"Did Pluto Just Give You A Lap Dance?" 10 days of Naughty & Nice!

[Millie12591]

LSW = Licensed Social Worker

I did have a great day with Baylor - as for funny - he asked what the next Holiday comming up was - I swear the kid will never learn a calendar - and Dan said, "I think Armistice Day."

Baylor said back, "Oh so it is the Day of the Jews?"

Dan and I were so confused.

We laughed and asked him to repeat back what he heard.

"Jewish Day," he said.

We laughed so hard and after we explained what Dan had actually said he thought what he had heard was better.

That is to funny!!!! You've got one really cute kid there.
Just when I think my son knows more than me....I'm always stunned to learn he's stumbled upon what seems like commons sense to me. To us it's old hand, but to them they're still learning what's taken us 38 years to learn....they need us after all.
Little booger butts, gotta luv'em.

 

[Leajess99]

It is amazing once you have something like this to compare it to what you had before. I am so blessed every day.


Thought to tell you all this. Today is one year from the time Baylor was burned. Actually it happened right about 12:30 p.m. and it has been a weird feeling here. Baylor has been invited to go to a few friends places or trick-or -treating and he asked if he could stay home and get a fog machine, strobe light and scare some of the older kids. He said he wants to be home.

He is usually pretty excited about the Trick-or Treating part of Halloween and last year as we sat at the ER - was talking about that and what he was missing.

The last few days he has been pretty reflective and talking about the burn, how it happened and what he remembers. He is a big person on the sense of smell and the other day when we were raking, he talked about remembering the smell of fallen leaves as he was rolling in them trying to put himself out. It's hard fo me to hear at times because I hate so much I wasn't there and I still fight with guilt over what I could have done.

Yesterday, I cleaned out a bathroom closet that has held all these bags of Baylor's med stuff since last Halloween and through the spring. I have starightened it out since but was not ready to go through all things and pitch what we can't use etc. For some reason I was ready yesterday.

I closed the door to the hallway and truthfully, just cried as I sat on the floor seperating.
There was silvadine salve that they tried to use right after the burn to save him from being grafted. The smell is unmistakable (Silver has a healing component for burns) and inividual finger gauze we had to put on his left hand after we debried his skin and put this yellow medicated wrap on.

There were sterile wipes and wraps and so much extras. Scizzors and tweezers and wood sticks used to smear the medicated salves on without touching him. It hit me so hard how much those first 6 months sucked. How much he would cry and get so angry because he hated not being able to take care of himself.

Each piece had a different memory and visual of the seperate burns and when I went in the bathroom yesterday I had no intention of "This is the Day." It just sort of happened. I needed to go through it and I needed that time to sort and save and box up some supplies to donate. I just was not prepared for the feelings and the lump in my throat.

He is at that 13 age stage of talking and not talking at the same time. I went to his room 2 days ago and found him lotioning his leg after his shower. He does this every day, several times and then has to wait for it to dry to then put on the compression stocking. I watched him through his opening in the door and he was wiping tears away. I know his looks and he was frusterated. He still has no feeling in his lower ankle area and he hates not being able to feel what he sees when someone touches him there. Including himself. It just stinks that here we are a year later and still the reminents of that day are just as palpable.

Anyway - I will not write the rest of my AK day this weekend as planned - I will try and get to that on Monday. I am just not in a funny mood right now and we have family/friends coming over for a dinner for Baylor tom and I want to work on some surprises for him for then.

Sorry for rambling - I feel like you guys have been along since it happened and so letting my feelings out here is a safe place in some strange way.

As goofy as I get here, I want you to know that you all have truly touched me and my family in this journey and I can't imagine this past year without my friends here.

I am so sorry for all he went through. I was talking to another mother here of an 11 year old boy and she was telling about her son's friend that he has stayed with and found out afterwards that the parents just left the boys home. I felt compelled to share Baylor's story with this mother. I just do not understand how some parents can just feel okay about leaving their child and children truisted to them home alone whule they go do whatever. Thank Dawn for sharing Baylor's story and struggles and your struggles with the accident with us so that we can hopefully help you through as well as help educate others to be aware of the dangers that can happen when leaving kids home like that.

 

[Leajess99]

Karen moved into my Mom's in the beginning of July. Moved 100% of her belongings there in the end of July. She pays like $200 to live there with her daughter, has 2 bedrooms in the basement as well as the living room downstairs to call her own. Laura and I and her were together in August and she said she was sick of Mom, Mom was so controlling...blah, blah, blah.
I agreed but told her she was doing Karen a huge favor and if she did not like Mom's rules or the way she ran her house than she can move. Karen said she could not afford to.

She also said, "Mom is not doing anything big for me," and when asked when she was planning on moving the stuff/organizing it from the garage so Mom can have it back to park in (she is 63 and it is her house ya know and that is one of Mom's complaints so we were trying to help her come up with ways to have things go more smoothly there that were in her control) Karen said, "It's not hurting her to park in the driveway."

So yeah, you 29 year old non-appreciative snot, when you act like a jerk, I am going to call you on it and if that means attacked in your vocabulary than put your military gear on cause I am going to start throwing grenades from a short range.

So she did not come and Baylor was really hurt by her not comming and he loves his only cousin on my side and if she was standing here in front of me I would beat her with her counselor.

Sounds like someone needs a real butt whooping. How sad that she hurt Baylor's feelings but it sounds like she really needs to grow the heck up. Your mom is very nice to put up with the crap.

 

[Leajess99]

Karen is 100% developed from birth. I blame my parents. Does your parents see that or are they blind to it?
My mom yesterday when she was here, said, "Karen is just angry right now and you should understand she doesn't want to talk."

I said, "She called me!"

My Mom said, "Well even if she did you shouldn't have talked to her."

That is the relationship and the problem in a nut shell. Laura said she was at my Mom's last weekend and Karen and Mom got in a fight and Karen was horribly cruel and my Mom went in the bedroom crying.

Yet like I said, she is an adult, if she wants to allow herself to be treated like that than so be it. I can't waste my energy defending or sticking up for someone who wants the relationship.

Is your mom afraid of being alone?? I am just curious as I feel my mom puts up with my brother's crap because she is afraid of being alone. My mom is also in her 60s and puts up with more than she should in my opinion.

 

[Dizneydawn]

That is to funny!!!! You've got one really cute kid there.
Just when I think my son knows more than me....I'm always stunned to learn he's stumbled upon what seems like commons sense to me. To us it's old hand, but to them they're still learning what's taken us 38 years to learn....they need us after all.
Little booger butts, gotta luv'em.

Are you 38 as well? What year did you graduate? There is quite a few of us here at that age. Maybe we will have to plan a Fabulous 40 big group bash at the House of the Mouse. Gives us time to do that!

I am so sorry for all he went through. I was talking to another mother here of an 11 year old boy and she was telling about her son's friend that he has stayed with and found out afterwards that the parents just left the boys home. I felt compelled to share Baylor's story with this mother. I just do not understand how some parents can just feel okay about leaving their child and children truisted to them home alone whule they go do whatever. Thank Dawn for sharing Baylor's story and struggles and your struggles with the accident with us so that we can hopefully help you through as well as help educate others to be aware of the dangers that can happen when leaving kids home like that.

Accidents happen all the time but if they can be prevented in anyway then that is what gets me frusterated. Halloween + 3 teen boys = potential trouble that is a guarantee. No different than drinking + driving = trouble.

Are there times you are not going to get caught? Yes. Are there times you might not get into an accident and kill yourself or someone else? Yes.

Yet the reality is there is a huge chance that those combinations will lead to something bad so why risk it if there is another alternative.

I will tell you why in this case.

Because people cannot tell there kids no. Wait. Or later. Kids whine, adults cave and decesions are made that will never be altered.

Sounds like someone needs a real butt whooping. How sad that she hurt Baylor's feelings but it sounds like she really needs to grow the heck up. Your mom is very nice to put up with the crap.

I would not use nice as a term for her in this case. She is co-dependent and in an abusive relationship cycle. My Dad lived with us till literally 2 weeks after I left for college. Screamed at her, belittled her and treated her like she was trash. She stayed with his sh!t as well.

Is your mom afraid of being alone?? I am just curious as I feel my mom puts up with my brother's crap because she is afraid of being alone. My mom is also in her 60s and puts up with more than she should in my opinion.

Nail on the head here. Karen only moved out in the summer of 2007 (at age 27) when she and Jason (her ex-fiance/baby's daddy) got a house together before Skyler was born.

Up until then she had lived at my mom's. She lived there with her from her senior year (not my choice) in high school with her same age boyfriend (18)until like 2004. Paid next to nothing for rent, they both had jobs in HS and as soon as they graduated. In fact he was a MGR at a Valvoline place and made like $32,000 at 19. She was making like $24,000. So together the made more than my mom yet she allowed them to stay and "save" their money.

Well they bought a time share, a brand new car for her and a brand new $40,000 truck for him etc, etc... My mom was driving a beater, they helped pay groceries every other month and cable.

Yet like you said, she was not alone. Karen explained that they were not "Apartment" people so why should they live in an apartment.

Amazingly enough a young couple with no privacy split up and he ended up blowing most of the savings they did have on a drug habit. (I would have done drugs to in order to survive living with my mom and sister! )

My Mom actually became a more normal person after Karen moved out and she functioned on her own.

My mom has never dated anyone at all since my Dad moved out and this past Aug was 20 years ago. She said if he did not love her in 18 years of mariiage then why would anyone else.

Very sad and she needs counseling desperately but - she will not go and thus she will never change if she does not work for it.

I think I should be on a couch typing and looking at Freud posters this morning!

 

[princess_momma]

Good morning Dawn!!

Your sister kind of reminds me of my brother!! Except he would move out and then back in EVERY year without fail. (Coincidentally, always around the holiday season ) Luckily, there is no room for him to move back in now. As soon as he and his girlfriend saw our new place, the first thing they asked was "can we move in too?" Of course, he always brags to us about how much money he saves with his food stamps! But its sad really. He's actually more of a cross between your sister's baby daddy and her both.

And I also had to add about agreeing with everything you have said about accidents. So many people I know complain about getting DUI's and think that the drunk driving laws are too harsh, and it mortifies me. A boy I dated in high school died driving drunk months after he graduated and I wish he would've gotten a DUI and in tons of trouble everyday.

Baylor's accident breaks my heart too. It's so easy to wish that it was just avoided but maybe these things happen for a reason. Think of all the people who he is helping now by volunteering. When I read that, it just melted my heart. He is such a strong boy and I'm so glad that he is not simply just getting through, he is really thriving and helping others. My heart goes out to your whole family and I'm so inspired by the strength you've shown!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Good morning Dawn!!

Your sister kind of reminds me of my brother!! Except he would move out and then back in EVERY year without fail. (Coincidentally, always around the holiday season ) Luckily, there is no room for him to move back in now. As soon as he and his girlfriend saw our new place, the first thing they asked was "can we move in too?" Of course, he always brags to us about how much money he saves with his food stamps! But its sad really. He's actually more of a cross between your sister's baby daddy and her both. Want to clarify that Jason is Skyler's dad - Tim was her ex-boyfriend who used the money saved for a drug habbit. Sorry it was confusing! Hope your brother grows up someday as well!

Baylor's accident breaks my heart too. It's so easy to wish that it was just avoided but maybe these things happen for a reason. Think of all the people who he is helping now by volunteering. When I read that, it just melted my heart. He is such a strong boy and I'm so glad that he is not simply just getting through, he is really thriving and helping others. My heart goes out to your whole family and I'm so inspired by the strength you've shown!!

We are doing great - just a sad weekend all around but time is making it easier and his healing is going slow but that is to be expected according to the docs.

 

[Pollito916]

Your sister sounds even crazier than my sister. But her relationship with your mom sounds just like my sister and mother. Though they don't technically live in the same house anymore - they have matching condos 2 blocks apart.

It sucks that she couldn't get over herself enough to be there for Baylor. He's been through a lot and he is still a kid that could have used the support of his family. But like another poster said, his true family was there and those are the people he will be able to count on in life.

And your mom's comment about nobody loving her made me very sad. My mom was married twice, but has been divorced for 7 years now, and lives alone. She has no interest in dating or being married again, and I think that's a big part of the reason her and my sister's relationship is the way it is.

 

[princess_momma]

We are doing great - just a sad weekend all around but time is making it easier and his healing is going slow but that is to be expected according to the docs.

Have you been giving him enough bacon? I remember you saying that animal fat like that helps!! I love bacon...tell Baylor I am coming out for a Bacon Healing Festival. We will eat TONS of bacon and invite new and interesting ways to eat it and use like every good bacon-y recipe there is.

 

[kbheap]

I am just finding your TR. It is so good, I sat here and read the entire report. I can't wait for more. Your family is beautiful!

 

[Born 2B a Princess]

Finally caught up....I'm sorry you had a sad weekend...I can only imagine how difficult the last year has been for all of you.

Great updates -- keep them coming...I love laughing!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Dawn: You poor thing! I wish I could just give you a hug right now! I read your post about putting some things away and remembering the burn and how you see Baylor wiping tears away and my heart just rips in two for you and him.

Many, many, many .

 

[Dizneydawn]

And your mom's comment about nobody loving her made me very sad. My mom was married twice, but has been divorced for 7 years now, and lives alone. She has no interest in dating or being married again, and I think that's a big part of the reason her and my sister's relationship is the way it is.

The hardest part is giving up control for me because it was easy to lie to myself and pretend I had any. I don't and can't and letting things go is not one of my traits that comes naturally. Hope your situation gets better and mine as well.

Have you been giving him enough bacon? I remember you saying that animal fat like that helps!! I love bacon...tell Baylor I am coming out for a Bacon Healing Festival. We will eat TONS of bacon and invite new and interesting ways to eat it and use like every good bacon-y recipe there is.

He would be 100% for that. Have you ever had a peanut butter & bacon sandwich? They are amazing! My kids love them and all their friends do too!

I am just finding your TR. It is so good, I sat here and read the entire report. I can't wait for more. Your family is beautiful!

Wait..don't go! Tell us something about yourself and I am so glad you liked the report! Next update is headed your way!

Finally caught up....I'm sorry you had a sad weekend...I can only imagine how difficult the last year has been for all of you.

Great updates -- keep them coming...I love laughing!

Thanks and you should get an update still tonight!

Dawn: You poor thing! I wish I could just give you a hug right now! I read your post about putting some things away and remembering the burn and how you see Baylor wiping tears away and my heart just rips in two for you and him.

Many, many, many .

You are so caring! I am lucky to have you here!

 

[Millie12591]

Are you 38 as well? What year did you graduate? There is quite a few of us here at that age. Maybe we will have to plan a Fabulous 40 big group bash at the House of the Mouse. Gives us time to do that!
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Yes Sirie Bob! I Graduated 1989.
That would be an amazing way to celebrate! I would feel a little guilty over not being with the kids.....but I would get over it pretty quickly with lots of like minded Disers!

This is waaay better than the idea I had for when my friends and I turn 50! I had the idea of throwing big huge, I mean huge bra's all over my girlfriends lawn, bushes, tree's and then posting a big sign on the garage door with balloons and streamers and the sign saying........

It's ____ 50th Birthday! She Needs All The Support She Can Get!

What do ya think?!?

 

[Dizneydawn]

Day 6 - Part III

After the parade ended we hoisted ourselves off the pavement and went towards the Lion King show. I had not seen this in a while and thought why not. The kids were all in gymnastics and who doesn't love flying monkeys?

Well besides Dorothy?

We were sat in the warthog section and behind a couple with two darling children who were sitting between the parents. The kids were approx 3-5 and the older boy seemed leery of his curly, pony tailed sister. She seemed intent to make sure neither parent paid any attention to him. Whenever one started to, she whined, she dropped her binkie (IMO waaaay to old for a frickin binkie) she coughed and did anything in her power to distract them.

The show began and Rafiki beckoned us to be transported to a far away land. A place where Simba was innocent and melodic tunes circled in the air.

We were swaying to the music. We were raising our lighters high, shoulder to shoulder one unit of peace.

Than the little demon kicked her brother in the spine.

You see she was allowed to stand on the riser so she could see over the heads and so this position gave her ample leverage to really kick him good.

She had on cute, little, sparkly shoes with a hard sole so I am sure it stung.

The parents, when alerted to his cries, picked him up and moved him away from her so that he was isolated. They kept the spawn of Satan cherub between them and continued to coddle her. I felt so bad for the kid.

About 2 minutes later he tried to ask a question about the show and was hushed. Meanwhile Beelzebub was talking OUT LOUD and they seemed just fine. I was at the end of our group and a lady sitting next to me gave me the WTHeck look. I said, "You distract the parents and I will pull the brat's ponytail."

She started giggling and I said, "Who's kidding?"

The poor boy was now 2 feet from the parents and the lady answered his question on who was Mufasa.

Damienetta, noticed we were acknowledging the good child and started yelling louder that he was being talked to. She looked at me and I stuck my tongue out at her with big ole bug eyes and a face that I sure hope she understood meant I would spank her if she was mine.

I know. Real Mature.



The Dad tried to hush her, I think he was frustrated with his life and was wishing they served a mega beer at that point. The Mom overruled the Dad and said she could be a free spirit.

The little turd was now mad and slapped the Dad's face. If she was my kid she would have been waiting anxiously for her 1st grade year for the adult teeth to come in because I would have lost it. Then again, my kids would not have thought about hitting me.

Dad grabbed her arm and said "No." Minnature Wicked Witch then yells louder and Mom starts rocking her like she is an infant.

Show is over and Dad is saying he has had enough of the child and it is out of control. Mom actually looks back at me for support and I said, you isolated the wrong one and you are in for a he!! of a future if you don't get this under control.

The brother looked at me so grateful it about made me want to cry. They rushed out of there but my neighbor and I were slower and just talked about how lonely and sad that kid looked. It was another example to me about how so many parents take the easy road of parenting, not the hard one and yet everyone else is affected by it. I did not know them yet the show was ruined by their choices. Her Kindergarten teacher is in for a fun year!

***About 5 months ago Carsyn and I were in Plato's Closet. It is a consignment store for teen fashion. I went in ahead of Carsyn who was taking off her soccer gear and was looking for Baylor‘s things.

A few minutes later I heard this guy, swearing at a kid. "Leave me the F alone."

I let it go and tried to shop. I now was around the clothes rack and could see this man. He at this point was sitting on the ground, back against a wall and trying on shoes. He was there with a woman and the boy he was yelling at was about 2 1/2 and there was a approx 4 year old girl standing by.

I am keeping my eye on them and shopping and all of a sudden, the boy tries to sit on the man's lap. That was all he did.

The guy, flips out.

Picks up the kid and put him on the ground hard. Then says,
"You little piece of sh!t. I told you to get the F away from me. Fin listen you dumb@ss."

I am not sure what exactly happened next. All I do know is I came to semi-consciousness standing above him with my foot between his legs and my knee very close to his throat.

Truly, I do not have a clue how I got there because prior, I was a good 20 feet away.

I heard myself though and was aware I was explaining to him loudly that he had no right to talk to a child like this and or handle him that way and that I was planning on following him out to his car, get his license plate # and then following up with social services. That he out to be thanking God for a child who loved him enough to want to be close to him.

He responded with, "No one is going to tell me how to raise my kids. You better back away from me or I will beat you."

I shoved me knee in his Adams apple hard for about 6 seconds and then pushed off. I then told him I was not his guinea pig and I would fight back.

He said, "Come on Shania were getting the F- out of here."

I then was racing in my head about who I could influence in short order and turned to the Mom and said, "So this is your kids and this is how you are allowing them to be raised? You should be ashamed of yourself. They are yours to protect and yours to guide and how dare you let some scumbag treat them that way, Father or not. Why are you standing there and I am wanting to beat the snot out of his skinny @ss? "

They left, I got the plate and called the police. I cannot remember ever shaking so bad from adrenaline in my life. I was so furious my heart was pounding. I was scared what he was going to do until the police got to him and I was wishing I would have knocked his throat to the back of the wall. Second guessing everything.

Carsyn was in a whole different section of the store and when I found her after, I told her about what happened. She described them perfectly and said the guy was horrid to his daughter before they came in the store. They had parked next to our car and when the daughter got out of the car, he was screaming at her, "Are you stupid? Don't you know where to stand? Get your F-in @ss up on the curb."

We stood in line to make our purchase and this lady, who I had seen in the area I was in when this whole thing went down, was ahead of us. She made her purchase and then sent her daughter (about 10) outside and came over to me. She said she wanted to thank me for what I did and she was afraid to have gotten involved.

I truthfully don't think I had a choice and the fact I blacked out is probably not a good sign of my rage but I do know that the animal instinct I had to protect that little kid was huge and that same mouth lead me to say something to that Mom at AK. Someday I will probably be slapped or worse but ya know what, I do know that the incident at Plato's closet ended well. The Mom did leave and sought a battered women's shelter. It might have been her time or what I did might have helped. Either way my conscious was clean for taking a stand. I wish Treyner would have been there though because a a tag team beating would have made my day and as well as I know Treyner, he would have not held back for what the guy did to that boy or threatening me.

Maybe I do have a red neck streak!


We headed back to the car and Carsyn took 10 pictures of my hind end walking away from her. She claims it was for diet motivation but earlier she took one of Dan and I as well. Maybe she has a rear view fetish!

I see a trend!

The Tree outside AK.

We saw the coolest vehicle in the parking lot too! Well the boys thought so for sure!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Yes Sirie Bob! I Graduated 1989.
That would be an amazing way to celebrate! I would feel a little guilty over not being with the kids.....but I would get over it pretty quickly with lots of like minded Disers!

This is waaay better than the idea I had for when my friends and I turn 50! I had the idea of throwing big huge, I mean huge bra's all over my girlfriends lawn, bushes, tree's and then posting a big sign on the garage door with balloons and streamers and the sign saying........

It's ____ 50th Birthday! She Needs All The Support She Can Get!

What do ya think?!?

That is a great idea! Or you could steal/borrow ahemmm... a whole bunch of "For Sale Signs" and put them in her yard and say - "Old/Slightly Used Uterus - cheap - will take offers."

I am seriious about a couples/or singles 40th. We can drink around Epcot - I am not a drinker either - or do the Monorail Crawl.

 

[Leajess99]

Nail on the head here. Karen only moved out in the summer of 2007 (at age 27) when she and Jason (her ex-fiance/baby's daddy) got a house together before Skyler was born.

Up until then she had lived at my mom's. She lived there with her from her senior year (not my choice) in high school with her same age boyfriend (18)until like 2004. Paid next to nothing for rent, they both had jobs in HS and as soon as they graduated. In fact he was a MGR at a Valvoline place and made like $32,000 at 19. She was making like $24,000. So together the made more than my mom yet she allowed them to stay and "save" their money.

Well they bought a time share, a brand new car for her and a brand new $40,000 truck for him etc, etc... My mom was driving a beater, they helped pay groceries every other month and cable.

Yet like you said, she was not alone. Karen explained that they were not "Apartment" people so why should they live in an apartment.

Amazingly enough a young couple with no privacy split up and he ended up blowing most of the savings they did have on a drug habit. (I would have done drugs to in order to survive living with my mom and sister! )

My Mom actually became a more normal person after Karen moved out and she functioned on her own.

My mom has never dated anyone at all since my Dad moved out and this past Aug was 20 years ago. She said if he did not love her in 18 years of mariiage then why would anyone else.

Very sad and she needs counseling desperately but - she will not go and thus she will never change if she does not work for it.

I think I should be on a couch typing and looking at Freud posters this morning!

OMGosh, my mom and your mom sound alike. My mom has never dated since my father died in 1980 when I was 9 (I am 38 as well). I just don't understand why they would put up with so much abuse from their own children. My brother is the baby of the family and the only boy and acts just like my father did towards my mother. Very very sad.

 

[Leajess99]

Another great addition to the trip report. As for that "father", I hope he got caught and turned over to social services. Of course here social services is pretty worthless (I live in the worst state for child abuse/neglact). One such case left a kindergartener dead because the stupid case worker blew off the abuse allegations and in this state it is not mandatory to notify the non-custodial parent of the abuse allegations so this child's father, who was a soldier stationed across the country, had to bury his son and never knew of the abuse. Both mother and boyfriend are in jail but I think the same thing they did to the little boy should have been done to them.

Did you order Ketchup at WCC?? We had 13 or 14 bottles delivered to our table when the girls asked for kecthup. It was funny and they got a kick out of it. It was a first for us.

 

[Millie12591]

That is a great idea! Or you could steal/borrow ahemmm... a whole bunch of "For Sale Signs" and put them in her yard and say - "Old/Slightly Used Uterus - cheap - will take offers."
I did something similar when my bestfriend had to have her bladder put in a sling because it was prolapsing....I wrote on one of her balloons saying..."Your Butt and chin maybe droop, and your b**bs may being having a race for your waist line but your bladder will be forever hung!" She got it.
I am seriious about a couples/or singles 40th. We can drink around Epcot - I am not a drinker either - or do the Monorail Crawl.

I'm totally down with that! I'm sure I could make it, but not sure if John will be down, hubby is a lot of fun but doesn't do well with crowds.
We'll see, I've got a year and half or so to get him use to the idea.
I think it would be fun to make are way around Epcot getting to sample all the different drinks....I've never heard of the Monorail crawl. Hmmm sounds intriguing.

It looks like you all had a good time at AK, minus the brat invasion at the Lion King show.
I on the other hand will get complements on how well mannered my kids are, I tell them it's because I beat them. I usually get this....
Seriously, kids need to be taught concern for others, compassion and certainly that includes manners!
I've never understood the parent that just looks at their child while their acting up and thinks the're all that and a bag of chips and their poo don't stink too.....no matter what they do! I've never been that parent who says their kids poo don't stink, they're kids they will make mistakes and act up from time to time, but not having compassion for another or manners is not stood for in my house!
I too have great kids, and I don't just say that because their my kids, were told all the time how great our kids are, one of them because he has a heart the size of Texas <so I can't take credit there>and another because she received direction...on the back of her @ss....and because of it, she became a wonderful little young lady ...and it's all due to not letting up no matter what anyone said against me spanking, I corrected her behavior and spanked her when she needed it. Not every child needs it, my son didn't a stern talking to is all it took. The point is I did the world a favor and got after my kids when they needed it, no matter what the form was, I just wish everyone else would do the same.

WCC, hmmmmm I'm making my list of ADR's as we speak and I'm having a time with it. I don't remember you mentioning if the main course was any good? What did you think of WCC for food?

 

[njprincess601]

Hi Dawn! New reader here!

I love your TR. I just read all 40 pages of it! You are so funny!! You guys are such a strong and loving family admired by many I'm sure. I am so sorry about everything you had to go through with Baylor. I can't imagine how hard that must have been. It's good to know everything seems to be getting better now though.

Also I just have to say I am the same age as Treyner and still talk to my mom everyday, although I am a girl so maybe it's a little different? But I also talked my mom into a "celebrate me coming home from college for the summer" trip 4 days after I get home in May, and I can see many more of those in our future so there's hope Treyner will want to continue going to Disney too! I'm sure you can't wait until Thanksgiving to see him. I know I'm counting down the days until I see my family!