Characters & CA Adventure

We did manage to catch a few pictures with some Disney friends.  Thomas really wanted a picture with Goofy, that was on his list of things to do and it was accomplished pretty much as soon as we walked into the park.  Later in the day we visited ToonTown and got to meet Mickey.  The park was pretty quiet so we only had to wait about 20 minutes! Then, when we finally got there he didn't want to meet him!!  Without too much convincing, he gave it and then we were off to Chip N' Dale's house.

Wednesday morning, we took our time waking up, but were ready for some more fun as soon as we did.  Grammy treated us to a breakfast at McDonald's and Thomas and I got ready for some swimming.  CA Adventure didn't open until 10, so we had some time to hang out.  The hotel had an awesome pirate themed swim park, which we found out didn't open until 10.  Thomas chose leaving for the park over playing in the water... we did make it over to the big pool though for a little splashing.

 In the park, Thomas wanted to go to Soarin' Over California and the Bugs Life Land to ride on Hermie.  We made it right to Soarin', which thrilled us all!  Then to the Hollywood area for a ride on Monsters, a show for Grammy and Thomas and a ride on Tower of Terror for Papa and I!!  That was so much fun!!!!  It was great to be able to ride it with my dad, threw me back to High School.  Thomas was very curious about this ride he couldn't go on, but was still safe for mommy.  When he saw how high it was, he was just fine to have missed it.  The other thing he missed was meeting Chip N' Dale, he was still in his show.  We got a picture of Papa with them, but unfortunately, that was with Papa's camera.

Another favorite was the Toy Story Mania ride.  Thomas rode it with Jared last time we were there, so I had never been on it.  It was a blast, enjoyed by all four of us.  We rode boys against girls, which thrilled Thomas even more when he was on the winning team.

We caught a couple road shows after that just as we were getting ready to hit the road and head home, the Green Army Men and Phineus & Ferb show.  They were fun and Thomas loved them.  He was ready to go home and looking pretty tired until we found this:

 The little spot where you can get wet from the downhill splash of the water ride!  Thomas loved it.  He managed to trap me in the corner just as a big splash came down.  We both got pretty wet and he was thrilled to have trapped me just in time.  It made the day a little more special.  The water seemed to revive Thomas, making it sad to leave the park.  We found a little adventure camp part he would to have loved to explore, but we were trying to make it home by midnight....

We got a quick picture with the brick Jared bought me 10 years ago, as well as a special "5" shot to remember his special birthday celebration.

We left the park by 5:30, hit some L.A. traffic, but made it to Santa Clarita for some dinner at a favorite restaurant from my college days.  While still in town, we took the time to fill up.  Thomas had bought a Zurg Blaster Gun which he had patiently waited two whole days to open.  I grabbed my dad's pocket knife to get it open for him.  The knife slipped and went right through the back of my hand!!