Disney Wonder Sept 3-7, 2006 Part 2

[purplern]

Good morning everyone,

Today is my little DD's birthday. She is 4. I will be a little busy today. Bill, our school does 1 line but we use the 6th graders to escort the kids into the school. At pickup the parents are on their own but they need to change that. We now have two areas to drop off and pick up so it is getting better. I don't have to deal with it anymore because we live close enough for DD to walk home but will be doing it again next year.

 

[Blackunicorn]

Good morning everyone,

Today is my little DD's birthday. She is 4. I will be a little busy today. Bill, our school does 1 line but we use the 6th graders to escort the kids into the school. At pickup the parents are on their own but they need to change that. We now have two areas to drop off and pick up so it is getting better. I don't have to deal with it anymore because we live close enough for DD to walk home but will be doing it again next year.

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday, dear mom_of_2_princesses' youngest DD!
Happy Birthday tooo yooooouuuuu!





Dawn

 

[NJBILL]

Same thing here. We only have one line to deal with! The teachers call out the numbers and then escort the kids to the car! We have 2 of each grade so one teacher helps the car riders the other does the walkers.

I can't imagine any teacher in our school escorting kids to a car..you guys are very lucky to have this..

 

[mom_of_2_princesses]

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday, dear mom_of_2_princesses' youngest DD!
Happy Birthday tooo yooooouuuuu!





Dawn

Thanks everyone for wishing Emily a Happy Birthday. I took her to pre-school so when I pick her up I will let her see it. She will love it!

 

[mom_of_2_princesses]

I ordered my pillowcases yesterday and she said she will ship them this weekend. She is good! I set up the paypal account with my Dh's credit card. Since he did not order them he will pay!

 

[purplern]

I ordered my pillowcases yesterday and she said she will ship them this weekend. She is good!

Cool! who did you get?

 

[mom_of_2_princesses]

Cool! who did you get?

DD(10) got Tinkerbell and Birthday girl got Cinderella!

 

[mom_of_2_princesses]

Emily told me the house needed to be decorated when she got back! So I guess I better go do that. Don't want to make the mad!

 

[zweihund]

Who has second seating in our group? Maybe we will see you around!

We do!

 

[zweihund]

Dawn - my DH used a wheelchair at Disney one day because he had thrown his back out. He still wanted to go, so we borrowed one of the park's. There are a million reasons why someone would need a wheelchair - don't feel like you should tough it out just because you CAN walk. My husband can walk too, but it caused him such severe pain that he was miserable.

And one quick question - when you resumed full activity, did you throw yourself right in without a build-up? If so, that may be why they are so swollen. I would keep taking your meds, and do just a LITTLE bit every day and gradually build yourself up. You may still need the wheelchair by the time you go, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Hope that helped.

And Jan, I know you probably won't see this, but I'm glad I was some help and I hope everything goes smoothly! You will have such a WONDERFUL vacation, with nothing to worry about, in less than 4 weeks!



I should get back to work......

 

[purplern]

DD(10) got Tinkerbell and Birthday girl got Cinderella!

Emily told me the house needed to be decorated when she got back! So I guess I better go do that. Don't want to make the mad!



They sound cute!!
No especially on her special day

 

[Ker-Bear]

I feel stupid and this is off-topic, but I'm scared to post over on the DISabilities board. I figured I'd bounce this off you guys and hopefully get some opinions.

I was forced to rent a wheelchair last year at Disneyland because of my feet. I've been in physical therapy for plantar fasciitis, and they told me that I could resume normal activities, but I worked at the Renaissance Festival this weekend, and now I don't think I can treat WDW as "normal". The pain on Saturday was tolerable, but I was barely able to walk on Sunday and spent most of the day sitting on the thrones while the royal court was away. I wore my special shoes with their special insoles! I spent most of yesterday off my feet, but today they're *still* significantly swollen. I can't seem to get the swelling to go down, and I've taken over-the-counter medication. I don't want to get a wheelchair, but am I deluding myself? I know I'm fat, and I know that's a big factor, but I swear that I'm trying to get more active and lose weight. Would it be wrong of me to rent a wheelchair? Should I try to tough it out? It's such an expensive vacation, I hate to spoil it with my inability to keep up.

Thanks for listening, guys.

RENT THE WHEELCHAIR! what is it about us women that makes us want to pretend we are super heroes????? That is a very painful condition and for you to potentially put yourself in that much pain seems just crazy!

I know it's not the most glamourous solution but if it keeps you from the pain, discomfort and swelling and your family AND you have a great time, then it the scheme of things does it really matter?

Sorry for the speech. It's just that you remind me of certain family members who suffered with ailments that makes theme parks unbearable for them due to the amount of walking and being on their feet with extra weight. It's hard to enjoy your family vacation when someone you love is in pain like that.

Just my 2 cents

 

[LCTsMom]

I set up the paypal account with my Dh's credit card. Since he did not order them he will pay!

 

[Ker-Bear]

Has goodie bag making place been set?

I think so. My last thought was: Nassau Day-9am at the Cove Cafe. For those that can't make it, drop off at another mom's room and we will get it back to you either later that night or if you are linked, bring it to dinner.

 

[taeja71]

I am trying to picture if this would work at our school. I like the concept.

There are four pick up spots I know of. One is for preschoolers only, one is for 1/2/maybe 3rd graders, another is for 4,5,6 and the last is for 7&8th grade. I almost had to get in three lines to pick up the kids this year, but since I have sibs I only have to get in two lines. *PTL* We have plaqes with our kids names on them that we hang from our front windshield. The teachers look at the names and get the kids/ducks in a row as far as they can to get them into their cars. I use a kid size pant hanger and hang two plaques back to back from my rear view mirror. It makes their names very visable.

I just read what Lisa wrote...and have to add, ya, what she said. Well, here's another post toward our 8,000 mark.

 

[Ker-Bear]

Kind of. We have a mad scramble each day as parking and dropoff is very limited at our school. As a board member,we are always looking at ways to improve this...
so i am seeing a person at the street and a person with the kids talking to each other via walkie talkie maybe?? I am trying to see how you coordinate the cars with the kids

Bill, My school's main building has a 2 line drive. The right lane is for drop off and pickup and the left lane is for traffic and the parking spaces. The pick-up is crazy but organized (if that makes sense) We have A LOT of car riders. There is a grade sign for each grade K-3rd. the kids are waiting at the appropriate grade sign with teachers and you have a matching grade sign in your dash. You pull up and your child is brought to the car. You then move with the traffic in the pick up lane or merge into the left lane. Typically the pick up lane just moves along.
We have 900 kids. Course not all are car riders.

 

[taeja71]

This took me about 7 tries at the 60 second level so now I quit. I did it once, and that is enough.
Been off the DIS for a while as I have three new clients to learn about and make homecare visits to. Two kiddos will be seen twice a week so my free time is at a premium plus I just learned that my siblings want Mother to be in an Alzheimer's facility near me, not near them. That is a big surprise as my sister is the most stable one of us, having lived in the same community for 29 years. And Mother lived in her city over 50. So I thought she would be in an Alzheimer's unit near them and I would be visiting a couple times a year. But there are apparently no good options--not sure what research they did, just assuming they did some--near my sister and my brother has found a lady-friend on eharmony.com who he would like to know better and I cannot begrudge him that. He has never been married and did so want a family and wife, but no one met his standards. Looks like this lady does. He is 55 and she is 48 so kids of their own are probably not an option, but they can borrow some nieces or nephews or teach Sunday School or something. However, she lives in Ohio and he is in upstate NY. He would like to relocate to Ohio in SEPTEMBER, get an apartment and be there to court her. I cannot fault that, but this means I am doing Alzheimer's facility research for an imminent move and I have a cruise to go on, new clients to see and thus, little time for fun for me -- like DIS. SO, IF ANYTHING IMPORTANT COMES UP, COULD SOMEONE EMAIL ME?
I keep telling myself, GOD IS IN CONTROL and HE has a plan for all this, I just don't know it all yet.

Jan

 

[NJBILL]

Well ladies..I may not look exactly like Jack, but according to the test I've just taken, we have the same attributes....(which I doubt will help much)

See which character you are:
http://lucid.lunacy.nu/quiz/pirates.html

 

[taeja71]

Yes! Lots of people involved here...I'd say maybe 6 staff members on radios out on the car line. Some direct traffic, one walks to the end of the line and they call off the names of the kids from the back to the front. The kids are in classrooms closest to the car line, grouped by grade level. Each classroom has a staff member also with a radio. The person on the line with the radio calls out the kids names (i.e. 1st grade-John Smith, 4th grade-Mary Smith) and the the faculty members inside with the kids send them out to be lined up by a closed gate. When all is clear, they release that group of kids who walk to their cars. There are staff members walkign around making sure that the kids get to their cars and get in safely. Once everyone is safely in their cars, they release that line, the cars drive out, and then they start again with the next line. We have a four lane pickup area. When all four lanes are emptied, they let the next batch of cars in, one lane at a time until the lanes are once again full. They start the whole thing again until all the kids are gone. They have it down to a science. When it rains, they escort the kids with umbrellas to the cars. It takes a little longer so they start earlier.

The biggest downside to this whole thing is that the parents start lining up over an hour before dismissal time. Everyone wants to be first. When my DD has dance class after school, I have to be there very early to get her and get going. Many times, I volunteer in the classroom, park my car at the front of car line, and come out right before dismissal so that I'm there waiting to go when she's released.

ditto what she said above. We have that too.

 

[Ker-Bear]

Blue Moon Lyrics

Blue Moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer
for Someone I really could care for

And then
there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold

Blue Moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my
heart Without a love of my own

And then there
suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever
hold I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my
heart Without a love of my own

Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my
heart Without a love of my own

This is making me want a Blue Moon beer with an orange slice.