Monday. I contemplated staying home to clean and decorate for Halloween this morning, but I think that I made a much better decision when I chose to pack up a lunch and head off to Disneyland with Einar. We started off at California Adventure riding some of the Bugs' Life rides and then visiting the talking/animated Crush the Sea Turtle. Then Einar wanted to ride the Disneyland train so headed off to the other park. Once there we rode a double decker bus down Mainstreet until it dropped us off at Sleeping Beauty's castle. Then it was a short walk to the train station by Toon Town.
I was pretty excited that we got to ride in the front car and watch the engineers drive the train. After a couple of stops, one of the guys came back and asked if Einar and I would like to ride with them up in the engine around the park!! Boy was that exciting! Einar was a bit in shock I think, but did crack a few smiles for the engineers. They let him ring the bell when we came into a couple of stations. It was hot where we were sitting, but even hotter in the engine house where the engineers sit. They said that it gets to be about 130 degrees in there in the summer! It was Einar's job to wave at all of the people when we came into each of the stations and he was doing a great job. I don't think either of us will forget that train ride anytime soon.
Once they dropped us off at the Mainstreet station again, we looked down and there was Cinderella (Einar's favorite princess) greeting people! We waved to the train as it left and then said hi to Cinderella.
After that much excitement, it was time to leave the park, share a Jamba Juice, and hop a tram back to the parking lot. Einar fell asleep in the car on the way home and I was able to transfer him into his crib once we got home.
