the kingdom of magic and dreams

Then one day we did this.

Prepare to have your tiny mind blown.

We stumbled upon/were trapped by an Easter parade. In June.
Not a bad way to start, all in all.

The reusable plastic popcorn tubs (that you wear!) are all the rage. This one was on loan from cousin Ayana. Kiddo kind of didn't care about anything else until she got her popcorn.

Then she found out she could go inside Cinderella's castle. We almost didn't make it out.

The answer to "Do you want to ride the carousel?"
She has now ridden carousels in three countries. Enjoy that useless fact.

Tokyo Disneyland has a rodent problem. They will play with your child's curly hair then take her by the hand and run away to Cinderella's castle with her. And your child will go with them without even turning around to see if it's okay with her parents.

Dadoo really wanted to ask these two about what it was like to be working there, but decided not to be "that guy." And the crowd was a little ugly. But she was a dynamite Snow White.

And then we met the big guns. Who were... differently handsome.
The best part was that they were talking to each other about when their shift was up, in English, but in sing-songy Disney voices.

Everybody has a part to play in the magic.
I think this cat was crowd-control for the Easter parade which we caught part of a second time. That's how long we were there.

I don't know who this is.

On our way out. Second round of popcorn secured (curry flavor!), Marie-from-Aristocats ear hat, Minnie balloon. Who says we aren't doing our part for the Disney economy?

At one point she kind of sighed and said to Mimi, "I like Disneyland."

Yeah, you do.