California Adventure

Ah, heated pool, where are you now?  We came back from our trip to California tonight and immediately had to shovel snow and do loads of laundry. The boys want to go on vacation again next week. Tempting....


We spent Sunday night in Las Vegas, then continued driving Monday morning, going to Venice Beach  first. All the boys loved stalking the birds.

And they liked playing basketball at the famous bball courts.

We hit the pool as soon as we got to the hotel. We were in that pool every afternoon/evening for the whole week and it was so so nice to relax after days of walking around. Plus Max improved by leaps and bounds with his confidence and swimming skills, and Benny got much braver, too. Andrew loved the hot tub: "I go pool?"

Tuesday we spent just at Disneyland-California Adventure.

On the big Ferris Wheel:

And in our favorite area, Carsland. It was awesome. I had no idea I was such a fan of the movies until I looked around in awe at the exact replicas of Radiator Springs, Mater, McQueen, etc.

Andrew was a good sport in the stroller most of the time, but liked it when there was a ride we could all go on together, like the Chew Chew Train in Bugsland.

I couldn't go on many rides during the week at the different parks because I'm 5 1/2 months pregnant, but despite the sign on the Radiator Springs Racers I went anyway and I'm glad I did. With various combinations of standing in line, fast passes and the stroller-parent-switch-thingy, the boys rode the Racers ride several times.

I tell you what, the middle of the week in February is the time to go to CA amusement parks. The locals think it's cold (we were fine in light jackets), and we walked right on to most of the rides. The longest line was the Carsland Racers because it's so new, and I think that was 40 or 45 minutes.