Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving (and Ponzi I hope you had a great Thursday)!
I probably didn't eat as well as my friends south of the border!
Maddie has a serious love of Mickey shaped pretzels. Any time she has a pretzel in the real world she laments its non-Mickey shape.
I love pretzels.
Probably my favorite snack.
And yet I've never had a Mickey one!
Didn't even know there was such a thing.
Pretzel shaped pretzels dont taste as good as Mickey shaped ones.
I believe you.
We popped into Starring Rolls where I ogled the cupcakes, but didnt buy anything. We checked out Sweet Spells, but not surprisingly they only peddle sweets.
That's where we differ.
I would have purchased something from both places.
You know. Just so the proprietor wouldn't feel slighted.
We werent the only ones feeling triumphant after our journey
We agreed to let her be measured by the CMs and let them be the bad guy. (Awesome parenting tip #3457 from us. You're welcome.)
Please PM me the other 3456.
Thanks.
As it turns out, this tactic didn't work either. It took all of 3 seconds for her to begin sobbing from the disappointment once she was turned away.
Aw. Poor kiddo.
To appease her I suggested that we backtrack to the Animation Building and meet some new friends. Crisis averted.
There's no crying in Disney!
While we were in line a CM wandered through and told us that Ralph and Vanelope wouldnt be signing any books, and gave us a little baseball card sized autograph card.
I wonder why that is?
Ralph's hands too big?
I was tasked with keeping it safe, and Im proud to say that I accomplished that mission.
Extra mom points awarded.
Vanelope was in need of some attention too, so she showed Maddie her dancing skills (Maddie reciprocated of course).
Of course.
Someone... and I'm not naming names, looks like he has a rooster comb.
On the way out we somehow ended up chatting with a really nice CM. In her excitement, Maddie was telling her that shed done the whole thing with her eyes open. The sweet CM really had no idea what Maddie was talking about, but thoughtfully and carefully filled out a Certificate of Bravery for Maddie to keep. First ride or no, DD was thrilled.
Hey! You're just like me!
Whenever I ride TOT, my lunch comes up next, too!
Our lunch reservation that day was at a new-to-us restaurant-Mama Melrose.
We've never been either.
we could have been a bit cranky from the long, hot walk to the restaurant.
Ok, maybe I was the only cranky one, these two look perfectly happy
To me the décor was much more kitschy 80s throwback and I liked it! The lobby and dining room walls were filled with photos of past-their-prime celebrities,
I like that too.
I suspect that Joanie and Chachi would have felt right at home here. I loved it!
And he loved her... at least that's what I heard...
I don't remember if I saw any of the episodes...
Of course after the first couple of shows,
no one watched it either.
Once we were seated we waited a bit longer than was necessary to be greeted by our server, and once we were he wasnt very friendly. He did however provide us with water and soft drinks quickly so he wasnt all bad.
I'll take efficient over perky any day.
Every restaurant seems to have their own twist on the classic Caesar, and Mama Melrose is no exception. Theirs featured a whole slice of baguette in place of the croutons-which Bry said was soggy.
Not good.
There's a reason why croutons are used and not just bread chunks.
He also noted that the lettuce was all leaves and no hearts (this could be good if youre a person who prefers leaves. We tend to enjoy our veggies with as little nutritional value as possible).
Once she accidentally got some butter on her nose hijinks ensued. Like any good parent I took photos rather than discouraging the whole butter on the nose/face thing. (That's excellent parenting tip #5673)
Those are wonderful shots.
His notes include the following Nice. Spicy. Sausage. Good. I assume that means he enjoyed it.
Too busy eating to be writing.
That's gotta be a good sign, no?
Love that shot, too.
It just
screams "kid having fun eating spaghetti".
What can I say? Im easy.
ummm....
Nope.
Not gonna touch that one.
Nope.
What are you trying to do to me????
)We loved the preferred seating for Fantasmic (which sounds more reliable than the FP+ seating) and really did enjoy our entrees very much.
That's good to know.
I don't know if we'll see Fantasmic again, next time we go.
But if we do...
UP NEXT: We Meet Our Brothers!
Can't wait! Thanks for the posts, Shanmitz!
Probably! And clearly we are among the affluent in our homemade matching shirts...
