We headed out the day before Thanksgiving and made it to Las Vegas without any problems (remember the white out snow storm we had?). That night we ate at the world's LARGEST Benihana. 3 Floors of Benihana, it's crazy big.
We rode up the elevator (we ate on the 2nd floor) with a family that was from Japan, and our hostess was also Japanese, so upon exiting the elevator the hostess said in her Japanese accent, "Enjoy your mean." Chloe wasn't sure what she said and asked us, "Why did that lady just say whahianhaha." We all started laughing, even the family from Japan started laughing. The mom said to us, "Yes, we are hard to understand sometimes." Too. Dang. Funny!
The next day we visited with Devin's brother who lives in Vegas before heading out.
We finally made it to our hotel in California that night, and we didn't get lost this time. We usually take the wrong rode on our way there because Tom Tom (the navigation) says to stay right, but if you stay right, you end up merging off the freeway onto another freeway. What you have to do is stay right, but not all the way right and just not go in the left lane, because that one too takes you somewhere else. If you have ever driven to California, it's like Spaghetti bowl central there in some places.
Saturday we headed to Huntington Beach. Even though we have been to California many times, we never have taken the kids to the beach. They LOVED it. It was so beautiful and so much fun. It would be even more fun if we could play in the water. We are so heading back there this summer.
Sunday we spent the day at Knotts Berry Farm. Generally when we go to Knotts it is not busy at all, but because we went on a holiday weekend, it was more crowded than normal, and the cold front had caught up and it was pretty cold. Overall, everyone still had fun.
Monday started the fun week at Disneyland. The kids were so excited, mostly Chloe. She had talked about it for months and couldn't wait any longer.
We rode on almost every ride and had so much fun. The most memorable moment was Chloe meeting the Disney Fairies. Chloe is not your average 3 year old, she does not stop talking, ever, and she is not shy at all! She walked right up to Tinkerbell and started talking away, and Tinkerbell loved it.
Tinkerbell asked Chloe what her favorite ride was, and Chloe responded, "The Matterhorn". Tinkerbell told her she was so brave to ride such a scray ride, and asked if she was scared. Chloe told her that she wasn't scared, that she closed her eyes the entire time, and the yeti is just a giant teddy bear who says rarr and he's hungry. Tinkerbell asked what he ate and Chloe told her, spaghetti with meatballs. lol. Tinkerbell loved Chloe.
Chloe moved up the line to meet the next fairy and proceeded to tell her another story. Tinkerbell then left her spot in line to go to Chloe because she wanted Chloe to meet another fairy that was just coming out. (There is a 45 minute wait, so a bunch of people in line, and Chloe is taking all the time in the world, and the fairies are loving her!)
Chloe got to meet all the fairies and they told her to come back every day while she was a Disneyland to talk to them. It was so cute and fun.
I have so many pictures I can't wait to scrap more. Here are a few more layouts from our trip. You can click on them to enlarge them if you want. :)
We usually end up going to Disneyland the week of my birthday. It wasn't ever planned this way, this just happens to be the least busy time there. However, since Disneyland is the best place to celebrate a birthday, every year we have one character dining experience. This year we went to Goofy's Kitchen for dinner. It was so yummy, and it was a buffet. It was actually less expensive for our family to have a character dining dinner than it was for us to eat at Benihanas - in case you are wondering. :)
Can you believe we are already getting ready to plan next years trip. LOL. We love Disneyland!
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