No trip to Florida is complete without a little shopping, so we headed to Disney Village. Finally we found a Minnie Mouse hat in the infant section that was small enough to stay on Gracie's head, a Christmas stocking for Grace, and a Christmas ornament (our usual vacation souvenir). While we were standing in line to pay for them a little dark-haired girl holding a Mickey Mouse balloon and her mother walked up to us. The mother said that the little girl had enjoyed her balloon for several days and was headed to the airport in a few minutes. They had decided to give the balloon to another little girl to enjoy and had thought Gracie might like it. Gracie's eyes lit up when she saw the pink Mickey Mouse ears and she hugged the little girl and told her, "Thank you very much." Little did that girl know how much her generosity touched Grace. She danced, ran, skipped, and played with that balloon all evening. She wouldn't let anyone else hold the Mickey Mouse shaped weights or the balloon and told us the little girl gave it to her. She even said "Good night" to the balloon and worried about whether it would still be here tomorrow.
What hapened to the balloon when you left?
ReplyDeleteWhen we woke up the first morning in Ft. Lauderdale, Mickey only had one ear...We had planned on regifting in Orlando the evening before we flew home, but she didn't get the chance.
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