Disney

We took the girls to Disney on Tuesday, and at first we ran around like chickens with our heads cut off. Jeff was taking us around to get the best lines and it was great jumping into lines, just the girls were super tired. So we decided to stop for a afternoon break, and when we came back, we went around the parks much slower so the girls could take it all in. It was a lot more fun for them and much more relaxing for us.

Don't get me wrong, I love to run around Disney, but Disney wasn't for me this time. It was for my kids.

In fact we were going to go today, except that last night Laurel climbed into bed and somehow missed, fell, and hit her head on the window sill. She has a lovely cut above her eye, luckily it was a only a surface cut, so we didn't have to go to the hospital. We decided to wait a day for Disney, just to make sure she is alright.

I was disappointed about Disney this year. Epcot seemed to be falling apart at the seams. I guess I remember it to being this really great place, my favorite park, and since then, they took my favorite rides out, and put in crappy materialistic ones. Okay, I know Disney is terribly materialistic, but those old rides had a bit of nostalgia and I like that warm feeling when you get off a good ride. Disney has lost its magic.

Then again, maybe it's because I'm old, and for the life of me, I'm struggling to remember what my dad did when we went to disney to make it really fun. My dad was pretty odd but he could always pass the time being goofy with us. I never minded waiting in lines at disney. People are so about why do I have to wait, that they totally miss the point that they can use that time to teach their kids something new. Think about it, you have a good 20 minutes to enjoy being nothing but goofy with your kids, playing made up games and trust me, you get pretty creative. My girls love to dance, so twice yesterday we danced to the theme of the ride. We sang the Pirates of the Carribean song and danced in circles. We waltzed to the Philharmagic. We pointed out each pooh picture we found at Many Adventures of WP.

When I was a kid, we enjoyed the boring rides or movies with my dad.

I think he taught us to appriciate what we have. Whatever situation we are in, there is something good about it, you can make it as easy as possible. Everything doesn't have to be hard, because really, we are the only ones making it difficult for ourselves. Only we can make a bad situation worse by complaining and whatnot.

Whatnot, what a funny word.

I wish I was half the person my dad was. And maybe someday when I'm 45 or so I will be.