A Magical Thanksgiving

We were blessed to have family visit us in San Diego during the Thanksgiving holiday. We enjoyed visiting attractions and sightseeing but the most memorable of all was our trip to Disneyland. We decided to go on Thanksgiving day and it turned out to be a perfect time to go. The castle was decorated so beautifully. It looked even better at night with all the lights but unfortunately it was very hard to get a picture that did it justice. The day we were there was the first day they opened a new attraction called the "Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough", a walking tour of the inside of the castle. We ran out of time to see it but maybe next time.



While Cooper was meeting Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore, Brody was trying to meet the Big Bad Wolfe but he got too scared and decided not to so I don't have any pictures of that. Cooper also met Clarabell from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Cooper's favorite ride was the Casey Jr. train and Brody's favorite was It's a Small World. I'm not sure what Luke's favorite ride was but it might have been the Winnie the Pooh ride.



I think us Moms and Dads had more fun watching the boys try to pull the sword out of the stone. The boys didn't really seem to understand why it wouldn't come out...of course, they have never seen the movie.



Michele and Luke with pretzel Mickey...cute!

More of the Magic...

Here are Daniel, Michele and Luke on the Storybook Canal Boat ride, getting ready to be swallowed up by the whale from Pinnochio. Daniel is Johnny's cousin and he and Michele will be having their 2nd child in March, a baby boy. Luke will be 2 in January.



This picture was taken from the Fantasmic show at the end of the day. You can see Pluto, Clarabell, Goofy, Woody & Buzz Lightyear at the top of the ferry boat. We had a really good view close to the water. It wasn't hard to conclude that this show and the fireworks were our favorite part of the day...we all agreed! I didn't get any good pics of the show b/c it was so dark but a few turned out of the fireworks.



We were also sitting in a section where fake snow started falling after the fireworks...top left-hand side of collage. It was all very magical!



I always love taking a picture of the boys when they are wiped out from a long day of activities, like today. We all got a kick out of Johnny pinning these huge buttons above their heads that said, "1st Visit to Disneyland". It was actually their 2nd visit but we didn't get the buttons on their 1st visit. What a momentous day!