Oh, man. We couldn't pass that up. Off we went.
As soon as we got out of the car, the Disney people handed me five Mickey Mouse-head balloons. The balloon dude actually asked us if we wanted the whole bunch! I could just imagine handing them to Katie and watching her float away like the scene in Curious George.
The next thing you know, Mickey and Minnie came outta nowhere. I mean, like, they must have appeared out of thin air right behind us. You know, Disney magic and all that jazz.
I had brought my camera, but I was trying to juggle five balloons, my purse, a backpack and a very excited Katie who was holding on to my hand.
Mickey and Minnie bum-rushed us. They loaded Katie up with hugs and kisses and then vanished as quickly as they appeared.
Sigh. No pictures.
So, we went back to the booth to try to find them again, but alas they were disappearing for the day. I guess we were lucky to see them at all.
As we were leaving the area, one of the local news guys showed up and did a little interview with Katie and shot some footage of her oooooing and ahhhhhing at all the balloons and pictures of Mickey. They said that they might use it later on today. We'll see. I'm taping all the news broadcasts just in case.
When we got home, Katie played with the balloons for about two hours straight.
It was awesome.
