DISNEYLAND! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Disney was having a special promotion called "give a day, get a disney day" All you had to do was sign up for a volunteer activity, there were 100's to choose from. We signed up, did our activity, and about a week later got our FREE Disney tickets. Disney was giving out 1 million tickets and about a week after we got ours they ran out!

We redeemed our tickets and took Ryder to DISNEYLAND! ! ! He loved it! On our way in we mentioned that it was Ryder's 1st time and they gave him a special 1st visit button to pin on his shirt. We wanted to make the most of our visit and see everything so we were go, go, go. September must be the slow month at Disney, the average time that we waited in line was about 15 minutes, it was perfect. We managed to go on every ride and meet lots of fun characters. Ryder's favorite rides were dumbo, the teacups and the Buzz Lightyear ride (he liked that little gun). He met Pluto, Goofy, Mickey, Pooh and Tigger, Mad Hatter and the princesses (he cried when he met them, some day he'll love those pretty girls :) While on It's a Small World and Pirates of the Carribean Ryder was in awe he just looked around at all the sights. He took a good nap which gave J and I time to go on some fun rides together.

To end our Disney day we watched the parade, which Ryder loved! He learned some new dance moves and was gettin' down. By the end of the night he was pooped, he fell asleep hugging his little Mickey that Grandma got him.

We are already planning our next trip! !