California

We were lucky to get to go on a trip down to California last week with Cory's family. Cory's little sister Jamie had a cheer competition at the Disneyland Convention Center, so at kind of last minute Cory and his dad decided the family should take a trip down there. We flew down Wednesday night and met his family in LA and went to Anaheim from there.

Luke had his first plane ride being old enough to realize what was going on (he went on a plane last year when we went to California with my family but he was little enough that he slept most the way). The plane went much better than I anticipated with Luke! I don't know if that was due to all the fruit snacks, string cheese, and juice I kept pumping him full of or the millions of books I packed in my diaper bag. But somehow we made it through both ways with no major tantrums or crying sessions.

Luke went on a few rides at Disney - Small World, Winnie the Pooh, the train around Disneyland, and he had fun on them. I think he's still a little young to really get the rides but he loved just being at the park and watching all the kids and people and action as much as anything.  

Saturday we went to an outdoor mall. There were a ton of dogs there and Luke was in heaven seeing and petting all the dogs. We got ice cream and Luke loved it and gobbled it right up. Then later that night we went to the beach and walked around right at sunset, it was really pretty.

Luke being a good boy on the plane

In front of Disneyland

Us trying to get Luke to wear his Mickey Mouse ears...he wore them for probably at the most 10 seconds straight, but we had to get him the ears!!

Cory's professional shot of the Disneyland entrance...he's good huh!

Luke playing on the grass at DisneylandAt California Adventures

Luke and Dixie at California Adventures

Luke with his cool guy sun glasses he got at the mall...he wouldn't take them off!

Luke and Dave riding the Carousel...another professional shot by Cory :)

Sunset at the Beach...by Cory