Adventures of the Neeley Family: Disneyland, Soccer and Pine the Tarantula

We started the month of September off with a super secret trip to Disneyland. Well it was supposed to be a big surprise for Zane. The day before I told him that Nana and Auntie Dee wanted to take us on a surprise trip, he immediately said, "I know where we are going, Disneyland!!!" I asked him how he knew this, "Because it is their favorite place in the world!!!" So much for the big secret, but he was still super excited. On our way to Aneheim, we stopped for Field Day in Bakersfield with our charter school. Zane had a lot of fun doing relay races, long distance runs and he won the long jump(which sadly I didn't get any pictures of).

50 meter dash

Relay race

Long distance run

After we arrived at our hotel, we headed into Downtown Disney for dinner and a trip to the Lego store. Auntie Dee had a special surprise for Zane and I, we got to build our own Lego figures!

He was blown away that this was all made out of Legos!

Our first full day was spent in Disneyland. Zane was so excited to ride all the rides!! Be ready for lots of photos.

Nana and Auntie Dee

Zane and Tiggr

Dumbo

Millennium Falcon

He couldn't pull the sword from the stone

Mr. Toad

He loved Autopia

He was ready to drive me around the track

Another special surprise for Zane from Auntie Dee was a chance to build his own remote controlled droid, he choose R2D2.

Testing him out!

Day two was spent in California Adventure. Zane loved Cars land and the Radiator Springs Racers. He also loved the Grizzly Run ride, mainly because we got wet. We also got to spend some good time in the pool in the late afternoon.

Ready for the park to open

He was completely flabbergasted when Lightning McQueen drove around the corner

Cruz Ramirez

Guido

He finally got to go on a roller coaster that goes upside down!!

He was excited for the swings, he rode them multiple times without Mom

We ended up in Chip and Dales Play House

Rock Climbing

Then he got to meet Chip!!!

Best hug ever!!

Zip Line

We ended the day with the biggest shake ever!!!

Day three was extra special because the night before I went to the airport to pick up Aunt Cindy!! It was great to spend the day with her, Zane was super excited because she promised to spin really fast on the Tea Cups(something Mom wasn't up for).

Pic with Cindy, getting ready for the Great Thunder Mtn Railroad

Tea Cups

Spinning hard

Tea Cups with Aunt Cindy

Group photo

Storm Trooper

He was excited to see Chewbacca

Astro Blasters

Astro Orbiter

Captain Hook

The last day Zane wanted to be at the park when it opened and leave when it closed at 11pm. And we did it! His favorite ride of the whole week was the Matterhorn, which we rode 6 times, the last at 10:50 at night! It was such a special trip and I'm so thankful for my Mom and Auntie Dee that made it all happen and Casey who supported the whole trip and was grateful he didn't have to participate :)

The rest of the month was mostly quiet. Zane had a temporary pet Tarantula, who he named Pine. In the fall we see them all the time on the road going to the valley. So he caught one and kept it in a tank for a period of time and then let him go.

Pine the Tarantula

At the end of the month Zane started soccer. It is an eight week fall program. It's great because practice is right before the game each week. He is having a great time and is enjoying experiencing a team sport.