Ridding The Train with Meme!

Today I got a special birthday treat! For my Birthday, Meme and I rode the train home from Charleston. I spent a few days with her this week in Charleston. While in Charleston, we played, saw the airplanes and fed the ducks. I had so much fun at she and Mel's house. I loved riding the train. We saw lots of neat things. When we got to the train station in Florence, Mommy, Daddy and Mel were there to meet us. What a fun ride!

HO! HO! HO!

This Santa thing is very confusing to me. I am just not wild about the the idea of a stranger comming into our house while we sleep. This isn't a good idea. I think the man needs to just go to Gaga's house and leave me stuff and toys there. I have had several opportunities to meet Santa these last few weeks. I am simply not interested in sitting on this guys lap. At the Joy Gift program at church, I did walk up (holding Mom's hand) and get a bag of goodies from him. That is as close as I intend to get. A few days ago, Sissy and Gaga took me with them to the mall. They tried to get me to go sit on his knee and tell him what I wanted for Christmas. They kept asking me how he was going to know what I wanted for Christmas. I told them I wrote him a letter and I thought that should work. While we were at the mall, I ran into my good buddie John Young. Seems John had just gone down and sat on Santas knee and told him what he wanted for Christmas. I thought to myself...if John can do it so can I. I discuss it with Sissy and Gaga and we decide that I am going to sit on Santas knee. As we walk towards the center of the mall (the red suit came into sight) I feel that yucky feeling in my gut again. Oh no....I just can't do it. Just infront of JC Penneys, I stop dead in my tracks, close my eyes real tight, while maintaining a death grip on Gaga and Sissy's hands. I ask Sissy "Can he see me?" When she replys "Yes." I say pretty loud so he can hear "Santa- forChristmas I want a Dora Car, princess stuff a watch and a squishy thing! Okay?" The people in the mall were laughing at something. Gaga and Sissy were laughing really hard...I guess, Santa must have done something funny when I had my eyes closed. I don't think I am going to be sitting on his lap anytime soon!

Mary Catherine, Dora & Swipper

Today we headed home from Disney. Traffic was really bad. We were on the big interstate and were going very slow. Daddy had driver stress...He doesn't seem to like sitting in one place on the interstate for long periods of time. While sitting in traffic, I decided that I was going to be potty trained and needed to use the rest room. Mommy and Daddy panicked and attempted to find a place to stop. After making a lot of turns and going down roads we have never been on before, Daddy was finally able to locate a place that looked clean enough where we could stop. Mommy was sound asleep so Daddy took me in. When I got in the restroom, I told my Daddy that I didn't "really" need to go potty but my (imaginary) friends Dora & Swipper had to go. My Daddy did not think it was very funny. He picked me up, tucked me under his arm and took me back to the car. Once we got to the car daddy said that from now on if Dora and Swipper needed to go potty they would need to wait until I have to go. Daddy seemed a little upset as mommy was laughing so hard she couldn't talk for about 30 minutes.

Dinner At Cinderella's Castle

Today I got a special treat. My parents & I had lunch as Cinderella's guest in her castle. We had a wonderful meal in the dining room and then after lunch we went down stairs and met the princess. How exciting! We also went to Ariels Grotto. Ariel and I hung out and chatted a bit. She is really pretty. Her grotto is groovy.

Day 6-Thanksgiving At Disney

What a magical day. We spent Thanksgiving at Disney World. This morning we went to the magic kingdom. We had lunch at Epcot. It was YUMMY! We enjoyed watching the parade and fireworks at the Magic Kingdom in the evening. I was afraid of the fireworks so we got on the fairyboat and watched the fireworks from there. It was so nice to cuddle up with my Mommy and Daddy and watch them together.