Things that happened in the past 24 hours...

...or, blogging in a more timely manner.
We packed it up and headed south yesterday...for Saaaaan Aaaaaan-toooon-eeeeyyyo. Not exaggerating, that's how Reese pronounces it. She adds at least 5 unnecessary syllables, I swear. We went to experience Disney on Ice, and experience it, we did. That experience is NOT a cheap thing, either. Lemonade for $10, "magic wand" for $18, program (and crappy lei and coloring book) for $20. Sheesh.
Anyway, we started our 24-hour getaway with a walking trip from our hotel to Market Square, or El Mercado, for a little shopping and eating. We hit the stalls and bought some dresses (see: every single pic of Reese from here on--she changed into one of hers in the restaurant booth and insisted upon wearing it again today too), then ate at Mi Tierra. Yummy!
Mesmerized by a Shirley Temple.

Really, Mi Tierra? Whipped cream on a Shirley Temple?

Foreshadowing: all sugar highs must come down, yes?

Say it ain't so! Also, no nap for the day makes for a more difficult night. I keep telling folks R is losing her nap, but then we have stretches of several days of 3+ hour naps, and I change my mind. Weird limbo time. But zilch yesterday--she was too excited driving down to SA. And asking us nonstop if we were going to see Hannah Montana. I'm not kidding.

We didn't see HM, but Disney on Ice. This kicked the pants off of the Elmo show we saw. It was really quite the production! Mickey, Minnie, et al visited four different stories as part of an adventure. Firstly, Lion King. Then, on to Little Mermaid and plenty of, ahem, eye candy for the gents.

The ladies weren't left high and dry, as you can see! Next was the Hawaiian story of Lilo and Stitch--the only story I didn't know. Need to watch that one. But my attention was still there. :)

the grand finale was our gal's fave, Peter Pan! Several of the characters flew, there were amazing crocodile characters and fireworks to boot. Of course, none of that translated very well on my camera.

Serious clapping. Which Daddy thinks is hilarious, clearly.

Towards the end!

Bye-bye, Tink and Peter!

Walking out. The show STARTED at 7:30, we didn't leave until 9:30 (notice zombie stare), and weren't asleep until after 10.

Luckily, R slept great through the night...until 9 am! When we woke her up by flashing in her face with the camera, naturally.

This morning, we headed to Sea World. Whee, Sea World, can't you tell?

No, really, smile at Daddy.

This was about the only ride R could go on, due to height. She's wearing lifts next time because it was slightly ridiculous.

We saw the Shamu show, which was very cool.

And made for an excited girl. See, same outfit as the night before? We sat on the first row beyond the "splash zone," so we were prepared to get wet. We didn't, but they VERY. CLEARLY. mark the zone. In multiple languages. Then they say, "Are you ready to GET WET???" And then they ask you to make hand signals to cue the multiple Shamus to splash. So imagine how SHOCKED everyone was when they actually got wet. No, I'm serious. Apparently we seated ourselves in a particularly dim-witted area because there was a mass exodus of people who looked mortified and MORALLY OFFENDED that they got wet. The horror! And really, who takes a 2-month-old baby down in the freaking splash zone, people?? Really? Okay, maybe they are sleep deprived. Because that's the only excuse. So as about 2 dozen people were trampling each other to get out of the zone, babes in arms, about 3 dozen little boys were jumping over the rows to get down there and get wet. I don't know, this all seems pretty easily cleared up, but maybe that's just me.

And a shout-out to Steph on our way out of town. :)

Great times in the SA, y'all. We'll be back soon. Especially since the price of a one-time admittance is the same as a year long pass to SW. Oh yes, we'll be back.