New Years Trip: Downtown Disney and Legoland

On Dec 31 we piled all 8 of us in our SUV and drove to Disneyland for New Years Eve. Since Downtown Disney is free, we decided to go there and have dinner and then watch the fireworks from the parking garage. It was quite cold and we were seated outside for dinner, much to my frustration...and of course it was Disney pricing...not cheap! The kids had a great time in the stores and then we headed over to the garage. We were all so tired that we watched the early fireworks, pronounced it a Happy New Year (because it was somewhere...like in New York...) and then went to our hotel to get some sleep.

Playing red light, green light while waiting for the fireworks

The next day, New Years, we drove down to Carlsbad and went to Legoland. Hannah and Micah are both into Legos and all the kids had a great time. We were pleasantly suprised by the lack of people at the park, so the kids got to go on certain rides over and over. Their favorites were the roller coaster and the "jousting" arms.

These roller coaster pictures made my laugh hysterically, notice David and then Nicole grabbing his arm! I hate heights, so I just take pictures...no roller coasters for me!

Then here are the kids on it for the first time, it cracked me up, notice the dread and pain in their faces...then of course they get off and exclaim that it was sooooo fun and run to go on it again and again!

They even have Lego art!

The very scary fairy tale ride....woo hoo!

They have an area that is different cities around the world all created with Legos, it was pretty impressive.