it had to come. the last official day of summer vacation for the boys. wow. it's great to be home today after spending three days in Disney world. no, we didn't go to florida. but we felt like we were living in the world of disney for three days. staying at the grand californian hotel made life so easy. we would spend the day at the park and then walk back to the hotel. no driving, no freeways, everyone happy and cheery, except for the girl working at star tours. someone needed to remind her that she worked at the happiest place on earth. we would listen to the bedtime stories on tv at night and then everyone was asleep at 9, even mommy and daddy.
the other awesome thing was that there were no crowds. we never really waited in line. well, except for the nemo ride. but we only waited 45 minutes, not 2 and a half hours like it has been. we got to see everything. even some things we've never done before. jordan went crazy over the innoventions attraction in tomorrowland. he especially liked the show where they demonstrated ASIMO, the robot created by honda. it can walk and run and climb stairs. he had to see that show twice. andrew is a big fan of pirates of the carribean. but he also went on matterhorn and had his first experience on the rapids ride. not quite sure if he liked it but he got wet. sofia had fun too. she loved fantasyland, especially dumbo and the carousel. she also liked bugs land in california adventure. she always said "more" after getting off the rides. i had my fill of thrills after riding space mountain three times in a row. i'm telling you, no lines is the way to go. we had early admittance into the park yesterday and we did 6 rides in one hour. bobby is the champion of buzz lightyear astroblasters after scoring over 300,000 points. thanks jeff for the hint on the triangles.
we went swimming in the hotel pool and sofia went down the kids water slide over and over. bobby and i had dinner at the napa rose restaurant. wine, scallops, halibut, strawberry sorbet, amazing. the hotel was incredible. it was awesome that we were right in california adventure and could walk down to the park at any time. the kids loved the chocolate coins that they would put on the pillows. overall what a great way to end the summer. we'll definetly be doing that again.
we'll be hanging out at home today. jord has swim practice at 3:30 and then we go to back to school night at 5. that's when we'll find out what classroom they will be in. so excited and a little nervous for andrew. is he really going to kindergarten? what will he think? how will he behave? what will they think? i'm sure he will be reserved for the first few weeks. but then i am hoping that his personality will shine and they will fall in love with him. i know that i will miss him. he's been my buddy for the past five years and now i have to entrust the school with him for the majority of the day. it's bittersweet for me. and i know that sofia will miss her buddies too. but i look forward to spending some one on one time with her. it should be fun.
it's been a great summer and i know it will be a fun school year. i'll post pics from the first day of school on monday. love to all.
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