The night of the first day, “Gra’Ma” showed up just before bed. The 3nd M was over the moon! He kept saying “Hi, Gra’Ma…Hi Gra’Ma….Hi Gra’Ma” and hugged and kissed her repeatedly.  Gra’Ma and I translated this to mean, “Oh Grandmom, I’m so happy to see you. While I’ve had a wonderful time riding on trains, planes and automobiles, I still have some anxiety about being away from home and my dad. Disneyland is amazingly wonderful, but also bewildering, so it’s really nice to see a friendly face. I really love you and I’m just glad you’re here. It makes me feel more at home.”

The 2nd M (that’s me) was happy to see Gra’Ma as well, because she got the 3rd M ready and they both walked to the park Sat. morning, while the 2nd M got to do big kid stuff (Space Mountain, the Matterhorn and Star Tours.)

Then it was all smiles on the Mad Hatter Tea Cups…

..the Carousel…

….and Toon Town…

Of course, with the 3rd M being a Princess Connoisseur, we had to explore Sleeping Beauty’s castle repeatedly. No stone was left unturned. (Sleeping Beauty is his favorite, followed by Snow White and then, finally, Cinderella.)

We attempted three times to see the Princesses in the Royal Hall, but each time, the 3rd M couldn’t get past his abnormally shy demeanor to grab a photo op. Cinderella said they could be “Friends at a Distance” and Snow White said he was just like one of her dwarves –bashful.

But, we found out that the woman he pined for, Sleeping Beauty, was going to be at the Wishing Well! So we quickly scampered over and got in line. Her handler, deft at handling two year olds, ‘traded’ his clicker for the camera, currently held by the 3rd M, who, moments before, took the shot below of said Handler.

After a few tries, we caught this shot. And the 3rd M finally forgot his bashfulness and told Sleeping Beauty all about his adventures in Disneyland.

 

The 3rd M was good at finding the little design features throughout the park, including this egg partially hidden in the landscaping.

On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at the Hotel California for lunch and ran into the Chipmunks! Their hug and kiss occurred faster than I could pull a camera out. Sorry, folks!

After our nap, we returned for the afternoon parade. We got great seats overlooking everything!

Then to Downtown Disney for dinner and some Lego car racing!

Of course, there was a little bit of this at the end of the night…

All and all it was a very very good day. With one more day left, we all went back to the hotel to get a good night’s sleep….