Okay, THIS is a funny story: we get in the park, wander around little bit and get near the "car ride". I figure this is a good way to introduce her to what "rides" are in that it is familiar, yet fun. We get in line and she looks hesitant. I tell her that it's okay! She smiles. We get up to the car to load, and she starts talking fast in Russian and points to my car. I try to explain that I go in the car by myself and she goes in that one behind me by herself. "Noooo, Meesy, ya..." and then goes on in Russian. I felt I had to cut the apron strings and so I got in my car and took off down the "highway". A little while later I stop and look back and she's WAY back there. I laughed to myself and waited for her. She caught up, after going VERY slowly, and we continued on this way for the remainder of most of the ride. Towards the end of the ride I got this adorable picture of her coming up behind me. Anyway, I got out of my car (somehow) and she did too. She races up to me with HUGE eyes and starts to go on in Russian with WILD gesturing! I managed to understand enough to know that she was telling me that she doesn't know how to drive!!! Oh, did we LAUGH!!!! And everytime we passed that ride that day, I'd point and ask her if she wanted to drive and her eyes would get real big, she'd smile and say, "Oh, NOOOO, Meesy!!" and we'd have another good laugh.

We had such a good day. I took the poor woman on all KINDS of rides from It's a Small World (which she actually enjoyed!!) to Space Mountain (also enjoyed!). She really had a great day and it was so much fun to see her experience so many new and wonderful things. She'll certainly have some stories to tell her family when she gets back home!!