Due to the fact that I am a pathetically inconsistent blogger (though with every intention of improving in frequency), I've decided it's time to introduce you to a word from my four-year-old's vocabulary. The word of the day is "Lasterday," which, roughly translated, means "anytime in the past." For instance, you could say, "Lasterday was Saturday." Or "Lasterday I was a born." The significance is, lasterday creates a flexible and/or vague idea of timing in the past. You may be beginning to understand why I want to introduce lasterday into my blogging vocabulary. Since I tend to run a month (or two or three) behind, I can now refer to the time as "lasterday," and you won't need to know how behind I am. I may be writing about yesterday, or something that happened a year ago. You may never know... So, with just a quick thanks to my brilliant daughter, let me dive in...
Lasterday, we got to spend the day in the happiest place on earth...Disneyland! Sydney has been once before when she was only six months old (twice if you count when I was 8 months pregnant with her!). So it was such a joy to get the chance to go when she was a great age to enjoy it. Of course, her greatest excitement came from seeing the princesses. She just glowed. We went with Babaw and Gramma (my parents), and even Babaw, who is her favorite person ever, lost popularity next to any princess. And by princess, I mean anyone wearing a princess dress, including every two-year-old girl dressed in a beautiful dress (she made one random girl's day by trying to get her picture taken with her because she was wearing a Tiana dress). We all agree that the best part of the day was the first thing we did: one-on-one time with Princesses Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella. Just look at her face...
Did you notice Jade's face? Just take a look at the above picture. That pretty much sums up her reaction toward the princesses..."who cares?" So, what, of all that Disneyland has to offer, did impress Jade? Mickey Mouse? The Dumbo ride? Pirates? Water? Ice cream? Nope, it was the random ducks wandering the park. The same kind of ducks she sees every day right by our house. I'm not even sure if she saw any other part of Disneyland. But hey, at least she showed excitement about one thing (and if you know Jade, you know that if she shows any excitement at all, that means she's pretty stinkin' excited)!
The rest of the day went exactly as you'd expect. Sydney was spoiled by Babaw. Jared tried to sneak off on as many rides as possible and yelled more wildly on all the rides than the girls did. Sydney pointed out every princess and Jade every duck, we spent way too much money on some delicious ice cream, and had pretty much the happiest day at the happiest place on earth. The only disappointment was about Brave (Princess Merida). She is currently Sydney's favorite princess, and the one she wanted to see the most. We finally tracked her down in the late afternoon, and were excited to see only about 10 people in line to meet her. Unfortunately, Brave spent at least 5 minutes talking with each little kid, which meant that was the longest line of the day timewise. When we got to be second in line they let a few children with special needs cut in front of us, and that was the end of it for Sydney. Worn out from a long day of fun, and tired of standing in one place for an hour, the sight of moving back in line was too much. She just cried and cried that she did not want to see Brave anymore. It was so sad, and made for a very disappointed Mommy too, since I spent an hour of our one day in Disneyland standing in a line for no reason. I guess this just means we'll need to go back soon so that Sydney can finally meet Brave.
Lasterday, we got to spend the day in the happiest place on earth...Disneyland! Sydney has been once before when she was only six months old (twice if you count when I was 8 months pregnant with her!). So it was such a joy to get the chance to go when she was a great age to enjoy it. Of course, her greatest excitement came from seeing the princesses. She just glowed. We went with Babaw and Gramma (my parents), and even Babaw, who is her favorite person ever, lost popularity next to any princess. And by princess, I mean anyone wearing a princess dress, including every two-year-old girl dressed in a beautiful dress (she made one random girl's day by trying to get her picture taken with her because she was wearing a Tiana dress). We all agree that the best part of the day was the first thing we did: one-on-one time with Princesses Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella. Just look at her face...
Did you notice Jade's face? Just take a look at the above picture. That pretty much sums up her reaction toward the princesses..."who cares?" So, what, of all that Disneyland has to offer, did impress Jade? Mickey Mouse? The Dumbo ride? Pirates? Water? Ice cream? Nope, it was the random ducks wandering the park. The same kind of ducks she sees every day right by our house. I'm not even sure if she saw any other part of Disneyland. But hey, at least she showed excitement about one thing (and if you know Jade, you know that if she shows any excitement at all, that means she's pretty stinkin' excited)!
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| Jade's excited face (because of the duck in the background) |
The rest of our California trip was spent at Pepperdine, but I'll let you read Jared's (more punctual) blog about that if you are interested. I'll only add, apparently I am under some kind of curse that means I can only ever attend the Pepperdine lectures if I am also currently pregnant...
