the Red Sox won it in the 9th inning. We sat right behind the Bullpen so we got to watch our pitchers warm up. Pappelbon, my favorite even pitched that night. The kids were hyper beyond control and loved most of the game. By the 8th inning they both hit the wall and got tired, but were still really good. Haley was excited to see Big Papi and Hunter just loved everything else. Everyone around us got a kick out of Hunter because he couldn't help but dance when there was loud music. We headed home after the game and got back about 3 in the morning, the next day was filled with a T-ball game and Soccer pictures. I had to wait a whole day to get Harmon back. I missed him dreadfully, but he had a ball with my parents! They spoiled him rotten and I am so Thankful to them for helping us out!