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Our Little Padawan

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Star Tours was the very first ride we took Ane on in Disneyland.  She LOVED it.  And after all I’ve done to ensure that she grows up as a dedicated Star Wars fan, how could she not love it?
Because of the immense marketing campaign linked to the Prequel Trilogy, Disneyland has quite a bit of […]



Mother & Daughter, Father & Son

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

We took a LOT of pictures.  And sometimes, we got some really cute ones.

And occasionally, our best sides made it into a picture.

On a side note, today is Disneyland’s 53rd birthday!  I’m thinking the 55th might be a fun time to go back…



Disneyland Tip #3 - Food

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

If you don’t know, food is expensive when you’re on vacation.  Especially at Disneyland.
Granted, the food there is very good and very tasty.  But there are fast food places (even a McDonald’s) within the parks, and everything is inflated beyond what it costs in “the real world.”
If I had been able to, I would have […]



Disneyland Tip #2 - the special-needs child

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

As you regular readers know (and welcome to those of you who are checking in over here via Matthew!  I will be blogging about my out-of-computer meeting with him very soon!), Tad is not autistic, and he is not mentally retarded (though he may act like it sometimes).  He is, though, socially delayed and has […]