So I packed a backpack the night before . . . got a cheap hotel room for one night and a great deal on a car. . . set up a tender for Conrad . . . woke up early, dropped Conrad off, and told Hana "Just go with this kiddo. I will explain more in a little while." We already had been to the airport very early dropping Scott off to work (parking and one car in lot at a time stuff), so Hana was curious why her and I were at the airport getting on the bus from the employee prkg lot. So while on the bus she looks at me and asks, "Mom, what are we doing here?" So I say, "Well, Hana, what would you say if we went to Disneyland right now?" Her eyes, with confusion and excitement lit up, and she knodded her head enthusiastically. "Well, that is exactly where we are going! Just you and just me are getting on a plane and going to Disneyland!!! What do you think of that?" She was thrilled ... her head, I could tell, was spinning ... she had a lot of questions through out the next couple hours, as we were in the airport and on the plane. It was kinda funny . . . I think she was in shock . . . there seemed to be SO much emotion that it overwhelmed her so there appeared to be no emotion. For the first part of the plane ride she just sat quietly. She slowly started to loosen up and realize what was going on.
Ultimately we had a BLAST together!!!
Here are a few pics that show our girl fun!!! . . .
We rode several rides, went on Tom Sawyer's Island (if they call it that still), had lunch and then headed for Toon Town!
Hana and I pretended that we lived in Toon Town (Hana's fabulous idea of course!). We called all the rest of Disneyland "Down Town." It was so much fun! We visited all our friends in toon town ... Goofy, Donald, Mickey, Minnie. We checked our mail and went to the local market to purchase some nescesities. ;) For a while we were staying with Goofy, then we decided that it would be good to stay with Minnie, and then the final decision was that it would be best to stay with Mickey in his house and visit Minnie. So that is what we pretended most of our day in DL.
Around dinner time we headed "Down Town" and went out to dinner at the Carnation Cafe - YUM. Then watched the parade "Down Town" and took a drive "Down Town" - Autopia. It was great!
Then we headed back home (Toon Town) to be with our friends and walk through Mickey and Minnie's house over and over, just to make sure it felt like we lived there. ;)
We pushed a LATE night and Hana was asleep long before we got to our hotel. It felt good to rest and sleep. We hung out the next morning in our hotel for while. Then headed for the BEACH!!! It was over cast, yet still very fun!!! We build the map of Disneyland "according to Hana" with sand. It was cool. Then we collected tons of creature filled, tiny shells -- they were cool!
This is definitely in my TOP 5 favorite trips EVER!!! I sure love you Hana-bear! Thanks for helping me remember how to have REAL "KID" FUN!!!
1 comment:
what a fun momma you are! That seriously would be the funnest thing to do with your daughter! I loved how shocked Hana was! so fun!
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