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05/10/2005 Archived Entry: "mousin' around"

We were originally planning on going to Disneyland yesterday, but when we got up in the morning, it was cold so we decided against it. We went to our favorite Mattel outlet instead. I was able to score 2 Disney miniature sets we hadn't seen before and grabbed an audio monitor that was marked waaaaay down due to bad packaging. We then decided to go to the other outlet, but it was kind of a waste of time. I did get Daisy two teether toys, but that's hardly earth shattering.

Once we were home and eating lunch, Chris and I were reading a Disneyland update site that we enjoy and it put us in the mood so we packed up the kids and headed to Anaheim. But we forgot to tell Tabitha and she thought we were going to IKEA lol. She was more than happy to oblige a trip to the Mouse House though. We took her picture in more of the golden cars and I took loads of shots of the gorgeous castle and a few of the unique light posts. We also were able to find two of our submitted pictures for the "Happiest Faces on Earth" murals. What Disneyland did was request people to send in pictures of them at Disneyland. Each person could send up to 5. Then they took all suitable pics and put them into murals. So here's one of the finished murals, here's the area we're in (which is a mural within the larger mural), and here's a close-up of our little pic of Tabitha and Alice. We also happened to run into Alice herself and Tabitha told her that their picture was in the mural. We're also in this mural twice, but we'll never find them since it's on top of a building, and we're in two murals in California Adventure that we haven't seen yet.

We rode just a few rides and Tabitha took her pic with Mickey and Goofy dressed in birthday gear. Those pics can be seen at my Disney site. After we left, we headed to Olive Garden for dinner where Miss Daisy reminded us why we don't go out to a late dinner. It was 7 o' clock and she wanted in bed so she was less than pleased when we didn't put her in it. Chris and I took turns walking with her until finally I just asked for my food to be packed up and she and I went outside until Chris and Tabitha were done with dinner. Once we were home and Daisy was blissfully in her bed and Tabitha was less blissfully in hers, Chris warmed my food, poured me some Diet Coke and set up a candlelit dinner for me :) Though that was very nice, we decided to stick to going out to lunch for awhile so that we may all eat together as a family. Or, start going out to dinner at 4:00pm with the old people.

Today I had set Daisy up in her bouncy seat so she could watch Tabitha swing and Chris and I did some yard work in the back yard. Lots was done and I'm most pleased, but I went to look at Daisy and noticed that her seat was leaning crazy. I immediately took Daisy out and Chris examined the seat, it was definitely bent. To make a long story short, I asked just the right questions and Tabitha confessed to putting her knees on it to lean in and kiss Daisy so she [Tabitha] wouldn't have to put her knees on the concrete to give the kiss. So I charged the kid $10 of her own money (she still has $11 so it's not that bad) and went back to the Mattel outlet to get a new bouncy seat. Instead I came home with a small swing. Daisy just loved it! Though I'm still upset about the bouncer, at least we got a really good replacement.

Before I end, I must plug some of my writing. I submitted two Disney related articles to the Disney email list I belong to for their newsletter and blog and both were published today. The first is about our day at the 50th celebration kick-off on Thursday and that can be found here. For the second I'm today's guest blogger and my subject is about finding characters at Disneyland. Check 'em both out to get the hits up for my favorite Disney community, The Mouse For Less.