Uh-oh, look who finally got around to downloading Blogger for droid? Which means, LOTS more opportunities to post my random thoughts. Lucky you.
So, to sum up: we've been busy. The usual day to day has kept us fully occupied, but we have worked in some playtime, too.
Most recently, we took The Tyke on his first official trip to Disneyland last week. I had been pimping this trip to him since February, and the hype was extensive: Youtube videos, excited descriptions of the fun he was gonna have, rentals of applicable Disney movies for reference, the whole she-bang. Basically, if this kid wasn't gonna catch the magic, I would do my best to hurl it at him at full speed and knock him over the head.
Naturally, by the time we got there, I fully expected his Disneyland-hype concussion to result in him doing cartwheels down Main Street out of sheer excitement. (Mistake #1) That didn't happen, but I was ready to excuse him: he does have those stubby little toddler arms, after all.
Our first stop was the Bug's Life ride in California Adventure. (Mistake #2). I figured that since it's his favorite movie right now, he'd love it in an interactive 3D version (Mistake #3). He was scared out of his mind. We bugged out (ha!) early and moved on to the Monsters Inc. ride (Mistake #4). Just a general note of advice: dark, loud, sensory overstimulation is not a good follow up to dark, loud, scary sensory overstimulation.
So, to sum up: we've been busy. The usual day to day has kept us fully occupied, but we have worked in some playtime, too.
Most recently, we took The Tyke on his first official trip to Disneyland last week. I had been pimping this trip to him since February, and the hype was extensive: Youtube videos, excited descriptions of the fun he was gonna have, rentals of applicable Disney movies for reference, the whole she-bang. Basically, if this kid wasn't gonna catch the magic, I would do my best to hurl it at him at full speed and knock him over the head.
Naturally, by the time we got there, I fully expected his Disneyland-hype concussion to result in him doing cartwheels down Main Street out of sheer excitement. (Mistake #1) That didn't happen, but I was ready to excuse him: he does have those stubby little toddler arms, after all.
Our first stop was the Bug's Life ride in California Adventure. (Mistake #2). I figured that since it's his favorite movie right now, he'd love it in an interactive 3D version (Mistake #3). He was scared out of his mind. We bugged out (ha!) early and moved on to the Monsters Inc. ride (Mistake #4). Just a general note of advice: dark, loud, sensory overstimulation is not a good follow up to dark, loud, scary sensory overstimulation.
The Tyke was a mess by this time, but we rallied, took some time out to get treats and start over, and moved on to calmer outside rides (y'know...like the roller coaster and teacups). In all, we spent a couple days doing Disneyland stuff, and The Tyke had a pretty good time. I was surprised (read: completely crushed) that he wasn't as into it as i'd expected (Mistake #5). But hey, at least now I don't have to invite The Tyke on my next Disneyland trip.
The rest of our vacation was spent in Carlsbad playing at the beach, zoo, aquarium, and just taking the time out to regroup and be a family unit instead of ships passing in the night as we deal with work and daycare schedules.
I think we may try Disney again when The Tyke is older. In the meantime, we'll keep making opportunities to have adventures together. Because missing out on being a family would be the biggest mistake of all.
2 comments:
The joys of parenting, right? Nothing is ever a sure bet! I'm so glad you guys got a chance to get away and just be together, though. That's for sure the best possible goal. :)
I love love love the picture of Bronco looking at the fish :)
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