Restrooms, Star Wars, and Horses with No Legs

Day 3..Today is our last day in Disneyland. We thought it would be good to have no plan and just ride whatever we wanted to ride. We started off the morning with a discussion from Jack regarding Jerry-horse. For those of you that don't know, J-man has an imaginary horse named Jerry. (Don't ask 'cause we don't know why.) For the last two days, we had sporadic reports that Jerry-horse was in the park and he didn't like the Space Mountain ride. This morning, J-man thought he should push the stroller from the hotel to the park instead of riding in it, because Jerry horse had no legs and needed to use the stroller. When asked how Jerry-horse lost his legs, J-man replied, "The bad men cut off his legs." "But I glued them back on," he continued, "Now Jerry-horse is all better." What a relief!!!

Once we entered Disneyland, we went straight for the Peter Pan ride. That was a hit with the whole family. Then we headed off to what has to be the scariest ride of all for J-man. In fact, J-man has been trying to avoid the ride at all costs. It's name, you ask? The dreaded restroom and it's ride - the auto-flushing toilet. yes, it is hard to convince a 3 year old that a toilet that suddenly flushes without warning is safe. Only with a lot of talking and guarantees of non-auto-flushing, was I able to convince J-man to ride this ride. I know Disneyland is trying to be all high-tech and everything, but you would think a park that caters to kids, could add one preschool manual flushing toilet to the restrooms.

The rest of the day we spent riding old and new rides. Once again, our daredevil, Supergirl, surprised us all with her love of the Big Thunder Mountain railroad. She rode it two times in a row. (Her little brother stopped at one time - I guess a runaway train hurtling down the track at fast speeds could seem a little scary to someone who is three!) She also went back and rode the Matterhorn twice more. I am still amazed at this new brave side that she has discovered. But then again, she told me that she thought the Snow White ride was pretty scary. Well, she is only 7.

Towards the afternoon, we figured out that the only ride we hadn't ridden in Disneyland was Star Tours - a flight simulation ride based on Star Wars. Now if there is one thing J-man and Supergirl love, it is Star Wars. But, I was a little hesitant to ride the ride, because I remembered a not-so-pleasant experience with the ride back in college. Surely, I thought, after giving birth to two children, any previous issues with the ride would have disappeared by now. Um...nope! I was feeling good until about the last minute of the ride. That was the point I turned a shade of green that matched my shirt. The kids thought it was hilarious that mommy was sick after a ride. So much for teaching them empathy! I don't think I will ever live it down (but I still won't ever ride that ride again!)

The day ended late. We left and came back into the park to watch the fireworks show. It was cold and we were all bundled up. J-man and I decided we would hold our spot for the fireworks while Supergirl and Tri-guy went and rode some rides. Within about 5 minutes, J-man was curled up in a ball under several blankets and coats, fast asleep. He didn't wake up for the fireworks, the ride in the stroller home, or the tucking into bed. I wish I could sleep like that.

Now it is late and once again - the whole family is sound asleep. I am headed off to join them. I am sad to see Disneyland end.