The So Cal Fun Tour

When we returned from Hawaii at the beginning of May, Wade was to go back to work for a few days and then have a week off before departing for the Middle East. Well, due to some Visa delays one week turned into two and then two weeks turned into three. So our plan to visit Disneyland one more time and the beach once or twice more, turned into a spontaneous three week So Cal Fun Tour, a stay-cation if you will. We’ll start with Disneyland.

We planned a lunch at Ariel’s grotto. Seeing as how Saudi Arabia is where scantily clad Disney princesss go to die we though we’d let Tessa live out her American girl dream. It did not disappointment. A racket? Yes. Average food? Yes. Worth every penny? Yes.


My favorite quote of the day, “Mom! I can’t believe all these princess’s love me!” Her favorite? Snow White. Naturally.
Even Bode enjoyed the fancy dress and high pitched shriek extravaganza. Or rather, he enjoyed Belle. I almost fell off my chair watching him. She walked up and and talked to Tessa and then walked away and he literally didn’t know what to do with himself.

Hy-freaking-sterical.

And a day at Disney is not complete without cotton candy. Or…an afternoon nap, if your name is Tessa, Bode or Wade. Someone had to make sure the children weren’t kidnapped while sleeping peacefully in their strollers!

Ok. Or a churro.
Or the parade. I would rather watch Bode and Tessa watch the parade than the actual parade, any day of the week.

We ended the night at the World of Color show. Impressive, but entirely too long. Especially with tired kids.

We had such a good time (and Dad was still around) we decided to go back a week later.

Bode’s faves this go around were: Winnie the Pooh and the Teacups

There’s that dang cotton candy again!

And one last round on Tessa’s favorite. Here’s to hoping it really is a ‘small world after all’.