Sorry for the cliffhanger! I'm back to work and there's no camp or school this week. Daycare is closed yesterday and today. My nanny is working 10-12 hour days and I'm trying to race home to take over so she can go home!
So we head over to Space Mountain for measurement. The kids had both been warned that they might not be tall enough. I even prepared them for multiple measurings being different, etc.
Nathaniel was clearly tall enough. His head was well-over the line. Safe!
Jessica, on the other hand, is about 1/4 inch too short. No doubt she'll be tall enough in January but not this trip. We got a baby swap pass and Tom and Nathaniel entered the Mountain!
I thought this was the perfect outcome. Jessica had looked terrified on Test Track (she did ride it twice but Tom just assumed she wanted to ride again and I wasn't so sure!). Nathaniel loves all things space-related. Jessica whined a bit but did pretty well with it (especially considering that she was the most difficult one this trip!).
Jessica, Zachary, and I headed for the "Rocket Ride" (Astro Orbiters to the rest of you). We had a fun ride together and then headed to Buzz. Tom and Nathaniel were about 20 people behind us in line for Buzz. After shooting some aliens, Nathaniel and I headed back to Space Mountain and Tom took the kids to Fantasyland to ride Pooh. I was a little disappointed to miss Pooh (I love that ride, especially the Tigger part) but I was super psyched for Space Mountain with Nathaniel. We honestly didn't need to Baby Swap pass because the line was almost a walk-on (we saved it for later but never used it!).
We re-convened and tried to make a plan. I really wanted a cream cheese pretzel but it was only 10:30 and they don't open until 11am.
The kids decided to ride the "Stinky Cars" (I love that name!). Nathaniel, Zachary, and I shared a car. Thankfully Nathaniel is a decent driver so it wasn't too bumpy!!!! The kids were being a little crabby at this point. As we were loading the strollers, I realized that my cell phone was missing!
Tom and I had been texting all day so I knew I had just had it. I asked the CM at the Indy Cars for help. Not a good feeling! (It's my work Blackberry and Tom and I were totally dependent on our phones to communicate with each other because of the baby swap stuff!) Luckily the nice CM found my phone and returned it!
Amanda