Friday, November 16, 2007

Mickey's Christmastime is Christmas at Christmastime Holiday Party

I can't remember the song from the parade, but I do recall the word "Christmas" being used once or twice. Or forty times. It was a cute parade. Benny stood right in the front and waved vigorously at every dancer, every character, every vehicle driver -- everything that could potentially have waved back. Then he'd come vaulting over to us and say, "I will now list the names of people who have paid attention to me from the parade: Alice from Wonderland" and then he'd vault back to his spot.

He and Sadie dressed like Woody and Jessie:



They were so cute it was making me faint:



The lines were so short! We rode Goofy's Barnstormer a dozen times *without getting off the ride* because there weren't enough people waiting to warrant them evacuating the whole train. Benny and Sadie sat together in the front car, and she screamed enthusiastically all the way around, every time. It was hilarious, and I also cried because there they were, sitting together in the front car, just like real people.

Here are Sadie and Dan pulling into the docking thingy from the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway:



Here's Benny driving his car:



We also rode Small World, Peter Pan, Snow White, Haunted Mansion, and more -- whatever Sadie wanted. We saw the fireworks. We saw the parade. And when Sadie fell asleep, Dan and Benny rode Space Mountain until the park shut down at midnight.

On his way out of the ride on his last trip, Benny actually fell asleep on the moving walkway. He said he was going to take a rest and put his head down on the moving handrail, and then the people he had been talking to were suddenly getting no response. They told Dan he had fallen asleep, and sure enough, Dan had to wake him up. He loves Space Mountain.

The party was a good party. Hot chocolate and cookies, real fake snow falling all down Main Street USA, all the characters dressed up for winter, and Sadie actually interacted with a character (Goofy) for the very first time. And survived. Here she is on the spinning teacups:

3 comments:

  1. I found your blog on a google search for "plant cells". I love all your projects...thanks for sharing them.

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  2. Looks like a great time! They are so cute all dressed up. Send some sunshine our way. =)

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  3. Haul out the holly;
    Put up the tree before my spirit falls again.
    Fill up the stocking,
    I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now.
    For we need a little Christmas
    Right this very minute,
    Candles in the window,
    Carols at the spinet.
    Yes, we need a little Christmas
    Right this very minute.
    It hasn't snowed a single flurry,
    But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry;
    So climb down the chimney;
    Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen.
    Slice up the fruitcake;
    It's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
    For I've grown a little leaner,
    Grown a little colder,
    Grown a little sadder,
    Grown a little older,
    All:
    And I need a little angel
    Sitting on my shoulder,
    Need a little Christmas now.
    Mame:
    Haul out the holly;
    Well, once I taught you all to live each living day.
    All:
    Fill up the stocking,
    Young Patrick:
    But Auntie Man, it's one week from Thanksgiving Day now.
    All:
    But we need a little Christmas
    Right this very minute,
    Candles in the window,
    Carols at the spinet.
    Yes, we need a little Christmas
    Right this very minute.
    Agnes:
    It hasn't snowed a single flurry,
    But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry;
    Ito:
    So climb down the chimney;
    Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen.
    All:
    Slice up the fruitcake;
    It's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
    For we need a little music,
    Need a little laughter,
    Need a little singing
    Ringing through the rafter,
    And we need a little snappy
    "Happy ever after,"
    Need a little Christmas now.
    Need a little Christmas now.

    I was going to type it out, but opted for the lazy Google search copy and paste method instead. ;)

    Disney changes some lyrics....for one, they say "We all need a Disney Christmas now." :)
    I love the toy soldiers in that parade.

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