Where is Disney World?

Reina continues to amaze me with the speed at which she learns new words and figures out how to construct grammatically correct sentences.  She has finally gotten the knack of calling herself "I" and other pronouns and more recently started to ask "W" questions, like the post title.


We left Florida last Friday and are happy to report a very pleasant Disney experience, although definitely exhausting and hot.  Reina went on the following rides:

• Merry Go Round
• Flying Dumbo
• Whinnie the Pooh
• Flying Aladin carpets
• 3D Mickey mouse show
• Its a Small World
• Country Bear Jamboree
• Boat Safari
• Tom Sawyer Island

We were in line to see Goofy in person, but once Reina caught a glimpse of him, she started screaming, so we'll have to save that for another year.  I think her favorite ride was the flying Dumbo's or Carpets, but she seems to say something different each time I ask her, which perhaps just means she liked them all!  She was a bit scared in the 3D theater, since there were some darker moments (which scared her in any ride) and it was very loud.  The next day we couldn't bring ourselves to foot another 200 bucks to visit a Disney park and it was such an exhausting day for Reina anyhow, we decided to just do some shopping.

We visited Downtown Disney which Reina also really liked, but once we arrived, Reina asked "Where is Disney World" since she must have assumed that's what we were talking about.  But she liked the lego land and all of the toys to look at.  She kept saying, "buy it" for various things in the Disney store.  We walked away with some plastic Toy Story figures and a Minnie Mouse figurine that you can change the clothes on.  Reina can also name several Disney characters, to include: Minnie, Mickey, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Jessie (Toy Story), Buzz Lightyear, & Woody.  Grandpa, Grandma, and Halil all joined us at Disney world, and I have to admit, Reina has thoroughly enjoyed all of the attention from all of her family.  And all of the gifts she gets!

The plane ride back home to Seattle was uneventful.  We stayed the night in Tacoma, courtesy of Aunt Debbie but unfortunately we didn't get to see the Miningers since they were out of town for a family death.  Reina and I were able to meet some of my college buddies, Erin and Kristina for breakfast, which was fun.  Then we met Mike for breakfast again (this was our third breakfast, since we had a small bowl of cereal when we woke up at 5:30!).  Finally we left for Roseburg to finish our last week of vacation with Romeni and Grandaddy.  It has been nice so far, since its nice just to relax, play in the garden, pool, and I will hopefully work on finishing Reina's quilt!