Our Disneyland Adventure ...

Joshua seems to be concerned with only one thing in life .... TRAINS! Thankfully, Aunt Irene had sent a box to Ben's parent's home and it included his current favorite ... Thomas the Train. Since we didn't have time to set the track up, Joshua made due with his own tracks ... the entryway rug. He's such a creative little guy!
Day Two ... it was off to Disneyland. Record high temps for the southern CA area ... 103 at Disneyland on Sunday. We thought it seemed a bit like spring ...
Joshua and his future Uncle Robert are discussing their Disneyland strategy. Or so I thought. Joshua was eating a snack (chicken and juice) in front of Robert, who is a vegetarian. By the time I came back to give Joshua another piece of chicken, he spit it out. Robert swears he said nothing negative about those feathery little egg layers ...
Auntie Jenn and Eli finally met face to face! Nothing like making him a super fan of his aunt by having her supply one of his favorite things ... FOOD!
All Joshua could talk about was seeing a train. Mickey, who? If Disneyland only had trains ... nothing else, he would have been more than content. Ben and J How were on the look out for the Disneyland Train!
We escaped the heat and went to Mickey's house in Toon Town. Joshua was all about saying "Cheese" for the Mouse!
Are you impressed? Joshua looks confused ... Eli smiles if he sees another human being ... and everyone else is making eye contact! Nice!
Joshua is barely 35 inches tall. He just made it by the skin of his hat on the roller coaster in Toon Town. (I had Ben put his hat on when the gal measured him and I think it added a good inch!) But he LOVED going on any train ride we could find and when we were all out of trains ... horses were the next best thing!
Don't let him fool you ... he slept for 50 minutes from the time he woke up at 7am until the time he went to sleep at 11:30pm. Actually, I think he's totally awake here ... he's just playing a little trick on his mom!
It was HOT! Joshua enjoyed EATING the battery operated water fan! And getting the rest of us wet ... although, we didn't complain!
Ben's mom used to work at Disneyland as a nurse. We stopped off at the nurse's station to see some of her former co-workers and Eli took full advantage of the cool towels!
The boys went down for a nap (correction ... Joshua napped and Eli screamed) and Ben and I went back to the park with his sister and her fiance to hit a few rides. YIPPIE!
After naps ... California Adventure and A Bug's Land. The water feature was a hit! He stayed dry for so long and then ....
His timing was just a bit off!
At the end of the night .... we staked out our spot to watch the light parade.
Is that about the cutest picture?
And ... we've hit a wall. Not looking like someone you'd like to run into in a dark alley!
Can we say ... OVERLOAD?

It was a great day! Joshua had a blast ... we had fun ... and while we had high hopes of everyone sleeping until 10am the next morning ... both the boys were up at 6:45 ... and Joshua was asking to see more trains!