The Happiest Thanksgiving Ever!

Yep, we spent Thanksgiving at "The Happiest Place on Earth" and I don't even think we affected the happiness quotient there. For some crazy reason a lot of schools around here give kids the entire week off at Thanksgiving. When I noticed this on the school schedule in June we decided to plan a trip. I didn't realize then that I was supposed to go a parent teacher conference during the holiday week. Oh well... there's just not that much to update you on when your child is in kindergarten!

Hmm... how to cram in 5 days at the park into one blog entry?!?! Well, this will definitely have to just hit the highlights of the trip.

Favorite Rides
Grant - Buzz's Astroblasters (Grant managed to get me to go on this ride 8 times in 5 days! Evidently boys really do love shooting at the bad guys)
Heath - Teacups followed closely by Grant's favorite, Buzz's Astroblasters
All parental units - Soarin' Over California (it's like really flying over different parts of California. Very convincing if you're in the first row)

A few memorable moments from the trip
- A 2 1/2 year old can out score me in the opening 10 seconds of Astroblasters. (Thank goodness I managed to out shoot Heath for the remainder of the ride.)
- It doesn't matter if your kid loves little roller coasters like Gadget's Go Coaster, Space Mountain and even Matterhorn can scare the pants off of him.
- After 20 minutes, even spectacular fireworks wear thin for a 5 year old. (They're also a little annoying when you're trying to sleep back at the hotel).
- All the characters love Grandpa! Minnie flirted with him. Stitch played "guess who?" and Goofy was goofy with him once again.
- Evidently the shorter the wait the more annoying it is to have to wait at all for a kindergartener.
- If you've seen one parade, you have NOT seen them all! (We never did see the Anniversary parade).
- RideMax really does work. That and getting out of the park before the crowds get too bad.
- It seems just wrong to have a assemble a PB&J sandwich that you just paid $5.99 for!
- A McDonald's addict will ask to eat at McD even more often after eating fast food for 6 days straight.
- Never underestimate the effects of carsickness on the length of the drive home! Luckily the regurgitron managed to hurl in the hastily supplied plastic bag.

I'm sure I've failed to add some of our big moments in the park or things that Glayde said I "had" to include in the blog... but hey this is my blog! I'll post more photos soon, if I don't become depressed about all that I have to do between now and Christmas!