Disneyland!!!!

Yesterday, Curtis took the day off and we took Avery out of school, a total suprise to her, to have a family fun filled day at Disneyland Tokyo. I learned 2 definate things, one, I'm not as young as I used to be and, two, there is nothing more magical about Disney than seeing it through a child's eyes!

We started out our day at 7:00 a.m. making the trek into Tokyo to Disneyland in order to be there before they opened at 9:00. Curtis is such an engineer, he timed everything (train schedules and all) to get us there at 8:45....perfect! We walked right up to the ticket counter and bought the tickets, then took our place in line for the stampede into the park.

Avery's eyes sparkled when she saw Cinderella's castle towering in the center of the park! Her excitement further escalated when she noticed Pooh greeting kids in the courtyard. Her attention was quickly distracted from Pooh when she saw the fairy godmother from Cinderella. She ran up to her to get the momentous photo taken.

Avery was terrified of Peter Pan...of course...who wouldn't be afraid of a man in tights!

We were quickly off to the "kiddie" section of the park, still not sure how many rides she could do. Here she rode the Dumbo Ride (twice), the mini roller coaster (twice), tea cups (3 times), It's a Small World (3 times...and my favorite as a kid), and several others. It was here that we saw Minnie Mouse! Avery wanted to have her picture made with her so bad but other parents were being quite pushy to get up to her...Avery didn't have a chance...well...not without her pushy momma! I picked her up and pushed our way up to Minnie. She noticed our efforts and made it a point to turn to Avery's direction.

Our lunch consisted of me having a Mickey Mouse shaped pizza, Curtis a bologna steak sandwich, and Avery a sausage on a bone..."Pluto's favorite sausage".

Then we were off to the "big kid's rides". Turns out Avery just barely made the height requirements for the rides. She rode, with her daddy of course, Space Mountain twice...yes twice! It turns out that Space Mountain was her favorite! Splash Mountain twice, Thunder Mountain, a Star Trek motion theater ride (that I just about tossed my cookies on) and many others. She had a blast....and so did daddy!!!! I had more fun watching my "two kids" playing.

We topped the night off with the famous Disney Electrical Parade. Avery was sooooo CUTE! She was so awwwwed. She was the only kid in our little area that was jumping up and shouting at the characters. All the characters looked her way, waved, and many blew her kisses. She was so excited! They had to cancel the fireworks due to high winds, so we came home.

Whewww!!! We were all tuckered out!