Another One Bites the Dust!! Happy Birthday...........now get the band-aids

[bkandreu]

I love your Gracie stories! She is so adorable, and she says such cute things! "I'm going in my feet" = "I'm going barefoot." That is hilarious and SO cute!

 

[coteau_chick]

I'm sure Courtney would go with you! I can't wait.

I am crossing my fingers.......

This cracked me up on FB and still cracks me up!

She is a little mess.

I'm in!

I'm also from South Louisiana but the other side of the state I think if I understand your name right. We live near Lake Charles.

Welcome and yes I live in Coteau. We have been to Lake Charles for baseball tournaments.

Subscribing! Can't wait to read more on your fabulous family and your wonderful trip!

I should have an update by tonight. Welcome

I love your Gracie stories! She is so adorable, and she says such cute things! "I'm going in my feet" = "I'm going barefoot." That is hilarious and SO cute!

Yes she is funny

 

[NMW]

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[coteau_chick]

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[coteau_chick]

Day one September 21st ROAD TRIP!! 12 hours to be exact..............

We hit the road at 5:30am
Here is Grace cutting the last loop off of her countdown chain

She was so good in the car. Here is our Florida sign picture

Grace wanted to talk to "Sissy" on the phone so we called Courtney. She told Courtney about our pedicures we had the day before. She said, "I got blue toes and Momma got Spanish" She was trying to explain that I had a French pedicure.
We had Mc Donalds for breakfast and lunch......ENOUGH Mc Donalds!!!

We wanted real food and so did Courtney. We were having a birthday party for Courtney that night. I cooked a pot of gumbo and brought some boudin with us. I also brought a red velvet cake from Courtney's favorite bakery. We also had a butt load of gifts for Courtney in the car. Faron joked that we would not have room for his suitcase. He said, "I am going to have to wear the same outfit all week and carry my toothbrush in my pocket."

It started raining as we were almost there. We had to unload all that stuff in the rain. Courtney had surprises for us too. She had a birthday cake she made herself for me. She also had a birthday gift for me and Brennan. She got me silver Tinkerbell earrings and Brennan a LSU Mickey Mouse shirt.

She had friends waiting with her from the Disney College Program. They were excited about trying out some Cajun food. They loved it but it was spicy for them. Most of them were sweating as they ate because of the pepper. They said it was delicious. We had a great evening...................now time for the pictures

It was a great evening but we were so tired from the long drive. We said goodbye to Courtney's friends and we all headed out to Caribbean Beach Resort. Courtney had checked us in already and had all her stuff there and unpacked. We needed to get settled in and unpack too.

 

[mapleleafmom]

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and to prepare you in case she pulls this one..

a friend of the family 5 yrs old...

bawling, sobbing..mommy i forgot something at school..the teacher said i had to get it to you tonight..it was super important...oh my..sob sob..so good mommy that she is drives him to school..as he is still in tears. and they get to his class...walks to his cubby and he starts laughing....

mommy i pulled a joke on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm not sure mine would have survived that..fake tears and all..

 

[coteau_chick]

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and to prepare you in case she pulls this one..

a friend of the family 5 yrs old...

bawling, sobbing..mommy i forgot something at school..the teacher said i had to get it to you tonight..it was super important...oh my..sob sob..so good mommy that she is drives him to school..as he is still in tears. and they get to his class...walks to his cubby and he starts laughing....

mommy i pulled a joke on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm not sure mine would have survived that..fake tears and all..

Welcome..........
Your friend's son is going to get an Academy award one day.

 

[coteau_chick]

Gracie Lou story alert.........
She was telling me a story today. "Momma, I was at Addison's house and I came down the slide and my feet landed in stickers. I screamed and Addison got my shoes. Addison saved my life." Really now??? Saved her life from stickers in the grass. Okay then....

 

[coteau_chick]

Did anyone read my update???????????? I am just checking

 

[fromscratchmom]

Where did you have the birthday party? Sounds like I need your recipes to feed to my DD13. I've never met anyone who can take the heat like she can.

 

[coteau_chick]

Where did you have the birthday party? Sounds like I need your recipes to feed to my DD13. I've never met anyone who can take the heat like she can.

Courtney is in the Disney College Program. We had her party at her apartment. It was nice. It is actually right by Sea World.

 

[DisneyTiger]

Hey friend. Please don't hate me for just now getting over here. Man, I am laughing out loud at most of these updates, especially the Grace stories. Looks like y'all had fun at Courtney's apartment feeding her friends. Can't wait to hear more about it!!!

 

[DisneyTiger]

Poop. Forgot to sub...

 

[coteau_chick]

Hey friend. Please don't hate me for just now getting over here. Man, I am laughing out loud at most of these updates, especially the Grace stories. Looks like y'all had fun at Courtney's apartment feeding her friends. Can't wait to hear more about it!!!

Poop. Forgot to sub...

Now we can get this party started.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Cool, a Spanish pedicure? That's a new one to me.

Looks like you guys had a great time at the party. Good thing that Faron was able to bring more than just the clothes on his back and a toothbrush in his pocket. I don't know if he'd last at WDW with just that......

 

[MaryAz]

Joining in . Your Gracie sounds like my Cayley. In line for Space Mountain she told her Daddy in a most serious voice " Wait, we have to go look for my mind, I have lost it" We were there around the same time, can;t wait to read more

 

[coteau_chick]

Cool, a Spanish pedicure? That's a new one to me.

Looks like you guys had a great time at the party. Good thing that Faron was able to bring more than just the clothes on his back and a toothbrush in his pocket. I don't know if he'd last at WDW with just that......

Spanish pedicure.........I will never think of a French pedicure the same again.

Joining in . Your Gracie sounds like my Cayley. In line for Space Mountain she told her Daddy in a most serious voice " Wait, we have to go look for my mind, I have lost it" We were there around the same time, can;t wait to read more

I subscribed to your report. I will be reading along on yours too
Lost her mind on Space Mountain

 

[coteau_chick]

I will put up Day Two tomorrow........

It has been a busy week. Grace and I have both been sick. I had to take her to the doctor. She has croup and a throat infection. I didn't go to the doctor. I bet I have the same thing. Anyway..........here is a good one for you. While at the doctor's office Grace got into a conversation with her doctor about Disney World. Her doctor told Grace that she LOVES Disney World too. Grace started singing the song from the Carousel of Progress. The doctor said she loves that ride too. Grace said, "Yes, they have a Halloween part and a Christmas part in it...oh and a beer part too" The doctor looked shocked. I said that Grace doesn't even know what beer is. Grace interrupted to announce, "Yes I do!!!! I drink Beer." Upon further investigation we realized that Grace was talking about Root Beer..... They do have a part in the ride where he says that he is going to the soda shop for a Root Beer. That was an embarrassing moment. The doctor told Grace, "I don't drink beer" Grace said, "I do" I said, "I have never even bought beer in my life" I am glad we solved this one.


Faron's store was in the 22nd annual World Championship Gumbo Cookoff today and they won 1st place. Our family is so excited today.

 

[coteau_chick]

Day 2......September 22, 2011
Courtney's 19th Birthday
We were up early this day ready to head out to Epcot
This is a picture of Grace in her Snow White sundress I made for her to wear.

We were at Epcot for rope drop. Our first order of business, after we got a stroller was to get Courtney a birthday button. Speaking of stroller.....We had free stroller rental the whole trip. Courtney just had to show her cast member id.
Courtney getting her Birthday Button

With the button and stroller taken care of we did like everyone else and headed to the Land pavilion to ride Soarin.

I had a crown for Courtney to wear this day. It was not staying on her head and she could already tell it would be a bother all day. We decided we were going to give it to a little girl. As we were walking up to the Land we saw a family with a little girl around two and a half years old. They were posing for a picture. I asked the dad if I could give her the crown and he said yes. The little girl was so excited she ran back to give me a hug. It was so sweet.

We got fast passes for Soarin and then got in line to ride stand by. We waited around 5 minutes. We got row one Grace rode this in December and LOVED it. I couldn't wait to do it again. As soon as our row lifted off the ground Grace started screaming and crying. She cried through the whole thing. I was so upset. I apologized to the couple sitting next to us when we got off. I couldn't believe how Grace reacted.

Next we rode Living With the Land. Grace was unsure of rides now. She cried for about one minute in the thunderstorm scene. She ended out loving this ride. Next they all rode Nemo while I went get fast passes for Test Track. I caught up with them and we all did Turtle Talk With Crush. Then Faron and Brennan went on Mission Space while Courtney and I took Grace to Character Connection. We enjoyed this and it was cool in the building. It was so hot outside.

We were ready for lunch after this. We had a mission............we wanted the best nachos in Disney World. We headed to the counter service in Mexico to get them.

Here is where I embarrassed the kids. I had what was a good idea at the time, to buy 2 liters of Coke and take one a day into the park. LOL!!! I had it in a bag with some bottled water. We got cups of ice with our meal and I busted out the 2 liter. We laughed so hard and the kids called me "Ghetto". I think I saved us like $16. It all adds up, you know The funny thing is they gave us little tiny cups and I had to keep refilling them. Thank God the restaurant was not crowded at all so we only had one family looking at us.

We rode Spaceship Earth after lunch. Then we headed to the countries. While we were in Norway I wanted some of the perfume Lalia. I love it and was almost out. It is the sent of Norway. When we went in December I got a bottle and was lucky enough to meet the perfume designer. When we got into the gift shop this time...........he was there again. He autographed my bottle and we took a picture together. He was wearing tight pants and I joked with Courtney that I was gong to give him a little Spank on his booty. Seriously I had to put my hands in my pocket to resist.

I should have asked him to turn around for the picture so you could see what I was talking about.

Brennan taught Grace how to pin trade..........I can't tell you how annoying this was. Brennan disappears on us every trip to trade pins. We are always stopping to wait for him to find us and it always ends out in an argument and meltdowns. Now he had Grace on his team.

continued in next post................................

 

[coteau_chick]

Next we got to do something that I have never gotten to do in 5 trips to Disney World.
Voices of Liberty. It seemed like I was jinxed to never get to do this. Last time I made it up the stairs and thought I was going to get to do it......then Grace announced that she needed to poo. She made the royal announcement for all to hear too. I had to run down the stairs and out the building to get her to the potty in time. When I rounded the corner by the bathroom the crowd had parted to make a path for us. They heard us coming and her crying. Some lady was even waiting with the door open for us. The good news is we made it in time. The bad news I missed the show. But this trip I made her potty before we got in the building. I finally got to see it. The singers before the show were AWESOME. I cried it was so beautiful.

I decided to brush Grace's hair after the show. Her ponytail holder popped. I didn't have an extra one and I wanted her hair to be fixed. I went into the gift shop in Morocco and asked the cast member working if they had any to sell. They didn't but she had an extra one and gave it to us. She was a sweetheart. Grace posed with her for a picture.

Grace tried to do a belly dance too........

We hung around the countries until it was time for our dinner reservation.

It was raining so bad this afternoon and evening. I had some cheap emergency ponchos in my bag. I bought different colors so we each had a different color. I got Faron a black one. I was thinking Saints when I bought it. Well, when he put it on it looked exactly like he was wearing a Hefty bag. We laughed at him and teased him. It was so funny.

We had a birthday dinner planned for Courtney and her roommate Sam was meeting us at the restaurant. We ate at Via Napoli in Italy. The pizza was so good. Grace was at meltdown stage by this time. She was acting up and I could not wait to just get back to the room. This was a long day. The waiters came to sing Happy Birthday to Courtney.

She thought they were so cute.

As we were walking out of the restaurant Illuminations was going on. Grace said, "Sissy, those fireworks are my present to you" I could have cried that was so sweet. It made a wonderful ending to our day.