Meetin' the Mouse

Against my better judgement (which, incidentally, turned out to be wrong) we spent one of our vacation days at Disneyland.  A good portion of my family went and while I'm fairly certain Liam will have little recollection of his first trip to meet the Mouse, he had a good time while we were there.

The obligatory entrance photo.

While we waited for everyone to get organized, Liam played tickle with Tutu.

Tutu bought Liam an autograph book, so we took pictures with some of the characters we saw.  Liam was unimpressed with Goofy, but Aunty Danielle was having a good time!

Liam's first ride was Pirates of Caribbean.  Probably not the most logical choice, but he took it in stride.  When he got scared, he didn't scream or cry, he just closed his eyes--and everything scary disappeared!

We all held hands with the wheelie crew.  It was nice to see Puna flanked with love.

Liam waited circumspectly while Tigger signed his book.

I have no honey Winnie!  I gotta go!!

In a surprise move, Liam passed out in his stroller for about an hour.  Tuckered out little dude!

When he woke up, he was "so happy!!" with the gifts he got--his own set of ears from Tutu and a Mickey doll from Aunty Danielle.  His joy made Tutu happy too.

We played for a bit in Goofy's house.

Then we went to visit Minnie.  Liam is a fan of Minnie's Bowtique, but was less impressed with the gal up close.

But when we got to Mickey, after a moment's hesitation, he ran over to Mickey with a huge smile on his face and all by himself.  At this point, Liam loves Mickey and was excited to show him his little Mickey.  This was truly the highlight of Liam's entire trip.

But after all, meeting Mickey is serious business.  He's never going to wash that hand again.

We had a good time on It's a Small World.

And Puna got to ride perched up on the back of the boat like the matriarch she is.

What a great day at the Happiest Place on Earth!!

Sweet dreams, my love.