Tuesday, December 31, 2024

MEA trip - Disneyland

A little bit of a last minute trip, for MEA we decided to go to Disneyland.  It's been a few years since we have gone and mama was wondering if you would still have a good time.  Well, you had a great time.  Different kinds of fun.  There were things you still enjoyed and things you got to try out more because you are older now.  

Day one: Magic Kingdom- Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Indy Jones, Jungle Cruise, Swiss Robinson, Star Tours, AstroOrbiter, Matterhorn, Smugglers Cove, Droid factory

Day two:  Radiator Springs, Tow Mater, Spiderman, Tower of terror, Toy Story, Incredible Coaster, Ben and Baba hit up Smuggler, Rise at night

Day three: Matterhorn x2, Star Tours, Space Mountain, Buzz x2, AstroOrbiter, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Radiator Springs, Spider man, Toy Story - Bradley gets 117,700, Smugglers Cove

Mama got you emotional support dumplings for school, hahaha

Arrived... did some shopping at Downtown Disney

Dinner 1 of 3 at DTF.  You enjoy the XLB

Waking up early!

The expressions of Bradley

Ready to go!

Indy Jones ride - a bit too scary still

Love Matterhorn, went on it 3x in a row

Trying to pull out the sword

Tatooine was great.  You remember it from last time but experienced a lot of new things this time.

Getting ready to build your own droid

 

Droid parts

Baba was also very interested

 

Baba loved it so much he went back for a second droid

Assembly time

Smuggler's cove ride 



Swiss Robinson

Mama stays down to capture the precious moments :)

Jungle Book

First day at the park complete

 

Day 2 - California Adventure 

Long line for lightening mcqueen 


We love luigi!

Mama's fav - cozy cone

Flo's cafe to rest our legs 

Baymax... we ate the whole thing

Back for the evening 

We realized that there's too much complaining with all the steps so mama rented a stroller.  Best idea ever.

Dinner 2 out of 3 at DTF

California Adventure park at night with Halloween decorations


 

Bradley approved 


Day 3 - last day
waiting for rope drop, notice we moved to TWO strollers
One double and one single, lolol

Matterhorn again

Ready!

The many expressions of Bradley



 



Tatooine at night 


 






Lots to bring back to the room 


 

This was a super fun trip!! You enjoyed all the rides.  Matterhorn was a favorite, along with the spiderman ride.  Due to baba's planning, we got to ride all the rides we planned and spent long days and nights enjoying the park.  

You were always on the lookout for stitch items for your brother, so sweet.

Love you so much Bradley!!

5th Grade!!

Haircut and ready to go!  This is your very last year at Excelsior - 5th Grade!  Great news, you're in the same classroom as Renner, Ryder and a few other friends :)



Last animal rescue of the summer, an injured squirrel fell from a tree.  You knew he was badly injured and likely will die but wanted him to be comfortable and safe. 


Soccer starts! 



Whacky hat day!
  Starting 5th grade has been a little rough.  We learned that although you love Max last year, there was not a lot of learning or structure.  5th grade is your last year before middle school so there's a bit more structure and middle school readiness. 

Also, lots of new staff, Mr Breen is your new Asst Principal, Mr W is the new spec ed and Ms B is new too.  Smasal and Fisher are the only ones that are from previous years.  We also had to take a little bit to get your meds adjusted but it's going much better now!

Love you Bradley!!


Summer 2024, it's a wrap!

It's the end of August, we're starting to wrap up summer but got in a few fun little fishing trips and one of the best summer camps, Adventures in Cardboard!!

Big equipment to deliver the pool /spa 


I can't believe summer went by so fast.  We got a lot of fun and sun in :)  I love you so much Bradley!