By Hook or by Crook

By hook or by crook....I was ready to get to Disneyland.  Now....if you didn't think I was already a pretty lucky boy...

My Auntie Resa.....
Works for.....

(wait for it).....

DISNEYLAND!!!

OK, if you don't get what that means....

I get to go to Disneyland for free...wheeeeee!  But, it gets better.

She knows Tinkerbell and can introduce me!  Oh. My. Gosh!!

Well, I guess I should tell you about it. 

We got up early on a Saturday morning, and started driving toward LA, even before the sun came up.

And then we got there....the happiest place on earth.  Immediately we went to the Peter Pan ride. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I love the movie, Peter Pan and it kept me company for a full two days on the plane ride to America.  I have been just dying to fly on the Peter Pan boat and to see Tinker Bell fly and to get to meet her. I was excited...and nervous....and I felt very nervous to be flying in a boat, but then when we got off, I went wild.  "I flew on the boat, I flew on the boat". 

But, that wasn't it.  From the Merry-go-round, to It's a Small World After All, to the Tikki Tikki Tikki Room, it was an amazing 3 days.  My family thought I was a bit nervous (that's the nice way to say it...I heard them laughing at me on some of the rides, like Jungle Book Cruise where the rhino treed the men and scared me to pieces or Winnie the Pooh where I held on for dear life in fear of the hefalumps...yes, I got scared in Winnie-the-Pooh and Alice in Wonderland and a whole bunch of other pretty benign  rides), but I'm just cautious.  I don't know what is wrong with my little sister....she wasn't scared at all! 

My BEST things about our trip.  1) I really loved our hotel room (it all has to do with the kitchen where Mommy could bring my favorite breakfast ingrediants and cook for us).  2) It's a Small World After All (how can you go wrong with dancing, singing dolls.  I love the music, but I really believe the words to be "It's a small world after DOLL").  3) The Pirate boat (it was 112 degrees, no joke, the day we all went on the pirate boat and the rest of the family looked like they needed some ER stretchers, but I had SO MUCH FUN!!).  4)  Meeting Captain Hook, TIGER, Winnie the Pooh, Eyeore and Tinker Bell (who made me STAR STRUCK).  5) I got to see the most amazing fireworks and Tinker Bell Flew through the air.  I loved it so so so so much.  I yelled into the air for the entire half hour, "Here we GOOO" (in my best Peter Pan voice), "Oh my gosh...the pirates are here!!", "It's beautiful", "Tinker Bell is flying", "Wendy, John and Michael"...and all sorts of different random things that may or may not have gone with what was happening on the fireworks show.  It didn't matter....I loved it all so much!  I can't wait to go back!

oh...ps, what I did NOT like:  The Rainforest Cafe and the gorilla who makes scary noises when I'm trying to eat my french fries.  And, if anyone asks me what I liked about Disneyland this is what I'll say: "I did NOT like that gorilla". 

Watch me Ride

Guess what I'm going to be for Halloween???

I'll give you a hint....it is NOT a fancy cat. (but, I make one good lookin fancy cat).

third year birthday extraveganza!

Well, I turned 3!  Can you believe it?  And, let me tell you....turning 3 is really really fun!  We rode on pedal boats through reservoirs, won horse races, went on safari to exotic places.  My actual Birthday was on Friday.  On Thursday the family began preparing for the festivities.  I had the traditional Bowman birthday cake, but with a special twist.  I wanted a 'chip chop' cake (which is from a book I have about Africa and the chip chop coconuts which make you STRONG like a lion.  In this case, I don't think that the birthday cake made me strong like a lion, but I do think it made my tummy pretty happy.  Chocolate chips were added into my cake to make it a chip chop cake.

On my actual celebration day, Mommy Uncle Gogo, Shei Shei and I spent the day together.  We went out to lunch.  I love Mexican food and Mommy gave me the choice of sushi or mexican...I chose mexican, so we went to Chipolte and some yummy lunch.  Mommy even let me have the chips and guacomole with my cheese quesadilla, rice and beans, since it was a special celebration.  Then, we went to the Lafayette Reservoir and took a paddle boat out on the lake.  How much fun!!!   I love the paddle boat.

When everyone was home from work, we went out for a special birthay dinner....to Chuck E. Cheese.  I've never been there before but I LOVED it.  Mommy and Uncle Gogo were a little overwhelmed chasing me around, but I couldn't contain myself.  My favorite ride there was a horse racing ride, where I actually got to ride a horse. But, there was also a safari ride, and lots of trucks, and musical games....oh and some pizza too! 

On top of all that there is cake on my birthday....yum!  I got to blow the candle out and THEN I got to open gifts.  I got a new book, and a recycling garbage truck, and a guitar and a super cool safari vehicle and safari animals to play with too!  I loved them all.

After gifts I got to have a sleep over with my Mommy and Katy (our baby dog) and we watched Mulan II.  I love Mulan....she's SO cool. 

The next day we all went to the zoo together and I got to go on the train and see the Australin outback! 

Can you imagine....I hope I get to have a birthday EVERY week!