Shellie May, meet Duffy!

"WOW!" Shellie May squealed. "Santa Duffy, you are SO BIG!"

Someday, I will get a good photo of me hugging Duffy. Someday.

Merry Christmas again!

Downtown Glendale is a pretty neat place.

It looks kind of like Radiator Springs!

We literally saw this slide one minute after I marveled at how much Downtown Glendale looked like Radiator Springs.

Then we stopped in the food truck section. This is at Old Dixie's!

This is a biscuit with fried chicken, gravy, bacon, and cheddar cheese. It was good! The biscuit was amazing and the bacon...so good!

This is for our friend Mintsy.

Miss Hannah's Gourmet Popcorn! The Tutti-Fruiti is one of my favorites!

We slowly made our way back to the shuttle.

So many pretty houses!

"I think your BFF could use this book," said Santa Duffy. "Since she would like to win a cowboy's heart."

And, here's the bus. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good day!

Merry Christmas from Glendale Glitters!

There are a LOT of lights at Glendale Glitters in downtown Glendale, Arizona.

And the streets are blocked off for attractions and food stands!

Aren't the trees pretty?

So patriotic!

See the streetlights, even floodlights, hurt my eyes in this scene...

Merry Christmas, everyone! See you tomorrow!

All of my bears

Partial Duffy family photo (10/30/2012):

Not pictured: Work Duffy, Tokyo Disney Seas Itty Bitty Duffies (andtheseveralmagnetictinyduffiesIboughtwhentherewasfreeshippingatthedisneystoreonline)

Meeting (small) Santa Duffy!

So we high-tailed it to World of Disney so I could buy what I really wanted...a cute 9" Santa Duffy!!! I fell in love with him the moment I first saw a picture...and I did a test drive at my workplace (!!!) during lunch in exchange for a $15 gift card. So he was almost free!

I took Shellie May to Marceline's Confectionary and someone pointed out how cute she was! I said she came from Japan (I said that a lot this trip) but said if she liked Christmas at all, she should definitely buy Santa Duffy! And pulled him out of my bag to show her.

Shellie May hugged Santa Duffy as soon as we got back to the room. "I am so happy to meet you and your outfit is VERY cute and you are so cute and sweet-looking and I think we are going to have a GREAT time together and I am glad you are with us and here!!!!"

I think Santa Duffy was stunned silent.

Meeting Duffy! Again!

We went on over to Disney California Adventure. Not sure how I talked Mom into it. Maybe because I told her she could take my picture.

I'm very difficult to take pictures of. At least the bears' pictures were nice!

Duffy, of course, did not want to return my tiny bears. Oh, Duffy. I love you.

We went to get ice cream (quite a line)...and who should come out?

It's Duffy, entertaining the line before he heads backstage!

You know what else is entertaining?

Nom nom nom. I miss when they used to have flavor swirls like bubble gum, but chocolate is pretty good too.

Where are we?

I do believe we took the train from Tomorrowland to Main Street.

Yes, in the future they have time travel machines that look a lot like steam trains. Pretty cool.

Riding Autopia with Duffy

OK, the queue was kind of cool.

Almost there!

It was very hard for tiny bears to steer.

I can't reach the gas pedal

Tiny Duffy, Tiny Shellie May, and I went to Autopia.

I thought it would be fun to ride tiny cars with tiny bears.

Was it? Check back soon!

Can we be rebel spies?

Tiny bears went to Star Tours!

They are pretty good spies. I can hardly see them.

There they are.

"My eyes are blue like Rex's!" Tiny Shellie May said.

And like EVE's!

Goodbye, DCA!

Heading out again. Mom went back to the room. Where do you think Tiny Duffy, Tiny Shellie May and I went?

Santa Shrunk and Turned Furry

Tiny Duffy and Tiny Shellie May never met Santa...but they stood on his table.

Waiting for World of Color

Then Tiny Duffy, Tiny Shellie May, and I waited for World of Color.

We found a nice place to see the show on the bridge!

I think Mom took this one.

We enjoyed the show! I think Tiny Duffy and Tiny Shellie May liked it more than me. (The person behind me kept shoving me and standing an inch away from me. I don't know why.)

On the Grid

Kind of a cool place to spend a little time, even if you don't dare get on the dance floor. (Tiny Duffy and Tiny Shellie May would surely be trampled if they tried!)

ElectTRONica and hanging out

LASERMAN!

We didn't have time to hang out much at ElecTRONica because we wanted to see World of Color. But we have a couple days of pictures!

Monster Cola (I think) and Poster from Monsters Inc. Ride

"May I please have some Blort?" Tiny Shellie May asked.

"I don't have any monster coins," I replied.

"Aw."

Monstropolis is weird. Here is a poster from the ride, warning of "Repetitive Scare Injury" and noting minimum wage is $4.75 per hour. ("Maximum Labor, Minimum Wage.")

Not TOO bad for a little point-and-shoot in a moving vehicle.