The Happiest Place on Earth

Guess who went to Disneyland for his birthday?  H-U-S-T-O-N!  There was no way to capture the excitement and happiness on his face in photos, but we tried.  We told him about 2 months ahead of time that he was going for his birthday, not really expecting him to understand what it meant, but he told everyone he met that he was going to Disneyland for his birthday.  At the grocery store, getting his haircut, etc. 

The day before we left we gave him the choice of going to breakfast with Goofy or doing his birthday with Mickey and Minnie.  He didn't answer for about an hour, giving it very serious thought.  He came in and said, "I want breakfast with Goofy for my birthday".  So we made our reservations and I asked Doug what time. 9:00 a.m.  Huston heard every word and did not forget it.  He told us repeatedly, "9 o'clock, Goofy, breakfast."  We heard this the whole drive down, the whole first day, and then finally the day arrived!

He got to meet lots of characters as they rotated through the restaurant.  Some he didn't even know who they were, but he was still excited to see them!

They brought him a very special birthday cupcake to eat with his breakfast too.  He thought they were a little too loud singing, but he could not stop smiling.

His favorite rides were Buzz's Astro Blaster, Pirates of the Caribbean (although he hid his face the whole time) and the train....because it had dinosaurs!

We had a great time celebrating not only his birthday, but also his first visit to the Happiest Place on Earth.  Nama and Grandpa Nelson came with us and we rode lots of rides, shopped, ate lots of sugar and stayed up way too late!

Here are some of the pics we captured over the weekend.....there are tons more, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to rotate pics on this blog if they aren't going the right direction!