(Left: Family photo along Main Street, Right: See the guy's funny hat? A lot of people wear fancy costume stuff in the parks, very fun, like living out fantasies and dreams. A lot of little girls were dressed like princesses with tiaras or fairies with wings.)
We spent this day mostly at the two theme parks where our 3 day pass allowed us -- California Adventure Park and Disneyland. We only needed to pay for 3 kids' tickets because ds2 goes free and there was a "adults pay kids' price" promotion for this non peak period.
Left: Rivers of America, ship. Right: We took a raft (really, raft) across the river to Tom Sawyer's Island, where we climbed up Tom's treehouse, explored dark caves and a pirate's lair. I grew up reading about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry and all their adventures so I could identify with all these, it was fun for me.
A scare: ds1, ds2 and me were in a dark cave that led to the top of a castle and because many split paths met again, ds1 and me took different paths at times and always met up. Btw, someone had to be with the stroller and bags cos the cave had very tiny narrow paths and low ceilings. dh kindly had that honour. So, ds1 took this left path at one fork and ds2 and me took the right. I got a fright when I went on for quite awhile and did not meet ds1 again. I tried to turn back but the incline was steep to turn back, and there were some kids behind us. The cave was too narrow for more than a person to pass at a time.
Just then, I heard ds1 shouting "mummy!". I panicked a bit but still couldn't walk back with ds2. Then I shouted back "I'm here, Titus! Can you follow mummy's voice? Climb up here!" So I continued shouting and I heard his voice getting nearer. I was very thankful to see him again after sometime, so relieved. He was too, and the moment he saw me, he cried (very loudly)... After that, he didn't want to explore any more caves, although he kept wanting to go through the caves repeatedly earlier. Can understand...
Below: bridges on the same island.
California Adv Park: After watching the DVD, ds1 loved Mr Incredible. When they appeared, he was so fascinated he wanted to stay there forever. When MR Incredible walked off, he ran after him. As for elastigirl, dh felt the actual character was slimmer, so she looked unrealistic. Trust him to notice all these. :-)
Lemon trees at California Adv Park.
