Syd is obsessed with Buzz Light Year Space Ranger (she gets mad when you don't say his full name)! She first discovered him when we were back in Indiana and saw her cousin AJ's Buzz action figure. That same trip my dad surprised Syd with a few outfits he picked out, one of which was coincidentally a boys t-shirt with Buzz on it. I actually gave my dad some flack for the shirt along with another one he got her with the "Cars" characters on it. He didn't realize they were boys t-shirts and said he just grabbed the first things he saw in size 3T...gotta love Dads. Well, turned out her buzz shirt quickly became her very favorite thing to wear and with that we also showed her clips from Toy Story 1 on Youtube which only fueled her desire for all things Buzz. Then to take it to the next level my brother, AKA Uncle Nick, got Syd her own action figure and so the only next logical thing to do was take her to Disneyland so she could actually go "To infinity and Beyond" and see the real Buzz LYSR himself! To be honest we wanted to take her at some point in the near future, but this whole thing inspired us to do it sooner rather than later. We set a date in early June as this is supposed to be the best time of the summer to go. Sydney was super excited and we knew it was going to be amazing. We woke her up at 6:30 am and headed to Anaheim getting there right as the park opened. We didn't leave until after the Fantasmic Show which ended at 9:30 pm and although Syd only napped a half hour compared to her normal 2 hours, she did great! We got in everything we wanted to see and more. Syd never got scared even when we took her on Snow White's Scary Adventure, only realizing once we were on it that we may have pushed our luck. But no, she loved it all! Lastly, I just have to say when we were researching what to do with a toddler and mapping out our day at Disney, Clark Griswold style, I came across a blogger advising NOT to take a toddler of this age to Disney as they won't fully appreciate it for the money you spend and likely won't even remember it when they are older. I don't know why but this comment made me want to take her even more. Who cares if she remembers it when she's older?? The magic was seeing her reaction to this amazing fantasy world NOW when she's young enough to believe in it. Her reaction to the mid-day parade said it all. See video at bottom of this post. Seth could barely contain her as he held her in his lap! She jumped up and down the entire parade, overjoyed at seeing all the characters she's come to know. For us that was all we wanted, no expectations of future memories or comprehension of the amount of god forsaken money a day at Disney requires. Syd loved every minute and had the experience of her short two and half year lifetime. That was good enough for us.
This pic is out of order, but hands down my favorite one of the day. She is so happy!
We brought the tiara from home so she could be just like the princesses.
This was the first ride we went on. A classic.
Weeeeeeeee!!
Minnie!!
Team time at Minnie's house.
Perfect face, looks like she is actually busting out of jail in Toontown!
In line for the Buzz Light Year Astro Blasters ride!
After the ride we stopped by the gift shop where we saw Woody and had to get him of course. What good is Buzz without Woody??
Success, but short lived. It was enough to give her a second wind which was good.
We saw on line that you could go to Guest Services at the front entrance of the park and get a button if it was your first time visiting. Syd wore it proud!
Love, love, love!
The following pictures are from the parade and video is below.
