We took our kid to Disneyworld to hang out with princesses.
(And to spend time with each other and my family and blah blah blah tender moments brought to you by Disney.)
You know that smile your kid gets where they are so happy that even their spleen is smiling? The one that lights up their face but almost never makes it on camera because it’s so rare and fleeting? A smile that you as a parent can look at, knowing your child, and say “Yes. Nothing could make them happier at this very moment.”
the moosh had that smile on her face a majority of our trip. It was magical. She had the undivided attenion of five people who love her most in this world. Plus princesses and white sandy beaches.
THIS is my kid smiling with her spleen.
















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By Erika on 10.25.08 12:14 am | Permalink
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Oh I’m so incredibly jealous! That looks like such a great time, and I love all things Disney. How great to have these memories with your family and the moosh!
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By Mrs. G. on 10.25.08 12:56 am | Permalink
I’ve never seen such a precious spleen!
By jenica on 10.25.08 1:01 am | Permalink
awww, spleen smile for sure!
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By biddy on 10.25.08 1:12 am | Permalink
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annnnd now MY spleen is smiling. wait…do i still have my spleen? yeah i think i do. and it’s definitely smiling
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By Mama Ginger Tree on 10.25.08 2:14 am | Permalink
I have to go die from cute now.
There’s nothing like a little Disney magic.
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By stacey @ tree, root, and twig on 10.25.08 2:23 am | Permalink
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As long as we’re speaking Disney, it reminds me of the end of Toy Story 2, after the credits. The chipper charlie Barbie asks after she’s done “buh bye”-ing everyone, “Are we done yet? Yes? Oh good, cause my cheeks are KILLING ME!” Though now I think it might have been funnier if she had said “My spleen is KILLING ME!”
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By Ashley on 10.25.08 9:21 am | Permalink
The moosh is waaaaaaay prettier than any of those princesses. Did anyone else notice Ariel’s rack? Seriously dude, it just looks painful.
By Beth on 10.25.08 9:28 am | Permalink
Best. Parents. Ever.
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By pgoodness on 10.25.08 9:28 am | Permalink
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Fabulous. Memories for a lifetime, there, sore spleen and all!
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By midwest mommy on 10.25.08 9:39 am | Permalink
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Oh she had so much fun!
I think if I was there my spleen would be smiling too
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By Janssen on 10.25.08 10:04 am | Permalink
Oh my heck. Death from cuteness over here. You should have a warning label on this post.
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By Nicole on 10.25.08 10:14 am | Permalink
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Oh my goodness, your little Moosh is just too cute. She looks absolutely thrilled
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By A Whole Lot of Nothing on 10.25.08 10:34 am | Permalink
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That smile is totally contagious.
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By Mary Beth on 10.25.08 10:36 am | Permalink
Every cent spent on your trip was worth it for that smile:)
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By Hillary-The Queen I Am Not on 10.25.08 11:51 am | Permalink
Wow! Those are quite the smiles! What a beautiful little girl you have!
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By ashlee on 10.25.08 12:44 pm | Permalink
Looks like she had a BLAST!
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By jen on 10.25.08 1:37 pm | Permalink
Florida Ariel is hotter than Cali Ariel but I think Cali Cindy takes Florida.
the smile though is nationwide.
By Evonne Sell on 10.25.08 1:51 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @evonnesell
We just took our little Savannah this summer to Disneyland. I seriously started to cry when I saw how excited she got. Best Mommy moments…are made in Disney!
By Rhea on 10.25.08 2:47 pm | Permalink
Do you think Disney is more a girl thing than a boy thing?
Love the spleen smiles.
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By Lucy on 10.25.08 6:10 pm | Permalink
You said it beautifully and treasure the spleen smiles they grow fast!
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By Mrs. Wilson on 10.25.08 7:58 pm | Permalink
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Aw! I totally love that smile. It is my favorite by a mile.
By Skye on 10.25.08 9:34 pm | Permalink
She’s stinkin adorable! The waterpark picture and the one with Belle are just perfect!
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By Moon HalloranLeady on 10.25.08 9:56 pm | Permalink
What a DARLING little girl! Loving the curly hair…from one “curly” to another!
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By MommyTime on 10.25.08 11:55 pm | Permalink
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Your moosh is gorgeous gorgeous (which you already know). But the smiles? Ah, so wonderful. My favorite photo from your trip so far is the hotel bed jumping one from a few days ago. Priceless.
Something great happened to us while you were gone: we had a fantastic 4 day reunion with old friends and got to meet all of their children for the first time. My Son immediately adored a 6 yr old French Canadian girl who immediately adored him back, and I got to spend several days watching them run at top speed down 100 foot straightaways in a converted barn (house) where 18 of us were staying — laughing, and speaking hardly a word of each other’s languages, the two of them got along famously. It was delicious.
I’m so glad you had such a glorious time with your family. Sending hugs.
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By Meredith on 10.26.08 12:19 am | Permalink
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Oh my god, when I saw the picture of her getting a hug from Ariel I almost cried for my Anna. I’m afraid my girls’ heads would explode with the excitement of it all. Great pictures and fantastic spleen smiling.
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By Reese on 10.26.08 12:37 am | Permalink
Awesome Awesome Awesome. I love seeing her smile! And she’s really starting to look like a little girl instead of a toddler!
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By Zandor on 10.26.08 1:05 pm | Permalink
Those pictures are so adorable.
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By Renée aka Mekhismom on 10.26.08 8:22 pm | Permalink
She looks like she had an amazing time! And she is just as pretty as her Mommy.
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By The Diaper Diaries on 10.26.08 9:03 pm | Permalink
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She is too freakin’ adorable. How did she get to see all the princesses?
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By Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy on 10.26.08 10:30 pm | Permalink
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What a doll. Disney will definitely do that to you.
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By lj on 10.27.08 1:47 am | Permalink
Awesome! So glad it was everything you hoped it would be. That’s SO like Disney!
By SciFi Dad on 10.27.08 7:57 am | Permalink
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Those might be the happiest preschooler photos I have seen since the one of my daughter feeding her new baby brother a bottle (sorry, my kid still gets priority).
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By Kristin on 10.27.08 9:01 am | Permalink
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Awesome photos Casey. What a wonderful trip!
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By Domestic Goddess (In Training) on 10.27.08 11:30 am | Permalink
Its so nice to see a happy child. Mine hasn’t smiled with his mouth (let alone spleen) since he hit 2 years old!
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By Ashley on 10.27.08 1:14 pm | Permalink
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She is so very precious. That is the biggest smile! I bet the week after was such a let down from all that crazy excitement!
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By maya on 10.27.08 2:54 pm | Permalink
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!!
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By Carrie on 10.27.08 3:07 pm | Permalink
Oh, that smile!
One of these days – we’re all going to take her cue and smile with our spleens like that . . .
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By staciesmadness on 10.27.08 5:36 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @staciesmadness
she makes me smile too, I can NOT WAIT to see my kids smile like this…going for christmas this year!!!!
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By Heather on 10.27.08 10:24 pm | Permalink
She is so incredibly adorable! I just love those grins! :]
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By Sarah on 10.28.08 9:32 am | Permalink
SO CUTE!!!!!!
By Lisa on 10.28.08 3:57 pm | Permalink
My girls had that exact smle at Disney. The place is magical indeed! BTW – your Cinderella was WAY prettier than ours!!!
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By Trenches of Mommyhood on 10.29.08 1:58 pm | Permalink
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I’m diggin’ the moosh’s little Nike Shox sneaks!
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By Amy on 10.29.08 5:57 pm | Permalink
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Casey, I can’t believe they let moosh out of the park without a movie deal.
Dakota Fanning move over. You’re old now anyways.
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By Jill on 10.30.08 8:21 am | Permalink
Twitter: @delightfullyquirky
Your daughter is absolutely gorgeous.
But then, she must get it from her Mommy.
(Totally not hitting on you by the way)
By The Butrfly Garden on 10.30.08 9:34 am | Permalink
That gave me a MUCH needed smile today, casey.
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By Andrea on 10.30.08 7:57 pm | Permalink
I love the one where Belle is looking at the camera and Moosh at Belle. Hilarious.
By Elizabeth on 11.02.08 6:47 pm | Permalink
Twitter: @Table4Five
Just seeing all of her smiles made ME smile! I would give anything to be able to take Kaitlyn to Disneyland to meet princesses, unless she would be too shy to actually talk to them.
By metalia on 11.03.08 9:21 pm | Permalink
Um ,yeah. If this doesn’t put a smile on someone’s face? THEN THEY HAVE NO SOUL.
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By heidi on 11.07.08 3:24 pm | Permalink
my daughter has really curly hair like your moosh. i showed her these pictures (we are going to disneyland next month) and she was confused. “is that me?” (and was probably asking herself “why don’t i remember that?” )
Can’t wait to get my own pictures of her with the “REAL” cinderealla.
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