A dance party and some good parenting...

Dance parties are pretty routine (pun intended) in the Howell house, but this one was exceptional.  Adele is probably our top played artist.  Who doesn't love her pipes?

Don't miss the grande finale, or what is recorded of it...it was a surprise, so the camera was being turned off when "it" happened!

Never say Neverland

I can't believe it either...Disneyland?  Maybe it was the bad January air, but I needed something to be happy about and it's supposed be the happiest place on Earth, right?!?  So, off Evan and I went with our good friend "Aunt Shelley."  We had an unbelievable time.

Flying high

 Our thin-walled hotel was super close....

 Buttons galore

 

First ride: the teacups!

 Next, Alice in Wonderland...

  and Dumbo.

Eventually we made it to the Princess Meet 'N Greet, where Evan positively refused to speak to Tiana or Cinderella (which left me having a weird and awkward exchange with Tiana. lol).  She only wanted to meet Belle.

 Then off to the Bippity Boppity Boutique for her transformation...

 Ok, we caved and bought her a princess dress...all self-restraint was out the window.  Just look at that face!

 Before:  

  

  a sprinkling of fairy dust 

 the big reveal 

 After:

 Meeting her doppleganger

 Just look at that decorum

 This made it worth every penny

A spoonful (or 100) of sugar helped fuel us for our 13-hour day

 The real sleeping beauty

 Day 2: California Adventure

 The princess dress had to make way for more sensible clothing

 More sugar...it was a weekend of decadence.

 

Missed our flight, but still made it home on Sunday.  It gave me more time to hang with Shelley and eat more sugar.

Sisters were reunited and princessified.

 One happy little sis who has no idea what she missed out on,

 but got souvenirs too (or "guilt gifts" as I like to call them).

 All in all it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!