A Little Jedi Training...part 1

M and J are REALLY into Star Wars...and how fitting that Disney had a Jedi Training camp "show".

M got selected to "train" with the Jedi.

Hurry the Dark Force is present!

Up comes Vader...you should have heard the crowd...we had no idea that the stage lifted up like that.

Complete with Storm Troopers...Darth tried to persuade some of the young Jedi to turn to the Dark side.

Meeting Minnie and more Day 2!

Getting Minnie's Autograph.
Cheese....N really liked Minnie!

Big smiles after Pooh's Honey Pot ride.

So what was your score? We LOVED the Buzz Lightyear Galactic Blasters ride.

Hanging out in Donald Duck's boat house.

More Day 2 Pics...Meeting Mickey!

Meeting Mickey!!

Sitting in one of Mickey's chairs in his house!

M got the other chair.

N as Director...we kinda got harshed for this one...apparently you weren't suppose to lift kids up 5 feet into the air and put them in that chair...oh well...it turned out cute!

This is how we spent a lot of our time...holding N and walking/riding through the park...he didn't mind as long as there was something to look at.

Day 2! Early Morning!

Super excited and waiting at 645am to get into the park...7am opening for resort guests.

On our first ride...Peter Pan.

Second ride...Dumbo of course! We were able to map out which rides to go on thanks to a computer program...which we paid $15 for...that you can put in the days you are at the park and interests and it plots out which rides to ride at certain times of the day...well worth it!

Mr. Toad Adventure ride.

The J's on Space mtn. (a picture of their picture you could purchase...for like $15 bucks...ummm no thanks!)

Spring Break Blowout! Day one!

Sorry the first pictures were taken with my camera phone and doesn't upload as well to the blog. But this was our 1st hotel room at the Grand California Hotel. It is one of the Disney Resort hotels and super close to the action. The boys loved the bunk beds.
M and J with M's early birthday surprise from Mickey and friends.

N happy and eating some pizza the first night...he was truly happy 90% of the time we were on vacation!

The Boys eating out on our private balcony...you could see the wonderful pool area and some of the rides at California Adventure Park. We went to bed early the first night, we had a couple of big days in front of us!

N managed to find the Laundry basket in our room!

A Broken Wing!

Playing Chess with his broken arm.
Eating left handed takes a little more time with a broken right.

Getting a little bit use to having it on.

Showing off his big muscles...or how big and how far up the cast goes.

So J came home from a non-flying month long TDY, and we decided to go out to eat and head to a park...end result lil' J broke his arm and we spent the whole next afternoon at the hospital jumping through the hoops. The break is right above the elbow and appeared to be minor...so by the time we come back from leave he will get to have it off. We ended up ordering a special waterproof cover for our intended trip...we will let you know how well it works for all of you with little kiddos for future reference.

I swear it was only a day...but more of San Fran

We started the day off in San Fransisco eating at Chowders. N enjoyed sipping some lemonade, eating some clam chowder and stealing some french fries from M.
The boys Wanted to do the trampoline-bungee jump for kids and M mastered his flips.

This is the contraption. M LOVED doing this and was sad to be done.

J all harnessed up. He was not as thrilled about getting lifted up into the air. He refused to do flips and wanted his feet touching the trampoline the entire time.

N walking around the pier and looking at the boats.

More of San Fran

Looking at the boats at one of the piers.

Do not feed me! The seagulls liked to get up close and personal.

Alcatraz from the piers.

Some sea lions chilling. There were only about a dozen, usually there are too many to count.

Outside Ripley's Believe it or Not store. N thought it was pretty cool to watch this guy.

Muir Woods

M in front of a Huge Red Wood.
Daddy telling them how to tell a tree's age. This one was REALLY old.

Really tall trees...the blue at the bottom are people to give you some perspective.

N rode in style and loved it.

Some Weekend Adventures-Muir Woods Part 2

Next to a giant Red Wood at Muir Park. Don't ask me why M is making that face ;)
Walking on the train through the park. We ended up getting a National Park Pass, so if you come to visit expect to visit Muir Woods...bring some sneakers!

Inside one of the fallen trees.

M inside a fallen tree.

On one of the bridges that goes through the park. The park is very tranquil and these pictures don't do it justice as far as how green and lush it is. The air also just seemed cleaner too.

Chess Anyone?

So Daddy taught M to play chess last year and this year it is J's turn to learn how to play. M is helping him learn in hopes to earn a belt loop for cub scouts as well. I don't play, and really have no desire to learn, but the boys seem to have fun and have been requesting to play a lot lately...maybe having the TV, video games and computer taken away this week has something to do with it. If anyone has any tips to make picking up toys more fun let me know...otherwise they will be spending more time playing chess ;p

And the Winner is....

Final Tiger Cub heat. M's is the red car.

And the winner is...Red!


M watching the races.

Claiming his car!

So yesterday we got to go test out the car that daddy and M have been working on for the past week. After the first attempt, he flipped off the side and they had to redo the heat, M's class was in the top 3 cars for his Tiger cubs group. He ended up taking his division and was put up there with the big boys for the pack top car. Due to the fact that M actually made 90% of his car we are quite happy with his 4th place finish. He received a 1st place medal for his win in the Tiger cub group and was anxious to put it on his uniform.