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I looked online to find an adventure for us today, and discovered it was free museum day, so we decided to take the crew to the Arizona Museum of Natural History, because who doesn't love dinosaurs!  We took our time and got there after lunch.  We spent a couple hours browsing the exhibits and exploring!  The kids panned for gold and E decided to jump in the water, and when we told him to get out of the roped off water fountain area, he went in more. Kids outside of the museum J with a meteorite M posing with her cool green rock and the girls checking out amethyst   Dinosaur head Kids with an Allosaurus bone Boys checking out a scary set of dinosaur bones  Putting together a mammoth puzzle Making a wooden pot In the jail Panning for gold with dad E crosses the rope and then climbs in the water and gets wet up to his neck . . . crazy boy! J panning for gold and making friends E and M searching for tiny bits o

I was really excited for Disneyland this month because I knew that the holiday (halloween) stuff would be up!  I love Haunted Mansion at Holiday time.  It is more happy than usual.  It makes me smile.  I also love all the pumpkins and harvest stuff that is up!  It makes me smile!  I love autumn!  We didn't get to the Harvest Party at Big Thunder Mountain Ranch, but we will in October when we go with the kids grandparents!   We stayed at Portofino Inn & Suites this time, a new hotel for us.  It was older, but clean and comfortable.  The reviews online made me nervous, but it turned out to be pretty decent.  We walked to the park most days, as it was super close.  I took SO many pictures this month, perhaps to make up for last month where I took very few.  Here are a few of my favorites: Halloween at the Entrance Gate to Disneyland Halloween inside on all the light poles (I really need to take a full shot of Main St. USA Halloween Decor) Meeting Tigger, Pooh a