Hey y'all,
On our first day in Orlando, we had breakfast at IHOP, where Laney forced her grandmother into playing multiple rounds of tic-tac-toe. I taught Laney how to play the game last month, and one thing about Laney: she hates to lose. So after I'd beat her a few dozen times, she went to Grandma Sue for a secret strategy session. Since then, Laney's become somewhat of a tic-tac-toe hustler, suggesting a game to unsuspecting folks who don't think a 4 year old can beat 'em. She will take the center square, people, and run the board when you're not looking.
Then we went to Downtown Disney to look around at the shops, including the world's largest LEGO store.
This is Hagen, sizing up the kiddie train that runs outside one of the toy stores. He was having about as much fun as someone getting in four new teeth can have.
Because this was not my first Disney rodeo, I knew to take along a few changes of clothes for each kid in my diaper bag: Disney is known for its interactive fountains.
This fountain was right outside a store that sold nothing but dress-up clothes. They had elaborate princess get-ups in the $70 range, and I had to remind Peg Peg that I, as a real-life, tax-paying, hard-working adult don't even own a $70 dress. So I talked her down to the bare-bones nightgown-y version of the princess outfits. When it came time for Laney to pick which princess she wanted to be, she stepped away from the fountain just long enough to yell, "I want the blue one with the Cinderella on it AND I NEED THE GLASS SLIPPERS!!!"
And that's how we arrived at this look:
...which is when your dad said the funniest thing I heard all vacation: "Boy, they don't tell you in princess school how foot sweat can fog up your glass slippers."The dress was so long that Laney kept walking on the hem, so I got safety pins and ruched it up in four places so she could walk. This is Laney busting a move on the roof of the Contemporary Resort:
We ate there are the California Grill, which was awesome because we got to see Uncle Nate, but absolutely awful in every other way. With the crazy high prices, the terrible service and the low quality of the meal, we basically felt like we'd been robbed at gunpoint. We all left vowing to write a letter to management, which we'll probably never do because it's taken me two weeks just to write a dang blog post about it. In any case, if any of our readers should find themselves at Disney World, you should avoid The California Grill. The End. You're welcome.
Tomorrow, the Magic Kingdom!
Love,
Mom
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