For Benjamin's 6th birthday, we decided to take him to Disneyland...just Mama, Papa, and the boy. Grandma and Grandpa bought us tickets, and we set off on our adventure. Our first ride was in Adventureland - the Jungle Cruise, complete with bathing elephants, bands of naughty baboons, and renegade hippos (how true are these elements!). Benjamin pretty much looked like this photo the entire time:
We also visited Tom Sawyer's Island and pirate hideout. Super fun to run around.
Wondering where to find Sacajawea's remains?
As we headed to another part of the park, the music from this little production captured our attention. He was mesmerized - snapped out only by the confetti that dropped from the ceiling at the end of the show.
We rode both the Matterhorn (where he sat ALONE in the front seat - this is a big deal - and he did not freak out), the bobsled roller coaster that runs through the mountain, and the monorail, pictured below. He really wanted to ride the monorail. It's like a modern train.
The cars were big fun. He took turns driving with Papa.
At the Paduan Training show, he arrived too late to actually participate, but he was enthralled by it all.
See?
We did buy him a blaster after exiting the Star Tours ride. Mighty proud of it, he was. In fact, he ran through the crowd jumping and crouching and shooting at people as if he were really under fire.
Vader and his goons prepare to exit.
You can hardly see it, but that is the Disney castle behind us. We also got to eat churros, dine at some fun restaurants, watch a parade, tour Sleeping Beauty's castle, ride the carousel, and more. He was pretty happy about the whole thing. And merely five minutes after fighting us about putting on his jammies for the ride home, he fell asleep.
