Disneyland!

Our last full day in CA we devoted to Disneyland! I didn't think Micah would get much out of it, but I figured we were so close and had the time.... might as well check it out! I love this first pic because it is pretty much the only pictures of Micah not smiling the entire day.. he loved Disneyland! Even this pic I grabbed at just the right moment to make him look mad.. it cracks me up ~


We started on the Finding Nemo submarine ride which didn't freak Micah out despite the loud noises, confined spaces, and frequent darkness.. he had a blast! From there we went to the Dumbo ride (a classic!)~

From there we went to the spinning teacup ride which is fun and, I gotta say, crowded with three adults and a toddler :P

Ahhhhh! The best ride ever! The Astro Blaster! You are in a little pod travelling on a track that you can rotate around on your own free will and you shot at laser tag targets.... so fun! Plus, instead of charging you 12 dollars for a picture of yourself on the ride, they let you email the picture to yourself for free... how fun!

Micah on the "It's a Small World" ride. The ride ROCKS. It's so cool and Micah was going nuts trying to take in all of the different figurines.

The three of us in line for the Astro Orbiter. Micah was giddy by this point. He definitely understood the magic part of the magic kingdom :) I don't have any pictures of him in the Enchanted Tiki Room, but that was great too!

After an afternoon nap in the hotel (during which Grandma and mom stayed in the park, riding rides and shopping ;-) Micah came back refreshed and ready to show off his sweet ears~

We didn't know how Micah would react to the big fuzzy characters, but he LOVED them. He hugged them, blew them kisses and smiled from ear to ear. I wish we had discovered this earlier... he only got this one encounter! At least it was with the big mouse himself :)

Anyone with a toddler or baby can appreciate the rarity of a family picture where the kid is looking in the direction of the camera AND smiling... and all this without anyone on the other side of the camera trying to make him laugh! He really LOVED that mouse~

We let Micah pick his own stuffed animal and Tigger won hands down :)

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride :)

So all in all, we were worried that he wouldn't "get" Disneyland, but he adored everything about it. We went on TONS of rides and nothing freaked him out. We will definitely be making a return trip sometime in the future :)