A Few of Our Favorite Things

I'm not sure how else to share these photos other than to say they're our favorite moments from Disney.  Yaya LOVED It's a Small World.  We road it three times two of them in a row.  I bought a Disney cd for her for Christmas and she listens to it in the car all the time.  When she heard It's a Small World being played during the ride she turned around and shouted, "Hey MOMMA!  That's the song on my DISNEY CD!"  She clapped and sang along the entire way through soaking it all up. 

Another spot she begged to return to was Toontown.  She loved wandering through Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Chip and Dale's homes.  She pushed buttons, turned dials, tried out a few chairs, played a piano and watched old cartoons on Mickey's tv.  She loved playing in Minnie's kitchen baking a cake and making it rise or fall. 

My favorite memory is of her looking at herself in Minnie's mirror though. 

When I think of Disney and my trips there as a kid I think of the tea cups.  It was my favorite ride and Yaya loved it too.  I think she road it 5 times total and would have kept going if our stomachs could have kept up. 

Here we are back at Toontown.  This picture is classic Yaya and Bird always getting into trouble together.  Too bad those bars couldn't have held them in one spot for more than a second or two.  The joy on their faces says it all. 

Another favorite of all of ours was taking a class on how to draw characters.  We happened to sit in on the class for Dopey.  Yaya concentrated so hard and did such a good job listening and following each direction.   

Here are our our final products to give you an idea of how good the class was. I can't for the life of me figure out what happened to my picture of Bird's drawing.  Yaya tried to copy each and every detail the cartoonist suggested. 

 

When he suggested you do a little shading on Dopey's hat she did just that. She may have gone a little heavy but you still get the idea.

I love this photo just because it's of me and my special girl.  I don't get to be in many pictures with her and I just love this one taken after riding Toy Story together. 

Here's the whole gang minus me.  They would definitely qualify as a few of our favorite things.  Disney wouldn't have been the same without them.  In fact, Yaya says her favorite thing at Disney was her cousins.