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".