Last day! We had early entry to California Adventure again, but this time it seemed like the lines were longer to get into the park. We didn't get in until just after 8, thankfully we were still able to do Midway Mania again for Nathan before lines got long (which happened basically right after we did it), California Screamin' for Lynsey, and the swings for Adam. Also got to try Soarin' around the World which was really fun! Definitely the parks were getting busier as the week went on. Still a good time though, we did a few favorites and then went back to the hotel to check out. They let us use the pool after checking out which was so great of them, I can't say enough about how great the hotel was to us! And all the staff at the Disney parks, too - they were so accommodating! Definitely went above and beyond, every last one of them. Truly a magical experience!
After swimming, we headed back to Disneyland for the last time (so sad!). We had some ice cream for lunch ('cause vacation:-D) and did the Buzz Lightyear Astroblaster ride. Not as cool as midway mania, but Nathan still liked it! That was the last ride we did, we picked up some souvenirs and t-shirts for the kids and said good bye to the theme parks!
We drove to a California Pizza Kitchen for dinner and made our way back to the rental van place. As sketchy as our initial experience was, we had a very nice shuttle driver that actually took our van to the airport so we didn't have to transfer the kids (Nathan was sleeping) and all our stuff. He was super friendly and gave me a much better feeling about the whole thing! There was traffic at the airport (at 10pm! Welcome to LA!) but thankfully we had some extra time so we were okay. Adam was definitely getting close to unraveling while we were waiting at the gate, and the beginning of the flight was dicey for sure. Nathan slept so that was good, Lynsey also fell asleep after a bit, but it took Adam quite a long time to finally give in - still fighting sleep like a champ! Everyone was pretty good about getting up and walking around when we got to Seattle, had to wait for our shuttle to take us to the parking lot and finally - at about 2:50am, we were in our van on the road home! What a crazy long day! It took me a while to wind down when we got home, but thankfully everyone slept in a bit the next morning (and by that I mean getting up between 8 and 9am!).
We are almost back to normal now, lots of reminiscing about good times we had! Adam is still a bit tired and his rants are a bit over the top still - I am hoping this will die down as he gets back into routine, it has been a bit unbearable since we got back. Lynsey was a bit sad on Thursday, it's always a bit of a letdown to come home from a fun vacation (maybe this is also part of the reason Adam has been difficult as well, always expressing it in a different way!). I just can't get over how much better everything went than I thought. I honestly wasn't really even looking forward to this trip, I was so sure it was going to be so stressful. It was not perfect for sure but it ended up being a really fun trip where we made some awesome family memories! Now to get on top of making a photo book so Adam can keep reliving his good memories - we got a few pictures printed already with our photopass and he has already looked at them a lot:-).
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