If you’ve visited the About page of this blog, you’ve seen this picture of a perfect-moment-gone-wrong at Disney World.
Luckily, our visit to Disney World corresponded with E.’s second birthday last year. We watched as her face lit up on her first Disney ride, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. We giggled at E. and her cousin B. who wore matching Disney Princess shirts, and we took an almarming number of pictures. However, this was one of the most highly-anticipated events of the trip: meeting Mickey Mouse.
As you can see, E. wasn’t particularly thrilled to pose with Mickey for a picture. She whined, squirmed, and tried to walk away. She finally calmed down enough that we were able to take a photo, but a major meltdown followed. Take a look at this:
E. was so beyond the point of logic and reason that we decided to just let her get it out of her system. Nick stood watch as E. screamed and cried, red-faced, on the floor.
So, there it is. Photographic proof that travelling with children isn’t always perfect. Yet, we have lots of good memories from the trip to Orlando, and we can laugh at the not-so-good times. Isn’t that what parenthood is all about?
P.S. Letting your child “cry it out” is always a judgement call. We took her to the opposite side of the building, away from Mickey and the line of children waiting to see him, so that she would be less of a distraction. After a few minutes, she stood up, dusted herself off, and went about the business of having fun.
