My dad turns 60 this year and for his celebration he wanted us to all go to Disneyland. We made t-shirts again like last year, only this year the ears indicate the "magic" number. We chose blue because it's his favorite color.
This is how I spent a good portion of my time... yes, there is a baby under there.
Bell drove Mommy in the Utopia cars. She didn't crash into anyone. She said "Mom, now that I know how to drive, maybe I can drive when we get home." Hmmm... maybe... in 10 or 11 years. She did a great job, but pointed out how Grandma Red did NOT obey the signs when she crashed into us. Yes, Bell... Grandmas can be naughty!
Both the girls rode all the fast rides (except Indian Jones because they didn't make the height requirement). They love rollercoasters. Here, Lady poses with her fancy sunglasses in front of the Matterhorn.
Gretters favorite rides were "Pirate Booty" (Pirates of the Carribean) and the "Ghost Ride" (Haunted House). She still asks me to hum the tune they play while in the haunted mansion. This girls isn't afraid of anything (except maybe ants). She also loved chasing the little birds that populate the Disney grounds.
Baby E enjoyed looking at all the people from the comfy seat of her bjorn. Mommy lost her polka dot sunhat in the Haunted Mansion, so she had to buy Baby E a lavendar tinkerbell sunhat. It only cost a semester's worth of college tuition.
One of the rides the whole gang could ride... It's a Small World. With 10 grand-daughters, it's no wonder that the "doll ride" was a huge hit with this group.
This is a replica of a photo we have of the girls when they were 16 months old on their first trip to Disneyland. We were carrying them in bjorns back then... but now they're too big for that. It doesn't seem that long ago that they were first here... and yet, I definitely have two grown-up girls. Where did the time go?
Highlights from this Disney Trip:
1) Being together of course in our matching shirts
2) Yummy Mexican Food
3) Gretters shutting down the Alice in Wonderland ride (oh yes she did)
4) Buzz Lightyear competition
5) Me finally refusing to ride Dumbo, but watching all the other poor suckers wait in the longest line for the shortest ride
2 comments:
Oh you! You KNOW you wanted to ride on that Dumbo ride! The wait was probably the longest of all the rides, but can you put a price on the kids' faces while they are making Dumbo go up and down?! Oh you'll be on it next time...I know you have been losing sleep over that missed ride! :-)
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