Happy Birthday Kyle & Caleb

I can't believe that Kyle and Caleb are 5 years old already! It doesn't seem that long ago that they were the tiny babies I was afraid to hold. They are certainly growing up fast!!!

To celebrate their birthday we took the boys to Disneyland. In 2009 Disney is running a deal where if you go to one of their parks on your birthday you get in free. Well score one for us - we got two kids in free at once. Since their birthday was on a Wednesday and we had to pull Seth from school we spent just one day at Disneyland.

The first thing we did when we got to the park was head to the Jedi Training Academy. Seth and Kyle were hoping to get picked for training but it wasn't meant to be. Even so they enjoyed watching. After a battle with Darth Vader and a couple of Clone Troopers it was off to Space Mountain. Seth didn't want to ride so he sat with the stroller while the rest of us headed off to my very favorite ride :) Since it was the middle of the week in January the lines were non-existent and we only had to wait about 5 minutes! Kyle and Caleb were a little apprehensive at first because it's dark inside but once the ride started they were hooked!!!

After Space Mountain we did Star Tours then Astro Blasters and then a rocket ride. We spent a lot of time in Tomorrow Land before heading off to Toon Town. On our way to Toon Town we rode the Matterhorn. It took a lot of convincing to get Seth to go on it and at first he wasn't liking it but about half way through he was hooked. Yeah! Another roller coaster rider!!!! I am so exceited about that. He even wanted to go on Space Mountain and of course I had no objections there. Since we headed to Toon Town we told him we'd do it after we saw Mickey.

Once in Toon Town we had our picture taken with Mickey Mouse, rode a small roller coaster, met Goofy and went to Minnie's house. As promised we went back to Space Mountain for Seth. He is defineately hooked on roller coasters now! After another try at being picked for Jedi Training Academy, which none of my cute boys were picked for :( we headed over to the Indiana Jones ride. Unfortunately, Kyle and Caleb are still too short to ride that one so Chris took Seth while the little boys played at the treehouse then I went with Seth while Chris waited. It worked out okay and the boys had a good time playing at the treehouse but I know they would have loved the ride. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to go again when they're taller. Darn.

After a long, but very fun day at Disneyland it was time to head back to the hotel. We stopped at Denny's for dinner and had planned on taking the boys for ice cream but Caleb fell asleep at dinner so we put that off for another day. After some much needed sleep it was time to head for home. It was a short trip but we all had so much fun. I am glad that we were able to go, even if it was just one day. I think this is a birthday the boys will never forget.