Someone around here has been working way too many hours but was finally granted a day off today. We went down to Disneyland for a few hours and I have to say, today's little outing made me seriously re-think my decision not to get a double stroller. I don't want a double stroller. I've never wanted another stroller. I don't have any room in my life for another stroller. I love the one I have. But carrying Kate around in the sling for 5 hours, with the molten lava sun beating down on me has left me wondering if I can in fact make room in my life for another stroller. Have one you like? Let me know.
"Hey Chris, let me go in front of you so I can get some pictures of you and Henry" Just prior to take off, a Disneyland employee who we'll call "Paula A. from San Diego via Auschwitz" immediately gets on the loud speaker:
"Please remain seated and forward facing."
Yeah yeah. "Hey Henry, look at Mama so I can take your picture"
We take off, I turn to take pictures.
"You are going to be the first person thrown off of Dumbo!" yells Chris.
"What?? Going. too. fast. can't. hear. Smile for the camera!"
Another muffled announcement from Paula.
Our ride slows down and then stops. All Dumbo are grounded. Hmm, that's funny. I don't remember the ride ending this way.
"Please remain seated" I hear someone (who sounds oddly like Paula A) say over the loud speaker.
"Look what you did!" yell some hecklers from a yellow Dumbo behind me.
And then rounding the corner, it's Paula. She's coming. Straight for me. I'm so embarrassed. Not really.
Apparently Kate, who is snugly sleeping in her sling on my lap, is allegedly at risk of pulling a Dumbo herself by 'flying off the ride' because the seat belt is just over me and not strapped up over my chest/around her. So I make the necessary adjustments while all the other riders just stare. And point.
"You really shouldn't be turning around taking pictures!" she says with a huff before turning and leaving.
Our ride is resumed. I secretly turn and take the above shot.
Lucky for you. You get to see Paula A. She's on the top right. She's the one with the white hair and the um….brown pony tail. Weird.
I am not usually a rule-breaker. Who do rule-breakers think they are anyway? Thinking they are above the LAW. Something about Disneyland brings out the rule breaker in me. The parking for instance. Don't make me park 10 miles away from the tram, because you know what, after I've walked 10 miles around the park, I'm too tired to walk 10 miles to my car. So whenever they 'direct' us to our parking spot, I tell Chris to wait until the parking attendant leaves, back up and find a spot closer to the front. Because guess what, there is always a spot closer to the front. Chris hates when I do this. I do it every time we go to Disneyland. Once, while doing this, I noticed the car next to me, followed me up to the front to a closer parking space. Upon exiting his car, I hear the big, burly man yell, "What are they gonna do?? Throw me in Mickey Jail!!!" Exactly. 
This is the baby center at Disneyland. That place is great. Rocking chairs, private areas for nursing, changing tables, an area to warm up food/bottles, etc.,. I was standing there today, changing Kate and couldn't help but notice the gigantic…toilet just to the right of me. I couldn't figure it out. I mean you'd have to be quite large to fit on that thing (and have a square bum.) So I asked. "Oh it's called a Hopper. It what they used back in the day when people had cloth diapers. They'd rinse them out in there." Oh really, back in the day… "I use cloth diapers!" I said. "But I use a service, so I can't rinse them out here." I've never wanted to rinse out something so badly in my life. 
It was Kate's first time to Disneyland, so we got her the token mouse ears. She seemed kind of annoyed with the strap, but I know she'll thank us one day. And oh, it was the perfect excuse to whip out the sunglasses. No 3 month old should go without.
Happy Weekend!
xo
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