DDA Chapter 6

[tink2020]

Jennifer I enjoy reading your blog, you really have a knack for writing. The pictures are wonderful, I love the yawn picture I was getting warm, fuzzy feelings seeing your precious girls

Thanks!

I was going to ask where the pictures are and I think someone referred to them being in your blog, so I'll have to check it out.

I am going to try to get them on here, but I never got around to getting on the right computer. They are in the blog, or at picasaweb.google.com/chateaukaufman

Jennifer - the babies are just precious! I cannot belive all the hair on Baby B (I assume that is hair!).

Hmmm... you actually can't see hair very well on 3D, they usually only see it on 2D. Unfortunately, it's probably just shadows/blur because she moved so much and never let us get good shots! We'll see about hair... Kyle and I didn't have any until we were at least 1, so it would be all luck!

Jennifer- Amazing!!! The girls are beautiful. You got some wonderful shots. I am so glad that you all did it.
Tonight I had the pleasure of meeting a dad of one of Emma's girl scouts friend. He had been serving in Iraq since April of 07 and just returned home this past Sunday. I cannot even begin to imagine what he has seen in the past year. He earned a bronze star while over there- he calls it just a ribbon. The interactions that I saw between him and his DD were just so heartwarming. She had a horrible time with separation anxiety while he has been away. She couldn't be with out her mom at night, just too scared. I have only known the mom and DD since November but am so relieved that he came home safely.

I'm very glad too, thank you for the extra push!
The story you told was heartwarming... I'm sure it was so touching to see him and his daughter!

With that I am off. I've got a major headache coming on and I need to get some sleep. Sleep tight DDA!

I hope your headache is gone this morning!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Just a reminder, new Disney show tonight 9:00 pm EST, travel channel.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Thanks Elizabeth! I did ask Nicholas about the constipation and he said no. HHmmm...wonder what I can give him with fiber. He had some Wheat Thins and pears for lunch, and broccoli for dinner.

I feed Princess pureed prunes, but I doubt you could get that to fly with Nicholas!

I have a hard time with this one because you are talking about decisions that have possible serious, long-term consequences for you - custody of your sister. That puts a whole different spin on it for me. If your sister was an adult, I would be more apt to agree with the Dr. Prayers & that you are able to find a solution that works for you.

Yep. That's exactly the problem.

I'm off to bed. I didn't sleep well last night. I'll be driving home tomorrow afternoon. I hope to be out of Lansing by noon. We'll see. Have a great Friday all!

Safe travels, Vicki!

Just a reminder, new Disney show tonight 9:00 pm EST, travel channel.

Thanks, Heidi! Someone please remind me again later, because I will probably forget!

 

[PNO4TE]

Well it is 10:57 here in Lansing. Isn't that the DIS time as well? However, my post says it is 9:38pm. That is more than an hour off.

curiouser and curiouser... your post says 10:38 on my computer! I wonder if somehow your DIS clock is set wrong? At the bottom of my window it says: All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:23 AM. And that is "close" to correct. It is actually 20 minutes off.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[yellowfish78]

Morning DDA!

 

[tmfranlk]

Good morning, DDA!

Thanks for getting the reservation, Chanon!! I'm going to price things out this weekend to see what I want to do for sure. Probably I'll give you a number for the deposit and hope for the best. My cousin is getting married in Destin on the 20th so I'm trying to see if I can combine free dining and the wedding with have the money together in time.

So Chanon booked free dining for me the last week of it's run. I called yesterday to make ADRs and was able to get everything and at great times except LeCellier. Of course, I only tried one day for that. I could even have gotten PSB at a perfect time but didn't have a credit card with me to hold it. I was really surprised as even on party nights I could get monorail resort meals with no problem.

Even more surprising, I was able to book several end of May meals with great times and no issues. I got Rose and Crown and a potential Illuminations time plus 'Ohana at a good time on a Party Night. Sounds like you guys are right about people slowing down the ADRs with the DDP changes.

 

[marcij]

Princess still has no electricity! They don't know when the power will be back on.

DS had fun at the band competition. They made a 2, a 2, and a 1. Which I have no idea how to interpret. It LOOKS like 2 excellents and a superior, but that was using the grading scale for marching minus the parts about marching. The grading I found for concert band was done with words, not numbers, so I don't really know if they did well or not!

Since we spent the day at the mall I found some good stuff! Gap Kids had an extra 25% off all sale items. Macy's had 20% off sale if you used your Macy's card. Nordstrom just had some cute stuff, some sale, some not.

My Dr.'s office called to say my labs are normal. That was fast! It was just routine bloodwork so I didn't think it would be back in 24 hours! Maybe the lab wasn't busy?

I need to call my mother and figure out what her plan is for Diva Girl and the birthday party.

I hope her electricity came back on. We were so lucky not to have had more damage and loss of power.

Congrats to DS and his band group!

Hooray on your labs!

I sent you and Lindsay a PM -- a make-up soccer game for Andrew has been scheduled during Jake's game tomorrow, but in a different place, so I can't meet you guys for lunch. These soccer people must not think we have anything to do but play soccer on Saturday -- we aren't supposed to have personal lives...

Nicholas seems to be fine, again. The doctor said he isn't concerned because the symptoms are so sporadic. Sunday night and then Wed. night. He just said to feed him a bland diet for the next 5 or so days. Yeah, right. He is going to hate that. Thanks for all of your concern. And yes, myBob is wonderful. He came here in the AM, took Alyssa to school, took Nicholas to the DR., picked Alyssa up from school because they had early dismissal, went out to his side of town to pick up his DD, and then came back and fixed everyone dinner. I popped in for a short time after work and then had to head over to the school for Alyssa's parent/teacher conference. She is doing excellent and is one the top readers in her K class. She loves to read. I wish her brother did too.

I'm glad he feels better. Congrats to Alyssa! And what a sweetie Bob is!

Just a reminder, new Disney show tonight 9:00 pm EST, travel channel.

Thanks for the reminder!

Lots of sports this weekend and a school auction Saturday night. I'm looking forward to it, as Randy and I rarely have time to socialize...unless it's at a sporting event.

Beautiful day today here. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

[PNO4TE]

So Chanon booked free dining for me the last week of it's run.

(I have been missing Stephanie so I had to respond this way!)

 

[tmfranlk]

So if we do Sept and free dining, Terra and I have some extra credits to use since Phil won't use all of his. So far I have booked:

Tia, Terra and Phil:
Crystal Palace dinner
Sci-Fi Dine In dinner (I think Phil will love it, he's a total Sci-Fi fanatic!)
'Ohana dinner
Tusker House breakfast

Tia and Terra:
Hollywood&Vine lunch
50s Prime Time dinner
Garden Grill dinner
Whispering Canyon dinner

I can add 3 or 4 more meals depending on whether one is with Phil or all without. I think I'm going to make them without because we have enough to squeeze in with him anyway. So, the question is, what do I add?

What are some of the best breakfasts? All of our breakfast ADRs have been park character meals in the past. Are there some other good ones? Since Terra and I can often share, I can save her credits for buffets and other one-price meals. I also need a dinner before MNSSHP. I was thinking of skipping Chef Mickey's or LTT as we've got two other Mickey/friends meals. What other choices are good that I haven't already had?

I could try a signature dining finally too? What's my best bet? Terra eats anything and does well places so that's not a big deal.

 

[tmfranlk]

Elizabeth - I hope that you get things worked out with your Mom and sister. Sounds like it could be a mess if they don't get the details worked out first before she flys down. I don't think I mentioned it before... :cheer: that the scans came back with good reports!

 

[tmfranlk]

Well, I had better run. It's almost time to take Phil to work and then I am substituing at Mother's Day out today. Terra is going to spend the day in the Pre-K class. Mostly she's just excited because her friend Sarah will be there and because they are playing outside. Hopefully the rest is okay too. Nothing much on tap for the weekend, though I've got to do my taxes. No, there is no good reason that they aren't done. Just plain haven't messed with it yet. The sad part is that it will take me about an hour, yet I haven't bothered to do them yet.

Any good plans out there?

Happy Friday everyone!

 

[Tammi67]

Tia - congrats on the trip and the perfect ADRs!

So...those of you that add powedered fiber/laxatives to drinks....do they make the drinks taste funny?

 

[mommykds]

Good morning, running out the door now, will catch up later!

Tammi,
Glad to hear Nicholas is o.k. Congrats to Alyssa!!!!

 

[tinknme]

I can't wait!

Just a reminder, new Disney show tonight 9:00 pm EST, travel channel.

 

[tinknme]

How exciting Tia! so what are your dates?

So Chanon booked free dining for me the last week of it's run. I called yesterday to make ADRs and was able to get everything and at great times except LeCellier. Of course, I only tried one day for that. I could even have gotten PSB at a perfect time but didn't have a credit card with me to hold it. I was really surprised as even on party nights I could get monorail resort meals with no problem.

Even more surprising, I was able to book several end of May meals with great times and no issues. I got Rose and Crown and a potential Illuminations time plus 'Ohana at a good time on a Party Night. Sounds like you guys are right about people slowing down the ADRs with the DDP changes.

 

[tinknme]

Cape May character breakfast is really good! I know you said you might skip LTT, but I love going here before the Halloween party, CP would be my 2cd choice.

What are some of the best breakfasts? All of our breakfast ADRs have been park character meals in the past. Are there some other good ones? Since Terra and I can often share, I can save her credits for buffets and other one-price meals. I also need a dinner before MNSSHP. I was thinking of skipping Chef Mickey's or LTT as we've got two other Mickey/friends meals. What other choices are good that I haven't already had?

I could try a signature dining finally too? What's my best bet? Terra eats anything and does well places so that's not a big deal.

 

[tinknme]

Good morning

 

[my3princes]

Just a reminder, new Disney show tonight 9:00 pm EST, travel channel.

Thanks for the reminder

Tia - congrats on the trip and the perfect ADRs!

So...those of you that add powedered fiber/laxatives to drinks....do they make the drinks taste funny?

I have tried the Miralax myself and didn't notice any funny taste. It did change the texture a bit, but I may not have stirred it enough. It does work for us.


Tia. It sounds like you are making great progress on trip planning I so miss having time to plan. It is a good thing that we got things done ahead of time as I have no time now to worry about it I'm trying to give myself a break today. It is overcast and should begin to rain anytime now. It looks like rain for the next 3 days. I really want to get Nick's room 100% done today. Tomorrow we have the end of year bowling banquet so that will eat up the morning. I think we may use this weekend to regroup and set the next set of goals on this project. Did I mention that I am SICK of all this home improvement crap

Colby and I went to the Science Fair today. Some classes had the kids make the boards at school while others did them at home. You can certainly tell which boards the kids did verus which boards the parents did Hunter had lots of pictures on his which made it more exciting to look at No prizes are awarded at our school, it is just an enrichment activity. Next year we don't have to do one at all

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Vicki have a safe drive home!

Robyn hope your headache is gone after you get some rest

Tammi tell Alyssa To keep up the good work!

I woke up with it but after some Advil, it's a lot better. Thanks!

Good morning DDA! Hope everyone has a great day!

You too, drive safely.

Popcorn? Who knew? Thanks, Robyn!

Crazy ain't it! And another thing is that that kids tend to get more constipated in the winter months as with the heat on it dries out things. Emma drinks a ton of water and that seems to help too.

Thanks!



I am going to try to get them on here, but I never got around to getting on the right computer. They are in the blog, or at picasaweb.google.com/chateaukaufman



Hmmm... you actually can't see hair very well on 3D, they usually only see it on 2D. Unfortunately, it's probably just shadows/blur because she moved so much and never let us get good shots! We'll see about hair... Kyle and I didn't have any until we were at least 1, so it would be all luck!



I'm very glad too, thank you for the extra push!
The story you told was heartwarming... I'm sure it was so touching to see him and his daughter!



I hope your headache is gone this morning!

We asked the tech about Lucy having hair, it seemed like she did from the 3D ultrasound and she said the same thing that it was probably just shadows. Well she was born with a full head of hair, so who knows!

It was really, really great to see that interaction. He told DD that they were headed to the hardware store after scouts and she jumped up and down with excitement. At the end of the meeting the leader welcomed him back and he was very very unassuming. He really didn't like the fuss. And he was just fascinated with Lucy and she with him. I have never seen a grown man look at a baby that wasn't his the way he looked at Lucy. It makes me really stop and think that life is much better with just the simple things. All of the other stuff is just that "stuff".

I feed Princess pureed prunes, but I doubt you could get that to fly with Nicholas!



Yep. That's exactly the problem.



Safe travels, Vicki!



Thanks, Heidi! Someone please remind me again later, because I will probably forget!

Well she could sneak it into stuff. They also have those prunes that are individually wrapped, they look like candy. Maybe he'd eat those.

I hope her electricity came back on. We were so lucky not to have had more damage and loss of power.

Congrats to DS and his band group!

Hooray on your labs!

I sent you and Lindsay a PM -- a make-up soccer game for Andrew has been scheduled during Jake's game tomorrow, but in a different place, so I can't meet you guys for lunch. These soccer people must not think we have anything to do but play soccer on Saturday -- we aren't supposed to have personal lives...



I'm glad he feels better. Congrats to Alyssa! And what a sweetie Bob is!



Thanks for the reminder!

Lots of sports this weekend and a school auction Saturday night. I'm looking forward to it, as Randy and I rarely have time to socialize...unless it's at a sporting event.

Beautiful day today here. I hope everyone has a great day!

Have fun at all the events this weekend!

(I have been missing Stephanie so I had to respond this way!)

Ditto!

Well, I had better run. It's almost time to take Phil to work and then I am substituing at Mother's Day out today. Terra is going to spend the day in the Pre-K class. Mostly she's just excited because her friend Sarah will be there and because they are playing outside. Hopefully the rest is okay too. Nothing much on tap for the weekend, though I've got to do my taxes. No, there is no good reason that they aren't done. Just plain haven't messed with it yet. The sad part is that it will take me about an hour, yet I haven't bothered to do them yet.

Any good plans out there?

Happy Friday everyone!

Emma is having a friend over tonight for a sleepover. She also has soccer practice. Then tomorrow she has a birthday party. All of us are getting together with our friends (the ones we were to go to Myrtle Beach with) for dinner. Sunday Emma has a soccer game and then my parents, MIL, sister and niece over for Molly's birthday.

We still need to get Mo's birthday present and bake a cake for Sunday. And I need to go grocery shopping to get what I need for Saturday and Sunday.

Tia - congrats on the trip and the perfect ADRs!

So...those of you that add powedered fiber/laxatives to drinks....do they make the drinks taste funny?

Emma can tell when I add the Miralax to her drinks but she has yet been able to tell about the Benefiber. I mix it in just about anything- milk, water, spaghetti sauce, you name it I add it.