So glad to hear Mama's eye surgery went well!
Loving your time at the Magic Kingdom so far. While I admit it has been a few years since we have enjoyed the Country Bears and Tiki Birds attractions (our 2004 trip, I believe), I think it is great that you initiated Jesse to the classics.
I forget that I have to explain the food pictures to "normal people". I was showing my hairdresser my photos from my last Florida trip and I had pictures from Kona. I said "If I'm paying $170 for a meal, I'm gonna take pictures of it so I can remember it forever" She loved that line and repeats it when we talk about food pictures.
I laughed when you talked about showing your pictures to the hairdresser and came upon the food pictures. I have a digital picture frame and, whenever the food pictures come up, our guests look at them like "what does she have pictures of food for?".
I hate being behind on your TR! Some of the fun is reading the comments, but I'm caught up now!
I'm sorry about your Aunt, She is with the Lord and is whole.
I know I commented on FB about your Momma's eye surgery, but I'm glad she doing well, and thinking about returning to WDW.
Jesse's Jesus was hilarious! How many flyer miles does he have?
What a fun time to have the whole family together and enjoying MK. I think Jesse fitting in is the cherry on top.
Kadence watched the Country Bears on TV one day and said she wants to go see them the next time we go, little does she know how soon that will be, but I looking forward to experiencing it for the first time!
Thank you! I talked with my Uncle last week and he said that they are all coping very well because they know there is no more suffering.
Jesus has been all over the place. I think the furthest he has traveled with Jesse is Argentina.
Oh I can hardly wait for the surprise reveal!
Hey Lisa!
I've been watching for Spring discounts right along with you! I did get a PIN in the mail, for 35% off rooms. Unfortunately, with the boys school schedules (Dan being a senior I had to schedule around AP tests, prom, etc), it looks like we will be going the week right after our Spring Break. We will arrive in WDW on April 8....the PIN code was not valid for that week. So...we booked an offsite townhouse, 3BR, 2BA, in Windsor Hills.

I'm nervous about staying offsite but excited too! We are also driving, so it will be a very different trip for us. BUT....I HAVE A TRIP BOOKED!!
Sadly, we'll miss meeting you.
I agree that staying somewhere that Mama is comfortable with is important. Plus...you LOVE CBR so it's a no brainer. There will be other trips for a change of scenery!
I hate to hear that you couldn't use the pin! That's a great pin that you received! Like you said, at least you have a trip to Disney planned and a cruise to go along with it to boot. You know that we love road trips and I hope that your drive is uneventful. Well, as uneventful as it can be with three boys.
Well I have had so much going on I was behind. River's b-day was on Wednesday, on Thursday River's father's mother died. Family came from all over. River's b-day party was on Saturday and the viewing was also, its been a stressful week I know you can understand. But now on to the happy stuff.
You really make me lol sometimes with the stuff you come out with like singing Areosmith!
When I saw that food tray my first thought was these people are serious about their fixins!
That's good Jesse didn't think you were having a psychotic episode when he saw you taking pictures of the food!
When I read about the waiting room for Country Bears it reminded me of you other tr when you got stuck next to the stinky stinkertons.
I love all the old school Disney attractions! I really like to do everything at least once on every trip if possible.
I think you are doing the right thing by switching back to CBR if that's where mama is comfortable and knows her way around.
I'm sorry to hear about the loss!
Oh we are very serious about our fixin's at Pecos Bill's! There are hardly ever any condiments left over by the time we finish up.
I love the old school attractions too and it made me smile when Jesse was seeing them for the first time.
Unless Mama decides that
she would rather stay somewhere other than the CBR, then we'll keep the reservation as is. I want her to feel 100% comfortable with the resort choice.
Had pages and pages to catch up on!! I love the Jesus story! I also love when you have someone new to show all the amazing things at Disney! I laughed about Jessie getting the food picture taking! That is what happened with the band in March. They even started shoving their plates in front of me! It was so funny!
Jesse did the same thing as the band members did to you. He'd let me take pictures of the food before he even touched it.
Hi Lisa!!! That's a bummer about the discount! I'm hoping for a better one myself. Still haven't officially booked yet. Lol! I am in shock that you want a change of scenery!! Lol! I never thought the day would come!! That day hasn't come for me yet! Lol!
I have a question for you....what are your thoughts on the
DDP vs paying oop? We plan on doing at least one TS a day, breakfast in the room each day. Worth getting the dining an or just pay oop? So confused!!!! Lol!
I forget...did you book your trip yet? I am keeping my fingers crossed that the CBR is in the card for you.
I've always said that the dining plan works for us but it doesn't work for others. If you are planning on at least one TS meal a day, I'm thinking that it would pay off in the long-run for you. The first thing that I'd suggest you do is go to
www.allearsnet.com and look at the menus. The menus have the prices listed so you can make out a spreedsheet. If it comes even close to what you would pay out of pocket, I'd get the plan for the convenience of it, if nothing else.
I was waaayyyyy behind--about ten pages to be exact! After fifteen minutes or more, of going through each page, stopping to read your updates, skimming over the chatter, I am finally caught up!
First, I know how glad you were for Jesse and Lacey to finally arrive. I had to laugh at your borrowed pictures from the gift shop, because I noticed the condoms and I just am left wondering....I've always taken kids with me, so, (A) there will not be any ___ with them in the bed next to me, and (B) I don't even to begin to have enough energy for that when I'm at Disney. TMI, I know!
Glad y'all were able to show Jesse Disney, McBride style!

Great PP pics of all of you!
You are so funny! I thought the same thing about the condoms. No hanky panky going on while we are in Disney!
I loved the Photopass pictures of the five of us and am so glad that I pre-paid for the Photopass CD so that we could take all that we wanted.
Country bears...that is one of Skips favorites. He loves Big Al and that song too. I prefer to skip it, but I go in every so often. Claire loves it too.
I am so sorry to hear about both of your Aunt's. What a hard time it has been, but they are in a better place now.
I just read the Via Napoli update. I am so gald you liked it. Claire and I have that as an ADR on our last full day. I am excited to give it a try. The dessert you had is the one I want to try too.
Yay for Lacey and Jesse arriving!
I have to laugh at the store pictures. Trojans in the "must need" area just cracks me up.
Hey Lisa...finally getting a chance to start catching up..I am at least 10 pages behind.
I am laughing at all the irons that got confiscated. I would've threw it right back in my families face too.
I'll help John Take out the bags next time. I'll even settle for a $40 tip instead!
I am glad Hunter enjoyed his cruise. That makes it totally worth it.
As soon as you said you ate at Electric Umbrella I thought to myself..."Is that where she lost her tooth?"
Ok...still a ways to go to catch up, but If I don't comment every so often i will totally forget.
Jen, aren't you glad that I'm such a slow writer?

I would have schleped the bags to the car if I had known John was throwing $50 tips out!
We are slowly but surely coming around to the idea of a possible cruise in the future. You can be sure that it won't be during one of John's medication transitions though.
Definitely order the same dessert that I did when you go to Via Napoli. Those little puffs of pastry are soooooo good!
I wish I worked 9-5 too!
I can definitely understand sticking with CBR if Mama feels more comfortable there. I also understand the desire for a change of scenery. Important thing is you've got something booked and can change it if you want!
You and I know, as mothers, that even if we did go to work everyday from 9 to 5, we'd still come home and have to work even more. I often say that I'm going home from the job that pays to the job that doesn't pay.
I'd really like to give another moderate a try but I want Mama to be comfortable. She knows her way around the CBR and that's important to us since she likes to spend time at the resort while we are at the parks.
I just wanted to pop in and say that I have fallen so terribly behind.
I am going to try and catch up soon!
No worries! I've found myself reading a lot of the trip reports but not posting.