Last Friday we got up as usual and prepared for school. Colby dressed in his school dress code (collared shirt, etc), but the rest of us all had on our Disney attire, complete with Mickey-ear hats. The only glitch in the surprise was that I hadn't made Colby's lunch the night before, so he got worried when it wasn't on the counter for him. We told him we'd have to bring it to him at school later since we hadn't made it last night and it was time to leave for school.
This video will show you what happened after about 20 minutes of driving toward Disneyland. The boys were just chatting in the back seat as usual, listening to the Disney CD we'd put in the player, unaware that we had gotten onto the freeway and were headed out of town. Finally Colby started to notice the scenery was a little different:
Once we got there, unknown to the kids, their best friends were in line at the Buzz Lightyear ride, a favorite of all of them. We casually walked over beside them in line and enjoyed the second surprise of the day. "Hey, who's that?" "Kale's here?!??!" It was priceless. They proceeded to walk around all day hand in hand.
Then later, about 6:00pm, there was an overhead annoucement that something special was about to happen on Main Street. I knew what it was, but they didn't! I grabbed them and we ran for Main Street, them begging, "Mama, what's going to happen!!!??" We stood there for a few moments and they lit up the castle, followed by lights travelling all the way down Main Street until they reached the huge Christmas tree in Town Square and lit that up too. So beautiful!
But then, one more surprise was in store! It started to snow! It was bubble-machine snow, but of course the kids didn't know, nor did they care. They danced around, got all excited, and even tried to catch a few flakes on their tongues. The question of the moment was, "Is this *real* snow, mama?" Well, we are always very honest with the kids, to the point they even know Santa is just a pretend game. But their expressions and awe were just so precious, I couldn't bear to tell them it was just a bubble maker. Instead, I said, "It's Disney magical snow," and that was the truth.
It was such a lovely day with so many wonderful memories. Disney, Christmas, and my family all rolled into one... how could I go wrong?
Here are a few last pictures of the day:
(I wanted to add a few more but keep getting an error. Here's the link to all the pictures.)
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