She's so cute with her glow things!! Does Jill have my phone number? I hope she enjoys her birthday at DHS, i'll be spending mine at work, but at least on the day after my birthday (which we are renaming, my official celebration day) I will in WDW! With my pin and everything!! I can't wait to be in disney for my birthday!!
I'm giving it to her tonight. The last couple of times I've talked to her, she's been in the car and couldn't write it down. She'll have it safely in her phone by the time she leaves.
Happiness to both of you for getting to make a birthday trip! I'll be there on mine in July, too!
or maybe he and/or his wife didn't do their disney research beforehand and were having a miserable time. i can totally see how if you're not prepared for disney world, you can be MISERABLE there. especially if you're just there for your kids and don't feel the "magic" yourself. i tell everyone i know that's going to disney, call me ahead of time and let me help you!!!!! if not you may regret it.
i love glow thingies too!!!!!!!! i totally need to hang out with brooklynn sometime.
by the way, HOPE YOU HAVE A MAGICAL, WONDERFUL, DREAM-FILLED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRIP, JILL!!!!!!!! 
Yeah, maybe it was just a really bad day. I hope so. I know for some people Disney World is just not their thing. He might have been a completely different guy if had been out on a fishing boat or skiing or playing video games or whatever it is that makes him happy.
I'm sure Brooklynn would enjoy hanging out. She fell down a flight of stairs at the dogsitter's house last night, but Jill says she's okay. She said it was pretty scary to watch her tumbling down twenty hardwood steps. They watched her carefully during the night and called the doctor this morning, just to be sure they were doing the right thing before they got on their plane tomorrow, but she says she seems to be fine.
That Dad -- whew! Sounds like one of a kind, that's for sure!
Brooklyn is too cute with her glow thingies!
She loved her cheapie glow toys! When she gets bigger, I'm sure there will be a time that we'll get her one of the ones they sell in the crowds, just for the thrill of it, but for now, she's good with the cheap stuff.
O.K, I am a hater of the turkey leg, but I don't begrudge others who enjoy eating meat off the bone.
Sorry you had to listen to "the dad". I think that one trip I was "the mom". My older two NEVER stopped fighting! By the third day in I was ready to go ballistic, so I can feel his pain a little. Now the standing in line thing never got to me though. Duh, you're in Disney! Brooklyn looks super excited with her glowing wrists. I want glowing wrists too!
I wonder if someone came on here and wrote about you?!?!?
There was this mean old woman blah, blah, blah......
Making fun of that poor dad, and the cursing that came out of your keyboard....shame...shame.
You didn't think that could come out of an innocent little keyboard like mine, I know.
I still don't know if I spelled it right!
Awww, Brooklyn looks adorable with her little glow things!!!
Have fun for me Jill and Brooklyn!!!!!!!! Have a wonderful birthday in DHS! I would have been spending my birthday there next week as well!!! Enjoy it for the both of us!
I wish you guys could have met. Maybe on a future trip.
That dad story made me laugh. One of the pharmacists I work with told me about a vacation they had taken to Disney World when his girls were younger. They had been camping on the Disney campgrounds, and the people camping next to them sounded like the same story you told.
Apparently the father, the whole time they were there, would not stop yelling and saying "BE HAPPY! I PAID TOO MUCH FOR THIS" and things of that sort. The kids seemed miserable.
I feel bad for the family in that situation (and the father to some degree). Vacation is supposed to be a time to relax, but it's hard to have fun if you don't really want to be there, or as another poster said, just going for the kids.
Everyone has their own idea of a nice vacation, too. If you made me go on a golfing trip or to a racetrack, I would be miserable. I would hope I could take it nicely for the good of the group and not be a grouch, but I would probably be miserable.
Brooklynn is so cute with her glow bracelets. No matter how old you are, glow things are always fun.
I've actually never had a turkey leg, but I'm willing to try one. It is being added on to my mental "must eat at WDW" list, along with Earl of Sandwich. I am not sure when we'll be going back (my parents want to go "somewhere else"-not sure where) but
I'm hoping to be able to take my sister there sometime for a girlie trip.
ETA: Happy early birthday and have a WONDERFUL birthday trip, Jill!!
I definitely hope a girl trip happens for you. They are so fun!!!
I hope I never act like that if and when we have children!
Brooklynn is so cute!
I am grossed out by the turkey legs in real life, but they are very Disney to me, so I don't mind pics of them.
I don't think you will ever be like that guy was on that night. Like I said, I'm not trying to be mean, but he really did need some guidance on his coping skills that night.
We'll remember to have our turkey legs eaten by the time we meet up with you in November.
As always another great update MeMom. Sorry about the Dad. It seems there is one of those in every crowd. I do have to say
the story made me laugh because my brother makes fun of people who do that. My brother and I have stood together in lots of lines so your story brought me back to my youth.
I do miss my family as it has been a year since I have seen my brother sorry I digress. I also want to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL
It's good to come to this forum and have a laugh.
Great update! I have to admit that I had one of those "The Dad" moments on our first Disney trip. Not that bad though. Just lost my temper for one short moment at Epcot. I guess I just got tired of the whining, but the girls were only four and seven and were on total overload. We decided it was time for a break. Luckily that was the year we were at the BCV with friends so I let everyone else walk back to the room and then enjoyed some quiet time walking around World Showcase. That night ended up being perfectly magical for us. After the girls and DH rested, they decided to walk back over to Epcot. I don't remember if I even had my cell phone with me, but I do know that DH did not call me. We just "magically" ended up running into each other while I was walking over the bridge from France toward the International Gateway (I think that's what it's called - the entrance from the Boardwalk/Beach Club area). We ended up meeting on the bridge and stayed to watch Illuminations from there. I think that's why it's my favorite night time show. It makes me cry every time because I think of that night and how a stressful afternoon turned into a magical night. Just one of the reasons I love Disney so much! Sorry for rambling.
Happy Birthday, Jill! No better place to be on your b-day. We were there for my oldest daughter's birthday in August three years ago and she chose Fantasmic for her birthday night too. Have fun!
Alice
Ramble on! I love hearing your personal Disney stories.
Turkey legs....yum! We have to have one sometime on our trip! They are so good!
Brooklynn looks so cute with her glow bracelets!
Sorry you had a run in with an unhappy Dad. We usually have to take a mid-day break to make DH happy, he does much better with a little rest!
We think they're so good, too.
Mid-day breaks are nice, and we have made good use of many of them. Makes for a refreshed soul for the evening.
I've said it before, but I have to say it again....I love your sense of humor!
And the picture of Brooklyn getting excited for Fantasmic is adorable
She'll be glowing again Sunday night for her Mommy's birthday!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes for Jill. I don't know if she'll get on the computer today, so I'll send her your greetings. She had a doctor's appointment today - the baby is all good - and she has a lot of things to do to get ready, as you all well know.
It is Finally Friday, as we call Fridays in the teaching world. This has been a relatively good week, with the exception of one of my students being suspended for behavior issues throughout the building and on the bus. These kids have so many needs. We have some really sweet, sweet kids who get lost in the shuffle sometimes, and I feel sorry for them. When you get them one on one, even the ones with serious issues are usually a pleasure to be around. It is a mission to help them, and I hope I am doing some good somewhere along the way. There is so much more to it than the actual dispensing of information here at our school. It does make us sad that kids who are so young already have so many issues and so many strikes against them.
Anyway, it's been a decent week, and I am thankful for that,
and for my weekend,
and for my sons,
and for my daughter who is getting to spend her birthday in her favorite place with her family.
Looks like Thankful Thursday spilled over into Friday.
Have a good weekend, all!
when writing, because of the A in LMAO.
