Dis Mom's Club?

[tinkermom23]

Good Morning Ladies!!!

We are officially 1 week away!!

I am already having trouble sleeping.... I keep thinking about everything!! This could be one reason that people do Trip Reports... so they can "think out loud."

Anyway, happy Thursday!!

 

[prlnoirpir8]

Would love to join a Moms thread! I am a big Disney fan, DH thinks that Minney Mouse is his girlfriend!! Ha Ha he wishes! We have 2 kids 7 and 5. We are DVC members and our home resort is AKL.
Can't wait to get back to Disney!

 

[PebblesMom]

 

[amanda_stacy]

I would love to join the Dis Moms Thread! Sahm of two dd ages 6 and 10, with a wdw fanatic dh. We spend most of our free time talking/planning for Disney so this board is just right for me!

 

[wdwmom0f3]

I can't believe that I have missed this thread. I would also love to join in.

My name is Carla and my DH is Mike. We have three children, Lauren 17, Lindsey 12 & Michael 9. We are all huge Disney fans, but we are still working on daddy. He loves it, but every other year is good for him. lol We just went this past Sept and had planned to go back next Dec, but we have to much going on right now & may be moving soon so the trip is on hold for now. I am always hoping that it changes though.

 

[LadySiren]

Thanks everyone, for the warm wishes on the whole bank issue. My mortgage draft did indeed come out today...without the bank fees having been refunded.

My credit union recently changed their rules to comply with the new CARD legislation about overdrafts, etc. so they did pay it. Unfortunately, they also socked me with yet another $32 fee, leaving me in the red. The very sweet CSR I've been working with from my credit union is doing his very best to help us get these fees reversed but it's slow going - what bank WANTS to give money back?

If I weren't broke, I'd run for the nearest tequila bar...

 

[tinkermom23]

Would love to join a Moms thread! I am a big Disney fan, DH thinks that Minney Mouse is his girlfriend!! Ha Ha he wishes! We have 2 kids 7 and 5. We are DVC members and our home resort is AKL.
Can't wait to get back to Disney!

I would love to join the Dis Moms Thread! Sahm of two dd ages 6 and 10, with a wdw fanatic dh. We spend most of our free time talking/planning for Disney so this board is just right for me!

I can't believe that I have missed this thread. I would also love to join in.

My name is Carla and my DH is Mike. We have three children, Lauren 17, Lindsey 12 & Michael 9. We are all huge Disney fans, but we are still working on daddy. He loves it, but every other year is good for him. lol We just went this past Sept and had planned to go back next Dec, but we have to much going on right now & may be moving soon so the trip is on hold for now. I am always hoping that it changes though.

Yeah!! New Moms! Welcome!!!

We always have room for more Moms!!!

Here I was just thinking that those Dad's sure do a lot of chatting! Could that mean that we are just busier? JUST KIDDING!!! ( Luckily this is a Flame-Free thread! )

OK, I am trying to finish DD3's flower girl dress, actually the slip. The wedding is in about 48 hours and I am starting to stress. BUT, I am here, reading the Dis.... priorities, right? No, seriously, I just need a break cause my eyes are starting to bug. Everything else is done, shoes spit polished, DS3 suit is ready, we're all packed.... and nobody wants to nap except me today!

It's so nice out. We were out playing with bubbles and stuff, maybe we should go for a walk and I'll get energized??

What's everyone else doing this weekend? It'll be here before ya know it!

 

[roobug]

Well I haven't been able to post for awhile. The boys are finally starting to feel better. DH is too - he's finally back at work. Now I have to deal with all the mess that pilled up while everyone was sick. I'm avoiding it right now and sitting on the computer.

I am going to have to get my act together and start planning DH's 50th birthday part. I think I'm going to go with a 50's theme - so food will be hamburgers/cheeseburgers, fries and milkshakes. That's about all I have right now.

 

[Kimberly Hill]

Welcome to our new moms!!

Roo, I feel your pain on the mess. I just got home from a 4-day commercial shoot and though I'm honestly thrilled DH spends his time with DD while I'm gone, the house sure shows it. The 50's theme party sounds like a blast!

LadySiren, that just stinks. I hope they get your bank mess figured out soon.

Tinkermom, we're 9 days out - where are you staying?? We're at WL CL for two days, then AKLV for 4 nights.

 

[VirataMama4]

Welcome to all the new moms!

Roo~ I'm glad the boys are finally feeling better! I think a 50's party is a fabulous idea! How fun and food should be pretty easy.

LadyS~ I hate being in the red, but knowing I shouldn't be and that it was nothing I did! I hope they refund ALL the fees soon, so you can get your life back so to say.

Kimberly~ Why is it when the DH's are left in charge the house falls apart? My DH is great at having play time with the kids when I'm gone, but I have twice as much housework when I get back. But ya gotta them!

Tinkermom~ the DisDad's are chatty cathy's! They amaze me with how many pages they go through a day!

I hope everyone is having a great Thurday!

 

[LadySiren]

I suppose I should be grateful instead of whining - one guy was charged for a whole slew of 6-month subscriptions which I think are like $60 or $70. Combined with the overdraft fees, he got hit for $2,000+!

Kimberly, are you an commercial photographer? I was in marketing for quite awhile but moved back over to the PR side of the fence a couple of years ago. A good commercial / industrial photographer is worth his or her weight in gold.

 

[tinkermom23]

Tinkermom, we're 9 days out - where are you staying?? We're at WL CL for two days, then AKLV for 4 nights.

We are staying at Port Orleans- Riverside. Our first time there but I've heard great things about it.
When I was making ressies, I mentioned to DH that flying on Thursday is cheaper than Friday so somehow ( ) we ended up with 9 nights! His only "Musts" were that we have the dining plan and we need to be home so he has one day to rest before heading back to work. Other than that, he loves that I am the planner and he can just go and have fun! I love that too!!

 

[pilotwife_02]

Hey everyone!

Quickly dropping by to say hi and to say have fun to all those leaving for Disney to weekend!!!

Today my 3 year old participated in a Trike-a-thon at his school for St. Jude Children's hospital. I'm not sure how much his school raised (last year it was $9000), but I was so proud of him for helping to raise money for it at only 3 years old and he was so proud of himself too! He even got a little medal at the end!

Oh and just 4 more weeks until we leave for WDW!

 

[VirataMama4]

Good Morning Ladies!

Pilotwife~ How great is it that he was able to help raise money for other children! We are trying to get our kids into volunteering, but our oldest 2 are very much a part of the "me generation." They did help serve the homeless the day before Thanksgiving and then we delivered meals for the GAD promotion. We are planning on continuing that at least 1 Saturday a month, so hopefully they will get into the spirit.

I am getting ready to have a surprise sleepover for DD11 this Saturday to celebrate her birthday which is next Wed. I can't believe she'll be 12... Only a year until she's 13

 

[LadySiren]

HUZZAH! The lovely CSR I've been working with at my credit union, Bill, managed to get our bank fees refunded and we're now back in the black. My mortgage payment was paid, my car payment was made, and I'm not totally broke. Thank God for Bill, who really came through for us. I'm going to see if I can figure out who to send a letter to, as I want to let their exec team know what a great job he did in helping us through a terribly stressful time.

In other news: what would you do (WWYD) in this situation? I'd seen a few threads about the Y.E.S. program but didn't pay too much attention as I figure it was limited to groups or homeschoolers only. Well, I finally got around to reading one today over in the Budget forum and holy cow! The Y.E.S. programs sound awesome and the discount on tickets...well heck, more WDW money is always good (they're gonna get it from me one way or the other anyway, LOL).

The situation is this: We'll have six adults and six kids on this trip. Kids ages range from 6 to 16. I spoke with Julia, a CM for Y.E.S. today and we did find one program that will allow all of our kids to participate (she's fudging the age / grade level restrictions a bit so that all of them can participate). However, I bought 3 of our 7 tickets already. My DMIL and DBIL have already bought their tickets, too. We all purchased MYW base tickets (no options) through the same place, Undercover Tourist. The Y.E.S. tickets give us the hopper and water park options for less than UT. So then, we would:

• ...have to return our UT tickets for a 5% handling fee.
• ...have to then buy tickets for our party of 12 using Y.E.S.
• ...take 3 hours out one day to do the class with the kids, assuming that Y.E.S. get enough kids for this particular class and that it doesn't fill up before we can register for it.

From what I'm reading and if I'm understanding it correctly, we can buy tickets for our entire party through Y.E.S., not just the kids who will be going to the class. If all of us buy through Y.E.S., the savings range from $600ish to $1,000+ depending on the type of tickets we eventually go with. That's a TON of money that we could then use for other things, such as shopping, dining out, etc.

So then, would you do it? Would you go through the hassle of returning the UT tickets and getting the Y.E.S. tickets instead, then doing the class? I mean, the class I've selected sounds like it'd be one that all of the kids would really enjoy. We'd be able to buy park hoppers and wark park admissions, too, which we can't do at the moment (budgets suck). What are your opinions on me being able to actually pull this off logistically?

Any and all opinions (just be nice, please) are welcomed and will be listened to intently.

 

[Kimberly Hill]

Kimberly~ Why is it when the DH's are left in charge the house falls apart? My DH is great at having play time with the kids when I'm gone, but I have twice as much housework when I get back. But ya gotta them!

I do have to give him props for working a 9-5, then caring for Mia, then working on his travel business. It's exhausting. I did it for 2 years while I grew my photography business, then gave up the 9-5. He wonders why I don't have a lot of sympathy for him though?

Kimberly, are you an commercial photographer? I was in marketing for quite awhile but moved back over to the PR side of the fence a couple of years ago. A good commercial / industrial photographer is worth his or her weight in gold.

I'm actually a portrait photographer but got involved in this hotel project and it's been... interesting. We're about to enter my busy (beach) portrait season so I'll be backing off from hotels for a few months, then back into it again in the fall. My portrait website is in my profile if you'd like to peek. I can't say which hotel corp I'm working for, even though they've talked about it to the national media, LOL!

We are staying at Port Orleans- Riverside. Our first time there but I've heard great things about it.
When I was making ressies, I mentioned to DH that flying on Thursday is cheaper than Friday so somehow ( ) we ended up with 9 nights! His only "Musts" were that we have the dining plan and we need to be home so he has one day to rest before heading back to work. Other than that, he loves that I am the planner and he can just go and have fun! I love that too!!

We stayed at POFQ in mid-January and loved it! I haven't stayed at POR yet but we do have a fair number of clients with 5 people in their family that do so we'll be needing to visit soon.

See, I've always been the planner but since DH decided to pursue learning the ropes for being a TA, then opening his own agency, I no longer have to do the planning. He tells me where and when and I show up. My friends roll their eyes because they'll ask me where we're cruising or on what ship and I look blank. Probably like a lot of husbands! I did all of our planning for 13 years so I don't mind passing that torch at all, though I still have my hand in heavily when it comes to WDW. If he could pull it off, we'd be eating at 'Ohana every night!

Which reminds me, I'm going to be WORKING at WDW starting in *8* days (just had to say that again) because I need to build the online backstage area for the new agents we have starting soon. WDW always ends up being a working vacation for both of us but since we get to go fairly often, we don't mind. We're a go to the parks in the AM, go back to the resort and do other stuff, then dinner and back out to play family so that afternoon time and after Mia goes to bed is easily filled with work.

 

[Eeyores#1Fan]

Welcome all new moms! You'll find yourself addicted to this board after a few days.

LadySiren- YAY for being back in the black! It's CSR's like Bill that keep hope alive that CS isn't dead. As for Y.E.S....I've know nothing about them so can't really give a good opinion however, I would suggest that IF you decide to return the tickets to UT make sure that everything with Y.E.S is a done deal first. You definitely don't want to return the tickets to UT, pay that fee all for Y.E.S not to come through (class full or something) and then have to repurchase them from UT. Again..this is me not fully understanding Y.E.S so it could be a moot point.

Well ladies...I'm off to cheer competiton now. Talk to you Monday! Have a wonderful and blessed weekend.

 

[LadySiren]

Thanks much, Timika - I appreciate the opinion. After much deliberation, I think we're going to let our most bookworm-ish kid, my DSS, take the technology class. It's going to be a dad-son kind of thing, as the tech class will also appeal to DH. With the money we save on tickets, I'm thinking that a trip to BBB is in order for the girls while they're gone.

Good luck with cheer; my DBFF's daughter is also in cheer. My girls want to cheer but the best place in town, Cheerzone, is $1,500 per kid per year. Since I have three DDs, there's no way we could do this, even with all the fundraising. So, our girls do soccer and swim team instead.

 

[Kimberly Hill]

They just announced some class info for the September 8-9th Homeschool Days. I'm thinking of making a quick trip with DD but it looks like the classes are geared for 8 and up and she's 7. Yes, a really smart 7 but in social situations, she can be very immature. Plus it looks like you can't purchase classes on top of an annual pass, but need to purchase park tickets too. I hate to "waste" our pass that way.

We're going to be there at the end of September for a family trip so I'm just thinking outloud here.

 

[LadySiren]

I hope nobody minds if I shamelessly plug another thread here, but I'm desperately hoping someone...anyone...will post reviews of Disney's Y.E.S. classes. I'm likely going to enroll DSS in the technology class, now that I've seen a few bad reviews of my first choice (the Wild By Nature class).

My sincere apologies if this is against Mom's Club rules, but I'd really, REALLY like to know what people think of the course materials. DSS is our scholarly child who just loves to learn for the sheer joy of learning. I want to make sure the class will be challenging enough for him. The thread is at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2445452.

In other news: I am so proud of my girls today! My 3 DDs all play soccer and have been with the same team for about two years now. They all started playing fairly young (between ages 5 and 6); in the early days, there's really not a huge amount of strategy involved. It's more like you watch the clump of kids chasing the ball up and down the field. Absolutely adorable but not like watching FIFA or anything.

Now, they're older...and they're starting to "get" it. My eldest DD8 (I have two 8-year olds) was moved into the goalie position this season, a position she's never played before. It's been rough-going - she was a little timid about the ball, wasn't moving enough, etc. Her coaches have been working one-on-one with her recently during practice and during today's practice, I saw it paying off. She did great!

She was actually moving around the goal box and stopped umpteen number of shots. The coach at one point looked at me while she was busy playing and said, "Are you seeing this?!" It was like watching a lightbulb turn on. I'm so very proud of her for working so hard on this new position. It's giving her a huge confidence boost - not that she needed much help (she's kind of um...bossy) - to actually be effective in her new role. I can't even describe the feeling it gave me as her mom, to watch her succeed. I can't believe how lucky I am to have a strong little one like her.