Disneyland Meltdown

So mommy learned her lesson this week. As much fun as a weekend may sound there is only so much Little J can handle. Yesterday we went to the zoo, today Disneyland. I think it was just too much for him.

Anyway, the day started off fine. My friend Cyndi, her husband Chris & their super sweet little girl Samantha were in town. Here's Jacob doing his "I shoulda had a V-8" impression. LOL!



Actually, we were parked outside the carousel wondering what to do next. It was SO FLIPPIN' crowded at Disneyland. There were long waits for everything! I didn't think a Sunday in March would be so bad, but apparently it was the first weekend of Spring Break for some people? Anyway, we didn't even get to go on Dumbo because the wait was over an hour! Every line was so long Jacob had me hold him. My feet & back really started to give after a while.

This was actually Jacob's first ride on the Storybook Land boats. I thought he might be kind of scared because you first travel into the whale's mouth, but he called it a whale "tunnel."

Later over at California Adventure is where things went south. Quickly. He wanted to ride the Tuck & Roll's Drive Em' Buggies (they're bumper cars that look like bugs.) so we waited in line for that. He was impatient & acting badly, but I knew he was tired. When we got in our bug, he insisted on steering. (Fortunately there was a foot pedal on my side too or we would have been going nowhere!) The problem was ... Jacob can't steer! Worse, he wouldn't even let me touch the steering wheel. So we kept driving into a wall & getting stuck instead of driving around the track. Pretty soon the ride was over & it was time to get out of the bug. Jacob FREAKED! To him, the ride was NOT over because we hadn't gone all the way around the track. (Hello!? We were stuck on the wall the whole time!) The new batch of riders were in their bugs except the people waiting for ours. Jacob had run back, jumped in and pulled down the safety bar!!! Seeing as I was by myself, I couldn't lift the safety bar & pull him out by myself. So I had to enlist the waiting dad's help. He looked at me weird, but I was like, "This is the only way! You pull up the bar & I'll grab him."

I finally got him calmed down when I agreed to take him on the "Lady Bug Boogie" if he'd stop crying & settle down. He did, but insisted I hold him in line. My back was aching so much, I had to put him down. No go ... he slapped me. In the face. In line. When I told him, "No hitting!" He did it again. So, I fireman carried him out of there & the meltdown of all meltdowns ensued. He wouldn't settle down. Wouldn't get in the stroller. Nothing. After sitting with him SCREAMING for at least 20 minutes (which got us stares from everyone & 3 moms actually stopped to offer help - so embarrassing!) I finally had to fireman carry him clean out to the car. Not an easy task since he was kicking the whole time & I had to push the stroller with the other hand.

Needless to say, we haven't been back to Disneyland & won't be returning until summer is over. And when Daddy can come with us!!