~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[MA pigletfan]

HEEHEEHEE!!! That is great!! you are right, i would never have guessed you met PIGLET..the real deal!! That is so funny..thanks for thinking of me, i would have gotten her autograph lol!!
GREAT dance shots...Anna's family knows how to GET DOWN!!! lol!!!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

Just getting caught up after being gone, so I was a little behind. First of all, OMG on your neighbors fireworks! That looks like a big time production.

Luke dancing pics are so cute. He was really going for it!

We went to CP for the character breakfast and the Piglet was so sweet w/ my son. He was a little scared and Piglet immediately pulled back and played Peek-a-boo. Dylan loved it! I wonder if it was her. I remember saying that the characters are all very sweet with little children.

 

[MaceysMom]

The dreaded stitches!!!! Ouch!

Lukes dance party is so cute. I love the pic with his hair flying around.

 

[bedillamouse]

First of all Happy Birthday!!! Margot is soo cute...she's one of those babies you just want to grab hold and give her big ol kisses all over her face. I have to stop looking at her picture...it makes me want another baby! We're done with 2....we're done with 2....okay I'll keep telling myself that. OH but I love that baby smell!!

I do have to share....We just booked our 1st Christmas trip for this Dec...some of your pics helped sell it to DH!!! Thanks!...(and the free dining code we got helps too!) Now I am trying to decide if we should buy the tickets to the party or not.. Your pictures make me want to but my kids do not stay up late...on normal nights at home they go to be btwn 7 and 8 so I am not sure how they would do. Just more I have to try and decide! Not to hijack your thread but do they light up the castle like that everynight in Dec or just at the party??

You'll have to tell us if you liked the new HP movie or not....I'm wanting to go but doubt my DH will do so would have to find some friends to go instead!

 

[punkin413]

i just wanted to say hi and let you guys know i'm once again swamped with work and have been neglecting the boards. we've had several expedited transcript requests so i've been really busy. i promise to update this as soon as i get some free time! and if i'm reading your TR, I'M BEHIND!!!!! i will play catchup slowly but surely.

 

[stacikristine]

I'm all caught up!! I can't tell you how much I love reading your TRs! They're great! The pics and the videos... Luke is so cute, and I've enjoyed "watching" his reactions too. I'm sorry you all (and especially Brett) had to go through all of that with Margot, but I'm SO glad it's better now! One of my best friends is in a huge child custody battle, and they're no fun. I'll pray that things always stay this smooth for them! I'm excited to read about the rest of your trip! And let me say...you're awesome for being able to keep up with writing/co-writing 3 TRs at the same time!

 

[MagicShell]

I am glad your mouth is better. I have not had my wisdom teeth pulled so I don't know what that is like. I am sure it is painful.

I didn't know that you could meet Belle in her Christmas dress. My daughter would love that. I think next time we go at Christmas time we will have to go to the Christmas party.

 

[punkin413]

thank you all SO MUCH for your birthday wishes! sorry i've been MIA. i'm soooooo behind on a lot of TRs so if i'm reading yours i promise i will catch up when i can!

I love the update. I hope Belle and the Beast are out when I go to MVMCP. Her Christmas dress is really pretty. I love the pictures of Luke dancing with Chip and Dale. He looks like he having so much fun.

thanks! i'm sure they will be. last year they were in fantasyland to the left of IASW

Great update! Luke was cute dancing! I think that is the same Belle we met, although I would have to compare pictures. You are right it does look like Ray is being forced to have his picture taken! Ben is the same way! I think Stitch was the only character I could get him to have his picture with. How cool that you got to meet Piglet! Awesome!

thanks! it's so funny when ray does that because i really don't make him get in those pictures!

*ahem* HOW RUDE!!!!

leaving us in a cliff hanger like that...Don't leave us hanging too long this time, ok? I will be watching TODAY for an update.

That's right. TODAY.

Ok ok I know...wishful thinking.

um......hope you didn't hold your breath for that update!

First off Margot is such a cutie - what great pictures!!!!

Second - that sounds not fun with your stiches - so glad you were able to get into the dentist.

3rd - Thanks so much for your advice about dinner and the Halloween party - I redid my intineary and I think it's much better - check it out when you have time

4th - What a cliffhanger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hardly stand it!

Most important:

Happy Birthday!!!!​

thanks! yeah, the stitches weren't fun for sure! hope your itinerary works out. i'm sure you'll make more changes before you leave....i always do!

Hmmmmm ........
I'm ready for another visit ! That could be a way to get you to TN!!

Hope you have a great time. Never have seen any of the HP movies....and dont' really care either . Maybe I'm missing out

i'll be up soon enough. probably in late august/early september i would guess. the HP movies are really good even if you haven't read the books. the special effects are amazing and the stories are just good. definitely worth your time if you're the least bit interested.

Margot is getting so big! She is a real cutie!

Did you ask Ray why he didn't bring you some hot chocolate if it was that wonderful?

Is there a pistol in Ray's back during the Bell & Beast picture?

thanks...i agree! oh, ray was wanting me to taste his but i was so full from cosmic ray's i didn't want any! i knew i could get some later anyway. you know, there may just be someone holding a gun to his back that you can't see!

 

[punkin413]

Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!

First of all, Margot is PRECIOUS! She gets cuter and cuter the older she gets

Great update! Ahh I can't wait to do the xmas party this year! Luke's so funny dancing, flailing his head and body all around, makin his hair go crazy.

I'm so jealous you got to meet a real life Piglet (I'm like 5'5", I wonder what height I would be considered?) and Beauty and the Beast all within the same hour, thats so awesome. Your PP pictures came out good but you think the photographer would have told Belle to stand a little closer to Ray or something.

Love the Jim Shore piece you got too, that's adorableeee. Thanks for leaving us with such a cliff hanger too Dawn!

thanks! she's so sweet. i'm sure belle had to stand next to her fair share of men who weren't thrilled with getting their picture made with a princess. i love all the jim shore pieces....they are all so cute!

Happy Birthday!:May you have a Magical Day!

thank you!

Hey Dawn - I was just looking at the links in your siggy for your Vandy girl trip report and I noticed your 9/07 girl's trip - so I checked out the dates - we were there at the same time! We went 9/20 - 9/26 of 2007. Small world!

cool! we stayed at OKW with tara, who was a new DVC member and had to use her points then. we were only there for 3 nights but it was a fun trip!

Sounds like you had your wisdom teeth pulled...

As far as your TR... you're leaving us hanging...nice cliffhanger....

Hope you continue getting better.....

yep! that, i did. not fun.

i'm not one to usually do cliffhangers but it was absolutely necessary in this case.

Great update. I love all the dancing - people just letting loose and having some Disney holiday fun!

I haven't seen Belle in her Christmas gown. Maybe in December.

Christmas Donald is cute, even when he's mad.

Margot's pictures are so sweet. She's a lucky little girl to have an Aunt Dawn to buy her Disney cutesies. I look forward to the day you take her to meet Mickey and friends!

i know....those pictures of the dance party are just so fun! i loved the christmas donald piece i got.....it's so cute! yeah, i hope to take margot one day. brett said that audrey (his mom/my stepmom) is wanting to take a bunch of us in a couple of years and pay for everyone's park tickets. we'll see!

I hope you had a great birthday!
Cool about meeting the CM. I know someone who is very close friends with Chip and Dale and a few others. Her sister is also in entertainment at EPCOT and DHS. Anyway, she said the parades are torturous, especially in the summer. I guess it can get up to 140 degrees and there is nothing you can do about it.
Your pictures are definitely making me want to go to the party in December!

thanks! oh, i bet those parades are AWFUL! i remember when erica and i saw the block party bash in september last year those guys looked like they were dying and they didn't even have costumes on!

 

[punkin413]

HEEHEEHEE!!! That is great!! you are right, i would never have guessed you met PIGLET..the real deal!! That is so funny..thanks for thinking of me, i would have gotten her autograph lol!!
GREAT dance shots...Anna's family knows how to GET DOWN!!! lol!!!

i thought about getting her autograph but only after we were gone. duh!

Just getting caught up after being gone, so I was a little behind. First of all, OMG on your neighbors fireworks! That looks like a big time production.

Luke dancing pics are so cute. He was really going for it!

We went to CP for the character breakfast and the Piglet was so sweet w/ my son. He was a little scared and Piglet immediately pulled back and played Peek-a-boo. Dylan loved it! I wonder if it was her. I remember saying that the characters are all very sweet with little children.

so cute about piglet and your DS! i love how most of the characteres just seem to know how to handle anything that's thrown at them, whether it be a shy toddler, a screaming kid or a pushy parent.

The dreaded stitches!!!! Ouch!

Lukes dance party is so cute. I love the pic with his hair flying around.

i know....that picture is so funny!

First of all Happy Birthday!!! Margot is soo cute...she's one of those babies you just want to grab hold and give her big ol kisses all over her face. I have to stop looking at her picture...it makes me want another baby! We're done with 2....we're done with 2....okay I'll keep telling myself that. OH but I love that baby smell!!

I do have to share....We just booked our 1st Christmas trip for this Dec...some of your pics helped sell it to DH!!! Thanks!...(and the free dining code we got helps too!) Now I am trying to decide if we should buy the tickets to the party or not.. Your pictures make me want to but my kids do not stay up late...on normal nights at home they go to be btwn 7 and 8 so I am not sure how they would do. Just more I have to try and decide! Not to hijack your thread but do they light up the castle like that everynight in Dec or just at the party??

You'll have to tell us if you liked the new HP movie or not....I'm wanting to go but doubt my DH will do so would have to find some friends to go instead!

thanks! i hope i didn't give you baby fever too bad! congrats on your trip in december!!!! so excited for you! in the past 2 years they have lit up the castle EVERY night starting sometime in november. in 2007 i believe it was at 5:45 and last year it was at 6:30. the park doesn't close for the party until 7:00 so everyone got to see the castle lighting.

I'm all caught up!! I can't tell you how much I love reading your TRs! They're great! The pics and the videos... Luke is so cute, and I've enjoyed "watching" his reactions too. I'm sorry you all (and especially Brett) had to go through all of that with Margot, but I'm SO glad it's better now! One of my best friends is in a huge child custody battle, and they're no fun. I'll pray that things always stay this smooth for them! I'm excited to read about the rest of your trip! And let me say...you're awesome for being able to keep up with writing/co-writing 3 TRs at the same time!

thanks so much! thanks for your kind words about brett's situation. it's still not ideal but it's a lot better than it was when margot was born.

I am glad your mouth is better. I have not had my wisdom teeth pulled so I don't know what that is like. I am sure it is painful.

I didn't know that you could meet Belle in her Christmas dress. My daughter would love that. I think next time we go at Christmas time we will have to go to the Christmas party.

thanks. it was painful but not as bad as the horror stories i've heard. i'm glad it's over! belle in her christmas dress was so pretty!

 

[punkin413]

when i last left you hanging (literally), i had just gotten a text as ray and i were making our way from main street towards adventureland before the christmas parade. i looked down at my phone to see a text from chris saying this........

hey, luke fell in cosmic ray’s and busted his nose and lip. we are out front now and the EMTs have already come and gone.



OH, MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!

i got on the phone and called chris to see what was going on. i can't remember who i talked to -- chris or anna -- but they told me what happened.

they said that luke was dancing (as you saw in the previous chapter) and he was spinning around, lost his footing and fell straight on his face on the floor. blood immediately started gushing. anna ran to grab some napkins and chris said she tackled some lady in the process. they said within seconds there were CMs all around them, forming a circle so that people couldn't see luke. i'm sure those of you who have had kids get hurt know how everyone staring at you doesn't help things. they also said that 2 or 3 "manager-like" people were there within a couple minutes and they were wonderful to them. EMTs showed up in about 3 minutes and they kept apologizing to anna because they took so long. she was like, "are you kidding me????? you got here so quick!"

the EMTs checked luke out and he didn't have a broken nose but they told them he would be bruised and swollen for a few days. they also asked anna what he'd been doing earlier in the day and when she told them that this was the last of 4 FULL disney days they told her that he may want to go to sleep soon and not to freak out, that he was fine and him getting sleepy was probably to be expected.

anna said the manager-like CMs were wonderful. she said they were great with luke and they offered to give them tickets to come to another christmas party if they wanted. anna asked luke if he wanted to stay or leave and he said he wanted to stay. so they decided to stick it out and declined the offer of more tickets. we were leaving the next day anyway. they also gave luke a mickey doll and gave all three of them vouchers for new shirts since they had blood on theirs. anna and luke used theirs but chris just kept the one he had since he had a shirt to go over it. and then they also gave them priority seating for the later christmas parade. anna told them they had 2 more people in their party and asked if we could join them too and they said we could.

this is the first time i've ever had something like this happen at disney. i've heard of how great things are ran there when emergency issues come up but now i know firsthand how true that is. it's amazing how smoothly anna says everything went when this happened. not that falling down and busting your nose and lip is the end of the world, but i'm sure we all know that when it happens to a 4-year-old it can seem that way! anna and chris were so impressed with how everything was handled and i was happy it didn't ruin their night completely.

anna did say that after everything was all said and done and luke was calmed down that she just looked and chris and lost it. it's so hard to watch your little guy get hurt.....especially at disney world!

so i know you wanna see pictures of poor little luke-man and they're coming up. i asked anna's permission to post these and she was fine with it. it's not TOO bad....just a busted lip and swollen nose.

poor little dude!!!!!!

anna had big plans for them all to get a family shot in front of the castle that night to use on their christmas card. she had even matched their clothing with blues and greys. but it was not to be now since she and luke had to change shirts AND his nose was so swollen. anna was very upset about the night not turning out the way she thought it would. but she just pushed the disappointment aside and kept going, like we all do!

they pretty much just let luke choose what he wanted to do for the rest of the night, which wasn't much. they went to see pooh and tigger......

then they went to see some crazy ladies dancing that ray and i had seen earlier that night.....

some cool pictures anna took......

continued in next post: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32886001&postcount=2412

 

[punkin413]

back to me and ray.........

we had agreed to meet anna, chris and luke for the fireworks later that night, but first we were heading towards adventureland before the first parade started. we stopped to get some castle pics on the way. i really wanted these to turn out good but i'm not sure about them. my hair was glued to my head because of the mickey santa ears i had on!

as we were heading towards adventureland i remembered that i wanted to go by the christmas store on liberty square to get some of those half-priced ornaments so we went there instead. the christmas parade was actually going by while we were in there, so we got to hear some of the music. but we had primo seats for the second showing so no worries!

as promised, here are all the christmas ornaments i ended up getting, and all at HALF-PRICE!!!

this is the castle above actually on the tree. you stick a christmas tree light in it and it lights up.

we also got a second castle blanket here for ray's mom for watching the dogs for us.

the fireworks were starting at 9:30 and it was around 9:00 at this point, so we decided to head towards the hub to get a spot for the show. i wanted good fireworks pictures with my new setting!

we got a great spot to the left side of the castle. i think it was the same spot i got last year for the pirate & princess party. i wanted to try some hot cocoa and cookies so ray saved our spot while i went back towards the diamond horseshoe (where they were giving it out) to get some for both of us.

on the way i ran into these guys.....

i was so excited to see them! ray wasn't with me so i got a random girl to take that picture. you never see them out so it was cool to see them during the party. although i would've loved to see my favorite country bear, big al.

i got to the diamond horseshoe to get some of this.....

woody and buzz were doing a meet and greet there but my hands were too full of hot cocoa and cookies to get a picture of them! and ray was right.....that hot chocolate was SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! oh, my goodness.....i think i drank like 4 cups of it that night. it was REALLY good!

i made my way back to the hub and took a picture of my wonderful hot cocoa and half-eaten cookie for you.....

that also reminds me.....i took a picture of the party guide and a napkin i kept from it, too......

next up........HOLIDAY WISHES!!!!

 

[tinkgurl]

OMG! Poor Luke! That's great that people got there so quick to look at him. I know having an audience just would make things worse!

Hey, the step-sister in the green/bue whatever you want to call it..she's the one we met at 1900 PF I think! You'll see in my update way later.

I was watching The Real Housewives of Atlanta the other day and thought of you because in the beginning thing where they show them all standing together, they're all holding out peaches and you've never seen a peach tree! Haha.

 

[hlrababy]

Aww, poor Luke!!!! You know, I have been dying to know got the bloody nose ever since I saw you guys at the Killer's concert!!!!! Now I know...and I feel awful!!!!! Poor little guy!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Oh my goodness! Poor little Luke! I can just imagine how horrible he must have felt!

Kudos to Disney for handling the entire situation so well! I am impressed -- as I always am by Disney!

I love all the ornaments you got -- especially the Alice one!

So, Ray wasn't kidding when he said it was the best hot chocolate ever! I wonder how they make it?

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

*gasp pant pant breaaaaaaaaaathe*

PHEW I can stop holding my breath now. LMAO

Great update, poor wee little Luke :O(
Sounds like it was handled well by all .

 

[jordanyosh]

I am not surprised by the Disney mgmt helping out and being so generous. It was part of our jobs to keep the magic going when i worked at DLR. It was deeply rewarding to be able to assist in both magic making and in helping those in need.

Poor Luke. He looks both tired and a bit sad.

It looks like the party was going well inspite of the accident!

Was it terribly cold that night?

Can't wait to see the fireworks pix!

 

[shannon47142]

Poor Lukeand Anna
So glad to hear that the CNs were so helpful and kind!!

 

[VandyFan10]

next up........HOLIDAY WISHES!!!!

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!
I know I've seen them before, but don't think I have access back to them.
Can't wait to see again!!!

Was it terribly cold that night?

Here's hoping I will at least be wearing a sweatshirt for the Christmas party on my BIRTHDAY this year!!!

I know Dawn said it was cool some, but the year before when Matt and I were there it was like 80+ during the day and not even cool enough when the sun went down to wear a pullover Matt kept making fun of me b/c I had brought like 2-3 sweatshirts, and never got to wear them

 

[pmama]

So glad to hear how well Disney treated Luke when he fell but I am sorry he fell. He really did have a SWOLEN lip.

What great ornaments you found. Were the 1/2 price just during the party or always 1/2 price?

The castle picture of you two is beautiful.