Over the Thanksgiving week we did a trip to Orlando and
Miami. Now a Disney trip is a momentous occasion in a person’s life and I
couldn’t wait to see how Veer would fare. Lil Veer (not so little anymore – He turned
3 in November) has basically flipped out when he has seen any of the characters
in their life size avatars. Veer loves Elmo, on a trip to New York a few months
ago we took him to Times Square so he could take a picture with Elmo and the
kid clung to my neck, burst out into tears and refused to even look at Elmo.
With this and many such similar experiences, I was dreading Disney. However, a
tiny part of me figured that if I speak to him about it, I could prepare him
for it and maybe it wouldn’t be soooo bad. So I told him about how Mickey and
co are actually really tall and taller than his dad and me. But they are really
nice and he shouldn’t be afraid. For weeks, Veer kept telling himself that he
will not be scared of Mickey. On the day off, I was still dreading it and we
actually had to stand in line to see Mickey who was inside and not roaming the
streets of Magic Kingdom like the other Disney characters. When it was our turn
lil Veer was soooo brave and he shook hands and high fived and said he wanted
to touch Mickey’s nose (which Mickey was nice enough to let him do.)
I am incredibly proud of my little man for overcoming his
fears. And I felt glad that Veer’s first experience at Disney was a fruitful
one and hopefully when we bring him back a few years from now I will sit in
dread as he rides Space Mountain.
1 comment:
...and perhaps he will want to ride the space mountain roller coaster with you!
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