Thursday, April 10, 2008

Day 2-- Legoland!!!

We got up this morning, having slept a lot better than the first night, and fired up the Impala, and headed to Carlsbad! The plan was to meet Leah and Sophie at 10, luckily we all got a bit of a later start than we meant to, though they still made it well before we did.

I like how my head is the "O" in this picture. Nice shot, mom.

The day started out cloudy, but got sunnier as they burned off. You would have to ask Miles and Grandma why she is hiding behind the Pirate Booty.As always, everything in Legoland is made out of Legos, and amazing. Miles took over 300 photos, I am having a very hard time editing!!


As usual, we could spend almost all day in Miniland, there were some new additions since we were last there, like the Las Vegas strip....

It is really just so much more amazing in person, really.

We went on a few rides, our favorites are the kid-powered ones. This one you hoist yourself up on a pulley and then drop down...












Real bathrooms.













Lego Bathroom:
Miles, Caroline and Sophie in Miniland. Caroline was SO excited to see Sophie again, and she could not be any more adorable.


Miles went to the build-and-race room, and made this car with my help. He didn't win the race against the kid whose mechanic dad helped him build his...


Leah and Sophie---we were sad to say good bye.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Day 1--Disneyland!!!

We got up early enough and had our "Continental Breakfast" which was halfway decent as far as those things go...brushed our teeth, got in the Nevada car, and sped down to Disneyland. We were so excited to show Grandma everything...

(Most photos from Miles, unless he is in them)

Weather was perfect, not hot, sunny and cloudy, Spring is well underway, here.

We were greeted by the Disneyland Marching Band...
Lines were not long at all, we went right in. (Our cashier grew up in Seattle and went to Middle School where Miles will go next year, go figure)
The first thing we had to do was take Caroline on Indiana Jones, she was a millimeter too short last time we were here, and never believed Miles when he said it wasn't all that great--too bumpy. Miles and Grandma opted for the Jungle Cruise next door.
It never changes...

They still shoot the hippo at the end...and tell corny jokes.

We then tortured Grandma, and took her on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. She laughed and yelled the whole time and said she had now experienced enough roller coaster to last the rest of her life. She did manage to take photos while on it, though, I cannot figure out how:

We really wanted to take Grandma on Storybook Land boats. It is so cute and sweet and the landscaping is really nice. You still have to enter through the mouth of the whale.

..nice picture of the teeth!
Cute little houses...they have been trimming all these bonsai since the 50s.
Miles had us take his camera on Autotopia....We tried to get a photo of ourselves. I let Caroline drive. I hope she gets better at steering by the time she is 16.
There we all are, waiting in the very short line. (All lines were totally manageable..)

Miles likes to take photos of the trees.
Nice shot of the castle...
We caught a parade on our first day. We knew Grandma would love it. This is Alice's table.
Mickey and Minnie:
Caroline was disappointed that Ariel wasn't on her float, she must have phoned in sick.

Miles set his camera to "fireworks", and took a bunch of photos--they turned out pretty awesome!! But not like fireworks.
Grandma actually got this great shot of the day:

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Disneyland! Travel Day

Well, a couple of weeks ago, we noticed that the kids and I have the same Spring Break. We thought we should take advantage of it, and take a trip! Disneyland seemed like an excellent destination, but it turned out that Nick had to work, so we invited our other favorite traveling companion, my mom, AKA Grandma in California. She loves parades and county fairs, so she was totally game. The plans all shaped up, and we head to the airport on Sunday morning.

(all photos are from Miles, notice what a great photographer he is)

Miles took some photos while we were waiting, check out the airplane out the window, he said he didn't even know it was flying by!

With all the stress of getting our passports last summer, we are using the heck out of them. We board the plane...


Review the safety guidelines...
Observe the airport...
Take off!!!
We passed the time, watching a movie, reading, doing a crossword...
looking out the window....
Anaheim!! We find Grandma waiting right away,


We get a sweet car...Chevy Impala...
With Nevada plates!!
Get to the hotel...

Check in...
oooo, a pool, so nice. Room is great, not a lot of room to walk around, but we don't plan on spending a whole lot of time there, so no biggie.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

I love Spring?

This video was taken last Friday, March 28.




Snow on my cherry tree? Seriously, winter needs to end.

Same day....



That poor daffodil ended up like this:
It bounced back after it melted the next day.

"Coldest last week of March" in the last zillion years. Good grief.