No Language Barrier

I worked podium today, which is always fun. It was a little hectic, as always, but way better then dealing with parents. The only really cool highlight were these two little girls. They were two of our last five princesses so they were just hanging out in the boutique before it closed. One little girl's name was Penelope and she was from Quebec and didn't speak any English, only French. The other was this little girl from Illinois, but I can't remember her name. These two girls together were the cutest thing ever. They were about 6 years old and they had both gotten the fairy tale princess and they looked at each other pointed to their hair and both started giggling. They then ran over to their princess bags and comparing what was in each others' bags. Remember these girls don't speak the same language. It turned out that the Dad of the little girl from Illinois spoke French so Penelope's mom and him had a nice conversation. Then the little girl from Illinois just looked at Penelope and just "You're my friend! We're Princesses!" and then they both hugged each other and they skipped out of the boutique together. It was probably the cutest thing ever and it totally made my night. 

When I got home that night, I introduced the roomies to Newsies! I am pretty sure they loved it, but are not quite as obsessed as I am considering I was running around the apartment trying to copy the moves from KD Shenanigans. But other than that it was a pretty boring night. 

Where Are You From Princess?....America

Today was a very lazy day. I didn't have to be at work until 1:15 so I got up around 10:30 and made some food for me to take to work. I chatted with Lindsay and Matt came over. They were getting things together for their audition on the 20th. I finally had to go to work. 

The first princess I had was adorable. When I asked her where she was from she said America. Then I asked her what state and she gave me her street address haha. It was so cute. Somehow today I was there for 6 hours and only did 3 girls hair and none of which were a fairy tale. I am so over teasing fake hair. I did a lot of make-up though. I also helped with podium a little as well. I got an ER from work and was able to come home and crash. Even though I didn't do much today I am still exhausted. I think yesterday is catching up with me. 

Jess was home when I got home and we chatted. I decided to bake cookies. I had to go steal back my cookie sheet from Brian who had used it to carry jello shots to some girls apartment. I also had to steal an egg because I only 3 when I needed 4. So I just baked cookies and we watched High School Musical 3. I took some cookies to Brian's to say thanks for the egg and I chatted with his roommate, who is from India, about where I should go when I am there. He also gave me the low down on the pyramids in Egypt because apparently he used to work there or something. Then I came back to the apartment and crashed. Like I said - It was a very eventful day

THE BEST DAY EVER!!

Today was the best day! I was off work so Ebonee and I got up and went to Hollywood Studios. Matt called us and tried to get us to go to breakfast with him, but he gave us like 5 minutes to get ready so we passed. When we got to Hollywood the weather was nasty. It was raining and cold and just overall terrible. We saw Brian at the stroller rental place and had a good laugh at his expense because of his costume. When we walked further into the park we were greeted with an awesome surprise. This past weekend was ESPN the weekend. And who is sitting up there on a huge stage, but Misty May-Treanor and Shawn Johnson! I even got a picture and an autograph from Misty, but Shawn bolted out of there. OMG I was so excited! We ran into Alexis and Danielle and that was pretty fun. We walked more down the street and took some pictures with Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc. They are kind of awkward. Then Ebonee and I walked over to watch the High School Musical block party thing. We of course were dancing and laughing and then what do I know, but I get pulled out into the show! I eve got a star dazzle button and everything. YAY!!!

Ebonee and I then went on a quest to find food and ended up watching the Muppet’s 3-D show. IT was cute, but you can tell that it is really old. It was fun even though those glasses kind of make me dizzy. We then met Alex and grabbed some lunch at Pizza Planet. We finished eating and headed back to the ESPN stage only to find out Adam Vinatieri was coming and Alex is from Indy so she was freaking out. We tried to get his autograph when he left the stage but he was mobbed and said to go to Sports Zone. So of course we ran over there. We split up. Alex took the front while Ebonee and I went to the back. We met some interesting characters. One guy was dressed up as a elephant and the other guy a drum major. We chatted with them and took some pictures. I turned around after saying goodbye and there was Vinatieri! Ebonee called Alex and the next thing we see is Alex sprinting through people with a crazed look running through the crowd. When she finally got there she took the spot I had and was shaking so bad she was so excited. We took some pictures and then left. Alex was so excited.

We then met up with Brian after he got off work and we went and rode the tower of terror, which is always fun. Then we all went and meet Prince Caspian. Ebonee about died. The look on her face was priceless. He even got Brian to pose with him. We then left and went and played on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area. Alex decided to go back to the apartment and Brian and I went to Light’s Motor Action while Ebonee watched High School Musical again.

Lights Motors Action is a stunt show that originated at Disneyland Paris. It was really cool. It is amazing that these guys can drive these cars so close and not hit each other or other things on the set. The whole thing is pretty awesome. We then went back to the sports zone. Brian hit some golf balls and I went into the batting cages. I was terrible. Brian even asked the guy to turn the speed down because I was used to softballs haha. Thanks Brian. Mom you would have been freaking out about the helmets haha. I could just hear you saying about how many people have worn them that day and that I am probably going to get lice – or should I day Pumba? After that embarrassment, we jumped on tower of terror again. When getting off I had shoved the batting cage bracelet in my pocket with my rings that I had taken off for the cages. Brian and I walked over to Sports Zone to find Ebonee. Then I realized that I had lost one of my rings. It must have fallen out of my pocket when I threw the wristband away. So I drag Brian back over to the Tower of Terror and we are searching the ground when a cast member asked if I was looking for a ring and I said yes and they had it!!! I got so lucky!

We finally found Ebonee and then we went to MK. They had new stuff at the Emporium that we wanted to look at. I found the sweatshirt that I want, but I had zero money on me so I will have to get it another time. Ebonee went to the art store and Brian and I went and said Hi to Brandon, who was working at the front. We saw some of spectro but then peaced out to go grab some food.

We ended up going to a Chinese Buffet. It was pretty much amazing. I felt like such a fat kid after leaving there. But not quite as much as Brian who had three plates!

To end the evening Brian and I and some of his roommates watched Slumdog Millionaire, which is a fantastic movie and I suggest that everyone should watch it. Except maybe mom because then I will for sure not be allowed to go to India. So that was pretty much the best day ever!!!  

I have no good title

So basically today sucked. I was supposed to work from 7:30-1:30. Well when I woke up it was 8:56. Although, somehow I managed to clock in by 9:29 so therefore I only get 1/2 a point rather than a whole point so I guess that is a bright spot. Then of course I had to have the parents from Hell. Well they weren't really all that bad to me, but rather towards their daughter. First off they had two kids a son and a daughter. The son's name was Denise (Pronounced Dennis) and their daughter's name was Theodora. I mean really. Terrible names. I gave Denise a cool dude, which the mom promptly wiped out of his hair saying loudly "I don't know why they think that looks good." But really she paid for it so it doesn't matter. Then the mom wouldn't let her get the hairstyle she wanted. Then the daughter also couldn't get the pixie dust or wear the sash and we also couldn't do the final reveal. I mean really what was the point of coming in? It was just stupid and I felt bad for the little girl. 

So after I worked my quick shift, I went back to the apartment and changed clothes and headed to Mickey's Retreat. I laid out for a while. It was lovely considering it was one of the first times I have been able to do that. I finally have some color! When I got back to the apartment, I watched Aladdin. Jess came home and we tried to go to the UPS store, but don't you know that they close on 5 on saturdays. I was shocked to find out that it was Saturday - it felt more like a Thursday. So then we came back and just hung out. I went up to Ebonee's apartment when she got off and we decided to go to Downtown Disney and try and find Bobby, but we had no luck. We then went to Steak and Shake for some food. We had the weirdest waiter named John. He was a creeper haha. There was also this weird woman who kept staring at us. Just as we were about to leave, Matt and some of his friends walked in. So we ended up staying longer and chatting with all of them. We made plans to meet for breakfast and then go to the opening of MK. We'll see if that actually happens. We came back and watched Aladdin again. All and all I think it was a hectic but good day!

Do You Know What Castles Have? Dungeons!

2.23

I opened up the boutique and it was nothing out of the ordinary. Although, we did have a little sister of a princess who would not sit still. She kept running around and the mom was about to kill her. It really wasn't an issue because we had just opened and we were not full. The funniest thing was when the little girl ran behind the mirrors the mom said "Do you know what castles have? Dungeons! And that is where you are going to go!" haha. That got the little girl out pretty quick. 

After work I went with Jess and Lindsay to MK to play. We had to go see our good friends Peter and Rafiki. I finally broke down and bought an autograph book. Peter and Wendy were the first ones to sign it. When we were standing in line to meet Peter we got yelled at by this woman who put her kids in matching sweaters about where the line started. But then we made friends with the people in front of us. She even took our picture to send to her husband in Iraq. She loved us. 

We then ran over to see Rafiki. When he saw us he started jumping up and down and blowing us kisses. It was so exciting! We left Rafiki and ran by the boutique before making our way to Main Street for the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Block Party. It is the best thing ever. We stood by the VIP float area. When the characters were dancing Goofy came over and kissed Lindsay and then we started dancing in the streets and shaking our tail feathers. That parade is my favorite. We hung out in front of the castle to wait on Kristy and Angelica to show up. Matt also came out and chatted with us for a little while. We stood there talking about what we were going to do for a while and then finally decided to go get food. 

We picked up Fifi at the apartment and had a family outing with all 6 of us to Chilis. It was so good. Lindsay and Kristy took advantage of the 2 for 1 drink special. It was really nice to finally have everyone together for a dinner. 

2.24

I worked from 8-2. I really like that shift because I feel like I haven't wasted a day. Ebonee had to work at 2 so when I got off, Brian and I went to Century Costumes to pick up Mardi Gras masks for the both of us for the FGIT masquerade. The costume shop was amazing! They had everything you could think of! After picking out some fun masks, we headed to Party City to pick up some beads. Then I ran a couple more errands and then headed back to Patterson. I started getting ready and then went over to Ebonee's apartment. We then headed out to Alex and Nora's house. 

We finally found it. There was a decent amount of people there. It was a lot of fun though. There was dancing and having fun. Even Captain Jack Sparrow was there. Alex and Nora are great hosts. The only down side was Ebonee was attacked my a gay man on the floor. It was probably one of the funniest things of the night. We left the party and headed to Ale House for Lisa's, another FGIT, going away party. I ran into Danielle, Ashley, Alexis and Brandon there so that was fun. Then we all headed home and crashed.

2.25

I had a long day at work. I started at 9:30 and got off at 8. It seemed to go by pretty quickly though. I find that you can usually do about 2-3 princesses an hour and that is a good way to make the time pass. I was also able to get an ER about an hour early so that was exciting. I went home and met up with Alexis, Danielle, and Brandon. We were supposed to have a fort party, but we decided to go play putt putt first. Then we even made a stop at TGI Fridays to get a drink because Alexis and Danielle knew the bartender or something. 

We finally made it to the Fantasia Gardens course. It was really neat and all themed from Fantasia. It was an interesting game. We all started out pretty well, but then Danielle roommates showed up and after that only really me and Brandon were taking it seriously. By the end of the night, someone had gone swimming to get there ball, Alexis had ripped her jeans, and another girl missed her ball then stepped on it and twisted her ankle. All in all I think was a successful trip. I ended up playing 6 under with 4 hole in ones! But somehow Brandon still beat me by 6! So mad! I still think he cheated haha. 

We came back and the fort party kind of fell apart. Danielle went over to her BFs and then Alexis bailed because she didn't want to be 3rd wheel to me and Brandon. It could have been fun though. I am sure it will be done again though. 

2.26

I woke up and jumped in the shower and then went with Brandon and Alexis to lunch at the Chinese Buffet. It was so good. They even have ice cream for dessert! Anyway, then they dropped me off at work. Work was interesting. I was put on podium for the first time since training. I LOVED it! I wish I could work every podium shift. It is where I am checking people in and building castles and making sure things fit and walking princesses to their chairs. It was crazy at one point we were running a 40 minute wait, but then in about 30 minutes we were 10 minutes ahead. 

I had one little girl who came in and her name was Lauren Gkajsdhweif. I can't remember her last name - it was something crazy that started with a G. She became attached to my hip. It was cute but a little annoying. She kept asking me all these questions. I totally had her going that I was 180 years old, but I just age really slowly. She ended up getting a pop princess done by Ebonee and she said she was a little brat. When she left her mom literally had to drag her out of the door. 

Then our last princesses were leaving and it was a group of 3, but one of the little girls had gotten scared and ended up not getting her hair done. When I let them out of the door, she turned around and ran towards me and jumped into my arms. It was the cutest thing. The mom just smiled. I was so caught off guard but it made my day. 

Brandon picked me up and we went to the ice rink so he could get his skates sharpened. Before that we watched the beginning of Wishes from the Cast Parking lot. It was kind of crazy. It is so much louder there. Car alarms were going off around us. Then we put on Celebrate you and it was almost timed up perfectly so that was pretty funny. We made it to the ice rink and that place is freaking huge. It was pretty neat though. Then we drove to UCF and had some Pita Pit, which was amazing. Bob drove over and said HI. I was super excited to see him. But then we said goodbye and he went back to study for a test and we headed back to Patterson. 

2.27

I had the day off today. I got up and went with Brandon to the hockey rink to watch him play for a bit. That was pretty interesting to watch. They only had one goalie so one end had this little blue tarp thing over it that had some strategically placed holes that they could score on. 

Afterward, we ran by Publix and did some grocery shopping. Then we headed back and made some spaghetti. Then I wanted a rematch with Brandon on putt putt and we went and played on Winter Summerland or something like that. I started out so well. I was winning, but then one stupid hole led to my downfall. I ended up losing by 8. I will beat him at some point. 

Afterward, we just hung out at his place. He got a new roommate today named Logan who seems like a pretty nice guy. We just hung out and it was an early night because I have to be at work at 7;30 in the morning :(

Dancing In the Street

2.20 Hoodie Hoo Day!

I got up early and went to the park before work. I ran some errands before hand that took a lot less time then I thought they would. So i just strolled around MK. Once I actually got to work, it was a pretty normal day. Ebonee and I have become partners in crime. I wish we could work together all the time. We always buddy and it seems to work out and the time passes really quickly. Plus, princesses (or at least those that speak english) love us. The highlight was this family from Nova Scotia. They had a son and a daughter. Ebonee was able to talk the boy into getting a cool dude and he loved it! The little girl was so cute too. It seemed like they never stopped talking. Of course we had to pull out our HSM moves. Later that night, right before we closed a princess begged me to let her try on the Cinderella slippers. I mean BEGGED! According to her mother, she is obsessed with shoes. I basically had to pin her down to get the shoes back. But I was able to teach her and her cousin the princess wave and curtsey. 

After work I decided it was time to break down and actually do laundry - considering I haven't done laundry since I have been here. I never realized I had that many clothes! But I took up 4 washers and two dryers...yeah. So the laundry machines are weird. We have to buy this card and then put money on it because it is a $1 to wash and $1 to dry. We I couldn't figure out how the heck to get the stupid machines to work. I had to call Ebonee and she came to my rescue. So I just spent the night watching The Rescuers Down Under and folding clothes. I realized that I don't mind folding clothes, it's the actual putting them away part that I dislike. 

2.21

I had to be at work at 7:30. I woke up at 6:50 - not good. Some how I made it to work with 9 minutes to spare. How? I have no idea, but I will take it. Today seemed to be the curse of the Fairy Tale with short hair. I had so many princesses with NO hair! So they really didn't look that great, but the parents were happy. I did have a little girl from Panama with the most gorgeous hair. It came out as an almost perfect Fairy Tale. I was pumped. But then things kind of took a turn for the worst. This little girl started crying half way through the hair do. I was able to finish the Fairy Tale, but she wouldn't let me pixie dust or put the mickey clip in. She freaked out. She ran out of the chair with the cape and everything still on. But the ending Princess was awesome. They were from Memphis and I finally got to do something besides a Fairy Tale. 

I ran and changed clothes and then met Ebonee and Alex above ground. We ran to Adventureland to meet with Peter Pan. I was so excited! We had to hide from him so he wouldn't see us while we were standing in line. We finally got to meet him and he said he would teach me to fly later on haha. We then ran back to Main Street and tried to meet Pluto, but the line was too long. Although we were disappointed about Pluto, Ebonee and I were able to entertain ourselves. We saw a cast member working PAC (Parade audience control) with a present shaped stereo just dancing. Their job is to entertain little kids while they are waiting on the parade to start. Well this poor kid was super awkward and just dancing by himself. So of course Ebonee and I jumped in. We did a 2 song show. First, to All for One from HSM 2 and then ended with Celebrate You. We were pretty awesome. This Mom even tried to get her little boy to take a picture with us, but he ran away crying haha. Yeah we have that affect on people. We were sweating so bad by the time we were done. 

We then went back underground and had lunch with Matt and Brenna, who had just got done being friends with Peter Pan and Pluto. We stayed with them while they ate lunch. Then I met Brandon before his shift started. We walked down to Main Street for a bit and he showed me where Lady and the Tramp's paw prints are outside of Tony's Restaurant. Then I met back up with Ebonee and we did some shopping. 

We left MK and then went over to Hollywood Studios, where we continued to shop. Some how I lost $40. When I went back to the store they had found it and had turned it in to Lost and Found and I was able to get it back! Yay! That would have been a total downer if I hadn't been able to get it back. We left there and went to Downtown Disney. We went in the first store and Ebonee really wanted this HSM 3 poster so I asked the guy working what they did with the promo posters when they are done. He didn't know and the manager wasn't there. His name was Brandon and we ended up chatting with him and his co-worker Keely for a while. It turns out that Brandon knew a WKU football player and then Keely was a Alpha Gam at Murray. After Ebonee harassed all of them for pins, we left. Only to have Brandon tell us that the Jasmine pin Ebonee traded for was not an actual Disney Trading Pin and she was pissed. haha. We then walked around Downtown Disney and went to the World of Disney. It is crazy how much stuff is there. I gave myself a little tour of the BBB down there. Ours is way cooler. Ebonee harassed some more people about pins and then we left. 

On our way out we saw this board up for trading pins so of course Ebonee stopped. And low and behold guess who was there....Brandon. The kid is everywhere. Ebonee and he flirted for a little while then this little girl came up and looked at the pins. I noticed that she had a Fairy Godmother pin. We got so excited and asked her where she got it. She said she had two and gave one to Ebonee ever though she didn't have one to give her!! Then the mom said she would stop by the BBB and see us! It was so nice and totally made our day!

We had to go back to MK for my car and I was finally able to get home. I watched Hercules and waited for Brandon to get off work. When he did we met up and I met his new roommate, Ken, who is a creeper and a half. He is really awkward too. But we left and went to the Boardwalk to pick Alexis up. We had an hour to kill so we just walked around. It is so pretty down there! Alexis finally got off work and we went back to Patterson and they were going to make dinner, but once everyone got over there they realized they really didn't have that much food so everyone bailed. 

2.22

Today Brandon and I went to Animal Kingdom around 11ish. Since he used to work Dinosaur, he knows people. We were able to get 3 fast passes to any ride, free ice cream, and VIP for the Finding Nemo show. We kicked off the morning at Expedition Everest, which I managed to keep my eyes open for the entire time. I still can't look at the Yeti though. He just freaks me out. Then we went on a safari. Thank god they don't do that bridge thing where they pretend the bridge is going to break anymore. Last time I came that scared the crap out of me. We got to see all sorts of animals. The hippos were even out of the water and one gator kind of attacked another one. It was crazy. I forgot how bouncy those cars are. It is a miracle more people don't fall out of those. Afterward, we took this train to Rafiki's Conservation area. It basically teaches people about conservation and there is a petting zoo there. There were also the cutest monkey's ever. They had white heads with a little orange part and were small and hopped around everywhere. 

We then went and hit up Dinosaur, which I hadn't ridden since 1998 when the park first opened and Pam, Amber and I went while we were at the beach. This ride used to be called Count Down To Extinction., but Disney redid it after that Dinosaur movie came out. The picture of Pam, Amber and I on the ride last time is pretty hilarious. Amber and I are grabbing Pam like a really dinosaur is after us. I believe on of us gave her a bruise, while Pam is laughing through the whole thing. Well, the ride is just as scary and the loudest thing ever. I had to cover my ears most of the time and no wonder little kids come out crying. It is really scary. The picture of Brandon and I isn't much better. I am holding my ears and he has ridden it so many times he is posing. Afterward we went and got our free ice cream and walked around. 

We made it back in time for the 3:15 showing of Finding Nemo the Musical. It was so good. It kind of like The Lion King, but they are more puppets then just cool costumes, but you don't really watch the people and eventually forget that they are there. It lasts about 45 minutes and is really cute. 

We left Animal Kingdom after the show and headed back to Patterson. We made some mac and cheese and just hung out before Brandon had to go to work at 6. Then I went with Ebonee to try and find Mardi Gras masks for the FGIT Mardi Gras party. All the stores we found were closed because we forgot that it was Sunday. Whoops. We swung back by Patterson and picked up Jess and went to Moe's. It was delicious. We chatted for a while and then made our way back. It is an early night tonight because I have to be at work at 8 in the morning :(

It's The Time of Your Life

2.18

Today was probably one of the best days yet. First, it started out with me and Fifi watching High School Musical 3 before work. For those of you don't know, it came out on Tuesday. But I fianlly had to stop watching and go to work. Work was so much fun. I did the normal hair stuff, but I buddied a lot. I had a princess that was probably in her mid-forties with her 13 year old son as her knight in shinning armor. It was so cute. They were from Spain so they hardly spoke english. I was in charge of doing her make up, which is really scary when you have an adult princess because they know how to put on makeup haha. Then everything I did had to be approved by her son. It was so cute. I must say she had one of the best reactions when she got to see herself. 

Ebonee and I finally were able to buddy. We had an 8 year old princess from New York. But before I could start on the Princess, I had to do a "cool dude" on her brother. A "cool dude" basically is where we take a bunch of different colors and streak the boys hair and then add a hidden mickey on the back of their heads. Then we add "pirate treasure," also known as mickey confetti, to the top of their heads. This little boy was autistic and the mom had to hold him when I did it. He liked it for about 2.5 seconds and then he started rubbing it off haha. He even cleaned his shoes off. The mom just laughed. Apparently, the year before he had gotten his face painted and loved it so they thought they would try this. Yeah...not so much.

The little girl was AWESOME! She actually talked to us when we asked questions. We asked her if she liked High School Musical and she did! We even got her and her mom to sing Breaking Free to us. So then of course Ebonee and I had to break into our I Want It All routine. I don't think some of the FGITs liked it because we were distracting their princesses. Well our manager saw our performance and liked it and decided that we need to make it a "magical moment." This means that if we ever have a lot of people waiting and we don't have princesses, Ebonee and I go and entertain the girls in the lobby with our act haha. 

Right before closing, all of us new CPs learned how to do the princess wave and curtsey. These can also be used as magical moments or entertaining the princesses. 

After work, I came back to the apartment and changed clothes. Then Lindsay, Kristy and I went over to Charlan's house and then made our way to Bdubs with Charlan and his roommate Ryan. Bart and Lindsey ended up showing up later. They left early and I rode back with them. We just hung out in Brian's apartment with his roommates. There was so minor drama towards the end of the night, but I think everything got resolved. 

2.19

PAYDAY! Woo hoo! Brandon and I went and collected our paychecks. And then we promptly went out and spent them on lunch. Brandon took me to work, but we stopped at Company  D and Cast Connection. Basically, it is all the overstock items and "damaged" items or stuff people have lost on rides or left in hotel rooms. Umm so basically this place is amazing. I found this little basic full of camera batteries - so basically I was in heaven. I got another battery for my little camera and two for my big camera all for a whopping $3.50. Yeah that just saved me like $80. So that is super exciting. But then I had to go to work.

I was just not in the mood to do hair. It probably had to do with the monsoon we got hit with for an hour. So the girls would come in to get their hair done soaking yet. I was able to get by doing only 4 girls hair in the 6 hours I was there. I felt so terrible. I made this 9 year old, Abby, cry. Her mom had warned me she was really tender headed so I was trying to be gentle, but she had so much hair and I was trying to brush it up. All of the sudden the mom gets up and is like "sweetheart does that hurt?" and says yes and she had tears rolling down her cheeks! But she never said anything until her mom asked! But in the end she was happy. 

It also seemed like everyone in there yesterday spoke a language other than english. I had a family Ecuador (Spanish), Canada (French), Brazil (Portuguese), and the poor American I made cry. So needless to say I got my foreign language lesson for the day. I know how to say "close your eyes princess" in 4 languages! woo hoo! I am sure that will come in handy down the road haha. 

But since I was avoiding doing hair, I basically just did make up or played with the girls. We got to have trivia time for about 30 minutes, where we just sat on the floor and played Disney trivia. Then Stephanie got to teach "Princess School," where we taught the girls how to wave and curtsey and how to hold up their skirt when they walk. It was too cute. When I was teaching the wave, I saw a little girl who was celebrating her birthday. When princesses have birthdays we give their buttons to Tinkerbell and she puts pixie dust all over them. So Princess Courtney and her sister Brittney both had birthday buttons, so I had Tink fix them up. It turned out that both of their birthdays were in January, but they were celebrating them as a family now, in addition to the parents anniversary, because Courtney was having some sort of surgery and this was their last family vacation before that. So I of course then got them "I'm Celebrating" buttons (Disney is all about the buttons this year) and wrote that they were celebrating everything on them and of course Tink hooked them up to. I have never seen little girls so excited about buttons before. It was precious. Then to make the night even better I got an ER (early release) and got off 45 minutes early. 

Brandon picked me up from cast parking and we went to the Polynesian resort. We staked out a spot on the swing on the beach there and waited for wishes to start. It was pretty cool. You see the castle across the lake and the night parade goes by. The only down side was that it was a little cold and you can't hear the music. But I have seen it so many times I was basically singing it in my head. Yes I know. I am a nerd. 

Afterward, we picked up Alexis from work and we went back and changed and headed to Cowboy's for ladies night. My line dancing has not improved since the last time we went. The highlight was getting out there and doing the electric slide. Out of the group of 6, I was the only one who knew how to do it. I tried to teach Brandon, but it didn't work out so well.