As youll recall, D, B, Leo and I were on our way out of EP after Bs yak-fest, leaving E to do some more touring on her own. We made it to the CSR bus stop no problem. And had the looooongest bus wait of the entire trip. Figures.
The bus finally arrived and got this close,
this close to our stop the last of the CSR stops, of course when B yakked again. Only thing left in his tummy was red Motrin and it conveniently landed on the equally red sarong. That was a plus.
D and B headed to their room, hoping baby B might take a nap if Mommy held him in the cool dark. I thought Leo might want to go for a swim before dinner but no, he jus wanna pway in my woom Mommy. So he played with his JoJo shoe and I caught up on my tabloid news. Wow, this really IS a vacation!
We started getting hungry and called D to see if they wanted to either join us at the Pepper Market or have us bring something back. Nope D was waiting for E to get back, figuring she wouldnt want to be left out. Okay. I had my doubts about that. TFI.
Leo and I picked up some chow to bring back to the room and V picked up one FIIINE margarita on the rocks!
Theres a little bar to the right as you walk into the Pepper Market and let me tell you, they make a MEAN margarita! Ill have back-up on this shortly.
We repeated our earlier Pepper Market meals hot dog, Bourbon Chicken so I wont bother with a review. Suffice it to say all was great once again!
I didnt want to leave the stinky food containers in the room, and hoped to make it to the pool, so Leo and I decided to take a walk. D had called while we were eating and said she was going to rock in the hammock outside our rooms with B for a bit, then would join us for a walk. So, Leo and I found D and B rocking peacefully in said hammock and it looked like things were getting better in their world!
SPLAAAT.
Splattity-splat-splat.
Splat.
TMI? Sorry. But, yeah, B was yakkin again. Apparently, hed downed 2 bottles of formula in the room. And. The formula was now covering D and the hammock. It was bad, Really, really bad. So bad, we all headed to Ds room, where she stripped B and put him right into the tub. And heres where it gets funny.
I was just sitting on the bed, watching TV and waiting till I was needed to take over B duty so D could get in the shower. (Yes, it was THAT bad.
) Leo asks if he can go help with Bs bath. Yeah, I guess, but knock first and ask D if its okay.
Next thing I know, Ds laughing hysterically and asking Leo what hes doing
I go over and find my child NAKED, and ready to get in the tub! Apparently, he was all about some tub time. D and I agreed that another time would really be better and Leo got re-dressed. Told you they bonded!
Anyway, D got cleaned up and decided she should probably stay put with B for a while. By this time, Gramma was back and E had called to say she was still at EP and planned to stay for the fireworks.
I know.
And. I agree I was a tad miffed as well. Admittedly, E doesnt have kids and doesnt know much about taking care of them. I get that. Because, before Leo, I knew nothing about babies. Really, Id have been the last person youd want to turn your kid over to in a bind. And Im still not real excited about watching other peoples kids; Bs the exception rather than the rule. Remember Im not getting Parent of the Year for good reasons.
So, when D needed to use the ladies' room and E didnt offer to hold B, I understood. And when Gramma entertained B whilst D finished eating her dinner, while E read the MK map, I understood. And even when E wanted to do some exploring sans kidlets while we ate at Biergarten, I understood.
But I was having a hard time with her decision to stay at EP. And. So was D. A little. We talked about it some in the midst of cleaning up and we both agreed that we were glad E was willing to tour on her own, as wed have felt awful about her coming all the way down here and not seeing anything. We agreed that we can come back for a re-do any time, whereas E might not be back to EP, her favorite place in WDW, for years. We even agreed that we hoped she was having a nice time.
And.
We might have laughed. Just a little. When we saw the torrential rain start to come down. And looked at all the rain gear. Sitting in the room with us. Heh heh.
By this time, Gramma was back from her escape day and it was bedtime for Leo, so Gramma went to the Pepper Mill to pick up dinner for herself and D, while I got my boy into bed. I suggested strongly that she pick up a margarita. Or three. Which she did
. And D and Gramma backed me up on this: these are some AMAZING margaritas!
After our crazy day, it wound up being an uneventful evening. Which was nice. For a change. Watched a little TV, read Leos Bday books, and settled in for a good nights sleep. Our last nights sleep in The World.
sniff, sniff
Coming soon(ish): I may conclude this thing before the next trip. Or not.
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I'm not digging this setting ADR's 6 months in advance stuff, I ahve to say. But I'm glad I did - I called at the 180+10 mark and couldn't get Leo's pirate cruise on my first date choice nor my first choice of time for Ohana 
what a lucky boy, and back to school already
she just left you all there
Busy week and a ridiculously busy Tuesday - I only had time for a couple fly-by posts yesterday.
