Halloween!

The Race Car Driver and The Knight

Lukas, Alexis and AlexAlexis and Lukas

Alex and Alexis

We went to Southlands for Halloween this year and had a wonderful time! The shopping center has trick-or-treating for the kids, jumpy castles, balloon artists and a pumpkin decorating contest! It is all free which is nice and the kids had a blast. Alex was a knight, Lukas was a race car driver and Alexis was Sharpay from High School Musical. Mamo, Pappy, Nena, Grandma, Grandpa, Wilson and myself met Denise and Alexis and we had a great dinner at Fish City Grill after the trick-or-treating fun. It was a wonderful night of friends.

Chip and Dale's Critter Breakfast

A lot of planning went into this trip and one major decision was made early on. No Disney Store at 10pm with tired crying kiddos! So we made a special day just for our fabulous Critter Breakfast and the Disney Store. The Critter Breakfast is one of the Character Breakfasts that Disneyland offers and it is worth every penny. We were the first ones there which came with extra presents (little tip) and lots of attention from the Bears! The food was wonderful and Lukas could eat from the buffet plus they made him GF Mickey pancakes. All of the critters were so wonderful with the kids and they really got into the dancing and hugging all the new friends.

DISNEYLAND!

The Wilson Family at Disneyland

Pumpkins Everywhere

Walt, Mickey and the boys

These are our excited faces!
The Nemo Ride!Oh no, Captain Hook has Alex!

Sir Alexander is trying to raise the bridge on the castle

Sir Alexander and the Sword
Master Lukas as a different approachWe rocked the Buzz Lightyear Ride

Mickey's Studio

Duck's at work

1st Cotton Candy!

Pluto and the Wilsons

It's Candy Corn Corn!

Ready for Lighting
It's HIM!

Pixar-Disney Parade

Hunny Pots with Mommy

Mickey 'O' Lantern

We had a great day!

So sleepy!

DISNEYLAND!!!! I get excited just writing about it. This was the boys first trip to Disneyland and we made the most of our day. We skipped on Main Street and took pictures with Walt and Mickey and the castle. Our first ride was the new Nemo ride and it was our favorite of the day! The boys loved all of the rides and characters running about. Since it was just a couple of days before Halloween, the park was decorated and in full spirit. We got soaked on Splash Mountain, explored Minnie and Mickey's houses in cartoon land and of course tried to pull the sword from the stone. We went to California Adventure as well which has a wonderful parade of all of the Pixar Disney movies. I bet you can't guess who we were going to see... Lighting McQueen lead the parade and Lukas was all dressed up and the first one to see him. We ran to the other side of the parade to see him come around again. Lukas was speakless and completely content! We were at Disneyland from open until close and the boys now know it is truly the happiest place on earth!

Our Day At The Bay

Our 4th day we took a day off of site seeing for the most part and spent the day at Mission Bay. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

After the beach we went for a tour of the flight deck on the U.S.S. Midway. The view is amazing and we will be back to take the full tour when the boys are older.

San Diego Zoo, Sea Port Village and Old Town Day!

On our 3rd day we went to the San Diego Zoo. Our zoo in Denver is truly amazing and the boys love it so our main focus here was to see things that we could not see at home. The Pandas and Koalas being the top two of course! Lukas loved the koalas just like his Auntie Veri and Alex loved all of the plants and the skyride! The pandas are actually hard to see. The two adults were actually up and doing things and the baby was asleep in the tree but the zoo personnel move you along in a line and it is pretty quick. I think next time the boys see them they will appreciate them a bit more.After the zoo we had a little bit of time before we were going to meet Veri for dinner so we went to Sea Port Village to look at the view and so I could get a Christmas ornament for a momento. The view of the bridge was beautiful and the boys loved seeing all of the boats coming into port.Finally fabulous Mexican food! If anyone is going to San Diego and to Old Town, there are a lot of dinner choices but I strongly recommend Cafe Coyote! Amazing food, mango margaritas and friendly people. We sat just inside but by the open door so we could still hear the busy street and watch the ladies make the homemade tortillas. Yummy!