12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 8

[Jhalkias]

Something I did in my spare time.

That is so cool Becka!

Really shows you how we are all over the country - spread out, yet ONE Geek Nation!

John1

 

[kimerinc]

well - we just got home from what I thought was our last football game. NOT! Apparently the next team's coach (moving up in age and weight) brings a few select "smurf" guys up at the end of the season to train with the team, learn their techniques and go to the playoff games with them. Both my boys were chosen. Very honored...very proud of them....but not looking forward to the continuation of what has been a difficult season with homework and juggling everyone's schedule. My boys were on

Proud mom...signing off..
hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday!!

Hugs. K

I know it is hectic, but listening to you, I bet you would do it 10 times for those boys!!!! Congratulations!!!!

 

[Jhalkias]

look how far away I am from anyone!

Becka,

Need a big STAR for the Port and WDW, so that V sees how close she is to where we are all ending up!

John1

 

[Jhalkias]

He looks so young! I feel so old!

How would you like to be the PARENT of a 19 year old!

Now THAT's OLD.

John1

 

[Jhalkias]

Well John snuck in there for the ....

I was going to post that pole dancing smilie for the milestone but I guess he won't get to see it now!

Total accident - but of course it is not important for the posts of fame . . .

John1

 

[Jhalkias]

Whew,

Finally caught up!

You guys kind of took it easy on me.

Most of you must be busy tonight.

Now I can sleep peacefully tonight - I was really tired all day today. Family fun day at school, took DW to a store so she could shop (I watched the first two heroes on my iPod in the car - which made shopping soooo much easier) then we ate at Olive Garden.

We are having an employee free movie night at a local refurbished theater tomorrow night - showing Monster House. Sophia is not going, because I think she would be afraid. I have to go to work the show as HR.

Some of the others are dressing up . . . . after the recent layoffs it was suggested I come dressed as the grim reaper

Think I will head to bed soon.

John1

 

[kimerinc]

Something I did in my spare time.

What happened to the midwest and Texas??? That is very interesting Becka!

 

[kimerinc]

Well, now that I have caught up I guess that I should tell you about our day. I don't think that I will be able to get thru it without crying though. Woke up to the kids arguing...what's new? DS insisted that it was warm outside and refused to wear the sweat pants that I brought downstairs for him. It was 45 at the time. He opened the front door & with the sun shining down on him declared that it was warm enough...wouldn't listen to the fact that we were going to an open field with nothing to break the wind. Whatever...freeze your tush off then! We got there & within a minute he came over to me and said that I was right & he was cold. Lucky for him I put the pants in the van. OY! By the 4th quarter they were both taking the ls shirts off that were under their tshirts. DS scored a goal!!!! Seconds after the game reality hit & my day became a migraine.

DS & DD were talking with a friend while I talked to her mom getting the latest scoop on the AG teacher issue at school. One second DD was hugging their friend & the next DS is screaming and she has bitten his wrist breaking skin so that he was bleeding!!!! Yes, it was just a speck that was bleeding but STILL!!!! I excused us, grabbed DD by the wrist & marched her to the van. Crying kids on the way home....DS because his wrist hurt...with good reason...and DD because she wouldn't go to McD's for lunch as is our game day tradition. How I wish that this had been stuck to.

This weekend is the biggest festival in town & we ALWAYS go to it. I brought the kid's change of clothes down & told DS to get into his right away so that he could go with daddy. The plan was I would be stuck at the house with DD while DS was treated to lunch out with daddy & an afternoon at the festival. She deserved to miss out on it. They both got in the van & then DH came back inside to get DD. OY! I had to change quickly & we were off to lunch then downtown. The afternoon was pretty good considering that getting there that late we had to park a long way from the action & we don't keep the stroller in the car anymore. DH & I took turns carrying DD so she wouldn't get worn out before we got there. We watched the BMX tour show....which DS LOVED. I got some cool pics for him. A couple of their friends came over during the warm up & sat with us. We have known them since DS & the oldest were 2 in PS together. DH brought back a funnel cake and the four of them shared it....then their parents brought over a huge plate of butterfly chip fries which didn't last too long either. After that we went to the percussion petting zoo. This was a big tent with lots of percussion instruments set up on tables and the kids could do whatever they wanted. We stayed for the show & the kids both loved participating with the tambourines, bongo drums, and the maracas.

By this point it was time to head home. DD again got carried to the car so that didn't wear her out. We got thru dinner & DS going outside to play with his friends since he had been so good. You would THINK that DD would be happy that her sentence of spending the day inside the house had been changed to let her have a fun afternoon...wouldn't you? You would THINK that she would be on her best behavior....maybe? Well, you would be wrong. I was just signing onto the computer and loading the pictures from the game & festival today when she walked over to me. She said something that I didn't understand so I asked "What sweetheart?" The next thing I knew I had been slapped hard on the face with her finger poking me in the eye. DH was on her case in a second before I could even say anything & her butt was in her room. She went to bed early with no desert.

I am feeling like a total failure right now. Maybe some of this is PMS...sorry guys...but what have I done that has made my sweet little girl turn into this? We haven't let her hit DS without being punished. This is just so beyond that!!! Lately she has been extremely sassy and backtalking around DH & myself. NOTHING seems to work to stop it. Today she threw things across the room at DH .... I think that they were some small dinos that she was playing with.

On the otherhand, I can't help but wonder how much this kid in her class is affecting her. She has told me that he throws things in class and he hit a boy in the nose Friday which made his nose bleed. He can't be that respectful to anyone if he is doing this stuff along with picking up chairs. Maybe this is really stressing her out more than I thought? She is whiney and fussy from the second she gets off the bus & has been for at least a week. She doesn't want to go to school. This morning before the game she was doing some silly walk and when I questioned her about it she said that this boy does that sometimes. Maybe she sees him doing this & doesn't see anything being done so she has decided that it is ok? IDK what to think. I don't want to push this off on someone else but at the same time I have to wonder how it could affect a child being in that situation. I am wondering if I should talk to the school counselor about this & see if she can talk to DD & help her. Then I have to wonder about how other kids in the class are reacting to this.

Lisa, like I have said before, no one knows your child better than you do. You can sense things about your child that no one else can. Trust your instincts. Because of DD's extreme shyness, I have talked to a psychiatrist about child behavior. He reminded me that at this time in life, things are changing very rapidly. They have to learn something new every day, and sometimes every hour. They have to learn how to acclimate, adjust, and behave around others. They have to learn how to act with friends, and often take on the manurisms of others. That being said, trust yourself, trust your DH and trust your DS (he might have some really good thoughts).

 

[klineyqueen]

Ok, here is a deal, if you make a port upgrade you need to let as many of us know, so that we can make the changes on the ship map/manifest and pass on the information at the Goofy pool meet, THANKS!

If you get an upgrade from Disney please let me know as soon as possible, I will hold of printing the terminal edition of the newsletter until the last possible day, Friday December 1st.

Pj

Sounds Great PJ!!! You are on the ball!

 

[klineyqueen]

Did you tell her that DS has the Captain Hook costume?

AAAWwwww.....

 

[kimerinc]

Whew,

Finally caught up!

You guys kind of took it easy on me.

Most of you must be busy tonight.

Now I can sleep peacefully tonight - I was really tired all day today. Family fun day at school, took DW to a store so she could shop (I watched the first two heroes on my iPod in the car - which made shopping soooo much easier) then we ate at Olive Garden.

We are having an employee free movie night at a local refurbished theater tomorrow night - showing Monster House. Sophia is not going, because I think she would be afraid. I have to go to work the show as HR.

Some of the others are dressing up . . . . after the recent layoffs it was suggested I come dressed as the grim reaper

Think I will head to bed soon.

John1

John,

you were absolutely right about Sophia. DD cried all the way through until I had to take her out she was so scared! Not fun!

Grim Reaper, haha, I was thinking a woodcutter.....also haha

 

[kimerinc]

Sounds Great PJ!!! You are on the ball!

PJ.

I am trying really hard not to bring my travel printer with me, but if I have to, you can make color copies on it. (But I am really really trying not to!)

 

[klineyqueen]

The map is in full colour, eek. I am printing 50 copies one for each DIS member on the manifest. And I have permission to print them on the colour laser at work, woo hoo. It is the ship deck plans for room floors only and a list with each dismember and their room #, It can be crossed off and new number added.

Pj

Wow PJ....that is AWESOME!

 

[klineyqueen]

Something I did in my spare time.

You guys have been buys lately!!! Becka - that is awesome!

 

[kimerinc]

We went to Boo at the Zoo today. It was so cute!! All the kids dressed up and went through stations inbetween the animals. They had face painting, stuffed animals hidden in leaves, Fish pond, plinko, wand making, those air filled jumping things, and sack races. Fun Fun! But DD is getting sick, so she just wasn't herself and only made it half way through marathon ice skating lesson.

So I came home and made homemade chicken noodle soup again this weekend... Hope it works!

Have a great night everyone!

Kim

 

[klineyqueen]

Yes but you are much closer to the ship and WDW than anyone else! At least you are close to something important!

Isn't that the truth!!! At least V is near "our" boat!

 

[klineyqueen]

For those of you who asked about DS Alex last night, this is a photo of him and his mom before his senior prom. It is over a year old, but the easiest picture I could find on this computer.

He basically looks the same, with about a year more maturity on him!

John1

What a handsome devil!

 

[klineyqueen]

 

[klineyqueen]

I just used that same one on a post responding to something else you said! Now we are finding the same smilies!!!!

 

[pjpoohbear]

PJ.

I am trying really hard not to bring my travel printer with me, but if I have to, you can make color copies on it. (But I am really really trying not to!)

Kim, since I upgraded my ipod I don't think i will be bringing my laptop, have lots of space on the pod for photos, movies, games and music and 3Gb of cards for the camera. Less plugs and wires to bring with me. But nice to know it might be on ship if needed, Thanks for the offer!

Besides, Lisa is going to have her white out with her, we can make manually changes, lol.

Pj