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October 20, 2008
How Many Birthday Celebrations Does a Child Need?
It is rather embarrassing to publish this post.
We have turned into one of those parents who would hold a week long celebrations for a child's birthday. We shook our heads when we read about them years ago. Little did we know that families and work would turn us around. So for Monkey's birthday this year, we managed to celebrate four times. Once with friends at the daycare. Once with Grandparents in Reno. Once at home on her birthday. And then once with Princesses at Disneyland.
When we went to Disneyland a week after her birthday, we first went to City Hall to get a birthday pin. Monkey also got birthday greetings from Goofy on the phone.
It was all very exciting. Too exciting for Monkey that she had multiple tantrums before we got to the main event. It has been a while since she had meltdown at Disneyland.
First we had to get the hair done.
And then twists here and there.
Add flowers to secure.
Flowers big and small.
Finish off with pixie dust.
A picture with the stylist who made this possible.
At this point, Monkey wanted to go for a ride at Haunted Mansion. We told her we had a luncheon with Princesses, but she refused to go. We had to drag her.
On the way over, we stopped for a picture with some friends.
When Monkey finally realized where we were, she was happy. Here she is waiting to be seated.
Princess Ariel wished her happy birthday. She liked that.
They changed the menus at Ariel's Grotto. The food was much better. It was well worth the price.
We started off with appetizers. There were a plate of cheese and deli meat, a plate of fruits and jello, and a plate of salad for us to share.
We ordered honey glazed chicken skewer for Monkey. She ate the chicken and the fruits.
Monkey's mom had tri tip. It was fatty.
MonkeyDaddy's cioppino. Sebastian tasted pretty yummy.
And then we shared desserts. They were wonderful.
With the new menus, we highly recommend this place for character dining.
At this point, Monkey's birthday bucket arrived. They ran out of Princess Bucket, so we ended up with a Mickey Bucket. It didn't matter, she was just as happy.
And then Princesses arrived. Here they are:
Monkey seemed to really enjoy her birthday party here. She liked having people acknowledge and wish her a happy birthday. We don't know if we are able to do it again next year because the school will be in session. But at least we did it this year.
Posted by Mike at October 20, 2008 10:12 PM
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