Jedi Training

....And back to vacation pics,

For all those that have been to Disneyland recently you know that there is a pretty heavy Star Wars influence. The same can also be said of our house. Star Wars is a HUGE deal to 3 male members of our family. So when we saw that they had a Jedi Training available we knew we had to do it. We showed up 45 minutes early. I found an attendant and kindly asked where the line started or if there was a maybe a sign up sheet. To which she answered "oh no the Jedi Master picks the kids once he is one stage" When she noticed the horrified look on my face she added "have your kids be enthusiastic and energetic and they will have a better chance". So now I'm thinking the chance this works out with TWO happy kids is going to be zilch. Do we leave now to avoid the almost certain let down or stick it out. Looking at the boys excited faces there is no way we could walk away. So I start with the "Ok we are going to have fun no matter what happens speech". I point out that there are going to be about 100 kids that all really want the training so if either Luke or Kolby gets picked we will be happy. We tell them to just stand up and be themselves and if they feel like jumping up and down go right ahead. 

The Jedi Master comes out and starts calling up a few kids from the large crowd that is now waiting. He looks our way and........points to BOTH Luke and Kolby.Dew and I look at each other in shock and I look up to see if angels are singing because surely this is a miracle (only half kidding) 

They are taken on stage and given their Jedi robes and Light sabers and taught what I can only assume is the standard Light saber moves.

 Then the stage opens up and out comes Darth Vader, Darth Maul and stormtroopers. The boys are separated, Kolby stays on stage to fight one on one against Darth Vader.

 When Darth walked up to Kolby he said "The force is strong in this one" which might just be Kolbys favorite thing that has ever been said to him.

 It was an epic battle that luckily Kolby won :)

 Luke was taken to the floor level to fight Darth Maul. (other huge stroke of luck since Luke is fearless and this dude freaked even me out)

 It was a weird angle so we didn't get great pics of Luke's battle but you can tell from his face that he is being fierce.

 He did not back down and bravely won his battle :)

 At the end they were given certificates but more important to them is the fact that they now refer to themselves as Jedi Padawans. And could not be happier.

And for me I have never doubted that Disneyland is a magical place. The smiles on the boys faces from this trip were simply priceless.