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A dream of mine came true on Sunday. We took Alma to Disneyland. She didn’t know what to expect, which made it all the more amazing. Seeing her face as we walked into the park solidified my opinion that Disneyland is magic. Truly.

Just standing outside the gates, she could tell she was somewhere special. I mean, Mickey’s face made out of flowers? Magic.

We got there right when the park opened, so it was really empty. We got to watch all the horse drawn trolleys, and other vehicles filter into the park. At this point I thought that would be enough. Alma would have been happy just having seen this. She had no idea the magic that was yet to come.

We rounded the corner and she saw the castle.

Jesse and I got down to ask her what she thought. She seriously had no words. Magic.

The day went on. She usually had a look of concentration. She was trying to figure out what was happening. She was trying to take it all in.

She met Mickey, and, I kid you not – she bowed to him. Her face was serious. She put one hand behind her back, and one hand on her tummy. And bowed. Magic.

Disney Magic 92 And Then They We were at Disneyland for almost 12 hours, and by the end we were all running on the magic.

Disney Magic 9 And Then They We were leaving when we ran into the parade. We found a spot to wait for the princesses. Rapunzel looked right at my girl and waved. Cinderella was on the back of the float. Alma shouted out Cinderella’s name and showed her her own Cinderella dress. Then Cinderella blew my little Alma a kiss. I had a lump in my throat. The magic was too intense. Alma was in it. She believed. And it was magic.

I’ve seen faerie doors all over Pinterest, so this is one of my Pinterest Projects! I finally got around to making Our Faerie Door.

The main inspiration for this came from The Imagination Tree’s idea of Kindness Elves. I love this alternative to Elf on the Shelf. I wrote a little bit about it last year when I was thinking of new traditions to have for Christmastime. Last year I bought some gnome dolls that were in the girls’ stockings. They will be our Kindness Gnomes (unless I come up with a better name in the next couple weeks…).

I bought the door and doorknob on Amazon, but I imagine you could get it at a hobby shop that sells things for dollhouses. I used my woodburning tool to burn some fae-ish designs. Then, we used wood glue to glue it to the staircase.

Alma helped me glue it on.

Then we said this rhyme:

Faeries, faeries, everywhere,

Come to us so we can share

all the love we have for you.

Faeries, faeries, come on through!

I totally just made it up, on the spot, but Alma was pretty impressed. It sounded pretty authentic to her.

Alma loves our faerie door and I will often find her stretched out on the floor, talking to the faeries behind the door. She knows that it takes magic to open our faerie door, and that the faeries only come out when they are ready.

She has told me about some faerie visits she’s had.

Pretty magical, right?

When Christmastime comes, the Gnomes will start appearing out of our faerie door, and I think that will just about blow her mind!

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