Stop Two - Disney - Sophia's Viewpoint

The days leading up to our vacation, Sophia was constantly asking questions about Disney, Florida, where they were, what they were, etc. She couldn't quite grasp the concept of sleeping in a condo, she didn't quite get what a "Florida" was. She is our little analyzer of the bunch, and was just having a hard time getting it all to fit in the boxes of her mind.
We knew she would have no interest in any of the princesses, or breakfast with them, or seeing them. They just were not even on her radar. Yet, when we talked about Mickey, she wasn't quite sure that she cared to meet him either. (WHAT, is she nuts? Mama loves that mouse, how could she not?). But when we got to Hollywood Studios and ran across these five famous folks . . . Sophia loved Florida and knew why she had come . . .
Sophia will tell you that the Power Rangers were her favorite thing about our whole trip. She got all five of their autographs, and posed for pictures with them all. The Blue one was her favorite and she was happy to wait in line for him for 15 minutes. We had to make three trips back to the Power Ranger area in Hollywood to get all five photos and autographs. But it was worth it for the fact that it is her favorite part of vacation.

Sophia's second favorite part was "all those rides". If her little 40inch person could get on it, the child was on it. She didn't care if words like Terror or Big Thunder were in their names, she wanted to ride it. And when she wasn't quite big enough, she would be sad for a moment but then off looking for the ride she could get on. During some of the rides, she would say they were scary or she didn't like them. But when we asked her after, she would always say how great it was and ask if we could do it again. One such ride would be Sophia's favorite - the Dinosaur ride at Animal Kingdom. The first time on it she screamed, she covered her eyes, she tried to crawl under my shirt . . . did not like it during the whole ride. Afterwards when Daddy asked her how it was . . . scary, but I liked it. She went on that ride 2 more times that day. Loved it!
Sophia would end each day the same way. She would crawl into bed and turn the TV on. There was this show on that repeated on this channel over and over again. It was the 7 greatest attractions at the Disney Resorts. It basically went through every park and picked something great out of it. But it was the same show over and over and over again. And every night Sophia would turn it on and watch it. By the end of the week, she could point out things that were on the show and tell us facts about it.
Sophia did end up getting quite a few other autographs and photos on the trip . . . but never a princess . . . and not even the mouse (of course to get to the mouse required standing in a line for at least 45 minutes). This morning on the way to school she asked if we could go back to Disney, and I told her that we would when she was older . . . she responded with "well I am three days older now than the last time we were there". Ah, if only we could go back already!