Okay after the night I had and what lil' sleep I got I was as excited like a kid in a candy store. today was Universal studio's day and I get to see the sponge.
I pull myself off the floor and begin to get going for the day; my Mil greets me with a "Hello Honey!" How did you sleep? (Omg!!! are you kidding me How do you think I slept goes through my head but not my mouth i ignore that question) she begins to ramble on about poor lil' Mayson not getting enough sleep and how much gas she had and her stomach hurts BLAH< BLAH and all I can see is me lunging over the bed and strangling her.
I did have a outfit just for this day but somehow when I sew for myself it just does not work out so I throw on my back up outfit get the kiddo's dressed and then DH ask's me what time Universal Studio's opens I grab my handy dandy Pass porter(The best investment i have ever spent money on Thanks Utahmama for showing me you rock as usual!!!!) and find the number and call them, they open at 10 am so we get the kids loaded up and head out, we stop for gas and grab some juice and donuts for breakfast
The drive to universal was pretty cool I kept trying to get a picture of the Hollywood sign but kept missing my chance because I was sitting next to Mayson and he wanted to have a conversation (HMMM! what to choose Mayson who I see all the time or the Holly wood sign I chose Mayson .
We pass empire records and before I know it we are there, We are able to get in the front row parking with my Mills Handicapped plaquard.
She has to get out and smoke of course it has only been 20 mins from her last smoke, I start snapping photos of the kiddos in front of the spinning water sign. Lonnie takes one of me and the kids then he goes to grab our tickets,
MIL walks over to us while she is puffing away and I ask her nicely not to smoke by the kiddos and she huffs and walks away , puts out her cigarette and comes back for a few photos herself we then have to have pictures on the red carpet and Jayedyn strikes her Hannah Montana pose ,
Then I have to have a shot of the whole family.
The older boys have to have there picture in front of Freddy , Jason and leather face
, we walk through the gates and I ask for everyones ticket so I can put them away because we had a 2 day pass, MIL decides to keep hers,
now it is only 11 and my kids are hot my hair is on fire so we walk in a shop looking for hats while in there Mayson and Camden are touching everything and it really is not stroller accessible so I let DH know I am going outside and when they come outside MIL has her souvenirs and the kids have no hats, DH has found out that the best place to get the kiddos hats is down always so we decide to head down there, while on our way there is a lady who wants to take our picture so we get it done and MIL wants her own also, but the lady walks away( instead of telling us that is what she wants she starts to throw a fit) BY this time DH has had it and a lil' fight ensues which ends with MIL just walking away so I look at dh and he snaps at me so I snap back and it ends with a fine lets go . so I stop dh and give him a huge hug and tell him to look at the kids (This is our vacation Remember) I whisper and he looks at me and say's your right let's go ,
we walk a few steps and catch up with MIL who is upset and I look at her and tell her (whatever pictures I get she will have the same we will switch) NOW REMEMBER THIS IT IS IMPORTANT THROUGH OUT THIS TRIP
the boys have to go through the house of horrors so I take the lil' one to grab hats I find a sponge bob hat for me of course, Mayson is happy with his spongie hat and Camden has to have a Scooby doo after the boys come out Lonnie takes them for hats after all hats are bought we head down the street and have our 1st character sighting Beetle juice is totally in character (although my kiddos have no idea who he is That reminds me rent beetle juice) they were pretty excited to be next to Dracula, Frankenstein and the mummy, Mayson does not even flinch he jumps in to have his picture taken ,
Beetle juice calls me over because I need a picture with him so I do and all the others jump back in
, the mummy admires my cartouche and bows to his needs and begins to chant oh my mighty pharaohs how may I serve you . I laugh and he jumps up and then begins talking to another family (which MIL is mad because I was rude and she wanted a picture. like I can read her mind now we run into Shrek in Deadwood
and make our way down the street and decide to watch THE ANIMAL ACTORS SHOW
while waiting Mayson is snacking on the M & M' s . I find in the diaper bag which keeps him happy but dirty.
The show begins which keeps the kids entertained ,
after that we head into the Marvel comics shop so I could grab something for a friend back home, with that accomplished the kids are hungry so we decide to eat some lunch, we head over to Mel's Dinner we grab our 2 tables order food and sit down to eat.
Outside to entertain us:
this poor guy with a walkie talkie and a sign that say's quiet please
he say's something to the people outside and nobody shuts up (I swear they got louder) dh hits my shoulder and tells me to look over it as I turn I see Zach braff from scrubs all dressed in cowboy garb and then Sarah chalke on a horse before I can grab my camera they are gone.
And the poor guy outside is yelling QUIET It finally hit me that they are filming an episode. Lonnie laughs at me, with our bellies full and the kids happy
we decide to hit the downstairs attractions we ride the elevator down stairs to catch a shuttle (Because of the stroller and wheelchair) to the bottom lower lot and after 20 minutes of waiting no one shows up so we ride the elevator back up and decide to do the escalators from He**
Now picture this! 3 separate escalators (scary and frightening to 3 lil ones ) okay i will add the pictures...
okay, now this first one is the view of LA from the top before we even get on the escalators, these are so long that while you are going up and down the entertainment tonight costars are asking trivia questions over the radio about different theme song from tv shows ) my MIL just jumps on and is on her way down she is worried about being able to walk down and offers us no help at all why would she Lonnie is going to take her wheelchair what does she need to worry about?
there is also the problem of the double stroller to carry down too so lonnie is holding the wheelchair and stroller and balancing himself ,(lets just say I was scared I was waiting for a dominoes effect taking out the people below us ) the 3 younger kids are scared outta of there mind so Camden gets on and sits on the stair and immediately his hand is pinched so he is crying . DD 6 wants nothing to do with them but I grab her hand and we begin the descent down
after 15 mins we are on the 1st platform
and are preparing to attempt the 2nd set.
DS 4 does not want anything to do with them and neither does dd so we decide to take the stairs (which if you miss one step you tumble to your deathI end up having to hold ds2 and ds4 and walk with dd down each set of stairs I look up and dh has Khrystian holding the stroller which he did really good we tackle the next set and mind you my thighs and calfs are burning when we get to the bottom . we find "Darling" MIL at the bottom getting a drink as she ask us what took so long I thought Lonnie was going to through her and her wheelchair into the crowd but he just grimaced and said let's go do Jurassic park,
me, Mayson and Camden all hang back I grab a drink in my huge sponge bob refillable mug and we wait for them to finish the ride, after this I ask MIL to watch the kids so that I can ride and she shrugs something so Lonnie ask's Khrystian to watch everyone and me and Lonnie head off to ride the ride,
I jump in and immediately can tell that Lonnie needs to vent so I tell him that we are going to scream as loud as we can going down and he agrees I am not a huge Jurassic park fan so I am not as excited but this ride is awesome we get to the end and as we are plummeting to our death we both scream as loud as we can
We look up and the kids are safe and MIL is nowhere to be found. We run to the photo booth grab our picture......
And head out and there she is waiting with the kids.
while waiting for grandma to have her smoke I look over and my kiddos are having a conversation with the Green Goblin,
Jayedyn begins to tell him he has to brush his teeth and he replies no I don't I am the bad guy (my kids are in heaven when in runs Spiderman )
he begins to tell them that they should not be talking to the bad guy
and so he and the green goblin exchange some words... Camden looks at them both and say's" you guys need to be friends because in the 3rd movie you die green goblin, and Spiderman is very sad..."
It caught them both off guard and so they shake hands and pose for some pictures,
after Spiderman whispers in my ear you have a bunch of great kids. I smile and say "I know
now I don't know if I had mentioned it before but this is also a Medieval times day for the boys and grandma and it is getting pretty close to the wire so we jump on the mummy ride (which rocks) and decide to head back upstairs to find sponge bob . They have a huge Egyptian shop and I did not even get to look in it but that was okay because we were coming back again the next day. as we were leaving we run into shaggy and Scooby and the kids are having a blast chatting with them (I love how the characters made my kids feel like they were the only ones there) Scooby grabs Camdens hat and puts it on his ear and shaggy say's Hey scoob it's like looking at 2 of ya
we snap some photos
and we are off to tackle the escalators once again
Thanks, I'm not crazy!
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if it was just me and her Maybe not so much but with My dh and kids How could i not , esp when my lil 2 yr old saw mickey 
(But, that's just me!)
All those feelings of first seeing the castle are overwhelming! I am so gload you had a great day!!
So excited to read more!!! This is a scream to read!!! You are still alive and typing, Spongie, so I am glad to see you survived MIL!!
You are a gem to not only take care of your MIL, but to put up with all of her issues! I'm so glad you were able to enjoy the day with your kids - I love that "teary" feeling you get from firsts at Disney! Can't wait for more.
I think that goes above and beyond.
