we gave the boys a countdown to a day at disneyland as their big christmas gift this year. they had been asking to go again for months, so we figured they'd think that is special. and they did. originally, we planned on just waking them up on a day close to christmas and nonchalantly being like, "gooOod morning. wanna go to disneyland?", and totally surprising them. buuuut turns out that the christmas season at disneyland is repulsively busy, so we did the countdown idea instead. not as cool, but much more practical! and speaking of practical, my mom also flew over to do the park with us, which was very sweet of her. we definitely liked having 1-1 ratio between adults and kids!
we had a fun day at the park. it was sunny, we ate tasty treats, we got on lots of rides, and there were no meltdowns or complaining about walking. and, since our boys aren't thrill seekers at all, it was a pretty mellow day. (i kept thinking how frustrated someone who knows how to maximize their disneyland visit would have been with our family!) chet's favorite ride was "it's a small world" (matt actually fell asleep on that one!), and holden's favorite was the mark twain river boat (is that even a ride?! boooring). our boys had fun and felt special, and that was the whole point. matt and i are in no hurry to go back, but we liked having the chance to take them somewhere that they think is so magical!
