Some people may think we are weird, that every time we are in town we go to Disneyland. I can't truly explain it to someone who is not as totally enchanted with Disney, like I am, but there is something about walking into the park, where there is happy music, yummy smells, and thousands of memories that make it seem like part of home. I know it is oober expensive, a long drive, and a pain for my mother who has to help with the kids, but I LOVE IT, and more importantly so do the kids.
This last trip I was watching Ella's face as we got on the first ride, Dumbo. She was riding with my mom in the elephant ahead of us, and she turned to the left to look at the ride center, and I saw it, the reason why parents spend hundreds of dollars on anything their kids ask for. The reason there is an entire generation of entitled 20 somethings. It is the look every parent loves seeing on their kids faces. A look of pure joy.
It's funny, seeing that beautiful emotion on her little face. It didn't make me want to run out and buy her a pony, or give into her temper tantrums like I think some parents do. It made me want to give limits more, to NOT buy every little thing she asked for. I didn't want to ruin her ability to experience that pure joy. I don't want her to get immune. I want to see that every once in a while, because it was one of the best things I've seen in a long time.
Ella started posing "like a princess" in all her pictures now. It seemed truly fitting in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle (her favorite princess).
It was also a trip of firsts. My kids both went on Matterhorn for the first time, Ethan went on Indiana Jones, and Ella went on Splash Mountain. It was so neat to see Ethan trying these new things. He has just turned into a brave little man in the last couple weeks. He may have closed his eyes for most of the rides, but he did it, and couldn't stop talking about it afterwords. He was so proud of himself, and I was so proud of him too.
I had to add this picture, because it's the only one of me, in a long time, that looks half way decent. We had dinner at LaBrea bakery the night before, and did some souvenir shopping so we didn't have to waist time on the big day.
In the Lego store there were some amazing creations. This is a life size Darth Vader made of Legos. There was a giant girafee right behind us. I just liked feeling petite.
This last trip I was watching Ella's face as we got on the first ride, Dumbo. She was riding with my mom in the elephant ahead of us, and she turned to the left to look at the ride center, and I saw it, the reason why parents spend hundreds of dollars on anything their kids ask for. The reason there is an entire generation of entitled 20 somethings. It is the look every parent loves seeing on their kids faces. A look of pure joy.
It's funny, seeing that beautiful emotion on her little face. It didn't make me want to run out and buy her a pony, or give into her temper tantrums like I think some parents do. It made me want to give limits more, to NOT buy every little thing she asked for. I didn't want to ruin her ability to experience that pure joy. I don't want her to get immune. I want to see that every once in a while, because it was one of the best things I've seen in a long time.
Ella started posing "like a princess" in all her pictures now. It seemed truly fitting in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle (her favorite princess).
It was also a trip of firsts. My kids both went on Matterhorn for the first time, Ethan went on Indiana Jones, and Ella went on Splash Mountain. It was so neat to see Ethan trying these new things. He has just turned into a brave little man in the last couple weeks. He may have closed his eyes for most of the rides, but he did it, and couldn't stop talking about it afterwords. He was so proud of himself, and I was so proud of him too.
I had to add this picture, because it's the only one of me, in a long time, that looks half way decent. We had dinner at LaBrea bakery the night before, and did some souvenir shopping so we didn't have to waist time on the big day.
In the Lego store there were some amazing creations. This is a life size Darth Vader made of Legos. There was a giant girafee right behind us. I just liked feeling petite.
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