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When we started to plan our trip to Disneyland, I asked our friends what we shouldn’t miss. Alisa and Melissa insisted the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique—a “beauty salon where little girls are magically transformed into little princesses”—had to be at the top of our list. The boutique is owned by Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother and operated by Fairy Godmothers-in-training.

I was a bit disappointed Olivia missed the cutoff age of three, but as my fellow first-born friend Alisa noted, “That’s what she gets for being born second.”

So, early that Thursday morning, we pulled out the Cinderella costume and Ava and I headed into the park. A godmother-in-training whisked her over to a salon chair and began task of piling her short blond bob into a neat little bun on the very top of her head. (Ava had the choice of three hairstyles, and I held my breath until she passed up the “Miley Cyrus,” opting instead for the “Classical Princess.”)

While one godmother worked on her hair, another painted her nails a sparkly pink.

They used–and this is a conservative estimate–a half cup of gel in Ava’s hair. See that glob on the godmother’s hand? That was for ONE SECTION.

Ava picked out a blue and silver ring, telling the godmother that her “favorite finger” was actually her thumb. News to me!

A can and half of hairspray provided the foundation for a good sprinkling of fairy dust.

As Ava made a wish, the godmother said the magic words. A twinkling mirror appeared to reveal the newly-minted princess.

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo!

As we walked through the park that day, staff members stopped to greet Ava with, “Thank you so much for visiting the kingdom today, Your Highness.”

Life back in Kansas as a commoner has been a bit of an adjustment!