Grumpy turned Happy for Christmas!

[Monknmom]

Want to talk blankets...Boo had a blanket (forget what he called it...that I took so he would have it for a keepsake) and Ab has a little rag doll (literally RAGS now) called Mattie that she still sleeps with today! She did leave Mattie home on this trip, but usually Mattie goes anywhere she sleeps!

Seriously...Stepmother would make this a competition when she could not even help with a funeral...piece of work...now where does she live, I might need to make a road trip to kick some hiney!

Damien calls it his "tag"! LOL oh my.... I don't think that I ever had anything I had to sleep with? I can't remember!

Yeah she's a piece of work! Like I said when it happened she raised money for a bench to be put at Angleton Christian school (I think that's what it's called), but Rebekah never went there just our 1/2 sister and 1/2 brother did. And she made this ceremony for the bench and everything- even had a memorial service at the Angleton 1st baptist church for Rebekah! But that's where they live! She's getting her karma though- I know it's not right of me, but she has lost both legs since Rebekah has died and seems to keep losing more and more of it from infection! So I know that she's getting hers! But thank you!

 

[dara00]

EE doesn't go upside down, right? just backwards? I didn't go on when we were last in AK, but my husband did! I think we actually missed a lot of AK because I remember thinking it was basically a Disney themed zoo. We couldn't even figure out how to get close up to the tree!

sorry about your camera!

 

[Monknmom]

EE doesn't go upside down, right? just backwards? I didn't go on when we were last in AK, but my husband did! I think we actually missed a lot of AK because I remember thinking it was basically a Disney themed zoo. We couldn't even figure out how to get close up to the tree!

sorry about your camera!

Yes only backwards! i liked animal kingdom, my son loves animals! If you went to it's tough to be a bug I think that when you got that close you could see the tree closer, but I think that when you were a little ways away and zoomed in that was the best way to see it!

Yeah that silly camera! I just have no luck with those things!

 

[annmarieda]

Yeah I started to make him buy his cups of coffee and then at the end of the trip when we had 17 credits left he was the one upset!

I did the same thing... I didn't want us to "frivolously" use credits in the beginning and then we ended up with a ton in the end.

And ... your update!!! I love it!!

I was literally when your wrote about EE and K. You will have to wait for my update...but just wait till you read about our EE adventures. Your pictures of it turned out great.

I am sorry though that your camera didn't survive the drop!!! I remember seeing the cracked screen and thinking that it might still be ok. I wish I was not wrong.

Your safari pics were awesome too. You got a great shot of the lion... which is hard to do.

How exciting that Damien was chosen at FOTLK!!!

I was not brave enough to ride Kali this trip. I was too afraid of being wet. And as you mention, that part of December was misty and or rainy.

Yak and Yeti qs people do tend to like... but I wonder if it is not just for the quantity. I too find it a bit..saucy. Very cool you had someone to dine with!!!

I don't blame Damien for being scared on Dinosaur. It is the one ride that even though I know it isn't real, startles me. I mean... the noise is a bit

Can't wait to read how DHS went!!!!

 

[Monknmom]

I did the same thing... I didn't want us to "frivolously" use credits in the beginning and then we ended up with a ton in the end.

And ... your update!!! I love it!!

I was literally when your wrote about EE and K. You will have to wait for my update...but just wait till you read about our EE adventures. Your pictures of it turned out great.

I am sorry though that your camera didn't survive the drop!!! I remember seeing the cracked screen and thinking that it might still be ok. I wish I was not wrong.

Your safari pics were awesome too. You got a great shot of the lion... which is hard to do.

How exciting that Damien was chosen at FOTLK!!!

I was not brave enough to ride Kali this trip. I was too afraid of being wet. And as you mention, that part of December was misty and or rainy.

Yak and Yeti qs people do tend to like... but I wonder if it is not just for the quantity. I too find it a bit..saucy. Very cool you had someone to dine with!!!

I don't blame Damien for being scared on Dinosaur. It is the one ride that even though I know it isn't real, startles me. I mean... the noise is a bit

Can't wait to read how DHS went!!!!

Thank you Ann! I am so glad that others were conservative with the snack credits too! I am excited about your update on it! I loved it! K.... not so much and Damien... yeah he talks big talk now that he's not faced with it! The camera looked okay right? I showed it to you and I really did think that it was just the viewing screen... I should have listened to K and bought the disposable ones! It's just that it was the first day and I didn't want to use money that I didn't have to! Oh my... a BIG lesson learned! The tour guide said that! He said that you rarely see the lion out and the lioness is most of the time on that rock though...

Damien was happy! He was proud and asked if I saw that! You know I was worried that they were going to really get sick, but think about that for a second... I went on only 2 times and didn't get wet- they went on 6 times and were SOAKED! I came back home and was sick for almost a month and they really didn't get sick! I am wondering if there is something to their immune system to mine!

I was wrong it's not DHS next... it's future world- the day we met you guys!!!

 

[Monknmom]

Okay I should be making up the chocolate pops to take to the nursing home on Monday evening, but I didn't get to the candy store for the chocolate and sticks so I can't do that right now, plus I have to still buy the bags for the crumb cake cupcakes! So I have a little free time while my Monkey is ignoring me in the other room and K is at the ambulance company- before he left though he had to help me out with some of his new learned skills! Trying to reach as high as I could for Damien's Valentine's present I don't know what happened, but I twisted my ankle! It hurts very bad so I have it up with ice on it right now! I did however get everything else done, I just have to wrap some of the stuff for Valentine's day and it's all set to go for Tuesday(still have to buy a stuffed animal for Damien and Emily and a picture for K's stufed animal and the dog cookies for Emily from Fetch tomorrow, plus I just found out on facebook that Emily's "boyfriend"-she's fixed- bought her a Valentine so I have to sneak in something for them while we are at Fetch!)! I figure that on Monday I can clean the house and make up the chocolate pops for Monday night and tomorrow Damien can make the cupcakes and put them in the bags while I take Emily to her play date- that's going to be fun with my ankle! Although I really do want to take Damien because I would like that picture, I will have to see how they are treating each other tomorrow! Okay now that I have that all cleared up in my head and on paper/computer I can move on with the trip report! I was wrong! I am not at DHS day, I am actually on the 1st day in Epcot! Now this whole trip I thought that I should give MK or DHS 2 days instead, but I am happy that I gave it to Epcot because that ended up being the park that we all agreed we liked the most! I am warning you there are not a lot of pictures because we have no really camera and still I didn't break down and just buy one (I am so mad at myself)!
Future World had EMH in the morning on this day so we got to the park around 7:30 am and ate the muffins we bought the night before while in line for opening! I have to say I love that opening where they are saying it in all of the different languages! I really wish that I had the time and patience to sit and learn some languages! In the way the US is going I better start to learn spanish and maybe even Chinese (at least if I live in NY)! But I love that learning about other cultures and the way that they do things and believe in different things it's just amazing to me! So anyway, we started our day with K actually (all by himself I just about FAINTED- but then again it was right next door so not such a big deal) going to Mission Space and getting fastpasses for the 3 of us. While he did that I took Damien to the bathroom and such then we met at test track all together! There was no line so we walked right on and Damien LOVES that ride! It's his favorite of all the Disney rides! He still talks about it and everytime we went on we put the photos on the photopass- I love that this ride let you do that! I wish that they all did! Then we went over to Mission Space- since there was a 5 minute wait we decided not to use the fastpasses and just went on the green one! K loved this ride and Damien enjoyed it as well! We walked right on 2 more times- K wanted to try green again and then orange- K liked the orange the best! Damien and I felt sick after we went on orange so we stayed away from that! Then we head over to Spaceship Earth! I liked it, not what I expected and not a ride we did again, but I enjoyed it! Damien was bored and kept asking when we would be done and K said that everything went too fast for him to see anything in detail! Afterwards we spent a few minutes in the area there when you get off! I thought that I took a picture of K and Damien's future (they sat together) but I can't find it so maybe I took it with the camera? Then we were headed to the Seas with Nemo ride and Turtle Talk with crush, but I got a text from a friend.... she said that she was running late and still wanted to meet up today. I told her that I would wait for her, but she didn't know how long she would be so she told me to go ahead. BUT the part she really didn't know was that I had read the text to K outloud and told him we can keep on going... well my little bug heard it too and remembered that I told him Zoe was Ann's daughter so he associated Ann with Zoe (he only knew that Zoe was a little girl that was near his age he can go on a ride with). Now he was tired- even though he slept a lot in the car I guess that he was wearing down still so he didn't want to go on another ride without her. So I told Ann that we will wait to go on the Seas with them! And we did, we went on Turtle talk while waiting and then after meeting Ann and helping her find her family we went on to the seas! Oh my I was embarresed because my son wanted to sit with Zoe on the ride and was kinda throwing a little fit right there and I had to get him in the shell with me! I was so embaressed I really was! Ann is so smart and nice and her husband and son were too, although I didn't get to see them too much! Zoe is so smart and polite and a mini version of her mom! She seemed to have lots of paitence and understanding and her mom says how easy going she is most of the time and I am sure that a lot of parents say that, but Zoe really is! Oh my I was just in awe of how mature she was! Anyway... this is the link to what my friend had to write about that time! I don't have the picture from the 4 of us on the computer, but I have this one of Zoe and Damien- I have to steal some of Ann's!

After the ride Damien wanted to go on test track with Zoe, but I knew that Ann was running late with her plans and we were going to see them and another DIS friend on Friday so I said that we can wait until then for that ride- now remember that when I get to Friday and remember that my son isn't good with change and has the memory of an elephant!! And we parted ways! We walked over to Figment and on our way in we had Damien saying he's hungry and wants to eat and thirsty so we went back over to Sunshine seasons to eat and K picked up our Sourin passes as well (I can't really remember what time it was- maybe 12?- but our return window for sourin was not until 7pm! At sunshine season we had been a little confused on how to order and where to order, but figured it out! That place is very confusing for me! The last few meals we ordered Damien would say he's super hungry and then not really eat too much so from his meal so we decided that we would just let him share off of our plates- he's not that big of an eater to begin with and being hot on top of that he really just wanted to drink whenever we would go eat! So we got 2 orders of the mongolian beef- K got fruit salad as his dessert and Damien picked out an Itzakadoozie ice cream for ours plus the chocolate milk drink for him (he went crazy with these all trip because he can't have this at home) and K got an iced french vanilla coffee. Damien ended up eating K's fruit cup and I ended up drinking K's drink and Damien ended up also eating most of both of the beef plates so to say that the food was good was an understatement, but the place was busy and we knew that we were going to walk around world showcase and snack there so we didn't bother waiting in line for more food. Instead we went on living with the land to cool off and take a break! It was nice I enjoyed it! Damien told me that when I go to plant the garden this year he's going to make sure that I make my tomatoes from trees.. I wonder how they did that! The thing with that is he likes pasta sauce, but doesn't like ketchup or tomatoes so to show him what tomato sauce was made from I had him help me pick a few tomatoes from my garden to make sauce with and he thought it was so nasty that the vines on the tomato plants let some of the tomatoes touch the ground! He wouldn't eat sauce until recently after that! After the ride we were all refreshed and feeling a little bit fuller so we went back to figments- this time Damien wasn't hungry and grouchy so he noticed the jumping fountain! He was trying to get the water to hit him and K could have stood there all day filming the fountain! He thought that it was cool! It never missed a beat and I had to pull them away to continue on my plan! We went on figment! I liked it, until he tests out the fart or skunk or whatever I didn't like that the rides kept making me smell this horrid smell, but looking back on it I would ride It's tough to be a bug or figment any day before I ride stitch again! Then we headed over to the world showcase to experience all of the shows about the different countries! We took our time and walked slow taking in things and looking through stores! Damien sat in on a few of the Christmas shows that the different countries had- he asked if we could start to "celebrate Norway". I knew that on Friday we were going to be doing these again so I didn't want to wait for every show! Oh that's right Canada! My son is so weird he asked what they speak in Pennsylvannia when we were there, but we have gone to Niagra falls with him on the boarder of the Canada side (didn't have our pasports to go into Canada) so he knows that it's connected to New York and for that country he think's it's US, but for states he doesn't know what languages they speak- when my friends fom Texas and Michigan call he says that they talk differently so I guess that's why he does it? Who knows? But he wanted to buy things in Canada! His Auntie Khine likes nice things, she's expensive! But he found this collection of chapsticks on a paddle. The padle has ways to use it- like a fly swatter and such and the chapsticks have funny names like beaver butt and moose spit I think it was and another one I can't remember, but they are SO NOT what his Auntie Khine likes, but he insisted and bought it for her with his own spending money since I would not- I didn't think that she would like it but when she opened it on Christmas she laughed and thought that it was really funny. When she was passing it around my little BIL noticed that it say "no moose spit was used to make this product"! And he also bought himself the cutest little beaver that's in the shape of a ball! This is Damien and I in Canada!

While we were walking and listening to some story tellers we heard the drums from the Morrocan storyteller! He told us about Ramadan and he had Damien come up and assist him wiith the drums!

While that was going on I went into the store that was right there to look around. When the women go to the monestary they have to wear a shawl to lay in front of them while meditating so I found this really pretty silk one with hand wooven beads on it for my mother in law and bought it! I was going to buy my FIL some of those shoes- K caught up to me by this time and told me that he wouldn't like them because they had those in Burma and they never bought them! So we bought the scarf- I LOVED that send it back stuff because we did that with everything other than the last day! Walking through Germany we smelled that caramel and had to make it in there- K and Damien hate choclate, but could eat caramel by the buckets if we let them! So I shared some carmel corn with Damien- oh so good and warm! And K got this carmel cupcake with I think vanilla cake used as the cake part I don't know because he took the stuff and went outside and I went to get Damien from the glass- he was standing there watching the guy drizzle the caramel over something I just can't remember what and telling him that he's doing a great job and he must have gone to school for this and everything he had the guy laughing and I felt bad for him distracting the guy so if any of you got some funny looking drizzles on something it may have been due to my little moneky and I apologize! By the time we got out of the store and met up with K he was done with the cupcake (yeah I made sure I said thank you for the taste) and was off to use another snack credit for yet another cup of coffee! This guy!!!! In the store Damien grabbed a guide map and I was looking it over while he was eating his caramel corn. I guess was looking at it and not really looking at it because Damien asked me what something said and I told him sound it out like I always do and he let me know he couldn't and K walked up and said "what language is that?" I was surprised, here I was looking at the map for a god 2-3 minutes and I didn't even notice that in the world showcase when you go to the countries the world maps are in that language so it was German! I put that mental note in my head to grab a map from each country when we spend the day here Friday! I thought that was so cool! And we moved on! Damien was getting bored of the shows from the countries and it was getting to be around 5pm I think so I promised him one more show and then we will go on a ride! So we did! We went to see the reflections of China and then to the Grand Fiesta tour! After this Damien was BEGGING for real rides and food so we headed back to China for food at Lotus Blossom! I have to say China was very pretty! I liked how it looked and the music! I want to get to China one day- although the pictures my FIL took of China look nothing like this one, K said that this is modeled after Northern China and the pictures I saw were more of the business district of China! I was quit hungry, K was a little hungry and Damien was asking for soup (he's a little odd he asks for soup quit often)! So I got the shrimp fried rice with an egg roll, a cinnamon/apple egg roll for dessert and a sprite to drink! Damien got his own meal here since he was hungry- he ordered the beef noodle soup with a strawberry red bean ice cream and a strawberry smoothie to drink and K ordered the orange chicken (I told him this was a bad idea), a strawberry red bean ice cream and a coke to drink. Now we get to the table and Damien realy likes the soup- this little guy loves soup! He wants to know why I never order it for him at home because he loves it so he ate all of his stuff up real quick and then wanted my egg roll that came with the meal and I let him have it! K on the other hand complained that he didn't like the orange chicken- my quotes from my notes that day "There's a big orange taste in it" That is exactly how he put it! So he took my friend rice and I nibbled at the chicken, but didn't like it either and I didn't like the apple egg roll too much either because it was too sweet for me! I guess though if you like apple pie you will like it! So after we get done they want to go ride test track a few times before heading out! So we do, I forgot how many times, but quit a few! And then I told them it's time and K wants to ride Misson space so he did- on orange! He came off the ride and told me that he got sick (Damien and I thank goodness were on green)! So he cleaned up while I went on with Damien one more time and then remembering the sourin passes we headed over there as the park was going to close soon! All day we had really good luck with rides- even the day before we had good luck with rides because we barely waited on lines! Tonight I thought that it would be nice because we can hear the fireworks for Illuminations going off so I told them that I hope we can ride at least 2 times before the fireworks stop and then when everyone is coming from that we will leave to beat the rush! That didn't happen. In fact we didn't even come close to that plan! The wait time for Sourin was 95 minutes and we had fastpasses so we thought that we were just going to breeze through the line like everywhere else, but you don't! In fact we waited close to 45 minutes (with fastpasses) to get on the ride! I have to say though that I loved the ride! Not to give anything away, but you can smell the stuff as your souring through the air! It was a really great ride! We were in the 2nd row and it wasn't bad at all! Damien and K agreed that it was a great ride! And with that we made it back to the hotel I think around 11pm! We quickly did our nightly routine and got to bed! It was a good day and we were excited for the next day at DHS!!!

Here are some pictures from the World showcase we took that day!

 

[momabaarjo]

I am so sorry about your camera...I probably would have died and then found a taxi to the nearest Walmart and done a cheap replacement. I can't live on a vacation without my camera.

I love that Damien got picked to participate in so many shows! How super magical for him!

I still am jealous that you and Ann got to meet up...but I know that in 18 months we will all get to meet up...put my first money in that hidden sock if you know what I mean. I have decided all my tutoring money on the side will go in that sock...not out of my monthly budget. I consider that my blow money anyway and to not figure it into the budget.

Sorry about the ankle...I can't even imagine trying to control a dog for a playdate with it hurting...take care of yourself.

I think Jeff's favorite park was Epcot too!

 

[momabaarjo]

 

[Monknmom]

 

[annmarieda]

Thank you Ann! I am so glad that others were conservative with the snack credits too! I am excited about your update on it! I loved it! K.... not so much and Damien... yeah he talks big talk now that he's not faced with it! The camera looked okay right? I showed it to you and I really did think that it was just the viewing screen... I should have listened to K and bought the disposable ones! It's just that it was the first day and I didn't want to use money that I didn't have to! Oh my... a BIG lesson learned! The tour guide said that! He said that you rarely see the lion out and the lioness is most of the time on that rock though...

I thought it was just the view finder too... so thought it looked ok... So nothing comes up on the card? That totally sucks. I am sorry.

Okay I should be making up the chocolate pops to take to the nursing home on Monday evening, but I didn't get to the candy store for the chocolate and sticks so I can't do that right now, plus I have to still buy the bags for the crumb cake cupcakes! So I have a little free time while my Monkey is ignoring me in the other room and K is at the ambulance company- before he left though he had to help me out with some of his new learned skills! Trying to reach as high as I could for Damien's Valentine's present I don't know what happened, but I twisted my ankle! It hurts very bad so I have it up with ice on it right now! I did however get everything else done, I just have to wrap some of the stuff for Valentine's day and it's all set to go for Tuesday(still have to buy a stuffed animal for Damien and Emily and a picture for K's stufed animal and the dog cookies for Emily from Fetch tomorrow, plus I just found out on facebook that Emily's "boyfriend"-she's fixed- bought her a Valentine so I have to sneak in something for them while we are at Fetch!)! I figure that on Monday I can clean the house and make up the chocolate pops for Monday night and tomorrow Damien can make the cupcakes and put them in the bags while I take Emily to her play date- that's going to be fun with my ankle! Although I really do want to take Damien because I would like that picture, I will have to see how they are treating each other tomorrow!

You have a very full schedule! I am sorry about the ankle... with all you are doing... can't be fun with an achy ankle.

Okay now that I have that all cleared up in my head and on paper/computer I can move on with the trip report!

I did not know that there was much of a production for RD at Epcot. Different languages so sad I missed that!

You are too kind in all you said about Zoe and I. And.. you should NOT be embarrassed about the ride and the slight mix up of who was sitting with whom.... it is so understandable that we all were kinda confused!! I thought the kids would sit together... Zoe thought she would sit with me... I don't know what dh and ds though.. probably that they would sit together. I think it all worked out fine.

If you need to snag some pictures..go ahead. I think all you have to do is copy from my TR and you should be able to use them in what ever way you want.

Reading over what you did, I think we should have stuck together. We went to SS for lunch and then to Living with the land.. figment... Oh well, at least we got to spend the time together we did in the aquarium... even though you are right... where did my guys go?

I do wish though that like you we had toured WS that day. Instead, we went to tour the Epcot resorts (YC, BC and BW) Hindsight is 20/20... but I really wish I would have figured that the first day we had in Epcot would have been a better day to be in WS than the one we planned on.

I have tried only the apple egg roll in China... and I wasn't a fan. Just didn't seem right..

Soarin always has a line... even with the fast pass I think we have rarely had a short wait time. Glad you liked it though.. that is one of my favorite rides. I loved it in DCA... and was so happy that they brought it to WDW!

 

[Monknmom]

I am so sorry about your camera...I probably would have died and then found a taxi to the nearest Walmart and done a cheap replacement. I can't live on a vacation without my camera.

I love that Damien got picked to participate in so many shows! How super magical for him!

I still am jealous that you and Ann got to meet up...but I know that in 18 months we will all get to meet up...put my first money in that hidden sock if you know what I mean. I have decided all my tutoring money on the side will go in that sock...not out of my monthly budget. I consider that my blow money anyway and to not figure it into the budget.

Sorry about the ankle...I can't even imagine trying to control a dog for a playdate with it hurting...take care of yourself.

I think Jeff's favorite park was Epcot too!

Yeah that dang camera... it drives me crazy to think about it and I would have gone and bought a new one, but I couldn't find time... I was either at the parks or sleeping by this time in the trip and I honestly thought it was fine and didn't want to take away trip spending money for something silly that I thought I didn't need- as you can see even Ann thought that it was fine!
Awesome, yes I put some money away- not too much yet because I am trying to get everything for the renovation together, but a little that won't be too much missed! I am excited about that trip really! I can't wait to meet everyone!
Truthfully it wasn't so bad with Emily as it was with Damien! He came with me because I wanted him in the picture and that little guy we went to a park that you can either take hikes or play on a playground after the pictures. So I let Damien play for a little while Emily sat and then it was time for the walk and he was giving me the trouble, not her! I was so confused!

I thought it was just the view finder too... so thought it looked ok... So nothing comes up on the card? That totally sucks. I am sorry.

You have a very full schedule! I am sorry about the ankle... with all you are doing... can't be fun with an achy ankle.

I did not know that there was much of a production for RD at Epcot. Different languages so sad I missed that!

You are too kind in all you said about Zoe and I. And.. you should NOT be embarrassed about the ride and the slight mix up of who was sitting with whom.... it is so understandable that we all were kinda confused!! I thought the kids would sit together... Zoe thought she would sit with me... I don't know what dh and ds though.. probably that they would sit together. I think it all worked out fine.

If you need to snag some pictures..go ahead. I think all you have to do is copy from my TR and you should be able to use them in what ever way you want.

Reading over what you did, I think we should have stuck together. We went to SS for lunch and then to Living with the land.. figment... Oh well, at least we got to spend the time together we did in the aquarium... even though you are right... where did my guys go?

I do wish though that like you we had toured WS that day. Instead, we went to tour the Epcot resorts (YC, BC and BW) Hindsight is 20/20... but I really wish I would have figured that the first day we had in Epcot would have been a better day to be in WS than the one we planned on.

I have tried only the apple egg roll in China... and I wasn't a fan. Just didn't seem right..

Soarin always has a line... even with the fast pass I think we have rarely had a short wait time. Glad you liked it though.. that is one of my favorite rides. I loved it in DCA... and was so happy that they brought it to WDW!

Well yeah something comes up that I took a picture, it's just white though. All of the pictures that were taken after the safari are just big white pictures!

Yeah it wasn't fun! Damien was the hardest though- I wouldn't have taken him, but I wanted him to be in the Valentine picture with Emily and I that we were giving to K! So he had to come!

And Epcot's opening is not a big thing, it's just the loud speaker comes on and I can't remember if they say "welcome" or "god morning" in every language and the CM's helping you scan the cards say the phrases too!

Thank you about snagging some pictures! LOL you have no idea! I would have let him sit with you guys, but I was so unsure like you said! It did work out though and it was nice! Oh and you and Zoe deserve it! I knew that you both were very strong to deal with what's going on with her and then the wedding Kira had and Zach leaving and Alex being home schooled all at once! But believing someone is strong and kind is something different then actually seeing it!
Oh we should have then, but I knew that you were running late and I didn't want to push it! I saw that we were very close to you in your TR but I don't remember seeing you in any of those places. There were lots of people and really I would have liked to tour the hotels too! I want to see more of the hotels next time!
Yeah the apple egg roll wasn't that great I agree!
Yeah sourin was nice! I loved that you would smell the things too! It was awesome, but I'm a little upset that we never got back to it!

 

[Monknmom]

I hope that everyone got to spend time with loved ones for Valentine's! I got to make lots of little treats and goodies for my family and got to have a great night with them just playing games! For Valentine's day K bought me insulation as a gift- to me this was such a wonderful gift because he had actually listened to me that means! I told him that I wanted to start buying some of the materials for the house now so that we don't have to worry about buying it all at once! So I thought that it was pretty romantic! The day after Valentine's day was not so great though because Damien is learning about President Lincoln in school and got himself into so much trouble with it that he was sent to the principal's office and I had to get him out! He was allowed back in school today though and I had to sign a note that I understand that type of behavior is not allowed and that I spoke with him about it! It was about racism... I don't think that he meant to be racist because he doesn't really know what that means other than what they taught him about slaves in school! And he made remarks about slaves being richer than President Lincoln's family (he grew up without shoes) and some other stuff. But he was asked to stop and he didn't he wanted an answer and was sent to the principal for it! So that was fun! I told him from now on save his questions for his dad! But that has been my day... I will be making another TR update in a few days (if I do them so close I will be done before anyone else and WAY too early to start the PTR for the ladies trip)!

 

[annmarieda]

Oh man! That sucks about the school. I am sorry you both had to go through that. I know the kids learn about slavery a lot here. I imagine it is a sensitive subject for some.

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

I hope that everyone got to spend time with loved ones for Valentine's! I got to make lots of little treats and goodies for my family and got to have a great night with them just playing games! For Valentine's day K bought me insulation as a gift- to me this was such a wonderful gift because he had actually listened to me that means! I told him that I wanted to start buying some of the materials for the house now so that we don't have to worry about buying it all at once! So I thought that it was pretty romantic! The day after Valentine's day was not so great though because Damien is learning about President Lincoln in school and got himself into so much trouble with it that he was sent to the principal's office and I had to get him out! He was allowed back in school today though and I had to sign a note that I understand that type of behavior is not allowed and that I spoke with him about it! It was about racism... I don't think that he meant to be racist because he doesn't really know what that means other than what they taught him about slaves in school! And he made remarks about slaves being richer than President Lincoln's family (he grew up without shoes) and some other stuff. But he was asked to stop and he didn't he wanted an answer and was sent to the principal for it! So that was fun! I told him from now on save his questions for his dad! But that has been my day... I will be making another TR update in a few days (if I do them so close I will be done before anyone else and WAY too early to start the PTR for the ladies trip)!

Love all the updates.

Pohh on the boys not waiting to do the monorail hopping. You and I can go on the ladies trip cause I never have been to them! Sounds like a good mid day break from the park one day!

Buddy and I do that for holidays too. "Oh honey Happy Birthday... got the oil changed in your car that you've been needed to get changed for 5 months!"

Eek about the school thing. Hopefully you got it settled.

 

[Monknmom]

I came on here and had every intention of writing an update, but I didn't get to it I caught up on other TR's! I will be back tomorrow night after catching up on Amy's! Have a good day off for President's day tomorrow!

 

[Monknmom]

Oh man! That sucks about the school. I am sorry you both had to go through that. I know the kids learn about slavery a lot here. I imagine it is a sensitive subject for some.

Love all the updates.

Pohh on the boys not waiting to do the monorail hopping. You and I can go on the ladies trip cause I never have been to them! Sounds like a good mid day break from the park one day!

Buddy and I do that for holidays too. "Oh honey Happy Birthday... got the oil changed in your car that you've been needed to get changed for 5 months!"

Eek about the school thing. Hopefully you got it settled.

Yes the school thing was something and I really never sat down with Damien to describe color and race before- at 7 years old I still don't think that he has to be explained that people with darker skin have more pigment (or is it less?) than we do and that's why they have darker skin. I think that to teach them about racism in such a young age is putting that into their heads, in the end the principal and teacher did understand that he wasn't trying to be racist with his comment but asking something about shoes. It was a mess and I fixed it and then went right back into the school on Friday to help with the class!

Ashley- you know I would rather him do that for me than buy me things- I really don't like fresh cut flowers I find them to be a waste of that flowers life and money! They look prettier and last longer when they are in the ground and I can show them off in the yard! But the insulation showed me that he listened to me!!!! And we went to the home show today with the 3 of us... that was good because I was able to kinda give him an idea of what I have in mind for the house and he learned something to bring back to his work!

 

[shocky5]

Just as I feared... I didn't have my sub' to your TR set!! I'm so sorry! SO HERE I AM! Late for the party but promising to stay til the end!

Now to go get caught up...

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

I came on here and had every intention of writing an update, but I didn't get to it I caught up on other TR's! I will be back tomorrow night after catching up on Amy's! Have a good day off for President's day tomorrow!

Haha you sound like me getting distracted from updating my own TR!

Ashley- you know I would rather him do that for me than buy me things- I really don't like fresh cut flowers I find them to be a waste of that flowers life and money! They look prettier and last longer when they are in the ground and I can show them off in the yard! But the insulation showed me that he listened to me!!!! And we went to the home show today with the 3 of us... that was good because I was able to kinda give him an idea of what I have in mind for the house and he learned something to bring back to his work!

Me too. Buddy gave me a potted orchid for Valentine's day because he hates wasting cut flowers! The home show sounds awesome. We will see if K listened to you

Just as I feared... I didn't have my sub' to your TR set!! I'm so sorry! SO HERE I AM! Late for the party but promising to stay til the end!

Now to go get caught up...

Sounds like me for your TR Amy. I think some of them get sucked into cyberspace.

 

[Monknmom]

Just as I feared... I didn't have my sub' to your TR set!! I'm so sorry! SO HERE I AM! Late for the party but promising to stay til the end!

Now to go get caught up...

It's okay as long as your here! It's not going anywhere!

Haha you sound like me getting distracted from updating my own TR!
Me too. Buddy gave me a potted orchid for Valentine's day because he hates wasting cut flowers! The home show sounds awesome. We will see if K listened to you
Sounds like me for your TR Amy. I think some of them get sucked into cyberspace.

Yes I get distracted easy... who was it.. Amy that gets called Steve from Up? I think that I am like him too!

Yes he listened! We set up some appointments from the home show and we start those in the next week! We will have people tramping through the house for a few days giving us quotes and estimates!

I really do think that things get lost on cyberspace!

 

[Monknmom]

Since I didn't get the photopass CD until a few days ago I haven't shared these yet, some have fun stories that I want to tell you about!
The first photopass picture that we took we took it at Camp Minnie/Mickey. It was really nice with the different Christmas trees and all! Our first Characters were Thumper and Mrs. Bunny (that picture wasn't photopass and can be found in the AK day), then we started with the Fab 5!

While we were waiting for Goofy they told us that a surprise (Donald) was joining him:

At this time we were going to go to Minnie, but the rain had begun coming down harder and they moved Thumper and Mrs Bunny (I think) into Minnie's spot and put her with Mickey, Damien didn't want to go see Mickey again to get her so we skipped it (will we get a picture of her in another park?). When then headed over to where Donald's spot is and Chip and Dale were in there! They had TONS of fun with Damien because of his shirt-it had a picture of Donald trying to catch them. They would point and laugh and tagged him and ran away from him it was fun and there weren't really any others in line so we were able to spend a good 10 minutes with them before anyone else came over, but surprisingly they didn't take those photos!

After that we continued with out day as I mentioned! When we went to Dinosaur there was a greeting trail that had Pooh Bear, Eeyore and Tigger! I forced them to come with me (I love Winnie the Pooh)! First you get up to Winnie the Pooh first. When Damien got up there he wanted the signature and then walked away saying "my mom likes you"- we had to pull him back to take them picture. But I got it!

Next you come to Eeyore. Damien had fun with him while Eeyore was signing the autograph book Damien was asking about his tail and if it was still there. When Eeyore shrugged Damien checked for him and he says "yep it's still there"!

Then it was time for Tigger! My son LOVES Tigger if you make him choose from Winnie the Pooh! He went bouncing up to Tigger

And Tigger bounced back

Then my "I'll do it myself son" had to put the cap on his marker and put the marker into the marker holder on his own before taking pictures. Which I guess got Tigger bored?

All in all we loved Tigger and all of his interactions with Damien!

These are just some snapshots that we took while walking around and when leaving!

Next up: Epcot Day 1 photopass! *Good thing we had shirts for each day of these would be confusing*!