The rest of the California trip

Well, I had hoped to post to my blog everyday during our vacation but it didn't happen. I ended up so tired that I tried to nap everyday when Caleb napped but I usually just laid there. Saturday we went to the beach and then John and I had to go to the Coosemans party. About the time we were going to leave some friends and customers of John came in so we ended up staying at the party til around 11:30. The next night we all went to eat in downtown Disney and then I took the girls back to the park to watch the fireworks and Fantasmic. The fireworks were really cool. Disney was doing a special Halloween fireworks show and it was just so cool. We never did get a great seat, but what we did see was spectacular. Then we were further amazed when we saw Fantasmic. I've never seen such an amazing show. You can't appreciate it until you've seen it. We had a lot of fun at the parks. Going early was the key to riding everything. The days that I thought would be busy weren't and the days I thought would be slow were busy. Crazy. It was still a great time to go as I'm sure the crowds weren't nearly as thick as they are at other times.

Caleb had a lot of fun. I tried to immerse him in all things Disney in the weeks before our trip. I wanted him to have some knowlege of all the stories if possible, and I think it did help him have a better time. He was really into Peter Pan, and Pinnochio. I thought he would flip over the Peter Pan ride because it is so neat, but he didn't seem that impressed with it. That was probably good because it's a really popular ride and is always busy. He did love the Pinnochio ride though and he got to ride it 4 times. I think his favorite ride was the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. We probably rode that 8 times. It's a cute ride. You are trying to help Buzz defeat Zurg and you get to shoot at targets all through the ride. It's a lot of fun and a little addicting. Caleb was a lot more timid with the characters this year. He would kind of back up to them and look at them over his shoulder and then have a bit of a grimace on his face. It was funny. Here are some pics in no particular order.