9/23/06 Let's go!!!! Who's with us???

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everybody,
we spent the day at Epcot and it was HOT about 90 today. Luckily we had a nice breeze. We stopped to see the British Invasion at the UK while we were there. They are very good. If any of you are Beatles fans you would like them.
Then late afternoon we went to downtown disney and went to the movies. Sorry Brerrabbit, but I saw Ice Age The Meltdown!! It was very good. I wont tell any details,so I wont spoil it for you. Tell your family there were plenty of older kids as well as adults by themselves in there. All ages and they all seemed to really like it. I know I did. Maybe that will help to talk them into it for the next time.
Afterwards we renewed our annual passes and drove home.
It was a very good day. ` One sad note , we saw 6 Disney Cruise line buses headed for the port this morning and they wouldnt even let us come along!!
Everybody looked so happy on board too.

Oh well, only a few more months and we will be sailing off.

Enjoy the rest of your weekends everyone,
kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Just bumping us up from the bottom of page 2 again.




Kathy

 

[yazee1]

Do you think there's any chance we'll be going to Cozumel? We want to take the dune buggies out again. Other than the lovely beaches, the alternate port doesn't sound that great to me. It would be an opportunity to stay on the ship and enjoy the rare chance to partake of the pool and slide without a crowd.

Which movie did you see? I want to see IA2, too. So do the kids but we'll wait until we can use our coupons and see it for 6.00. Right now, it's too new.


Kathy is there something unlucky about page 2? What am I missing?

Is everyone ready for Easter? Just curious, is there anyone here who doesn't celebrate Easter?

 

[strawberryblonde]

Good to hear about some of your weekend activities.

We had sunny skies with a strong breeze. Sat. we went to the library Easter function - live bunnies and their babies to pet . They were so cute and soft. DS had a sleep over so DD and I shopped at the mall and ate out at the California Pizza Kitchen just the two of us. We haven't done that before. She is becoming my little co-shopper ! Sun. we met up with DS and the family he stayed the night with at the local water park. We stayed for the day and did all the slides. We ate dinner at a local Italian place and watched Ice Age 2. The kids loved it, they laughed so hard in places. Very good weekend, felt like a vacation. That means alot of work this week ahead of me . Take care everyone.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Happy monday morning everyone

Well another week gone, so we are that much closer to our cruise.

Monica,
There is nothing wrong with being on page two, but when people look to find a cruise date they often get lazy and dont look much farther than page one. So ,since I want more people to find us and join in the fun, the best chance for them to find us is to try to keep us on page one.

Yes we do celebrate Easter at our house, but no special plans this year. We use to go to WDW and see the Easter parade they had. It was so beautiful to see the dresses they had. It was based on years ago when everyone wore special Easter clothes. But a few years ago they quit having it. Which is too bad because it really was a good way to end up your day, since they had it in the afternoon and evening,so people could have plenty of time to go to church or family meals together and still be able to go to the parade.
I remember when I was a kid lots of towns had parades and celebratons, now there is nothing, so sad. :
What are you doing?

Heidi,
it sounds like you had a great weekend too. I laughed a lot during the new Ice Age movie too. I want to buy it when it comes out in a few months.


Well we are going to have another beautiful day today. Hot and sunny. Today is catch up on housework day around here.

Going to make Taco pizza for dinner, that is as exciting as it will be here for today.
Have a great day everyone

Kathy

 

[Euphscott]

Ahh - a day at EPCOT - I am envious. That is far and away my favorite park.

Everything I am reading sounds like we will make it to Cozumel Monica. Unless of course more hurricanes rip through this summer. We personally were hoping for a stop at Costa Maya. We have been to both and actually preferred our stay at Costa Maya. But that's always a personal thing. As you indicate, worst case is you stay on board. It's a rough life for sure.

Happy Monday - no tornados, no bad weather for anyone...

 

[brerrabbit70]

Hi, y'all!

Well, I lost on the movie vote. We saw "Benchwarmers". Let me just say that I'm not under the age of 15 (mentally or physically) so I did not enjoy this movie. I actually wish I could jam a pencil into my ear and erase it from my brain!

The rain kept coming and going all weekend so we didn't get the other window put in. But, we did finish the trim on the first one. I have to get it painted before Thursday. Amber and I have her field trip to NASA and my grandparents will be in town for Easter.

We have a big Easter dinner for the family and hide eggs for the kids. It's alot more fun now that they're older. I even found camoflage eggs at Wal-Mart. The kids said it's not fair. We love to tie them up in trees and watch them try to figure out how to get them. Last year we put one into an empty milk gallon. My dad had peeled the sticker back and cut a hole to put the egg in. Then he carefully put the sticker back on. We had all the kids scratching their heads trying to figure out how we got the egg in there.

Here's a litle something you can do if you want to play a little trick on the kids this Easter. My kids were giving me a hard time last year because they knew there wasn't an Easter bunny, but they still expected a basket. We were picking on each other back a forth for a few weeks. I told them if they didn't start being nicer to the "Easter Bunny" they were gonna get nothing but bunny poo in their baskets. They just . Well, I went to the store and got a box of Coco Puffs cereal. I don't know if any of y'all have had real rabbits, but this stuff really looks like their droppings. I fixed up their baskets with all their candy and goodies then I covered everything up with the cereal! You should have seen the looks on their faces. They said it was the best Easter basket they've ever gotten. It was great. We're crazy like that.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I love the cocoa puff or should I say Poo Poo puffs story!!
My kids always called them poo poo puffs when they were little, my kids have been around many animlas when they were young, so they know the look of the "puffs". Now my grandkids call them poo poo puffs.
I once bought a small plastic rabbit that when you push down on his body he pooped out small round chocolate candies. We have the same sense of humor. The family loved it. We are on the same brain waves I think. I miss not having our kids around at all the holidays. They grow up so fast, enjoy while you can.
I will have to tell my girls about the milk carton joke. That is great. The grandkids are just the right age to be amazed by it. Thanks for the tips.
Kathy

 

[yazee1]

Benchwarmers, ugh!!! Pencils in both ears! That bunny poo was a riot. Our chicks are too young right now, but next Easter, early in the morning, I'm going to put either plastic eggs or decorated eggs in the nests and have Leah do the collecting that morning.

Speaking of poo, our chicks (we still have all 28) escaped from their brooder yesterday. Can you say "Chicken Run"? Something told me to go check on them before I went to bed. What chaos! The lid was off (I think I have dd to thank for that) and the "girls" were in the brooder, on the brooder, flapping around outside the brooder. It was chicken party time in there. They must have got out hours before I learned of it because there was chicken poop all over the floor and the brooder. Dh wasn't home yet, and I considered pretending I didn't know about it because I knew he'd check on them when he got home. I'd be blissfuly asleep by then. I didn't do it though.

We don't have anything special planned for Easter. I'm a little in the dumps about it. I haven't finished the baskets for the kids and I don't even have a dress for dd or myself. Ever since dh and I were dating, Easter was spent with his family. Now, his parents are snowbirds and aren't coming back until May. Easter is a little sad for me because I loved organizing our church's Easter Egg Hunt with my friend Fran. Our church family was our second family. Since we moved, I'm not doing that anymore, and this year I won't be back for the egg hunt because we're helping a friend here move. We'll probably go to a church around here and I'll have a little egg hunt for my kids. I think planning an egg hunt for my kids will cheer me up. I agree that it's more fun when the kids are older and you can mess with them by making the hunt more challenging. I've never tried the milk carton trick.

 

[strawberryblonde]

Oh Monica , I'm sorry that most of your traditions won't be happening this Easter. You will be making new traditions though. I wonder if you could use all of those chickens for some artistic Easter photos .

I don't know if it is warm enough where you live for these dresses, but my DD and I love them. www.Cinnamongirl.com has loads of matching mother daughter dresses. Layer them with a botton down sweater if it is chilly and wear them all spring and summer. They will be great for dinner on the cruise as well. The fabrics they use are lovely. The website doesn't do them justice. We are lucky to be able to shop in the store where we can feel them and try them on. The flower flip flops are great also and hold up really well. All the locals shop there !

I love the bunny poo idea! I'll have to keep that in mind for when the kids are older. They know all about real bunny poo. DD (6) still believes though, so we are keeping the magic alive for awhile longer.

Ice Age 2 was good, the kids want me to put it on their netflix lists already !

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
No new posts today. That is a first for us I think, so I thought I would put in my 2 cents worth.

2 cents 2 cents

sorry folks, thats it today.
Kathy

 

[cruisin' chick]

HI, mom4. You responded to my thread "what's included" for our online guide and I thanked you for all your great info. But then I had looked again and your post and my reply was poofed (I'm guessing because you referred to disboards). So I wanted to make sure you receive my message. Your info was great!

Patty

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Patty,
Yep, that is what happened, but I felt it was worth taking the chance you might read my reply before it disappeared. I'm sure after reading posts on the dis boards you can understand why I felt this was the site you needed to get all your answers at. I did get your thankyou post before it disappeared!!
I hope people here can help you with your project ok. I know they will try.
If not, try taking a Disney cruise and see for yourself. We'd love to have you along,

Kathy

 

[Euphscott]

Going back to the Cozumel conversation...

I read this morning that the Jewel of the Seas was able to DOCK in Cozumel. That is a positive sign for the port. I have to imagine it's going to be a while before they have full capability.

5 months should be plenty of time for them to catch up. Let's just keep praying for no hurricanes!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I would love to be able to go to Cozumel. We have never been to that port yet, we hit Costa Maya instead last year. We enjoyed Costa Maya, but would love to see some place new.
Suppose to be an active hurricane season again or so they said on the news 2 nights ago. WE were hit directly by 2 of them and right on the edge of a third one here in Florida, so that is enough for me!!! I hope they all stay out to sea this year away from all the people. I think we all need a break!!

If anyone hears for sure where we going, please speak up and let us know.
Kathy

 

[vpalmer]

Hi everyone. I have just read/skimmed all 15 pages of this thread but I am having trouble keeping everyone straight! My husband, daughter and I are sailing along with you guys on September 23. This will the first cruise for all three of us so we are eagerly looking forward to it. We are staying in the category seven/former category six cabin on deck 6. I am looking forward to the verandah. My MIL also recently decided to book a cabin as well so it will be nice to have an onboard babysitter.

My DH and I have visited Playa Del Carmen twice (including our honeymoon) and have visited Cozumel but other than that all the ports will be new destinations for us.

We took our daughter, Eva, to Disney World in December and she is still talking about it. I can't wait to see her reaction when we step on the Magic, or the "Mickey Boat" as she calls it.

Our current plan is to fly up the morning of the 23 (I found a flight that will get us to MCO at 11:30) and use the DCL transfers to Port Canaveral. After the cruise, we are taking the DCL transfers to the Contemporary where we will enjoy thte 3 night free dining package.

As soon as I told my daughter we were going to Disney World after we get off the "Mickey Boat" she lit up and asked if she could ride "Goofy's ride" again. That is Goofy's Barnstormer for those of you who don't speak toddler. When I said yes, she proceeded to run around the house showing me just how fast she would go on the roller coaster. So as you can see I have quite a little daredevil on my hands. It may be hard to keep her away from the slide at the Mickey Pool since I have heard the lower age limit is 4.

In reading all your past posts I saw that you guys have a website where you are posting pictures. I would love to put faces with the names. That might help me keep everyone straight. Plus I could post pictures of my family as well.

Does anyone have a 3 year old? I noticed Scott from Texas has a 4 year old. I look forward to getting to know you all better.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Welcome veronica,
I assume that since you have read our thread you saw an early welcome for you by Heidi. We were hoping you would post with us. I am so happy you decided to post with us. I love all the enthuiasm in your post. ( excuse the spelling).
Our GD called the ship Mickey's boat too. that is so cute.
Your daughter will have a blast.
Please post some pictures too.
I dont have the site handy, but perhaps Monica will post it again or just scroll back about 3 pages and you'll see it.
If you have any questions about the cruise, just ask. Everyone here is very friendly and we will try to answer them for you.
Looking forward to getting to know you over the next few months.
It is getting close now!!! I can't wait.
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
i just wanted to say. those of you who wanted to see my dining room I am going to try and down load some pictures of it and post them in my album today. I have changed it to a pirate/ tropical party. It is hard to see, but Mr. and Mrs. Potato heads have pirate eye patches on and one earring, and a captain Mickey hat. If you look closely you will see some gold earrings, gold pirate coins, King Louie has a pirate treasure map under his arm and many bandanas from the cruises we have been on. So look close to see details. I will post some different angles so you can see most of the characters up close, I hope.
Kathy

 

[vpalmer]

I did see the welcome from Heidi. Thank you so much Heidi, that was really nice of you to welcome me even before I got here.

I'm off to see if I can join the Yahoo Site. Do I need to be added to a list to join?

Welcome veronica,
I assume that since you have read our thread you saw an early welcome for you by Heidi. We were hoping you would post with us. I am so happy you decided to post with us. I love all the enthuiasm in your post. ( excuse the spelling).
Our GD called the ship Mickey's boat too. that is so cute.
Your daughter will have a blast.
Please post some pictures too.
I dont have the site handy, but perhaps Monica will post it again or just scroll back about 3 pages and you'll see it.
If you have any questions about the cruise, just ask. Everyone here is very friendly and we will try to answer them for you.
Looking forward to getting to know you over the next few months.
It is getting close now!!! I can't wait.
Kathy

 

[cruisin' chick]

Hi Patty,
Yep, that is what happened, but I felt it was worth taking the chance you might read my reply before it disappeared. I'm sure after reading posts on the dis boards you can understand why I felt this was the site you needed to get all your answers at. I did get your thankyou post before it disappeared!!
I hope people here can help you with your project ok. I know they will try.
If not, try taking a Disney cruise and see for yourself. We'd love to have you along,

Kathy

I'm glad you saw it. I just don't understand all the paranoia. In fact, I just posted a link to this board from another cruising board's resource area. So, if people need more information about Disney cruises, they can seek it here. I wish I could take a cruise soon but it doesn't look good for the home team. Oh, well.

Again, thanks. Back to my research and editing. I'll come back and check out the info here myself.