This year our Meggie and her vocal group "Extreme Kids" went on a vocal tour with Center Stage. If you are an avid reader, or have followed us through the years, you know that Center Stage is a very big part of my girls lives. They love it, they love their directors and they get the best training there. So we sometimes have to bite the bullet and go on these little expeditions. So sunny California here we come!
Lucky and fun for us that our good friends the Ellis's wanted to come too. When Mikayla was like 6-7 her little dance group did the same tour. The Ellis's came then too and have not been back since this past week. So it was fun for all of us.
Our story begins at 5 am on May 30th-We loaded the cars and were off----
We caravanned the entire day. Might I mention that I DO NOT like traveling in a van with 3 kids for 12 hours. Stopping every two hours too pee or because they need food. Plus the fighting over what movie to watch (whats up with that? I never got to watch movies when I traveled when I was a kid!) I certainly thought that they would sleep at least for a little while. Mason tried but it only lasted about 20 minutes! Seriously! They were way to excited! Being the nice parents we were, we did stop for them occassionally and fed the beasts.
We made it in just enough time to let the kids swim. They had a blast! Center Stage provided an excellent pizza party for the families. Thanks Alex and Robin!
We stayed in an awesome hotel for the week. It was called "Homewood Suites" by Hilton. OMG! Is all I have to say! They provided us with breakfast and dinner everyday! We had full kitchens in our suites and pull out bed in our living rooms. It was perfect for our families. They were fairly inexpensive too. It was great! SO we bought a (brace yourself) 5 day hopper pass to Disney/California Adventure. It was the "bomb diggity!!" LOVED IT!
So Monday Meg had classes all morning at Disney. Learning how to act, dance, sing, audition etc. The rest of us PLAYED! Her nose was a little bent but she loved the classes.
Mace was crazy! He was so happy! He was tall enough for all of the rides and he was a complete dare devil! His favorite ride was California Screamin! He must have rode it 5 or more times. He loves the thrill. All of the kids rode EVERYTHING! I was proud of them. Their mama dont raise no sissy la la's!
On Tuesday Meg performed at Disney. They did a cute job. A few jitters their first time out, but it was great.
Wednesday was a free day for her group, so we played and played at Disney! Unfortunatly Jake and James got some stomach bug. I was stressed all week that we would all get it. I think Jules was a little worried too.
Thursday Meg and I went to Knottsberry Farm. We didnt buy passes, because we are not big Knotts lovers-but she performed and we came back to Disney. By this time Steves response to life was this..."I am half way through my life and there is so much to see, and all I ever get to see is Disney land and Disney world!" I didnt feel sorry for him. He needed to find his happy place!
ps--Josh was sick today!
On Friday we went to Universal Studios! LOVED IT! The kids loved it, especially La! She is a movie junkie. We had a great day, and I highly recommend going to anyone whose family is over 8. The rides rock, but the attractions and shows were the bomb!
The kids put on their best show yet!
The kids loved all of the movie characters walking around and they loved talking to the Shrek Donkey. Mikayla sat there for 20 minutes just laughing at him.
There were so many high lights of the trip. Kids spent a ton of time and money pin trading. It has become a new hobby for each of them.
We got back early evening from Universal and the girls and I ran back for the last few hours of Disney. I was sad to leave but felt great that I got to ride Peter Pan one last time before we came home. One thing that we discovered was that Mikayla is as big a Disney junkie as her mom! We love it and cant wait to go back!
We had a great vacay Daddy and thank you for taking us!
2 comments:
What a fun trip! It makes me want to go back.
Excellent blog of Disney! We had a blast with you guys - so glad we got to do this (although you could've cropped me and the watermelons out of that picture)!
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