Vacation was great. We did the 19 hour drive, straight through to Disneyland from WA State....and, then I crashed big time at the hotel after dinner. We got up, spent the first day in Disneyland. (It's still the better of the two parks, in my opinion.) Wendy, even being three, got to go on all the rides (except two). Second day, we had to change our plans. We woke up, planning on getting to California Adventure by the time it opened at 10:00 am...but, at 9:30 am, Wendy woke up and puked all over her bed. Then, at 9:45, she puked all over another bed. After she seemed to feel a bit better later in the day, we drove to Hollywood, and went to Golden Apple comic store. (Traffic sucks big time in LA...the drive there and back took forever.)
Third day, California Adventure. Loved the new ride, Tower Of Terror. (Wendy didn't. She clutched onto me like crazy.) Fourth day was Universal Studios, which I probably ended up liking more than Disney for the first time. (I noticed the workers were much more pleasant and nice at Universal. For the first time, Disney workers pretty much scowled the entire time, plus heard quite a few biatching about their hours.) The kids really like Universal, too. They had some real neat play areas. (One was a dry area with all these small nerf-type balls that you could shoot at other people out of mini canons and such. The other was a wet area with lots of water drenching available.)
Last day, we just visited Disney to do our shopping; then, we headed back home with another 19 hour drive.
A blast...it was just great to spend some quality time with my kids.