Okay so every Thursday is mommy and Ellie day, but this one was a little different. Today I decided we would go to Disneyland so that Ellie could play in the water area at Bug’s Life in California Adventure. There were many opportunities today for things to go terribly wrong, but luckily for myself and my fabulous child we both ended the day in one piece. First off, as I have stated before I have quite possibly the worst sense of direction of any person living, so the fact that I was even able to get us to the park was pretty phenomenal. Second, I know where nothing in California Adventure or Disneyland is located. I don’t even know the names of the lands in Disneyland, and yes I am an annual pass holder. I must have looked at the map seven times, and hit two dead ends on our way to our destination. At one point I even wondered because it was such a hot day, if I got completely lost in the park and because of the heat couldn’t go on, if a nice princess would take in Ellie and raise her as her own and teach her the princess ways. I know it’s a bit extreme, but if you know how bad my sense of direction is, you would understand that anything is possible. Third, Ellie loves water, but at the same time Ellie also loves to change her mind about things she loves at random times, because she is a girl, and we do that. This meant that we could get there and she could throw a fit and decide that she wanted nothing to do with the water fun that we had made this trip specifically for. Lucky for us both, we made it before becoming dehydrated, even though I was pretty sweaty, and Ellie loved playing in the water. Before all of this though we went into a gift shop because I wanted to see if I could find some sunglasses for Ellie. Unfortunately I was unable to find any without fairies, princesses, or mouse ears on them so we almost left empty-handed. I said almost. While we were in the store I was on the phone with Keith, and standing next to Ellie and I was a woman who worked in the store. She was playing with this awful orange Mickey head on a stick that spun around and had lights inside. To make it even worse, it made creepy Halloween noises. That’s right people, Halloween is a comin. Ellie seemed fascinated with this object and the woman asked her if she would like to hold it. Ellie-bean shot out her hand and gladly took it from the woman. After I got off the phone and realized that I was not going to find any sunglasses for Ellie I said “Okay, time to go. Can we put this back?” Referring to the awful orange orb. To which Ellie said “No”. And if you have ever heard my child say “No” it is quite possibly the cutest, most irresistible thing ever. Not when she’s saying it in a jerky way, like when we are trying to brush her teeth and she turns into a monster, but when she says it in a sweet way, it’s hard to resist. So she got it of course.
