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Our first stop today was the carousel again. Abby wanted me to actually ride a horse with her instead of standing, but the outside horses were too high for me to get onto. Because Lenny wanted me to ride next to Abby as well, he got down on one knee and then had me use his other knee as a step.
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Thanks everyone for all the compliments. I will post more today.
I forgot to mention in my TR (although I don't know how) but one of the times we got off Small World on Tuesday was really memorable. I just don't remember which time this happened.
Abby, this particular time for whatever reason, had to stop on the exit ramp at Small World. She stood there and waved to people on the boats as they started the ride. The first boat just kinda watched her, but in the second boat there was a lady and a guy (don't know what the relationship was but they were together). So Abby stood there waving to everyone but nobody waved back at first. So I told Abby she could keep waving if she wanted to. She didn't need to stop because no one waved back. Then this lady turned and looked, and as soon as she saw Abby, she had a big smile on her face and started waving back. Then she turned to the guy, who turned and looked at Abby. He then got a big smile on his face and the both of them just kept waving back at Abby until they went through the archway and could no longer see her. Seeing such big smiles on their faces obviously put big ones on our faces as well. Being waved at made Abby happy. When she could no longer see those people, she happily skipped out of Small World onto wherever we went next.
Thanks everyone for all the compliments. I will post more today.
I forgot to mention in my TR (although I don't know how) but one of the times we got off Small World on Tuesday was really memorable. I just don't remember which time this happened.
Abby, this particular time for whatever reason, had to stop on the exit ramp at Small World. She stood there and waved to people on the boats as they started the ride. The first boat just kinda watched her, but in the second boat there was a lady and a guy (don't know what the relationship was but they were together). So Abby stood there waving to everyone but nobody waved back at first. So I told Abby she could keep waving if she wanted to. She didn't need to stop because no one waved back. Then this lady turned and looked, and as soon as she saw Abby, she had a big smile on her face and started waving back. Then she turned to the guy, who turned and looked at Abby. He then got a big smile on his face and the both of them just kept waving back at Abby until they went through the archway and could no longer see her. Seeing such big smiles on their faces obviously put big ones on our faces as well. Being waved at made Abby happy. When she could no longer see those people, she happily skipped out of Small World onto wherever we went next.
That's neat! I always wave to the person in the control booth there!
I thought so. It's funny how when you're in Disney, it sometimes brings out behaviors we don't see (at least not often) at home. Lenny did help me on the carousel, but I still couldn't get him to do the laundry for me on vacation. That I still had to do myself .
I always wave to the person in the control booth there!
Abby did that too. We ate at Pinocchio Village Haus and Abby waved from in there too. There's just something about that ride. She just absolutely loves it and is either constantly waving to other people on it or smiling about it.
Hi Darlene, I just got caught up on your TR. Great pictures!! Now that you have started your report, I am feeling compelled to start mine, since we practically shared our vacation. I can't wait to read more.
Hi Darlene, I just got caught up on your TR. Great pictures!! Now that you have started your report, I am feeling compelled to start mine, since we practically shared our vacation. I can't wait to read more.
Thanks Lisa. And you're right, we did share the vacation which I'll post more about today. And I can't wait to read your TR either.
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