We went to Disney Land in August with Michelle and her boys, David and Russy, and my mom. It was SO fun to see Alexis react to all the princesses and the rides. We got there pretty late that first night and were trying to get all 4 kids to eat their dinner at about 10 pm without complaint. We were failing miserably when this awesome balloon guy came over and made balloons for the kids. He bargained balloons for bites and the kids laughed and had a great time. It reminded me of the master card commercials: trip for 3 to Disneyland $1,500, dinner for 7 $250, getting the kids to eat their dinner without complaint? Priceless.
We went to a princess lunch at Ariel's Grotto. Lexi had so much fun, and I swear we met the real Snow White! lol.... her voice, her looks, her demeanor... everything! Lexi was so excited and so shy at the same time, it was so cute!
We also had a character breakfast one morning which was really fun. Captain Hook was one of the only characters she knew however since we din't really watch TV. That took some explaining...."Lexi, he's not a bad guy at Disneyland." Tigger was quite flirtatious...acting all shocked that I was married....sometimes you wonder if it's a boy or girl under those costumes...hahaha....
I have to say, that the new Woody ride at California Adventure is AWESOME! It was SO much fun. It's now one of my favorite rides. Lexi really liked it too. Lexi liked the Peter Pan ride best (also my father's favorite). She got scared on Snow White and Winnie the Pooh, and Britton took her on the Roger Rabit ride which also scared her. She liked the roller coaster in Toon Town though, and did the princess coronation ceremony and loved it.
Britton in the mean time got over his fear of roller coasters and even went on California Screamin' and loved it - we went two more times. :)
Every once in a while, school has it's perks! As part of Britton's research, he was invited to a conference in Hawaii! WOW!!! We spent about a week on Oahu and then my parents let us use their time share to spend another week on Hawaii. We had So much fun! Britton got pretty burnt once he had some time in the sun (I told him everyone burns in Hawaii, but he didn't listen) and spent the rest of the time wearing a shirt when he snorkeled and swam in the sun. But we still had a really great time. We saw tons of sea turtles and got to see a black sand beach. The volcano was closed since it was being kinda active at the time, but we had a nice little tour around the Island and hiked out (more like took a leisurely walk) to Akaka Falls which was beautiful! Our hotel had a little lagoon and they put on dolphin shows every once ina while. We were fortunate enough to go to one and Lexi aquired "Kai" after the show... her new favorite stuffed animal to sleep with. While on Oahu, we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center for a little bit and had a great time! Lexi did the Keiki dance up on the stage, and we got to see the Samoans and eat at the Luau. All in all, a wonderful time... we all came back tan and happy. :)
