My Magical Moment

I'll remember this for a long while because they were all just too cute. On my way out of the MK the other day I needed to stop by the News Stand to get some stamps, usually it's pretty quick and easy but this time I walked into a sea of kids in yellow tshirts lined up around the counter. They were all so little, with their money in little ziploc bags and deciding whether they want a soda or a toy. I figured hey, I have nowhere else to be so I might as well jump in line. One of the girls started waving her Mickey Mouse doll for me to look at and I went "Isn't he adorable! He's my boss!" and there we went! Next thing you know I was sitting on the floor with all of these kids around me and we were talking about their trip and they were asking me what I do and we were talking about all things Disney. It's funny how polite they were because Sophia went and said that it's a good thing I wasn't a mean stranger otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to talk to me. Then one of the others girl chimed in and said I wasn't a stranger anymore. I had just come from Guest Relations to get a Mickey sticker and they gave me a bunch so I started handing them out to them and next thing you know the phrase was "If you talk to the nice lady she gives you a sticker!" 

The real kicker was when I asked them to sign my book. One of the girls told me it would be a dream come true because she never got to sign one before. They were all telling me how they were 7 but could already sign their names in cursive.

We kept talking while they were on line (there was A LOT of them) and it was just so much fun. The little girl Caity told me that she was going to go home and tell her daddy that this was the best day ever and that she would try and come visit me in Epcot some time.

You don't have to have your name tag on to be a CM, I don't see a lot of people where I work so my main interaction comes when I get out of work or on my days off. Yesterday I took a family photo for a group and because they seemed bubbly I decided to play around with them and told them that on the count of 3 they had to shout Mickey's favorite food (cheese, duh!) and it's just the little things like today that make it so special. All day in MK I noticed kids crying and throwing tantrums and I thought to myself maybe today was national throw a fit in Disney day and then I came across this great bunch of kids and had an awesome, awesome time.