May Flashback: 10 years of Happy Ever After

On May 16th, Scott and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary by getting away, just the two of us! We didn't take our camera, so all these photos are from my phone.

Our kids stayed with my parents while Scott and I visited the happiest place on earth. It was divine. Sure, I had a sinus infection for half the trip and poison ivy rash up and down my arms, but I did not care. I loved every moment of my child-free, responsibility-free time with the man of my dreams.

We spent a day at the Epcot Center during the garden topiary displays.

Ah, Cinderella and Prince Charming dancing... how romantic. But they got nothing on my prince charming.

I love the world villages at Epcot Center. That's what most of my pictures were taken of. Here's a sample.

China

Replica of Terracotta Army. The fact that these exist is so fascinating to me.

Germany

Japan

France. Check out the reactions of the people in the bottom left corner to this feat of balance. Awesome!

Ok, I'm taking a tangent here to talk about the Disney trained street performers. First of all, they're pretty much awesome. Here's the tangent: I am convinced that the male performers are trained to flirt with the women by singling out a woman and making eyes at her. It's really a great tactic to increase the enjoyment and entertainment of the audience, specifically the woman singled out. That's what Disney's all about, right, entertainment? So there was this guy, let's call him Patrick Swayze, who was part of a string quartet in Downtown Disney. He was totally making eyes at me! Scott was right beside me. In fact, Scott noticed it and wrapped his arms around me, feeling a little possessive. Hee hee. But the guy was not dissuaded. Anyway, as I paid attention to other street performers, I noticed the same thing with other women, and I noticed how the woman singled out got way more into the performances.

It reminded me of the last time I was at Epcot Center as a young teenager with my family. In Morocco there was a street band and dancer. One of the drummers was totally making eyes at me the whole time we were watching them. I was entranced. I totally felt special, even with my awkward 14 year-old body, my bib overalls and frizzy hair. He was even looking in my direction when I took his picture. He's the one with the charming smile and the yellow hat in the photo below.

left: Moroccan street performers, right: my sister and me (summer 1995ish?) Epcot Center

I hear other women talk about how much they yearn for their children when they are away from them for even a day. This was the first time I was really away from my children and I learned something about myself. I am not one of those women. I thought about my children, but I didn't particularly miss them. I didn't wish they were with me. I loved being alone with my husband!

There was only one time that I wished my kids could be with me and that was when we were eating dinner in Morocco. There was a belly dancer entertaining the diners, and at one point several little girls went up to dance with her. They were really sweet, and the woman was really cute interacting with them. I knew if Grace had been there she would jump at the chance to dance, and I do so love watching her dance.