Hello Bloggie Friends...did you miss me? All two of you that check this blog? lol... Much has happnend since I last posted so I'll give a brief update. As you can see, we have returned from Disneyland and I have posted some random photos. We had such a fantastic time. There is nothing cuter in the world than watching three-three year old girls-realizing their wildest three year old dreams and meeting their favorite princesses. It was too precious. Our friends were great travel partners and we think that we have converted them into disney nuts like us. So here is a pic of N with goofy. He was waiting for us when we arrived at the hotel.
I guess i can see now why we are always asked if they are triplets? The swimsuits were not planned by the way...Such good friends....
The highlight of the trip was finally meeting Cinderella. If you haven't been to Disneyland for some time, you will be surprised to know that the princesses aren't roaming around DL anymore. The only place that you can see them is at the new Princess Fantasy Faire or at various character meals. The Faire is cute but it's extremely crowded and everytime we were there, the wait to meet the princesses was over an hour and a half. We had done a princess dinner so had seen most of the princesses but Cinderella was not there...how can you have a princess dinner and not include miss C? She is the queen of them all, really. So by day three we hadn't seen miss C yet and the girls were running out of patience. Our salvation came in the form of a hostess at Goofys kitchen named Pam. We had a scheduled character breakfast at Goofy's kitchen. In the 5 or 6 times that I have had breakfast there, I have never seen a princess so was not expecting to see one there, let alone Cinderella. We were greeted by this bubbly woman who I thought must have just come out of new employee training or something because I have never met a cast member quite so cheerful and full of Disney spirit. Outside of DL I might have thought that she was slightly "touched" as she kind of had that glazed eye look with perma grin on her face and an unnaturally high voice. She was nice though and, as you'll see, she was very kind to us. She gave us the low down on what was happening that morning and who was there...Goofy (of course) Chip and Dale (yawn...we always see chip and dale), Aladin (hmmm...that will be interesting, never seen him) Balou (usually see him) and Cinderella...WHAT??!! The heavens parted and brilliant light shone down upon us. Cinderella? We told Pam our story and how disappointed the girls have been not seeing C yet. Oh yes, Pam assured us, she would be here shortly as she is going to sing happy birthday to the little girl next to us. Oh my, we could hardly contain ourselves. J and I were doing high fives as we had promised the girls that we would stand in line that day, no matter how long it took, to meet the divine miss C. Well, after about an hour we had finished breakfast and the little girl next to us had come and gone with no singing Cinderella. Pam came back to check on us and we told her no C yet and really not many other characters either. Well, Pam was not going to let us out of that restaurant without making some dreams come true. She came back five minutes later and said that C was on a break at the castle but that she would be back in three minutes and head right back to our table. In the meantime, all the characters made their way back to us and we had so much fun with them. Goofy scared the hell out of me, but that's another story. About 10 more minutes go by and Pam comes back again. No C yet, she says she'll check again. The girls have lost it at this point and are rolling around on the floor, climbing on the booth, the usual. Pam comes back to say that she has now gotten management involved and they are going to make sure this happens. Okay, I'm starting to prepare myself for the inevitable 2 hour wait in the sun at the princess faire, wondering if I have enough sun block on, when I hear a low murmur developing behind us that cresendos into shrieks of delight. I stand up and see this beautiful vision of blue fluff floating over to our table. Woo Hoo!!! We are saved...more high fives around the table and then the paparazzi in us takes over. In the end, there were no great pics of the girls with Cinderella, but at least we'll have the memory and the girls' trip was complete in their minds. At the very beginning of breakfast, Pam had asked us if we had been there before. We told her that three of us had but J, M, and the girls hadn't yet. She told us that gratuity was already included in the bill. After Pam delivered with Cinderella, J slipped her a $10 and thanked her for her help. She smiled and with a wink said "so you really have been here before haven't you?" I thought that was funny...
I love this picture and wish I had made it a little bigger. It's so neat to see the statue of Walt with the castle behind him...the sun setting... It's always so amazing to me, and inspirational really, to think of how this one person's dream came to life like this. Much bigger than he probably ever conceived of, but that's the power of dreaming and having passion about something. It really is a magical place...it's palpable when you are there. I know for some, it's too hot or two crowded. But if you let yourself go and really open yourself up to the possibilities of fun, look for the magic, you'll find it and have an amazing time. It's a sad thing that happens to us adults...we get caught up in the day to day demands of life and lose sight of the magic that surrounds us every day. I love being a parent of a three year old just for this reason. I feel like I'm finally learning what life really is about. She reminds me everyday of how life is supposed to be fun and silly and magical. She can pick up a leaf or look for a rock on a walk and really look at it and examine it and ask questions. That's magical. She can make up a silly song on the spot and giggle with delight over the smallest things. She shows me that it's okay to color outside of the lines, get dirty, and make a mess of things. You're not really experiencing life otherwise... Here's hoping that we all can slow down today and look for the magic happening all around us.
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