Family Vacation 2019

This may have been the best vacation EVER! We had been looking forward to taking this trip for over a year. We decided we were ready to make a trip to Disney as the boys are bigger and more independent and are really into Mickey and all things Disney. We decided California would be a better fit than Florida so decided to take advantage of the other things Southern California had to offer. Zander loves Legos and both boys enjoy going to Legoland here so we definitely wanted to check out Legoland. We also love zoos and the aquarium so we added the San Diego zoo and Sea World to our trip as well. We also squeezed in a night game at Angels stadium for Angels/Dodgers. We took advantage of an early spring break and a healthy Zaiden (he had his second ear tube surgery and had his adenoids removed 2 weeks prior). We were lucky to also have Jazzie's parents join us for part of the trip. Zander and Zaiden loved having grandma and grandpa to share the trip with them. We ended up having a blast and we have a hard time picking our favorite thing as we loved it all. All of our travels went really well and the boys were troopers. We only had one afternoon of rain and otherwise enjoyed the sunshine. We even had a few warm days which allowed us to enjoy the waterpark hotel near Disney. We have so many pictures and so many memories from this trip. We already cannot wait for our next vacation!

Zaiden recovering from his surgery

San Diego Zoo - we had so much fun looking at all of the animals. It was so much fun having Grandma and Grandpa with us

checking out the ocean in San Diego Seaport Village

The boys were chasing bubbles and enjoying the ocean view

Sea World was amazing and a highlight of the trip. We loved all of the rides and the fist

The dolphin show and whale show were so much fun and are memories that will last a lifetime

We had so much fun at Disneyland from checking out all the areas, meeting characters and of course enjoying the rides. Both boys are daredevils and loved all of the rollercoasters and the rides. Zander's favorite was Splash Mountain and Zaiden loved Thundermountain

Zaiden was terrified, but equally excited to meet Mickey Mouse!

Disney Adventure park was also a ton of fun and Zander enjoyed the rollercoasters including one ride on the incredible coaster and many rides on goofy's fly school. Zaiden loved The Little Mermaid ride and the Cars park  

Zander is 6!

Zander is now 6 years old! He is a really cool, sweet and very smart boy. He continues to impress us with his language ability and his humor. He learned to read this year very easily and is now excelling as one of the top readers in his class. He also continues to be a natural with numbers and math, although he says he does not like math. He really enjoys art and continues to love to create crafts and projects at home. We were also very proud of him this year when he was the only kindergartener from his class to have his art chosen to be on display. Putting together Legos continues to be one of his favorite hobbies. He also mastered riding a bike last fall and is now doing great going on longer bike rides this spring. He can tie his shoes (although does not like to do this!). He has taken an interest in music and we got a piano he likes to play and we plan to start lessons soon. Zander is very social and has a lot of friends at school, through his after care program and lots of family/neighborhood friends and was really excited to plan his first big birthday party this year. He hosted several friends at the Children's Museum and he and all of his friends had a blast. We also went to a movie as a family and visited the train restaurant. We also hosted family over for dinner and cake. He is sure a special guy!