Every now and then Michael has to go “to the office” out in Santa Monica. This time we went with him. Mostly because we could (yay homeschool + frequent flyer miles) but also because Disneyland!
Ellie and I knit on the plane.
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Goofy met us in the lobby of the Disneyland Hotel.
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Our room had its own fireworks.
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Captain Hook met us right inside Fantasy Land.
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Ellie had tea with the Mad Hatter and Alice.
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We also saw a couple shows (the new Frozen show is excellent), the Haunted Mansion was all dressed up as the Nightmare Before Christmas (we went through a second time it was so cool), we watched three parades, rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad four times, and experienced 102°F without the humidity (it’s different). Disneyland during the school week was outstanding – we didn’t wait more than 20 minutes for anything.
After that, we switched towns and visited Michael at work! There was candy! And lunch!
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Then Ellie and I hung out in our very nice hotel room with a deck, went to the beach,
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rode the ferris wheel that was there, completed a puzzle, lost a tooth (Ellie did, I still have all mine), played games at the office, did one school assignment,
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read some Anne of Green Gables, and ate a lot of veggie bacon. Oh, and Ellie opened the Disney Store on Thursday morning!
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Ellie bought her Halloween costume at the Disney Store this year. It’s not what you think.
Now that we’re recovering from lack of sleep and jet lag, I feel that I have enough perspective to say that it was a pretty great week!