He turned 10. Ten! The big One-Oh!
When Matthew was born, Steen and I agreed that when our children turned ten, they could pick where they wanted to go for a weekend getaway. Lucas took full advantage of this opportunity and invited us all to join him for a long weekend at Disneyland Paris.
We had a terrific time celebrating Lucas in the realm of Disney magic. There is truly no other place on earth like a Disney park to make me feel like a child again.
Here are most of my men at the entrance to the park (Nicholas has probably snuck through the front gates and headed for Buzz Lightyear).
We enjoyed a nice meal at the Rainforest Café. It was Nick's first time there... he didn't particularly care for the "thunderstorm" part of the visit, but the presence of elephants made up for it.
Turns out that Nick was afraid of the characters... the "live" ones, that is, who were in our hotel in the morning and wandering about the park.
Despite his fear, however, he was really interested in seeing them (just not up close)... Here he is using a little girl (in front of him) and a wall (to his left) as protection just in case Goofy, who is standing just around the corner, should decide to jump out and get him.
The birthday boy couldn't, of course, have a birthday without a real celebration... and lucky for us, he sleeps like a rock (twice we've been in hotels where the fire alarms have gone off in the middle of the night and he just kept sleeping, so that Steen has carried him down 20+ flights of stairs)....
Anyway, here he is, not yet awake... 10 years old!
What is a party without presents?
One of my biggest concerns about this trip was how Nicholas would do with all of the standing line. In my mind, he was going to do nothing but fidget, jump out of line and run away. But, in actuality, he was probably the best line-waiter of us all... Waiting his turn patiently. Often we had to wait 90 minutes for a single ride. Here he is waiting to get on the rocket ships.
The day of Lucas's birthday, we arranged for lunch with the Disney characters. For Lucas and Matthew, this was great fun, but for Nicholas, it was the stuff of nightmares.
Don't worry. He still waved to all of the characters when he saw them in parades, and ever since we came home, he's been telling us several times a day that he is "Mickey Mouse's baby"!
Mickey himself joined us at the table for the singing of the birthday song.
One of my biggest concerns about this trip was how Nicholas would do with all of the standing line. In my mind, he was going to do nothing but fidget, jump out of line and run away. But, in actuality, he was probably the best line-waiter of us all... Waiting his turn patiently. Often we had to wait 90 minutes for a single ride. Here he is waiting to get on the rocket ships.
The day of Lucas's birthday, we arranged for lunch with the Disney characters. For Lucas and Matthew, this was great fun, but for Nicholas, it was the stuff of nightmares.
Don't worry. He still waved to all of the characters when he saw them in parades, and ever since we came home, he's been telling us several times a day that he is "Mickey Mouse's baby"!
Mickey himself joined us at the table for the singing of the birthday song.
Lucas enjoying his favorite -- cotton candy.
Nick gets a ride with Lightning McQueen, finally!!!! Such joy for a 2-year old.
The big boys hang out with their buddies from Monsters Inc.
Can you guess who's who????
One last ride on Dumbo on our last day, just before we leave, headed for a day in Paris.
Oh, wait, a ride on the horsies too, mommy!!!!
Lucas had also asked that we visit the Eiffel Tower. He gave up a day at Disney to go see it... He was with me when we came out of the Paris Metro, rounded the corner and there it was, right in front of us. Despite the pouring rain, he gasped and whispered "Oh wow!" under his breath. I know exactly what he means.
Nick gets a ride with Lightning McQueen, finally!!!! Such joy for a 2-year old.
The big boys hang out with their buddies from Monsters Inc.
Can you guess who's who????
One last ride on Dumbo on our last day, just before we leave, headed for a day in Paris.
Oh, wait, a ride on the horsies too, mommy!!!!
Lucas had also asked that we visit the Eiffel Tower. He gave up a day at Disney to go see it... He was with me when we came out of the Paris Metro, rounded the corner and there it was, right in front of us. Despite the pouring rain, he gasped and whispered "Oh wow!" under his breath. I know exactly what he means.
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