Nice update. Glad to hear Shyann is feeling a little better and hope that it keeps improving. Boy do I hear you on back to school. We had 2 yearbooks at 70 bucks each to buy plus 2 student body cards and Shelby needed a planner. I bought her the school sweats for pe but decided against the gym clothes. (she can wear just plain black shorts and a plain white T) since she is only taking 1 year of pe and has to take the 2nd year over the summer because of AVID. (long story). But I bought both girls gym clothes at pasteur then had to buy new ones for both last year (katy at BV and Shelby at Carnegie) so this year I was not going to do it. I did get shelby the sweats for winter since she has 0 period and I bought Katy the sweats last year but then we had to pay for Shelby's golf which was 200 bucks and katy's swim which was 225 plus it is 165 a month, then school supplies, pics at 41 each and that was the absolute cheapest they had and then their computer died so shane had to buy them a new one, plus our sewer now today my washing machine died. Guy said 700 or 800 for a new one. ACK!!!! It has literally been like this non-stop. I told the girls do NOT expect much for christmas this year with everything that has gone on not to mention I usually charge xmas and then pay it off with my tax refund but I need EVERY dime of it to buy a car next summer. I have been saving my returns for 3 years and it should finally hopefully be enough esp since my parents old car that I am driving is starting to break. One window doesn't work, the horn quit and it is burning oil (it is 16 years old) I'm not buying a "new" car but still a used one that has low miles etc. But anyway it has just been non-stop so I SO get how you feel. I also have xmas and Katy's birthday is New Year's eve so that is always tough too and this year she is turning 16 so bigger than normal. Plus we have driver's training at 300 bucks!
Anyway loved the update and I am so excited to ride the mine train when we go. Love Philharmagic too and anxious to do all of that again. Too bad about Jasmin but I'm not surprised. I can't even fathom going to live with all new people and then doing all this stuff she has never done. I know kids that are scared that have gone all the time so I think she is pretty brave. Hopefully she will warm up to it more after more trips.
Yeah, with Tony starting high school, we had the $175 sport fee for football, $35 student body card, $52 yearbook + $60 class fees for different classes he has.......they also did pictures the day of registration. I buy the cheapest packet and add an 8x10 to it but still........
You have had a snowball effect at your house with things.....hopefully the snowball will melt and you can get back to some sort of normal!!
Jasmin handled all the stimuli and new things pretty well. She wasn't a fan of the fast ones (or dark). She still talks about the Mine Train and not liking it.
Ahhhh Caseys! I'm a fan. LOVE me some Corn Dog Nuggets! Like little pieces of Heaven in a cup. The best part? You can still be mobile... a bonus when in Commando Mode. Also, I could, when NOT in Commando Mode, sit and watch the Old Timey Piano Guy for-like-ever.
I LOVE the picture of the fam on 7DMT. How adorable!
OH, and yes, it was rude of the guy to hork your table.
Some people.
I would have totally picked the corn dog nuggets but I was being really careful to avoid a ton of fried foods and gluten. It would have made for a not good time for me......... I'm a fan of ragtime piano....in fact I saw a video not to long ago from WDW and a guest getting up and playing with the piano player and by the end of it, another guest came up and they had 3 of them playing. AWESOME is all I can say!! The guy sat at the table.....alone the entire time we were eating. He was on his phone, I'm guessing calling his family to join him. A couple people showed up as we were getting ready to go. (that was a good 30+ minutes he held that table and a slew of chairs)......rude!
I'm so glad things are better with Shyann. I hope nobody else comes down with it.
I am right there with Michayla...I don't like wearing shoes either and sometimes having to put them on makes me grumpy too!
I am SO happy to be done with the whole school thing. My "baby" is a freshman in college and has been gone for 3 weeks already. College is expensive but at least I don't get a long list of supplies I have to shop for!
I still think it started with the heat again.....we'll see her doctor in September to talk about temperature regulation in the twins. It seems to be an issue that causes throwing up......Michayla went thru the same thing prior to the trip (just not the blood part).
The school has requested we find a shoe that Michayla can't get off, so we found a high top shoe at the World of
Disney store with a Minnie high heel on the side of it. She wore them for about 4 hours one of the mornings and when we took them off, the entire side of her foot was black & blue from her kicking at the shoe and pushing down trying to get it off.
You may not get a long shopping list but I bet your "baby" does.....this book & that book, etc. (and those are WAY more expensive then filler paper & erasers.....lol
it's only the first week and this is how I feel! I can't imagine your expenses!..all those cuties look happy tho...thats the important thing..loved and happy!
