So today is the day. Day one of the 2010 Villere vacation. All 3 of us are so excited.
The day started of difficult. I woke up with a headache but was determined not to let it get to me. We packed up the car (and by we I mean me) and off we went. I was ready to go when I woke up at 630 but I had to wait for the two sleepy heads to wake up so we get going. Finally everything was taken care of and we headed up. Stanley made a break for it and tried to jump in the car to go with us, but Shay was able to pick him up and carry him inside. It broke my heart to leave him, but I know that he will enjoy his time with Nana and Grandma.
The car ride was uneventful. I started off driving and only made it an hour before my headache was headed toward migraine country. We pulled off to switch and I took my migraine medication....put a movie in for Maddy and I was off to sleep. My medication kicked in right away and I was feeling 100% an hour later. Phew....crisis avoided. Maddy was great in the car, she watched some dvd's, colored and spent a lot of time just looking out the window. She only asked if we were there yet 100 times so I felt like overall the trip for her was good. We only hit traffic once about 20 minutes outside of Anaheim and pulled into our hotel at 4pm.
The hotel is amazing. We have a full kitchen and right now as I type this Shay is in bed and Maddy is asleep on the pull out sofa surrounded by body pillows. =) It really feels like we are at home. Maddy even took a bath tonight which she doesn't normally like to do in hotels.
After we got settled in we headed over to Disneyland just to see what we could do. We were getting in line for Alice in Wonderland and a cast member pulled us aside and said to follow him. He asked Maddy what ride she wanted to ride and she said Alice in Wonderland and so he said to follow him. He took us straight to the front of the line. HOW AWESOME! I was a little overwhelmed. We got to chat with the CM for a little while we waited. He has the coolest job he just walks around the park and asks people what ride they want to go on and then he takes them to the front of the line. He called it creating magic. I told him that he just made our day, because we literally just walked in the park. Then as we were waiting Maddy told him that she wanted a pink car so he made sure that she got a pink car to ride in. After a short wait we were off on our first ride. Two people had to ride in the back so Shay and I rode in the back while Maddy was up front. She brought her favorite bunny named bun bun so I was hoping that bun bun would keep Maddy safe. I kept my hand on her shoulder to let her know I was there but halfway through the ride she pushed my hand off and said "It's ok Mom, I'm not scared". After the ride she was so proud of herself that she made it through the whole ride.
So I asked her what she wanted to do next and she wanted to ride Pinocchio. That was also a big hit. We were going to get in line for the Peter Pan ride but we were starving. So we headed over to the French Market for dinner. It was awesome. Maddy even enjoyed her Macaroni and Cheese. The park was getting crowded so we decided to head back to the hotel and call it an early night so that we can start bright and early tomorrow. I think we are really going to brave Disneyland on Memorial Day....What are we thinking. =)
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