Klein Family Reunion 2013

The Klein Family Reunion took place March 28th - April 7th. Anna had designed this shirt which everyone wore to Disneyland, as you will soon see. Also if you click on the picture and can view it larger you can participate in finding a hidden Mickey! We did this as a bonus game during our Disneyland Trivia with the family and guess who ended up finding Mickey first (and no it's not the one in the ferris wheel)...Grandma and Grandpa!! Who were also so generous to buy all of us park tickets except Madison who is the only one in the family who still has a working Premium pass:-)...

good until the end of May if anyone wants to visit and take her :-)

The first Saturday was without Robert & Holly's family. Brave family members enjoyed our arctic pool...:-) Here we are attempting a cousin photo op but it's always one person not in a mood, we just can't have it all...:-)

Brave ones... in my defense, I didn't want to shock the minnie-mouse(baby) to come out too early...

So glad that Lily and Grace didn't seem to be bothered by the water temp! 

Our make shift slide... was popular...

Since Madison shared her bedroom with cousin Lily and Grace, most nights were fun group story time! Each of them took turns and picked a book to read...:-)

Easter Sunday is here! All the girls enjoyed opening gifts from G-parents...

 

Love Lily's reaction to a chocolate bunny! Priceless!

Baby Minnie Mouse got some gifts too so Madison got to open them for her:-)

Just like last time when we were together for Easter all the cousins got matching dresses... I usually don't like anything pink but this dress was super cute so Alyson and I were very happy to have found it in all sizes we were looking for!

Can't believe how we don't take enough family pictures! Gotta get better!

Another cousin pic opportunity... definitely challenging but every single one was cute in it's own way.

        

Two oldest cousins knew what the Easter egg hunt is all about so they were off and running around. This was the first year Madison really got into the searching so it was very fun to watch!

Very successful Easter egg hunting 2013!

Good job Madison:-)

It was funny to see how she was more excited when she found coins in her eggs than candies...

A bunny cake girls and g-ma Linda made...

On Monday we took the Idaho Kleins to a Science Center by USC

Tuesday we headed for San Diego where the Grandparents, Idaho Kleins, and us hit the San Diego Zoo and Old Town in San Diego for some authentic Mexican food. The Manchester Kleins hit the friendly skies and took a late night flight into San Diego. 

On Wednesday the Klein Family Reunion was officially in full swing. Our first stop was Aliso Beach near Dana Point, CA. It is an incredible beach with a nature preserve and tide pools with starfish, anemones and other marine life just hanging out. 

So hard to get your toddler to look at the camera or have a normal human smile:)

Thursday was day one of the main event...Disneyland and California Adventure...everyone came proudly decked out in their t-shirts (great job Anna)...

We actually started our day at California Adventure so that we could get Fast Passes to the new ride in Cars Land...still super popular.

I (Dave) took everyone's cards so that they could go enjoy the park while it was virtually empty (since everyone seemed to be waiting in the Cars Land fast pass line :-) It was then we found out Madison was just big enough to ride Soarin' Over California and it turned out she loved it!! (Except for the fireworks at the end :-)

Friday was recovery day...Madison got really sick (I don't think she is getting sick here even though it looks like...on Friday. We didn't think we would make the Saturday Disney Day, but she pulled through well enough that we decided what better place to be sick then the Happiest Place on Earth and she did really great.

 

The Manchester Kleins apparently love their lemons so we were happy the ones on the tree were still fresh for them to take back to Connecticut. 

 

Idaho Kleins coming back from a bathroom trip in California Adventure

 

A Bugs Life in California Adventure...we haven't seen it in a long time and can't remember what the caterpillar is called whose ride this is...but he talks funny and likes to eat. Madison wasn't still feeling great so you can kind of see her frail look which I do not like... but definitely glad we decided to come instead of staying at home feeling sick:-)

Front row of the mezzanine at the Aladdin show...that genie is so funny. Anna was trying to get the whole family in the picture but lost half of them due to the lighting...

Racing in Autopia...

Madison was feeling so much better by then and got to see her usual silly-ness we love:-)

        

California Screamin' Anna got a great shot of us taking off...

I do not miss this...and am not necessarily looking forward to it :-) Creative use of a trash can lid though...and she made the train :-)

The boys wanted to visit the Lego Store in Downtown Disney and Uncle Robert seems to have a thing for monorails so we went with them so we could eat at Earl of Sandwich and head home for the night. Well we got the yummy sandwiches but they unfortunately had to turn right around and take the monorail back before it stopped moving for the fireworks...

Sunday was our last day together so we had a nice BBQ lunch and enjoyed each other's company...

Still to come: Of course we couldn't allow family to visit without doing a project or two...or three...or four :-) Stay tuned for pictures on our next episode :-)