Saturday, August 22, 2009

Chipmunks and Dinosaurs, oh my!

On Wednesday we finally made it back to Disneyland. We hadn't been since we moved to San Diego and I was having withdrawals. It was more crowded than I'm used to, but still fun. Mason LOVED it! In just two and a half months, he has developed so much more, and totally got a kick out of all the rides and parades. It was so cute! When we'd get on a ride, he would giggle and bounce on my lap with excitement. My new friend, Kristi, and her daughter, Ella, came with us. We had a blast!

We saw Chip (or is that Dale?) in Frontierland, and he was showing the girls where we should go next. Guess where? Chip n Dales house in Toontown!




We also made our first trip to San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. It is VERY big and we didn't see the whole thing. But we made sure to go to their new exhibit Dino Mountain. The first time through, Julia was soooo scared. She got a little braver the second time around, but still terrified of the carnivores. The dinosaurs where so lifelike. They moved and made sounds. Very cool.

These were one of the only dinos Julia was brave enough to turn her back on.
Mason liked the view from the stroller. He's such a good baby! Julia was terrified of the T-Rex. We couldn't get her to turn around for the photo. She felt safer with her eyes on him. At the front of the exhibit they were given little dino passports so that they could stamp for each dinosaur they saw. She really liked to get her stamps.
She didn't feel these were as threatening either.



But more of the scary ones...


This one shot water out of it's nose. We didn't know that at first and totally got sprayed. Pretty funny

3 comments:

Heather said...

WOW!! you are so lucky to be so close to so many fun places for the kids!! what great memories for them! I can't believe how big Julia is...she is so dang cute!

Keeping up with the Joneses said...

Man I'm bummed I miss out on the wild animal park with you gals! Next time for sure!! I have never been to Dino Mountain...It must be brand new. Those dinos are really scary. Ella would for sure get a little nervous around those bad boys. But I bet she'd like em from a distance. Can't wait to go again and hopefully with you this time :)

Arabeth said...

So what did you think of the Wild Animal Park in comparison to the zoo?