disney day 3.75: reasons

three reasons we did not take our 2 and 1 year old children to disney...

1. day 1, before 10 am. we are walking from our parking space at the ticket & transportation center to the monorail/bus station. so we are not even IN disney world yet. we pass a mother stopped with a 5-ish year old in a stroller. the mother yells, "you're supposed to be HAPPY!" i guess the daughter didn't get the memo that this is the "happiest place on earth".

2. brian loves this one.... he overhears a child being scolded, and the child pouts, "is that strike 2?" the parent, obviously also a baseball coach, replies, "that's alright, you can pull it together!"

3. it's a chilly night at epcot, almost time for the closing fireworks. i'm walking out of a store in "france" and a father and child are walking in. the father, needing to address his child's attitude, cops out instead..."this store doesn't allow whining." classic. is there an extra tax for whining, or are you simply kicked out? the disney cast must really take seriously the whole "happiest place on earth" thing!


i will say that i also saw a family of 6 eating lunch at MGM. as the four kids began to chow down on their burgers, they all chimed in with, "thanks, mom! thanks, dad!" that did make me want to have ethan and caroline at disney with us... in a few years.

we also saw the cutest little boy exclaim, "this is the BEST day EVER!" i hope his mom bought him a balloon.