What's Up With the David's: SoCal Stay-cation!

I'm trying to catch up on my blogs from the summer so I'm posting some pictures from our little "stay-cation" at the end of August. I wanted to end the summer with a bang but since its so expensive and difficult to travel with three small children, we decided to take advantage of all the fun things we can do right in our own back yard. I mean, people travel to Orange County to vacation. We' re just lucky to live here within 20 minutes of the most popular attractions. And the kids don't really know the difference from the beaches of Maui and Newport Beach. So it was a no-brainer.

We had to start the week with a trip to our favorite place, Disneyland! We decided to leave Dylan at home so I could focus on the boys. They are at such great ages for Disney and without having to deal with a toddler the boys really had a blast. I can honestly say it was our best trip ever. During that week we also enjoyed a classic beach bonfire in Corona del Mar, dragged daddy to an indoor trampoline park, swam a lot, stayed up late watching movies, ate tons of bad food and then capped off the week with cruise on a Duffy boat through Newport Harbor. It was the best week with my kids and my family! It makes me feel good knowing that Jack has such happy memories of his summer before kinder. Here's a little snapshot of our week...

The Dumbo ride has been one of my favorites since I was a kid. Now it's one of Jack's favorites and we always have to ride it together...

Mimi took Gavin...

We got front row seats for the parade...

Such anticipation waiting for the parade to begin...

A kiss from Elsa on the Frozen float caused this priceless reaction from Gavin! Waiting an hour in the sun for the parade was all worth it just to see this face...

And then this face! We stayed until the bitter end and waited for the fireworks at 9:30 pm. My boys had never seen fireworks and they didn't disappoint. Jack was so overwhelmed he could barely speak! It was pure Disney magic...