We had a blast at Disneyland. I had no idea it would be such a great trip!

When Aunt Lindy invited all her nearest and dearest to a Disneyland birthday for Molly (all 7,000 of us – she has a lot of friends! , I thought, what a perfect occasion to celebrate Molly’s birthday and take the boys on their first trip to Disneyland! Since Molly lives in Connecticut we don’t get many opportunities to celebrate her birthday WITH her. And without a good excuse to go to Disneyland, I didn’t know if we’d ever go!

Glen was less enthusiastic about it, and had just missed a week of work for Jessica’s Bat Mitzvah, so I convinced NANA to come accompany us!!! Nana is the PERFECT companion. Having her on a trip is even better than having her at your house doing laundry and re-orging your closets (Shana and Mikey, I know you hear me! . She didn’t complain in the car, she was amenable to everything everyone wanted to do and she likes to pay for things. Seriously, we ALL had more fun because Nana was there.

Honestly, the kids are SO LUCKY to have such loving family all around them. This trip was amazing solely because of, but could have been disastrous without, the support of Nana, Aunt Lindy, Uncle Daniel and Carol Greenwald. On the first day at Disneyland we had 5 adults for 4 children. Without that ratio the experience would have been different for my children. But it wasn’t just their presence – Aunt Lindy and Uncle Daniel engage with their nephews in the most loving ways. They are attentive and generous and you can just tell the kids know they are loved.

Carol, Lindy’s step-mom, was of course there as the adoring grandmother of the birthday girl. But that didn’t stop her from taking a side trip with Jared when the Matterhorn freaked him out. And as we know, Jared is not easy to get along with when he’s freaked out! But Carol turned him right around.

Poor Nana! She was the one who sat with the strollers while Molly and Matthew took 2 hour naps in strollers. She was the one watching all of our stuff while everyone else was on a ride. She was the one who almost took Matthew’s hand off from gripping it so hard on the 30 second Tune-Town kiddie roller coaster ride that Molly rode over and over again with her hands in the air!!! Nana had the patience of a saint, as always.

I’ll post separately about each child’s experience, because for each of them it really WAS a magical kingdom. Who knew?