12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 11

[MrsMork]

don't they have pirate flags for cars?

I'm sure they do.

 

[lillygator]

Arrggghhh!

 

[becka]

I am not sure that by Friday anyone will need any help identifing us..... well, maybe in a lineup!

You are not really having fun until someone is arrested! I always wanted to see the brig on a ship...do you think they have visiting hours?

 

[MrsMork]

Less than 4 weeks and we will be watching Off Kilter!!

 

[87Heel]

To be honest, we probably won't...we usually go down and get dunkin donuts coffee and muffin or donuts and head over to the ship early.

Actually, Karen, I keep forgetting that you'll be at at the doors waiting for the ship overnight....

 

[Bella2000]

We have allergies so it is a fake tree for us but it is not the pre-lit one so we still have to get the lights in just the right place. I have a Yankee Candle that is a Christmas tree scent and it works just as well as a real tree without all the sneezing and the mess.

Ditto - but our flavor is mint this year and our tree has lights.

 

[becka]

Everyone has been chatty today! I love it! This group is way too much fun!

Nathan and I had our lunch date and we had a great time. I am really glad I took him out and I hope he will start feeling a little better. I sometimes forget that each of my kids really needs some time alone having fun with just one of us occasionally. He was having a really good morning at school so that was great news. I let him pick the place and he of course picked McDonald’s and he was so thrilled to hear that we could eat inside. He loves to eat inside fast food restaurants but 98% of the time we just do drive thru so this was a treat. He picked us a nice table by the window (Mom, you can see the McDonalds’ sign from in here. ). We enjoyed out lunches and then we stopped to get him a chocolate milkshake at the frozen custard place. He only finished about a ¼ of it but we were able to put the rest in the daycare’s freezer so we can take it home this evening. I think it put us both in a better mood. Nathan drives me crazy but he really is a great, fun-loving kid.

 

[MrsMork]

One more milestone and then I really need to get busy around here! OY! Besides all the cooking, cleaning and stuff, I have to wash all the china, glasses, bowls, platters and stuff that have been stored for a year.

 

[Bella2000]

Hey John - Cheetah music from the real "Troy"
Drew Seeley

 

[becka]

Less than 4 weeks and we will be watching Off Kilter!!

I really like them. The last two times we have been there they were not there.

 

[lillygator]

Becka - that's awesome!! He'll go back for the afternoon fine? I know Haley would not but Samantha probably would. You are right, I think one on one time does wonders for them. It seems sometimes I don't have enough arms and legs....I get the "you love Haley more than me" bit, if I am carrying her around....I tell her my heart is big enough for her, Haley and daddy...

 

[becka]

Actually, Karen, I keep forgetting that you'll be at at the doors waiting for the ship overnight....

She can be in charge of setting up the perfect place for the tailgate!

 

[lillygator]

never seen/heard Off Kilter - least I don't think so.

 

[brack]

OK now we are posting like demons again!

 

[lillygator]

who's bringing the portable blender? Didn't I read that some ways back - or was that on the main board?

 

[brack]

time again!

 

[brack]

Double time .... maybe

 

[becka]

Becka - that's awesome!! He'll go back for the afternoon fine? I know Haley would not but Samantha probably would. You are right, I think one on one time does wonders for them. It seems sometimes I don't have enough arms and legs....I get the "you love Haley more than me" bit, if I am carrying her around....I tell her my heart is big enough for her, Haley and daddy...

I have to sneak in and out the daycare because if Allie sees me then we have a big problem. She would expect to go home with me. Nathan does fine. He wanted me to not go back to work and spend the whole afternoon with him but I couldn't so he understood. I did tell him right up front he was coming back after our lunch and he was fine with it. I think I do sometimes forget that because Nathan can do so much more for himself that he does feel like we love Allie more than him because she takes more of our time. I think things like this really help.

 

[brack]

one more try before the rest of the class catches me

 

[MrsMork]

Everyone has been chatty today! I love it! This group is way too much fun!

Nathan and I had our lunch date and we had a great time. I am really glad I took him out and I hope he will start feeling a little better. I sometimes forget that each of my kids really needs some time alone having fun with just one of us occasionally. He was having a really good morning at school so that was great news. I let him pick the place and he of course picked McDonald’s and he was so thrilled to hear that we could eat inside. He loves to eat inside fast food restaurants but 98% of the time we just do drive thru so this was a treat. He picked us a nice table by the window (Mom, you can see the McDonalds’ sign from in here. ). We enjoyed out lunches and then we stopped to get him a chocolate milkshake at the frozen custard place. He only finished about a ¼ of it but we were able to put the rest in the daycare’s freezer so we can take it home this evening. I think it put us both in a better mood. Nathan drives me crazy but he really is a great, fun-loving kid.

Becka, this brought back such good memories for me. Our DS (who is now 28) and I would go to McD's every two weeks when he was 2-3 yo when we would pick up Daddy's check and go deposit it. (We lived before direct deposit! ) He would get a happy meal and I would have chicken nuggets and ice tea - every time. He still remembers those outings with Mom and what we had to eat and he was just a little guy. He was #3 and it is sometimes hard to remember individual time for each, but it obviously meant alot to him. We talked about this recently.