Disneyland!

A couple of weeks ago Caleb and I met up with some friends at Disneyland. It was Caleb's first time. He was hesitant about seeing all the BIG characters, so I told him he didn't have to talk to them if he didn't want to. I forgot to take into account how LOUD all the rides are, so he was pretty miserable on almost all the rides. When he would get nervous about stuff, I would try to reassure him by telling him things weren't real.

About halfway through the day, we were waiting in line for the Buzz Lightyear ride (the only ride that didn't have a separate wheelchair access). All of a sudden, Caleb started crying and saying, "I want to get out of here! Please, can we go?!" So we turned around and left. When we got out, I said, "Caleb, I think we need to have a talk about Disneyland. Did you know that everything in Disneyland is pretend?" Caleb looked at me with bright eyes and said, "Ooooohhhh! I thought we were really going to blast off into space! OK, I want to do the Buzz Lightyear ride." So from that point on, he had a decent time.

His favorite ride was at the end of the day... "It's a Small World." He's still singing that dang song! He was happy coasting along slowly in the boat, but it was still too loud for him, so I had to cover his ears the whole way. Next time we're bringing ear plugs!