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Crafty Tuesday (Or how about we just talk Disney?)

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Yeah, I pretty much have a bunch of excuses this week. Again. I guess I am in a serious crafty slump. I have pieces of bags all over, but none of them complete. I have all kinds of ideas for the photos I have printed out, but not one page has been scrapbooked. And I haven’t even been able to bake in a couple of weeks. So, no photos of pretty cookies or treats, either.

We decided to give up cookies for Lent. I figured that is one thing that would be a sacrifice in our house. I also kind of threw in brownies, baked sweets, etc. I know myself pretty well…I could just see my gears clicking and the justifications flowing, “Brownies are not technically cookies, right?”

So I am not baking, at least not sweets for our house, until Easter/Em’s birthday.  And I realized during last week’s very long week…I apparently bake when I am stressed out. All I wanted to do was crack open my chocolate chips and make something.

So, instead? J. and I decided to take the girls on a little mini-vacation. (Thanks again for the help, Uncle Jeff!) And we went to “the Happiest place on Earth!” And, you know what? It totally worked. We came home Sunday night all refreshed and happy.

Maybe it was because it was a much needed stress release, or the fact that we now know some good “tricks” for getting around the park and it was hardly even crowded, but I think this weekend was the best time I’ve ever had at the park.

Last time we went, Em and J. decided to make it our mission to go on every attraction at the park. Em was in charge of the map and deciding what we were going to do this weekend.

Studying the map

She did a great job, too. I think we made it into the single digits after this weekend. So we have less than ten rides on our list (out of 80!) that we haven’t been on. AND, I found a new favorite ride. I had never been on Peter Pan’s Flight…I think the line is always long and I assumed it was like the Mr. Toad and Snow White ride, so I never really pushed to ride it, but holy cow! It rocks. I think all of us loved it just a little. We also did the Pirate’s Liar (used to be Tom Sawyer’s Island), and it too – really cool. We also saw the HillBillies show at the Golden Horseshoe, which I also loved! Disney knows how to put on a good show.

Combined with some good ‘ol family time, it was a great weekend.

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We did have to sprinkle in a few of our favorites as well, like Pirates and Small World and Addie actually talked Em into “being brave” and going back into The Haunted Mansion. While we were waiting in line, look who joined us…

Nuns. At Disney. Going into the Haunted Mansion?

No, that isn’t kids dressed up for Halloween – that is an actual order of nuns that were at Disney, making their way into see the haunts. I almost couldn’t believe my eyes – I was holding Addie when I spotted the nuns, and J. was quick and grabbed my camera that I had over my shoulder and just held it up and shot. We saw them several times throughout the day and they seemed to be really enjoying themselves. I guess everyone really does love Disney!

And I’ll end with my favorite photo over the weekend, just because I can. And I can never get enough of these two together.

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I just love these sweet girls.

What was everyone else up to this weekend? Any craftiness? Or maybe just some fun diversions that kept you from crafting?

It IS a Small World

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Okay, so while I was writing the contest post, I figured that Miss GoLightly would figure it out – where we spent Valentine’s day – the moment she saw the photo. She and her little Harrison may get to visit the “Happiest place on Earth” even more than we do! (Thanks again for the help, Uncle Jeff!)

But, a lot of you knew where we were, and GL just happened to be a little quicker on the draw, so I gotta give it to her! (And one of these days we are going to get to actually meet up there, GL!)

So yes, we did spend the day at Disneyland. It was very, very fun. Em and Ad got to go on It’s a Small World for the first time (they had been on it before, but were just too little to remember it – or had slept through it!), and I think it is definitely Addie’s favorite. Of course, it didn’t hurt that when they just renovated it, they put in some of her favorite characters like Cinderella and…

A new addition to Small World

Oh, yes. It is, to Addie’s pure delight, Ariel.

Don’t worry Small World purists – they did a wonderful job adding the new characters. It is truly well done, and doesn’t distract from the charming, retro feel of the ride, in the least. I’m not quite sure how they do it, but they did do it, yet again. It doesn’t matter how many times I visit, I still get giddy, and just…happy being there. It is so easy to just let all of your “adultness” go, and just be an awestruck kid.

Arriving via monorail

Anyhow, on to the fun. We are working on riding every ride, so we tried to fit in ones we had never been on before. Of course we had to do some of the favorites again. There are some like Pirates and Space Mountain that we have to do every single time we go.

Last time we were there we realized that Addie was actually tall enough to ride the Matterhorn and she really wanted to try it. She liked the rollercoaster part, but when we got off she kept saying, “I just don’t like that scary monster (abominable snowman) part!”

waiting to get on the Matterhorn

But she wanted to go again this time, so we did. She still doesn’t like the “monster” part, but I think it has been added to the list of “must dos” when we return again.

It is the little rides that sometimes make the biggest hits, though. We did the Rocketships in Tomorrowland, which admittedly, we had never waited to do with the girls, and J. and I never did on our own. They are fun…

Driving the rocket

…especially if you can figure out how to get them to “fly,” right Em & Daddy?

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All in all, it was a perfect Valentine’s day.

The castle at dusk