Disneyland!

Last weekend Jonathan went to a conference in Pasadena to accept his fancy award, and the family came down to keep him company. Also because Pasadena is not super far from DISNEYLAND (!!!), and the boys are young enough to be free, but old enough to enjoy it. Well, Finn anyway. Graham would have been equally pleased to be at any old park, I think. We had a great time, and ended up turning our planned half-day visit into a pretty full one when nobody ended up getting cranky or tired. We started out the morning at the Nemo submarine ride, the one thing Finn had heard about through friends at preschool. He noticed that the submarines were yellow, briefly sang some "Yellow Submarine," and then apparently decided we needed a full on Beatles medley. It looked more or less like this:

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da from Katie on Vimeo.
Other highlights included the Buzz Lightyear ride (twice! Finn's favorite), hugging Mickey Mouse, and singing pirates in the streets. All of this was just icing on the cake, apparently, to the fact that WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION YOUR PARENTS LET YOU KEEP THE BUTTER KNIFE AT THE RESTAURANT ALL THROUGH LUNCH.

Behold: Mickey frigging Mouse.

Graham: "Wow, that parking lot tram ride was AWESOME. How could anything possibly top that?"

This rainsticks-on-a-wheel gadget at Tarzan's treehouse was very popular with all the kids from Finn's age up to, oh, ten.

Despite not being able to properly reach the handle, Graham was not to be left out.