Jedi Training

The day after T turned 7 we had our eyes set on Disneyland to celebrate that awesome boy of ours. Daddy didn't have to work and we had no sports games tying us to West LA so off we went, happy as ever to be visiting one of our favorite places. All Disney days are pretty magical, but I must admit that getting two miracle stand-by tickets for Jedi Training took this day right over the top! We've wanted to do Jedi Training for awhile but never got around to it and this day when we went to sign up they were already sold out FOR THE WHOLE DAY. Gosh, I was bummed. They put us on the standby list for the show starting in just a few minutes and as luck would have it two little friends didn't show up meaning there was room for my two little friends! The boys were SO over the top excited and it was so fun to watch them.  

Learning lightsaber skills from Jedi Masters in the Amphitheater. T has the purple saber, Ever has the green.

After learning some skills, each child was able to go one on one with Darth Vader. Ever was a little nervous (and I don't blame him, Darth Vader was like 7 foot tall) but both boys went up and fought him and it was just more ridiculously cute than words can say.

Both boys agreed that this was their very favorite part of Disneyland that day--and how could it not have been? Disney has a way of making everything over-the-top awesome.

Talmage had some birthday money from Aunt Ash and he knew just what he wanted--a red lightsaber. Choosing just the right one was difficult (who knew there were so many options?) but he finally decided the red retractable was his dream come true. As you can see Everett conned us into getting him a lightsaber as well, green just like Yoda. And if I'm being honest I'll tell you that I conned him into riding three new scary rides in exchange for said saber. Win/Win. The real win would be if those two Jedi would stop pegging their sisters with their lightsabers. 

And this tree! There was no way I could finish this post without including a picture of the most stunning part of my day. I couldn't get over how radiant this tree looked full of fuchsia blossoms. Spring is for sure my jam.