California Vacation: Day 4

Day four started a bit rocky. Miles woke up sick. Really sick. Fever, bad cough, congested, etc. The only place that the insurance would cover was an ER, so Dave volunteered to take him to the hospital while Cruise, Jett & I met up with my family at Knott's. Even though he drove just up the street to the nearest hospital, it still took about 3 hours to figure out that Miles had bronchitis. Poor kid.

 

Anyway, while Dave was at the hospital, we met up with my sister Ruth and her family, Abby and her family, and my parents. After three days at amusement parks, I was a little deflated and with Miles at the hospital, definitely stressed out. But it was so fun to see everyone! 

 

Cruise and Jett and their cousins Gabe and Sammie had a blast talking and going on rides together.  

And all the boys loved having Grandpa Greer go with them on the rides.

 

At one point, Cruise got fixated on a rainbow octopus that you could only get by winning. Which is the dumbest thing ever. We tried to win it but of course, didn't. Which made him want it even more. Mommy had a small breakdown but towards the end of the day, we found a tiny little blue octopus on a key chain that satisfied his undeniable desire.

 

Once Dave showed up after lunch, we handed over the littles to my parents so the adults and bigger kids could go on the rides. There were quite a few scary rides and were awesome, one was a little too much for me, but Dave loved it! It really was fun to finally get to do something out of the ordinary without having to worry so much about the toddlers.

So while we were all doing our thing, my parents had Miles and Mikey at Camp Snoopy, the cute part of the park for little kids. They really had so much fun, even with Miles being sick.

I wish I had gotten a picture, but the last ride we went on was Bigfoot rapids, or something like that. Which meant I got soaked...just as the sun was setting. So that was comfortable. Cruise was super mad because he didn't get wet. He went into meltdown mode and I was just ready to take everyone home and call it a day. But Dave talked me out of it. Somehow. So we all met up for a great, warm dinner to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday, which I was glad I stayed for. Sorry I didn't get a better picture, Dad!

And that was Day 4.

California Vacation: Day 3

 Day 3 started out a bit rocky. We got off the bus and put the stroller together and while we were doing that, Miles' finger got caught in the stroller and was cut pretty bad. So our first destination was the nurse's station in California Adventure. Miles screamed and cried for a good while, but the nurse bandaged him up and got him some Tylenol. Eventually he calmed down and we made our way to Tower of Terror and California Screamin' to get Fast Passes for Dave & I. While we waited for those to activate, we went on the Toy Story ride again.

Then Dave went on California Screamin' and I took the boys on the Carrousel. 

Then it was my turn! Man I love that ride! 

When I got off California Screamin' Dave was just getting off the Zeppelin again, so I met up with them and he ran ahead to get on Tower of Terror. While I waited, I took the kids to Bug's Land because I remembered it had a splash pad and it was super hot that day. So I got everyone's socks and shoes off and let them play. And immediately an employee approached me and said that they needed to keep their shoes and socks on. I looked at her like she was crazy! Seriously?! So I had to rein the kids in and put their shoes and socks on, and because I told them they could play in the water I had to just let them. Afterwards, they were all soaked and despite having a change of clothing and socks for everyone, I did not pack extra shoes. I was not anticipating their shoes to be completely soaked. By this time I was ready to go home, and it wasn't even lunch yet. Dave finally met up with us and then I got a turn on Tower of Terror. We couldn't convince any of the kids to go.

Then I met everyone on Hollywood Blvd. and decided it was time to make our way to the Disneyland Park.

First up! Cruise & I went on Thunder Mountain Railroad, another favorite of mine, and definitely Cruise's favorite. Jett & Miles went with Dave to get Fast Passes to Splash Mountain and met up with us after.

Then we all headed to Tarzan's treehouse to play...I stayed down below because my feet were already killing me. That was probably the closest we got to losing the boys. Luckily we found them pretty quickly. 

Then we headed back to Critter Country to ride the Winnie the Pooh ride and go on Splash Mountain. But unfortunately Splash Mountain broke down, so we had to skip that. We ended up spending a ridiculous amount of time in the line for The Haunted Mansion. Definitely not worth it.

 

 After that, we walked to the other side of the park where the boys went on Star Tours with Dave and I took Miles on the Storybook Land boats and the Dumbo ride. Classics.

 Then we met up and headed to Downtown Disney to meet Abby, Casey & Baby Liev for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe but not before checking out the Lego Store.

By this time, poor Miles was freezing because his feet had been wet all day from his shoes and the poor kid peed all over himself. And that was on his backup clothes, so I didn't have anything left for the little guy. So after ordering, I ran downstairs to the Rainforest Cafe gift shop and found a pair of shorts and socks two sizes too big on clearance and immediately changed Miles to get him warm again. After dinner, we went and got beignets and said goodbye to the Wilsons. It was getting a little cold and dark, but the boys really wanted to ride the monorail, so we got on that and got off in Tomorrowland where the kids rode Star Tours AGAIN and I took Miles on the Buzz ride...AGAIN. And then finally we were pooped. We were all Disneyed out.

Over the course of those three days, we let the boys look in the shops and decide what they wanted to spend their money on. Cruise ended up buying a little gadget from Miles of Tomorrowland and a make-your-own droid, Jett picked a Gaston bow & arrow and a make-your-own droid, and Miles got the bubble gun and a R2-D2 toy that spins and lights up. Dave and I bought a Boba Fett baseball cap for us to share.

And that was Day 3 and the last day of Disneyland.