Disneyland

This year Disney did the Give a day Get a Day program where you volunteer for a day and got 1 free day at A disney Park. We volunteered at an elementary school last month and got our tickets in time to go with some of Victors family. It was such a relaxing trip for us all. Since Disneyland was free we didnt feel like we HAD to do everything. Usually you pay so much and feel like you have to get your money's worth so you run around all day trying to do as much as possible and end up so warn out. This trip was totally different. We Went to Disneyland for a few hours in the morning and when the kids got hungry for lunch we left disney walking, grabbed lunch and headed to the hotel for a nap. We all napped for a few hours and walked back to disneyland. (our hotel was only 2 1/2 blocks away).  The kids didn't like the rides much. They did enjoy the carrosel and the train (after we convinced them that we werent going into any water or down any big drops or anything). Any ride that went indoors that they couldnt see exactly what was going on they cried for and hid their faces until it was over. The day after we got home it was cute Cyrus out of the blue told me about disneyland "mom, you know my favorite part of the pirate ride was getting off"

While in California we also got to visit the beach, do a little shopping, and simply relax in the hotel without a care in the world. I even got to read a whole book during the trip.

When we got home it had felt like we'd been gone for a week. And that was a good thing. It was such a relaxing  trip and it was nice to just get away from it all.