***1st Week of December Thread ADR Plans, Park Hours, and dealing with Pop Warner***

[SilSprBea]

Ohhh..... Ohh.... Scored an 8am BOG on 12/6!!!!
Options...options... We also have the EMM booked. If we hate it on 11/29 then we have a PPO BOG!
The adr search is OVER! No more

Congrats on the 8am BOG!!!! And because it's an EMM day, you won't have to worry about them changing the hours on you!

 

[Lisa F]

I'm so afraid that this is what will happen to us on our trip. (DH would be overwhelmed with an overwhelmed DS) I'm trying to be positive but DH tends to run home whenever DS gets fussy. Just had an argument with him this weekend about this it's our first long trip alone and I'm going to have to pack a lot of patience for this trip for DH hoping for the best and fingers crossed that my plans will work!!

I was a very anxious parent when kiddo was a baby and also very anxious about what people thought of me and would retreat whenever he got a little fussy for fear of being judged, so I get it. I was also NOT at my best and got easily rattled and did not want ANYONE seeing that. But that is around the time when I started to get over it a bit (really once they hit the toddler phase their behavior can be so unpredictable and outsized for the situation you really have to learn to get over it, lol). It is good to start letting him (the kid not the husband but the husband too) work through his emotions on his own and not whisk him away to somewhere safe and private whenever his emotions are in flux.

But it is really hard being a parent in today's society. I think in the past when kids did normal kid things it was expected and this myth of the perfect parent did not exist. It couldn't because people worked too hard, had too many kids and life was too uncertain to worry about that nonsense. Communities would pitch in and parent other people's kids. It wasn't all good but it wasn't all bad. Nowadays we all have special snowflakes (me too) and it's like some big competition... do your kids eat quinoa and kale and LOVE it? do they never watch tv? blah blah blah. We are judged everywhere we look...breast vs. bottle, working mom vs. stay at home mom and the list goes on and on and on. I think we are all conditioned to be jumpy when our kids start acting up. In some ways Disney is great because in 90% of the cases no one cares if your kid is acting up because 10 feet away someone else's is also acting up and maybe worse than yours. So maybe it will be great for your DH to chill out a bit about how the kid is behaving and let him work through some of his own stuff for a bit. If not gosh enjoy the quiet and solitude and ability to do what you want when you want it. So rare as a mom!

 

[Mrs. Inc]

I'm so afraid that this is what will happen to us on our trip. (DH would be overwhelmed with an overwhelmed DS) I'm trying to be positive but DH tends to run home whenever DS gets fussy. Just had an argument with him this weekend about this it's our first long trip alone and I'm going to have to pack a lot of patience for this trip for DH hoping for the best and fingers crossed that my plans will work!!

You'll be fine...little guys have STROLLERS!!!!! And mine could also sleep in a stroller through almost anything!

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

I'm sorry we'll be ships passing in the night and won't get to meet you and your lovely family anyone who is a lighthouse fan is someone my kiddo wants to meet lol

Thanks for the kind words. Same here. It would be nice to thank you in person for all of the good advice you've given me and others on here.

 

[Lisa F]

Ohhh..... Ohh.... Scored an 8am BOG on 12/6!!!!
Options...options... We also have the EMM booked. If we hate it on 11/29 then we have a PPO BOG!
The adr search is OVER! No more

that is 5 bananadance news!

 

[Mrs. Inc]

Congrats on the 8am BOG!!!! And because it's an EMM day, you won't have to worry about them changing the hours on you!

and is it weird that I'm a little envious even though I'm eating at BOG for lunch on the same day????

 

[Wood Nymph]

I'm looking for lunch at BOG for two people on Tuesday, Dec 6th. Anytime between 11:45am and 1:15pm would be fine. If anyone sees an opening would they let me know. I'm going to cancel our LTT lunch on Sunday since they totally screwed up their menu. I'm going for the braised pork at BOG instead.

 

[Mrs. Inc]

I was a very anxious parent when kiddo was a baby and also very anxious about what people thought of me and would retreat whenever he got a little fussy for fear of being judged, so I get it. But that is around the time when I started to get over it a bit (really once they hit the toddler phase their behavior can be so unpredictable and outsized for the situation you really have to learn to get over it, lol). It is good to start letting him (the kid not the husband but the husband too) work through his emotions on his own and not whisk him away to somewhere safe and private whenever his emotions are in flux. But it is really hard being a parent in today's society. I think in the past when kids did normal kid things it was expected and this myth of the perfect parent did not exist. It couldn't because people worked too hard, had too many kids and life was too uncertain to worry about that nonsense. Communities would pitch in and parent other people's kids. It wasn't all good but it wasn't all bad. Nowadays we all have special snowflakes (me too) and it's like some big competition... do your kids eat quinoa and kale and LOVE it? do they never watch tv? blah blah blah. We are judged everywhere we look...breast vs. bottle, working mom vs. stay at home mom and the list goes on and on and on. I think we are all conditioned to be jumpy when our kids start acting up. In some ways Disney is great because in 90% of the cases no one cares if your kid is acting up because 10 feet away someone else's is also acting up and maybe worse than yours. So maybe it will be great for your DH to chill out a bit about how the kid is behaving and let him work through some of his own stuff for a bit. If not gosh enjoy the quiet and solitude and ability to do what you want when you want it. So rare as a mom!

Most of us when we see a kid acting up say "Whew...not me!" 'Cause we've all been there and done that!!!
Not super religious, but "There but for the grace of God go I" was a personal motto of mine that stops me from judging other, especially in the TEENAGE years!!!!

 

[BDFmom]

I'm looking for lunch at BOG for two people on Tuesday, Dec 6th. Anytime between 11:45am and 1:15pm would be fine. If anyone sees an opening would they let me know. I'm going to cancel our LTT lunch on Sunday since they totally screwed up their menu. I'm going for the braised pork at BOG instead.

I have am 11:45 BOG on 12/5.... It's the wrong day but yours or anyone here that wants it.

 

[Lisa F]

Most of us when we see a kid acting up say "Whew...not me!" 'Cause we've all been there and done that!!!
Not super religious, but "There but for the grace of God go I" was a personal motto of mine that stops me from judging other, especially in the TEENAGE years!!!!

I'm not religious at all either but yes I was just thinking this very thing today. It is amazingly small things that separate us from one another and we could just has easily have gone down a different path and ended up in a different place... but something put us where we are and I am for the most part glad for where I am and grateful for my life such as it is. I think if more people had that perspective less people would spend time sitting behind a computer and judging others.

 

[Talby]

@areno79 and @DisneyBelle27 Love your ears/shirts/luggage tags and earrings!! Fabulous taste you have there! I bet it's so fun to get those packages...I'm anxiously awaiting a couple and can't wait!!

@Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL I adore that quote so much and believe it 1000%. I've had it on every single refrigerator of every home I've lived in! lol Words to live by!!

@BDFmom CONGRATS on the BOG!! Really awesome news!

@Wood Nymph I have a sneaking suspicion you'll have an elf or 10 looking our for that 12/6 lunch BOG!

 

[Mrs. Inc]

I forgot to tell ya'.....SCORE on the Christmas lights necklaces....found them at Michaels!!!

 

[Candycane83]

I was a very anxious parent when kiddo was a baby and also very anxious about what people thought of me and would retreat whenever he got a little fussy for fear of being judged, so I get it. I was also NOT at my best and got easily rattled and did not want ANYONE seeing that. But that is around the time when I started to get over it a bit (really once they hit the toddler phase their behavior can be so unpredictable and outsized for the situation you really have to learn to get over it, lol). It is good to start letting him (the kid not the husband but the husband too) work through his emotions on his own and not whisk him away to somewhere safe and private whenever his emotions are in flux.

But it is really hard being a parent in today's society. I think in the past when kids did normal kid things it was expected and this myth of the perfect parent did not exist. It couldn't because people worked too hard, had too many kids and life was too uncertain to worry about that nonsense. Communities would pitch in and parent other people's kids. It wasn't all good but it wasn't all bad. Nowadays we all have special snowflakes (me too) and it's like some big competition... do your kids eat quinoa and kale and LOVE it? do they never watch tv? blah blah blah. We are judged everywhere we look...breast vs. bottle, working mom vs. stay at home mom and the list goes on and on and on. I think we are all conditioned to be jumpy when our kids start acting up. In some ways Disney is great because in 90% of the cases no one cares if your kid is acting up because 10 feet away someone else's is also acting up and maybe worse than yours. So maybe it will be great for your DH to chill out a bit about how the kid is behaving and let him work through some of his own stuff for a bit. If not gosh enjoy the quiet and solitude and ability to do what you want when you want it. So rare as a mom!

You just nailed it! I feel the pressure of thisbut it seems that DH feels it more than me...! We'll see what happens this trip. I'm equally anxious about dealing with both of them!

You'll be fine...little guys have STROLLERS!!!!! And mine could also sleep in a stroller through almost anything!

Lol if only I could get DH to sleep in a stroller too

 

[Iowamomof4]

I got behind by about 3 pages while I was out shopping!

Today was day #1 of Operation Sleep Schedule Adjustment at our house! We're getting up earlier and going to bed earlier so we can begin preparing for all our early mornings at the end of THIS month! I hope to start now and then take advantage of the time change next weekend to get even farther ahead of the game.

I think I must have hit the jackpot with dh! He's not the biggest fan of Disney, but he knows it makes me happy and it makes the kids happy so he goes and he doesn't grumble or anything. He lets me talk through things when I need to and he offers input, sometimes even good input.

 

[Lisa F]

speaking of BoG this is not bananadance worthy really... I've been holding a 1:55 BoG ADR for my last MK day. I really was NOT feeling it... I have a 9:50 Crystal Palace and HDDR at 6:15... they are about 8 hours apart which means we will need a snack in between but before I added my extra MK day at the beginning of the trip I didn't want to waste all that time dealing with BoG. Now I'm thinking, it is going to be fine honestly timewise. the other weird bit of kismet is when kiddo asked me to book a 7DMT ADR on that day well past the 60 day mark and I got it, but I got it at like 4:20 in the afternoon (my previous FP+ were all early in the day). This left open a big hole right in the middle of the day for my BoG ADR. I also realized it is pretty much smack dab in the middle of my two ADRs... 10am breakfast (ish) 2pm lunch and 6pm dinner.

So I finally feel good about it... we won't be getting a full entree, we will either share a turkey sandwich or I'll get a bowl of french onion soup and get the kid some kid's fries and then we'll get a couple of cupcakes. Leaning toward the latter to be honest, lol. So I guess I don't need it on my first day because now I'm going to have it on my last, at least for a heavy snack! would have liked to try the pork but I think that would make HDDR 4 hours later miserable.

 

[Lisa F]

You just nailed it! I feel the pressure of thisbut it seems that DH feels it more than me...! We'll see what happens this trip. I'm equally anxious about dealing with both of them!



Lol if only I could get DH to sleep in a stroller too

now that kiddo is 8 I finally feel ready for a second, lol. not that my 42 year old single mother oven is still open but hypothetically it has taken me this long to feel like I could handle it. maybe. some days. lol.

 

[Candycane83]

speaking of BoG this is not bananadance worthy really... I've been holding a 1:55 BoG ADR for my last MK day. I really was NOT feeling it... I have a 9:50 Crystal Palace and HDDR at 6:15... they are about 8 hours apart which means we will need a snack in between but before I added my extra MK day at the beginning of the trip I didn't want to waste all that time dealing with BoG. Now I'm thinking, it is going to be fine honestly timewise. the other weird bit of kismet is when kiddo asked me to book a 7DMT ADR on that day well past the 60 day mark and I got it, but I got it at like 4:20 in the afternoon (my previous FP+ were all early in the day). This left open a big hole right in the middle of the day for my BoG ADR. I also realized it is pretty much smack dab in the middle of my two ADRs... 10am breakfast (ish) 2pm lunch and 6pm dinner.

So I finally feel good about it... we won't be getting a full entree, we will either share a turkey sandwich or I'll get a bowl of french onion soup and get the kid some kid's fries and then we'll get a couple of cupcakes. Leaning toward the latter to be honest, lol. So I guess I don't need it on my first day because now I'm going to have it on my last, at least for a heavy snack! would have liked to try the pork but I think that would make HDDR 4 hours later miserable.

Sounds like a good plan! And you already have LTT planned on another day so you have it made

 

[Wood Nymph]

I have am 11:45 BOG on 12/5.... It's the wrong day but yours or anyone here that wants it.

Thanks but we are having breakfast at Trails End that morning. Bacon overload here I come. I know we won't eat for hours after that.

 

[Talby]

Speaking of positivity in attitude, anyone ever play 3 great things with friends or family? Where you go around and share 3 great things that happened that day or that you are grateful for? Anyone want to do a 1st Week of December thread version?



1. I have THE BEST Disney planning buddies on the planet!!
2. I'm having Sunday Dinner on Saturday at Teppan Edo on 12/3 thanks to the very lovely and always helpful @Lisa F!!
3. As of 7:50 p.m., our trip is paid in full!!



Can you burst from happiness?!

 

[Candycane83]

Speaking of positivity in attitude, anyone ever play 3 great things with friends or family? Where you go around and share 3 great things that happened that day or that you are grateful for? Anyone want to do a 1st Week of December thread version?



1. I have THE BEST Disney planning buddies on the planet!!
2. I'm having Sunday Dinner on Saturday at Teppan Edo on 12/3 thanks to the very lovely and always helpful @Lisa F!!
3. As of 7:50 p.m., our trip is paid in full!!



Can you burst from happiness?!

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!! This deserves happy dances and bounces all around! I'm so happy for you!!!

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