The Chronicles of Nate and Nolan: October 2012

Well we got a call from school asking us to come and pick up Nathan that he has hurt his wrist. When I got to the school they had him in a make shift splint out of paper and tape. He was sitting there looking as laid back as could be. I asked the nurse if she really thought he was hurt ? She was pretty sure his wrist was broken so we headed off to the Emergency Room. Nathan was so sweet and was trying to be such a big boy. Everyone at the ER was so nice to him . We got our X Rays and sure enough it needed a cast :( They put on soft cast until the swelling went do and then we would get the hard one. After a week we headed to the ortho to get the real deal. He picked purple and yellow for the Vikings and the "cast man" made him a cool cast. We even painted a Vikings on it so everyone would know what the purple and yellow was for :) He has been so good about the whole thing. He has not complained once about any of it. I am sure it helps that everyone gives him a little special attention because of his pitiful little arm in that cast. The worst part is he has to miss all of the football games except the last two because of it. He has still wanted to go to every single practice and his coach is nice enough to still let him play with the team. On Game Days he gets to sit with the team and even do the coin toss. He has been a great sport about it all . Everyone tells me to get used to it because boys always break things...... UH OH !

For Nathans sixth birthday we decided to surprise him with a trip to Disneyland! They had opened a new cars land that looks just like Radiator Spring from the Cars movies. Nathan has always loved the Cars movies so we thought this was the perfect time. None of us had ever been to Disneyland so we were pretty excited . We told Nathans teacher so she could give us his work since he would be missing school . She promised to keep it a big secret from him . We picked him up from school with the car loaded up and ready to go. Nolan had no clue anything was going on either. They both started to realize when Nathan saw the luggage in the back of the car. WE started guessing where we were going. Nathan said it was Mexico for sure! Nolans guess was a rocket ship. We got to the airport and away we went! They still had no clue when we landed there were Disneyland signs everywhere so we thought we were busted for sure. Nathan mentioned it a few times but didn't make his official guess. WE had a long bus ride to the hotel where Nolan passed out. Nathan saw the entrance and said "I know it is Disney! I see people with Disney shirts on everywhere!" ha ha ha. HE was right and so excited. We got into our room and settled in for our big day in the morning! Our first stop had to be Radiator Springs to ride the Cars ride. When we finally go through the long line we loaded into our car and rode through radiator springs . We ran into all of our Cars friends like Mater, Lightning McQueen, we even rode through Ramones paint shop and got a new paint job! We hung out in Radiator Springs riding all the rides and eating in Flo's Dinner. It was so cool how everything was just like the movies. The boys were having such a great time. We headed to the other areas and rode all kinds of fun rides . Nathans favorite ride was the HUGE roller coaster I thought he would be so scared of. He rode it a few times with Kyle and then we switched off and he rode with me. Nolan wasn't tall enough for this one but didn't mind because he rode the carousel while we waited. As we were walking around the Space Shuttle made its last flight over us! It was so cool to be at Disneyland as it flew right over with the fighter jets right beside it. This was perfect for Nathan since he loves space so much. We then hoped on the big Ferris wheel that spins around. This by far was the scariest thing we rode ! It was crazy how your little cart would swing and roll across to the other side ! By the end of the day we were so tired and all passed out. The next day was Nathans Birthday!!! We went to spend the day at Disneyland riding all of the fun rides we love from Disneyworld. We stopped and had lunch in a Bayou like restaurant by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It was just like we were eating by the water with trees and lighting bugs flying around. They even brought Nate a special birthday dessert with a candle to blow out. We walked around and rode the Haunted Mansion that was decked out like the Nightmare Before Christmas movie. It was fun and I am so surprised we made it in without anyone panincking. Another ride I was so surprised they loved was the Tower of Terror! They both hoped right one with no issues . After the crazy drops and the ride stopped Nolan said " I did not like that" .We walked out and Kyle noticed there was no wait and asked Nate if he wanted to ride again well Nolan said he wanted to ride again too. The same thing happened, he was fine but at the end said he did not like that ride. ha ha ha. WE rode a few more rides and then headed back to the hotel to swim and relax for a little. They had a huge water slide for big kids and a little one for Nolans age. Me and Nolan had a blast watching Daddy and Nate fly down the other slide. We all got dried off and headed back to the park to eat dinner and have some more fun at the park. The next day we did it all over again. We watched so many fun shows like Frankenweennie in 4D( Frankenweenie is now Nolans favorite movie), Playhouse Disney live and the Pixar Parade! It was so fun and the boys had a blast yelling out all their favorite characters as they rode by. After we had to take another ride on Nolans favorite ride of the whole trip, The Little Mermaid! He loves Ariel and we rode this ride about 10 times. It was okay with us since there was never a line and always nice and cold. Nolan was so funny as we would go through just staring at all the stuff and at the end he would wave and say by to Aeriel every time. Star Tours was of course a favorite which we rode two times while we were there! The cool thing about Star Tours was that the ride was different both times so it was like a whole new ride. The next day was Kyles birthday and our last day there. We had a breakfast with all of the characters! It was so fun and the boys were loving all the attention from the characters. Daddy and Nolan got a special treat with a candle to blow out. Nolan kept flirting with Daisy and kissed her about 30 times. h ah ah ah. It was such a fun trip and we were so happy to be able to surprise Nathan. Looking back I can not believe we packed in so much stuff in such a quick trip but it was so worth it to see how much fun the boys had!