Princess Pictures and photos of fire engines--a little boy's dreams have come true! On Monday, we went to Disneyland and had a special lunch with the Princesses. We went with my friend Christina and her daughter Sarah, who is Einar's age. They sat us at our table and then announced that we were the "Honorary Royal Family" and we had to get up and announce the arrival of Princess and Belle. After that, all of the Princesses stopped at our table right after they came into the room. Belle, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Princess Minnie Mouse, and Ariel all visited with us! Their dresses were absolutely amazing and looked just like they had walked out of our story books at home. My little princess admirer did come home with a princess mug and a place mat from the gift shop. At every meal now he tells me which princesses he saw and he's been very proud that he's drinking his water out of a mug like a big kid now.It was the first time that Einar wasn't just awestruck in the presence of royalty. He smiled, talked, and even gave them hugs. Neither he nor Sarah ended up eating much lunch that afternoon since they were both so excited. After lunch we went on more rides at Disneyland--teacups (2X), Alice in Wonderland, It's a Small World, the carousel, the double decker bus, and then we rode the monorail out of the park and into Downtown Disney before going home.
Last Friday was Putting on the Glitz in downtown San Clemente. They close down the street, decorate the place all pretty for Christmas, have caroling groups all over, and even have the fire department out with the truck. I think that the fire truck had brought Santa into town for pictures, but we missed that part of the evening. I think it started Einar's big interest in Christmas lights as well. He keeps his eyes peeled in the car for all of the decorated places as we drive around at night. Tonight we took a 10-minute detour on the way home just to look at lights and we had a blast. When we got home I put up a string of lights in the dining room for our own festive atmosphere. Since we'll be travelling over the holidays, I won't be decorating our home much, just packing and trying to get our cold-weather gear together and to make sure that it still fits the growing boy and the expanding pregnant body too.
