You Did What?!

Disneyland!! I think Scott was more excited than Nicholas. Nicholas had an "eh, what's all the hubbub about?" expression on his face the whole time. Now that I think about it, he often has that look on his face. Not yet 3, and a hardened cynic like his mama. He actually had a good time and loved all the rides. If you ask him, he'll tell you that he rode a rocketship (twice!), elephant, boat, horsie and a catapillow. We didn't get to see Mickey, but Goofy and Pluto were on hand. Not that he wanted anything to do with them. We went on a Thursday so the crowd was not too bad, if you consider being swarmed by strollers of cranky kids in the hot California sun not too bad. A big thanks to Hai for his Mickey ears. He loves them and wears them around the house all the time.

Seriously, your guess is as good as mine.

We also went to a man made lake in Mission Viejo. The weather and view were spectacular. We got in a paddle boat, played in the water (which Nicholas loved, until he got water in his nose) and ate KFC. Life was good. Except, Scott and I foolishly forgot to put sunscreen on ourselves. Nick probably wondered why his parents had changed color. Don't worry, he was slathered in sunscreen.

We mostly hung out w/ family, but all in all a great trip.

Airprwane Wide

So how did Nicholas do on his first plane ride? Not too bad, considering we had a 7am departure. The first leg of our flight from here to Dallas was 45 mins. There was teeth-clenching, seat kicking, howling and general shows of displeasure for only 40 mins of it. He clapped and giggled during turbulence and the landing. I mean, really, what more could you ask for? I'll have to check, but I'm almost positive that under FAA regulations you are allowed to beat your child. You must be airborne and use a flotation device or something like that.

Our mistake was making him sit in his car seat on the plane. We thought he might be more comfortable. He hated it and kept trying to get out which he never does in the car. On our second leg, we valeted the seat and just had him sit normally. We had our fingers crossed the entire time and he was awesome on that 3 hr flight. Our flight back was a little rough. We had to wake up at 3:30am to catch our flight, and sleep had been in short supply during our entire trip. It was pretty good all things considered. But let's just say he won't be flying again until he turns 18. Sounds reasonable.

Enjoying his inflight video

Mini Break

We're back! I hope everyone missed us terribly. We got in yesterday and have been trying to catch up on some much needed rest. We had a fantastic time with my family out in Corona, CA. We stayed w/ my cousin, Khoi, and his wife, Hai and their 3 kids. Nicholas had a great time with his cousins Matthew, Megan and Nicholas. Thanks so much guys for having us and showing us around. We miss you already.
Unfortunately, our camera wasn't working, but we did use my brother's. I'll have pictures up as soon as I get them from him. You'll be hearing more from me shortly.

And We're Off

Well, it's T minus 8 hours or something like that before take-off. We'll be leaving very, very early tomorrow morning. So, I'll keep this short.

I wasn't kidding about the short part. Toodles.