I have to give credit where credit is due. Those PR and Advertising folks who come up with the commercials for Orlando, Florida know exactly who their target audience is and exactly how to reel them in. I'm guessing that's how we encountered our latest adventure in parenting.
Ella decided earlier this week that she needed to go see "the castle." She says this every time she watches "Enchanted", or sees a Disney commercial, or the opening graphics of ANY Disney movie, because yes they show a castle. So Troy and I explained to her that there was a real "Cinderella castle" and someday, maybe we'd go see it. (Mistake #1)
Then she saw the Orlando tourism commercial with the castle and beaches, etc... and decided "Ella needs to go beach." We explained that she's actually been to the beach, when we went to Florida for Troy's brother Nick's funeral. We even pulled out the picture and showed her playing in the sand, eating sand, picking up shells, wading in the water, etc... (Mistake #2)
She decided she wanted to go back to the beach Wednesday night, and she wanted to get there now. It took us awhile to explain that the beach is a long way from Ella's house. We can't get there in just one day, it's far away like Grandma and Grandpa Robinson's house in Florida, and we have to fly in an airplane to get there. (Mistake #3)
We've tried to explain that we need to buy tickets, but Ella insists the Hello Kitty paper she has will work just as well. We've told her that we need to make plans to take a trip like this. She's not buying it.
Our original plan has been to stick close to home for a few years, until we can all travel a little more easily, and Alex can walk and enjoy the activities too. But life is short, and my health scare has us talking about things we'd like to do, while we have a chance. There are pluses and minuses either way. So we'll consider and reconsider. In the meantime, Ella may forget about this and move onto something new. Maybe she'll want to visit the North Pole next week?!
Ella decided earlier this week that she needed to go see "the castle." She says this every time she watches "Enchanted", or sees a Disney commercial, or the opening graphics of ANY Disney movie, because yes they show a castle. So Troy and I explained to her that there was a real "Cinderella castle" and someday, maybe we'd go see it. (Mistake #1)
Then she saw the Orlando tourism commercial with the castle and beaches, etc... and decided "Ella needs to go beach." We explained that she's actually been to the beach, when we went to Florida for Troy's brother Nick's funeral. We even pulled out the picture and showed her playing in the sand, eating sand, picking up shells, wading in the water, etc... (Mistake #2)
She decided she wanted to go back to the beach Wednesday night, and she wanted to get there now. It took us awhile to explain that the beach is a long way from Ella's house. We can't get there in just one day, it's far away like Grandma and Grandpa Robinson's house in Florida, and we have to fly in an airplane to get there. (Mistake #3)
We've tried to explain that we need to buy tickets, but Ella insists the Hello Kitty paper she has will work just as well. We've told her that we need to make plans to take a trip like this. She's not buying it.
Our original plan has been to stick close to home for a few years, until we can all travel a little more easily, and Alex can walk and enjoy the activities too. But life is short, and my health scare has us talking about things we'd like to do, while we have a chance. There are pluses and minuses either way. So we'll consider and reconsider. In the meantime, Ella may forget about this and move onto something new. Maybe she'll want to visit the North Pole next week?!
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