MeMom, some of your Kay stories remind me very much of my neighbor J. She shopped at "Walmarket" and went to Yellowstone to see the "pfizers." She once opined that I wouldn't need a Dust Buster for my car if I would just observe the speed limit!
Love the WoD pics. Your shopping photos are always so much fun, and it's especially nice of you to let me "shop" at WoD without crowds. And I'll bet your enabling mentor Miss Anita Wigd is quite proud.
Pooh's Mate, could you please post a pic of the contents page for the milkshake section? Or just list which milkshakes are included. Or just send me samples of the ones you like best. Thanks!
I think I missed this in my last batch of replies. So sorry.
Walmarket - that sounds like a 'Kayism', so I am guessing your friend and Kay are a little bit alike.
I hope that Dust Buster has kept you from spending your Disney money on tickets.
I think milkshakes all around are in order, don't you? A DIS meet at the milkshake bar!
Oh, okay. No, I didn't realize that. No biggie! Of course I would have loved to ride Nemo with you guys but there will be future trips. It stinks that Jill can't go but you will have a blast with Brooklynn!
First she said she could, then she couldn't, then she could but didn't have the money for Disney but could go to Gatlinburg for a couple of days...
To me it feels kind of 'sacreligious' to be in Dollywood for the first time ever on Magic Kingdom's birthday.
I don't know if we'll end up in Gatlinburg or not, but right after we talked, I learned that there were going to be some DIS friends in WDW during my fall break. I said I'd love to join them, and Jill said to go on, she was fine with it. I thought about it, and I really don't want to spend the money to go down there just for myself, so I told her that would be a good time for me to take Brooklynn, as we have talked about before. We'd have time to do whatever she wanted to do, and we could meet up with DIS buddies a few times, too. I changed the room to those dates, so that is the plan as of now. Jill can always change her mind between now and then, too, and go with us.
My observation went excellent and my field supervisor said he thought it was my best lesson yet! So thanks for the well wishes
I hope for Jill's sake this isn't a foreshadowing for Brooklynn's teen years Although, that was definitely how I was as well and I turned out just fine if I do say so myself haha
Very good! I remember those days. Some of those supervisors are scary. I like the ones who are relaxed, down-to-earth, and realistic.
Brooklynn's teenage years should be very, um....interesting.
She and John already butt heads big-time, so we'll see if the tables turn or if that gets worse in about nine years.
Those pictures from an empty Main Street are very cool! We're doing and 8:10am ADR at Crystal Palace this coming up trip, so hopefully I'll have some empty pictures of my own. I want to be able to get Everett out of the stroller, and take some video of him walking up Main Street.
So sorry it rained on your MK day, I always feel very put out when it rains on Disney days, doesn't Mother Nature know that Disney days are special and should be treated with respect!
That would have been nice to have video of the girls walking on a practically empty Main Street, but the rain made things not good for that. I guess we need a do-over, huh?
New Moon fever???? It is not a full moon ( May 17th ) but it was a new moon so......
I have had some nuts lately too.
The one who pushed the other got a two day suspension, so Friday was a bit calmer, thank heavens. They are all feeling the end of school excitement.
Best wishes, thoughts and prayers for your Uncle
And for a safe trip!
I never heard anything about a Nemo meet...I thought it was at Small World since Oct. 1 is the 40th anniversary of MK?? Maybe I made that up in my head Someone just tell me where to be and I will be there!
You may be thinking of the Small World meet we had in March. Or we may have talked of doing it again in October and I just forgot. We did plan to meet in Epcot and ride Nemo, because Dawn is not going to be in MK on Saturday. All of you guys who will be in WDW can coordinate where to hook up. It could be riding Nemo together, since that would be an
easy to find each other meeting place, and all ages could ride. Or you could meet at a resort so that no one would need to be in a park. I do hope you all get to meet, though, and Brooklynn and I look forward to having some fun DIS meets later in October.
I've really enjoyed catching up. So much to smile about...AK, shopping, two beautiful smiling little girls, and empty MK photos.
Brooklyn reminds me of Ellie with the waking up stuff. I didn't know what to do with her because Ben always woke up happy (still does...hope that continues into the tween/teen years). Ellie was such a bear. Luckily she grew out of it during her Kindergarten year. Now, as long as I wake her gently, she gets up pretty happy. She's still much slower to get going than Ben but doesn't do all the whining and stuff like before.
I feel Jill's pain with the in-laws trip. Mine are going with us in June. My sil is worried sick that they will ruin the trip for us. I keep telling her that nobody is ruining my time in my happy place.
I tell her she's the lucky one because I am the one that has to ride 12 hours each way with them in the car!! (She's flying)
I'm so jealous of those of you who get out of school soon. We still have some high number of days to make it through. We haven't even had our state testing yet!! But, the kids are acting just as crazy. I had one get hurt on the playground yesterday-dislocated elbow and broken arm.
I'm sad that we will be missing you in October. We don't arrive until the 21st.
Have a great weekend! Happy mother's day to all the mommies!
I am sorry that we will miss you. I could stay for that whole week, but since we're going to be snatching Brooklynn out of 'kiddie-garten', three school days is all we're going to do. With the weekend added to that, we should still have a nice trip.
Brooklynn would have enjoyed following Ellie around like a big girl, had we been able to plan a meal/meet together.
Jill's father-in-law is a laid back guy, and he's not at all hard to be around. John's mom is a little bit (a lotta bit) of drama, and she's one of those people that likes to get right up in your space to talk to you. She is well-meaning and very giving, but she's just a little hard to process with her drama and her invasiveness. She pretty much made it clear that Jill, with her divorced mother, was not good enough for her perfect family/perfect son when Jill first met her, so that unfortunately set the tone for the relationship. She hinted that Jill was a golddigger. We could tell you some stories about things she has said, but it would be nicer not to do that.
Maybe it will be easier for Jill to hang out with her having all of the fun of WDW around to absorb herself in.
I know John has some issues with his mother-in-law, too, so it probably evens out. He thinks she's too laid back and far too Disney crazy, for example.
We will look forward to pictures from you guys, though.
Someone just tell me where to be and I will be there!
Ever since that day, I have not been able to read, see, or hear about the Heimlich Maneuver without smiling.
.... adding Poolrat to the dismeet list.
