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When last we met, Sally and Teddy were frolicking about in the spitting ground fountains near Ariel's grotto. They had gotten sufficiently sugar high from their non alcoholic slushy drink, they had new shirts on...they were wet...and happy.
Jay and I relaxed on the bench while we sweltered and chitty chatted.
Life was good.
It wasn't long before Teddy came running up to us to announce that he was WET!!!
I gave him half and eyebrow arch and said
"Yes you are buddy. You made a choice to get wet. I'm sure you feel nice and cool now...and you are happy with the CHOICE you made...aren't you." Statement...not question.
He flashed me an impish little grin and dashed back into the world of spitting fountains.
He was happy.
Sally came over not too long after and sat down next to her daddy.
"Daddy...I wish we could move here. To Disney. It would be so happy every day right? Because then you could help kids who have special needs and MissCammie could teach everyone to have nice manners...so then you could have jobs..."
"And I could be a princess...Princess Sally...and I would be in a movie so girls would wear my t-shirts and have dolls of me. And probably Cinderella might let me live in her castle with her because it has so many rooms and she's nice."
I asked her what Teddy would do for a job and she said without missing a beat,
"Garbage collecter...or Toilet cleaner...or being in charge of the GROSS Stitch ride because he would think it was funny because he's gross too...probably."
Teddy would actually love any of those jobs I'm sure...
at that moment Teddy came dashing up to his sister and touched her on the leg and screeched "TOUCH!!!", before running off again.
For some reason, the act of Teddy touching her and screeching TOUCH when he does it, infuriates Sally more than almost anything else in this world...almost more than RULE BREAKERS!
Since Teddy had run off before Sally could react all she could do was huff. She was building up some steam. I could see it...her eyes had narrowed, her arms had crossed and she was breathing heavily. I was fairly sure that if looks could kill...Teddy's goose would be cooked...to a crisp.
Sally turned those furious little eyes on me. I backed up a little...b/c she was a little scary.
"MissCammie. When I grow up I am going to have a house. And if Teddy comes to my house I am going to LOCK ALL THE DOORS...AND THE WINDOWS! And he will NEVER EVER come into my house. EVEN IF HE NEEDS TO POWDER HIS NOSE...REALLY BAD. Because THEN he will know that I do NOT like him. AT ALL!"
Staying serious at that moment was more difficult than any thing I had ever attempted in my life. But I knew if I had laughed she was going to kill me.
With her bare hands.
"Sally when you are a grown up you can make the choice as to who comes into your house and who does not. I hope you will not hang on to your anger for that long. But if you do...I'm sure that Teddy will be VERY sorry for touching your leg...when he was five..."
*ahem*
She was okay with that reply and said "GOOD!"
And with that, it was time to get a move on. I wanted to ride things. I had my second wind. I was ready and rarin to go.
I called Teddy over. He wasn't too wet. Just slightly sopped. He had his little finger out and was preparing to give Sally another touch, but I caught him before he did it.
"Teddy...are you supposed to touch other people's bodies?"
"No" *grin*
"Are you being respectful of Sally's personal space when you touch her without her permission?"
He had to think about it for a second.
"Ummmmmm...let me think"...(When he says this, he scratches his chin and taps his forehead. It is the cutest darn stalling tactic I've ever seen!)
I slapped him with an eyebrow arch.
"Yeah, exactly. So here's the deal...if you continue to bother Sally and disrespect her personal space, we are going to have a fight...and you don't want to be in fight with MissCammie because..."
Teddy's eye's lit up. He knows the answer to that one!
"Because if MissCammie isn't happy, then NOBODY is happy!"
Precisely.
*ahem*
"And if I'm not happy I start handing out consequences...so straighten up and keep your nose clean mister!"
Teddy LOVES it when I say that. He gave his little nose a rub to show me how clean it was. Then he hopped into the kid transporter.
Sally's feathers were still a bit ruffled, so she opted to walk instead of ride with her offensive little brother.
We walked a bit and rode stuff. We did Mickey's Philharmagic again. I will NEVER get sick of that one. I love me some Donald Duck. He's so...me.
We rode Peter Pan again...as the line was strangely short...for like five seconds.
We did it's a small world. Sally loved that one. She likes rides with music she can sing along to. I was terrified we'd get stuck on that ride and I'd go slowly mad as that song imprinted itself on my brain, never to be erased. I like the song. I do...but anything repetitive starts to bug after about 10 minutes.
I'm fussy. I know. It's part of my charm...
*ahem*
Sally just loved the little people.
"MissCammie LOOK!!! It's Scottish people like Daddy!!!!!! How comes there's Eeyore food in Scotland?" (Sally was referring to Thistle's!)
"Because Scottish people like to eat thistle's to show how tough they are...and how smart they are..."
it's true...it is...seriously...
*ahem*
Jay gave me a look. I batted my eyelashes at him and threw a kiss. I do so LOVE to tease my husband...love ya hunny...mean it!!!
"MissCammie LOOK!!! There's Irish girls like you!!! And a rainbow!! How come there aren't thistle's in Ireland? How come there are rainbows?"
"Because Irish people are the chosen ones. We are shining beacon's of magic and love...we leave the thistle eating to the brutes of Scotland. We go to university and get educated instead..."
*ahem*
Just at that moment a large foot stepped ever so slightly onto my manicured toes.
Which I so deserved.
And the pedi held up.
I took pictures of all the cute things the kids exclaimed over...
Teddy loved the leopard! I think it's a leopard...
and the Panda (my personal favorite endangered species!)
and the Pink Camel!
We all loved the Platter-ma-pus..es...(which how Teddy says the word!) The child pointed and said "MissCammie LOOKIT!!! Plattermapuses!!! Did you know that they are native to Australia and they are egg laying mammals!! And did you know what else?! The males have spurs on their hind legs that have venom and it can make a human sick and even KILL a dog...if a dog got spurred by one..."
wow...knock MissCammie over with feather...
Jay gave me a look and said "Private nursery school was worth it huh?"
AND HOW!
So...here's the Plattermapuses...
It's a small world was a hit!! It's a classic. We love us the classics!
It was starting to get near dinner time. The kids sugar high was wearing off and their tumblies were getting rumbly...
So we figured we'd wander until we spotted something.
Sally was walking along beside me...calm as could be...when suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks.
She gripped my arm...HARD.
"What is it Sal? Are you okay?"
Her little nose was twitching. Her eyes were darting from side to side.
Uh-oh.
"MissCammie...someone is...*sniffsniffsniff* someone is SMOKING!!!!"
"MissCammie...someone is SMOKING...AT DISNEY!!! Where there are CHILDREN!!! WHO IS SMOKING?!"
Sally does not like smoking. At all. Which is good. We don't like smoking either. But Sally really hates it. Not only is RULE BREAKING in her mind's eye...it's DANGEROUS RULE BREAKING!"
She surveyed the area looking for the evil wretch that would dare to smoke in side the gates of Disneyworld.
Once her eyes found the smoker she gave a little jump.
"THERE HE IS MISSCAMMIE!! HE'S SMOKING!!!"
She looked at me expectantly.
"Yes Sally. He is smoking. But he's smoking in an area set aside for people to smoke..."
She gave me a most withering look.
"MissCammie Mickey does NOT let people smoke at Disneyworld...does he?"
I hated to break it to her...
"Yes Sally. Smoking is allowed at Disneyworld in certain areas..."
"But MissCammie I can smell it. That means I am BREATHING it. And TEddy is breathing it and Daddy. And babies. And ducks. Because if you can smell it, you are breathing it. Which means your lungs turn black and your teeth get yellow and plus it's DISGUSTING and not fair because it's not my fault that smoking is a gross habit and I don't smoke but I can SMELL IT so it's like I'm SMOKING and I don't want to smoke because..."
"Sally I KNOW. I'm sorry that you have been subjected to smoke. But it is what it is and I can't stop that man from smoking because it's his choice to make. And I KNOW that it's not your choice to breathe it. But let's not get hysterical. Let's just make a choice to go AROUND. Because we CAN control where we walk."
I gave her an eyebrow arch just to make it clear that hysterics were not going to be tolerated.
Sally threw an evil eye at the smoker as we walked by. She went into a sudden and LOUD coughing fit just to make it clear how deeply wounding this second hand smoke was to her lungs.
Not a big fan of smoking our Sally. And she will let you know it.
Her final thought on the matter came out like this:
*cough*
MissCammie...smoking should be ILLEGAL. It should be NOT ALLOWED at Disney because people bring their kids here and it's not fair that we have to get sick because other people can't even control themselves for ONE DAY and it is GROSS and not fair.
*coughhackcoughcoughcough...coughcough...cough*
Yes Sally.
Who's hungry?!
Teddy helped me change the subject by shouting
"Teddy is hungry!!! I could eat a ROCK I'm so starving!!!"
we decided on Cosmic Ray's Cafe. I had never been there before. It looked empty which was very appealing. We wouldn't have to table stalk. I was ready for a seat and an eat!
It was lovely and air conditioned inside. We found a seat right in front of Cosmic Ray himself. Teddy LOVED it!!
He was fairly sure the alien was REAL b/c it had LOOKED right at him. Sally wasn't so sure...but she was happy enough to sit and watch...and breathe clean air...
*ahem*
Jay brought us our food...which was pretty much the same CS food we eat everywhere. The kids were happy with hot dogs. Jay and I had a wrap...and some sort of odd salad stuff...
overall we enjoyed the meal. The kids loved watching the lounge act. Sally manned the video camera and people watched through the lens. She was especially interested in a little girl who kept running up to the stage. She was about two. She was dancing and screech laughing. Sally watched her for a long time.
When we were packing up to leave Sally turned to me and said
"MissCammie...could you please hurry and have a sister for me so we can add to the girl's team?"
Sure Sally...I'll get right on that.
up next: WISHES!!!! and...Day TWO begins...Epcot!!!
Jay and I relaxed on the bench while we sweltered and chitty chatted.
Life was good.
It wasn't long before Teddy came running up to us to announce that he was WET!!!
I gave him half and eyebrow arch and said
"Yes you are buddy. You made a choice to get wet. I'm sure you feel nice and cool now...and you are happy with the CHOICE you made...aren't you." Statement...not question.
He flashed me an impish little grin and dashed back into the world of spitting fountains.
He was happy.
Sally came over not too long after and sat down next to her daddy.
"Daddy...I wish we could move here. To Disney. It would be so happy every day right? Because then you could help kids who have special needs and MissCammie could teach everyone to have nice manners...so then you could have jobs..."
"And I could be a princess...Princess Sally...and I would be in a movie so girls would wear my t-shirts and have dolls of me. And probably Cinderella might let me live in her castle with her because it has so many rooms and she's nice."
I asked her what Teddy would do for a job and she said without missing a beat,
"Garbage collecter...or Toilet cleaner...or being in charge of the GROSS Stitch ride because he would think it was funny because he's gross too...probably."
Teddy would actually love any of those jobs I'm sure...
at that moment Teddy came dashing up to his sister and touched her on the leg and screeched "TOUCH!!!", before running off again.
For some reason, the act of Teddy touching her and screeching TOUCH when he does it, infuriates Sally more than almost anything else in this world...almost more than RULE BREAKERS!
Since Teddy had run off before Sally could react all she could do was huff. She was building up some steam. I could see it...her eyes had narrowed, her arms had crossed and she was breathing heavily. I was fairly sure that if looks could kill...Teddy's goose would be cooked...to a crisp.
Sally turned those furious little eyes on me. I backed up a little...b/c she was a little scary.
"MissCammie. When I grow up I am going to have a house. And if Teddy comes to my house I am going to LOCK ALL THE DOORS...AND THE WINDOWS! And he will NEVER EVER come into my house. EVEN IF HE NEEDS TO POWDER HIS NOSE...REALLY BAD. Because THEN he will know that I do NOT like him. AT ALL!"
Staying serious at that moment was more difficult than any thing I had ever attempted in my life. But I knew if I had laughed she was going to kill me.
With her bare hands.
"Sally when you are a grown up you can make the choice as to who comes into your house and who does not. I hope you will not hang on to your anger for that long. But if you do...I'm sure that Teddy will be VERY sorry for touching your leg...when he was five..."
*ahem*
She was okay with that reply and said "GOOD!"
And with that, it was time to get a move on. I wanted to ride things. I had my second wind. I was ready and rarin to go.
I called Teddy over. He wasn't too wet. Just slightly sopped. He had his little finger out and was preparing to give Sally another touch, but I caught him before he did it.
"Teddy...are you supposed to touch other people's bodies?"
"No" *grin*
"Are you being respectful of Sally's personal space when you touch her without her permission?"
He had to think about it for a second.
"Ummmmmm...let me think"...(When he says this, he scratches his chin and taps his forehead. It is the cutest darn stalling tactic I've ever seen!)
I slapped him with an eyebrow arch.
"Yeah, exactly. So here's the deal...if you continue to bother Sally and disrespect her personal space, we are going to have a fight...and you don't want to be in fight with MissCammie because..."
Teddy's eye's lit up. He knows the answer to that one!
"Because if MissCammie isn't happy, then NOBODY is happy!"
Precisely.
*ahem*
"And if I'm not happy I start handing out consequences...so straighten up and keep your nose clean mister!"
Teddy LOVES it when I say that. He gave his little nose a rub to show me how clean it was. Then he hopped into the kid transporter.
Sally's feathers were still a bit ruffled, so she opted to walk instead of ride with her offensive little brother.
We walked a bit and rode stuff. We did Mickey's Philharmagic again. I will NEVER get sick of that one. I love me some Donald Duck. He's so...me.
We rode Peter Pan again...as the line was strangely short...for like five seconds.
We did it's a small world. Sally loved that one. She likes rides with music she can sing along to. I was terrified we'd get stuck on that ride and I'd go slowly mad as that song imprinted itself on my brain, never to be erased. I like the song. I do...but anything repetitive starts to bug after about 10 minutes.
I'm fussy. I know. It's part of my charm...
*ahem*
Sally just loved the little people.
"MissCammie LOOK!!! It's Scottish people like Daddy!!!!!! How comes there's Eeyore food in Scotland?" (Sally was referring to Thistle's!)
"Because Scottish people like to eat thistle's to show how tough they are...and how smart they are..."
it's true...it is...seriously...
*ahem*
Jay gave me a look. I batted my eyelashes at him and threw a kiss. I do so LOVE to tease my husband...love ya hunny...mean it!!!
"MissCammie LOOK!!! There's Irish girls like you!!! And a rainbow!! How come there aren't thistle's in Ireland? How come there are rainbows?"
"Because Irish people are the chosen ones. We are shining beacon's of magic and love...we leave the thistle eating to the brutes of Scotland. We go to university and get educated instead..."
*ahem*
Just at that moment a large foot stepped ever so slightly onto my manicured toes.
Which I so deserved.
And the pedi held up.
I took pictures of all the cute things the kids exclaimed over...
Teddy loved the leopard! I think it's a leopard...
and the Panda (my personal favorite endangered species!)
and the Pink Camel!
We all loved the Platter-ma-pus..es...(which how Teddy says the word!) The child pointed and said "MissCammie LOOKIT!!! Plattermapuses!!! Did you know that they are native to Australia and they are egg laying mammals!! And did you know what else?! The males have spurs on their hind legs that have venom and it can make a human sick and even KILL a dog...if a dog got spurred by one..."
wow...knock MissCammie over with feather...
Jay gave me a look and said "Private nursery school was worth it huh?"
AND HOW!
So...here's the Plattermapuses...
It's a small world was a hit!! It's a classic. We love us the classics!
It was starting to get near dinner time. The kids sugar high was wearing off and their tumblies were getting rumbly...
So we figured we'd wander until we spotted something.
Sally was walking along beside me...calm as could be...when suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks.
She gripped my arm...HARD.
"What is it Sal? Are you okay?"
Her little nose was twitching. Her eyes were darting from side to side.
Uh-oh.
"MissCammie...someone is...*sniffsniffsniff* someone is SMOKING!!!!"
"MissCammie...someone is SMOKING...AT DISNEY!!! Where there are CHILDREN!!! WHO IS SMOKING?!"
Sally does not like smoking. At all. Which is good. We don't like smoking either. But Sally really hates it. Not only is RULE BREAKING in her mind's eye...it's DANGEROUS RULE BREAKING!"
She surveyed the area looking for the evil wretch that would dare to smoke in side the gates of Disneyworld.
Once her eyes found the smoker she gave a little jump.
"THERE HE IS MISSCAMMIE!! HE'S SMOKING!!!"
She looked at me expectantly.
"Yes Sally. He is smoking. But he's smoking in an area set aside for people to smoke..."
She gave me a most withering look.
"MissCammie Mickey does NOT let people smoke at Disneyworld...does he?"
I hated to break it to her...
"Yes Sally. Smoking is allowed at Disneyworld in certain areas..."
"But MissCammie I can smell it. That means I am BREATHING it. And TEddy is breathing it and Daddy. And babies. And ducks. Because if you can smell it, you are breathing it. Which means your lungs turn black and your teeth get yellow and plus it's DISGUSTING and not fair because it's not my fault that smoking is a gross habit and I don't smoke but I can SMELL IT so it's like I'm SMOKING and I don't want to smoke because..."
"Sally I KNOW. I'm sorry that you have been subjected to smoke. But it is what it is and I can't stop that man from smoking because it's his choice to make. And I KNOW that it's not your choice to breathe it. But let's not get hysterical. Let's just make a choice to go AROUND. Because we CAN control where we walk."
I gave her an eyebrow arch just to make it clear that hysterics were not going to be tolerated.
Sally threw an evil eye at the smoker as we walked by. She went into a sudden and LOUD coughing fit just to make it clear how deeply wounding this second hand smoke was to her lungs.
Not a big fan of smoking our Sally. And she will let you know it.
Her final thought on the matter came out like this:
*cough*
MissCammie...smoking should be ILLEGAL. It should be NOT ALLOWED at Disney because people bring their kids here and it's not fair that we have to get sick because other people can't even control themselves for ONE DAY and it is GROSS and not fair.
*coughhackcoughcoughcough...coughcough...cough*
Yes Sally.
Who's hungry?!
Teddy helped me change the subject by shouting
"Teddy is hungry!!! I could eat a ROCK I'm so starving!!!"
we decided on Cosmic Ray's Cafe. I had never been there before. It looked empty which was very appealing. We wouldn't have to table stalk. I was ready for a seat and an eat!
It was lovely and air conditioned inside. We found a seat right in front of Cosmic Ray himself. Teddy LOVED it!!
He was fairly sure the alien was REAL b/c it had LOOKED right at him. Sally wasn't so sure...but she was happy enough to sit and watch...and breathe clean air...
*ahem*
Jay brought us our food...which was pretty much the same CS food we eat everywhere. The kids were happy with hot dogs. Jay and I had a wrap...and some sort of odd salad stuff...
overall we enjoyed the meal. The kids loved watching the lounge act. Sally manned the video camera and people watched through the lens. She was especially interested in a little girl who kept running up to the stage. She was about two. She was dancing and screech laughing. Sally watched her for a long time.
When we were packing up to leave Sally turned to me and said
"MissCammie...could you please hurry and have a sister for me so we can add to the girl's team?"
Sure Sally...I'll get right on that.
up next: WISHES!!!! and...Day TWO begins...Epcot!!!
) and she's taken to it like a duck to water. Go Teddy!!!!
: 
Keep fighin' the good fight, Sally!
Thank you for taking the time to write it helps me get through a looong work week.
