Hakuna Kidani, What a Turtleful Phrase!

[ClaireW]

The zoo trip looks like fun And great that you had a chance to pet and feed the giraffes

We did the same thing earlier in the summer on a weekend trip away and we all loved it, especially the girls. We'd visited the same zoo before but the giraffe experience was new, and the whole area had been redone with an African theme which of course had me imagining I might just be at AK. If it wasn't for the fact that we had sweaters and coffee instead of sun cream and frozen lemonades I might just have been able to believe it

There's nothing quite like a British summer! Although to be fair this year has seen plenty more than usual in the way of sunshine and high temperatures so I'm not complaining even if it isn't the ideal time to be pregnant! We've spent many of our summer afternoons in the outdoor pool at the gym pretending we're on vacation with our Disney world towels and drinks in our re-usable mugs

 

[Charleston Princess]

Chelsea is feeling very grown-up these days -- she has an after-school job at a little sandwich place. Hard to believe she is already in the 11th grade.

I need to go back and look at the Vero pictures -- the ones from this morning are neat!

 

[declansdad]

I like the pictures of the hats. I have the green one, although it is getting a bit old, I may have to get that red one if I see it next time.

 

[sunny_stace]

I want one of those sign posts that shows the miles to all the Disney destinations for my back yard! However I guess knowing how far away they all are might be kinda depressing some days.

Just doing one last check in before I head to Toronto tomorrow for the week. It's film festival time again! I'm sure there will be lots of stories and updates and DisTown gossip to catch up on when I come home Friday!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Here are a few pics of my sign that my kids made for my birthday.





The last day of our cruise was my birthday, and they put pictures of the signs in my card and gave them to me at breakfast before we left the ship. It made leaving a little easier! They did all this painting and mounting them up in the screen porch the week before we left, and I never noticed! I guess I was too busy to go out back to the porch in the days before leaving.

 

[KatMark]

Marc and Anita? No...who would have guessed.

Sorry you missed out on seeing the turtles.

Great pictures.

 

[MeMom]

The zoo trip looks like fun And great that you had a chance to pet and feed the giraffes

We did the same thing earlier in the summer on a weekend trip away and we all loved it, especially the girls. We'd visited the same zoo before but the giraffe experience was new, and the whole area had been redone with an African theme which of course had me imagining I might just be at AK. If it wasn't for the fact that we had sweaters and coffee instead of sun cream and frozen lemonades I might just have been able to believe it

There's nothing quite like a British summer! Although to be fair this year has seen plenty more than usual in the way of sunshine and high temperatures so I'm not complaining even if it isn't the ideal time to be pregnant! We've spent many of our summer afternoons in the outdoor pool at the gym pretending we're on vacation with our Disney world towels and drinks in our re-usable mugs

I 'pretend' AK at Nashville Zoo, too.
If I had a pool in my backyard, I would have Disney mugs, Disney towels, and Disney music, and I would be pretending there, as well.

We are cooling off a degree at a time here. There have been a few cooler mornings that have given us the tease of the fall to come. I do love fall, but I do not like what comes after it.

Hope you are feeling well!

Chelsea is feeling very grown-up these days -- she has an after-school job at a little sandwich place. Hard to believe she is already in the 11th grade.

I need to go back and look at the Vero pictures -- the ones from this morning are neat!

I bet you will like the cottage pictures.

Is Chelsea formulating her college plans?

I like the pictures of the hats. I have the green one, although it is getting a bit old, I may have to get that red one if I see it next time.

Disney World seems to have a pretty good selection of ball caps. My guys won't wear Disney ones, though, so I just take pictures and move on. I like more low-key colors, so I like that green one best.

I want one of those sign posts that shows the miles to all the Disney destinations for my back yard! However I guess knowing how far away they all are might be kinda depressing some days.

Just doing one last check in before I head to Toronto tomorrow for the week. It's film festival time again! I'm sure there will be lots of stories and updates and DisTown gossip to catch up on when I come home Friday!

It's going to be another busy week for me, so I don't think I will be sitting on any Distown porch swing too much this week.

I feel like we are far away from WDW - until I realize some of my DIS friends are 2x, 3x, and 4x that far away!

Here are a few pics of my sign that my kids made for my birthday.




The last day of our cruise was my birthday, and they put pictures of the signs in my card and gave them to me at breakfast before we left the ship. It made leaving a little easier! They did all this painting and mounting them up in the screen porch the week before we left, and I never noticed! I guess I was too busy to go out back to the porch in the days before leaving.

I love it! That was so sweet of them. Too funny that you never saw them!

Marc and Anita? No...who would have guessed.

Sorry you missed out on seeing the turtles.

Great pictures.

Next year, they want to go when the hatchlings are coming out and heading to the ocean. I hope our schedule works out that we can join them one of our trip days for that.

 

[disneyfan61]

Sorry you missed the turtles.

I do pretend I am in the BC pool when I am in my backyard pool but it"s really a stretch!. I have a Disney beach towel that I LOVE and use it all summer long. Sad DH & DS covered the pool last weekend.. The nights are just getting to cold now & the water was below 70!!

 

[vamassey1]

I love when you take your excursion walks and take pictures. So many details that we normally miss.

I'm sorry you missed the turtles. That just means you have to go back so you can catch them next time.

Animal Kingdom Lodge up next?

 

[PlutosRHM55]

Awww, that ornament is adorable! Love Crush and Squirt too. Just the name Squirt, so precious! And I see one of the villains potion bottle pins on the little pin display. Like WHY COULDN'T I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN?

I love all those signs that point to the different Disney resorts and parks. Disney, why are you always so perfect? *sigh*

I'm sorry you didn't get to see your turtles, MeMom. Always a reason to book another trip though

Can't wait to read about the rest of your time at Vero and your days back at the World!

 

[MeMom]

Sorry you missed the turtles.

I do pretend I am in the BC pool when I am in my backyard pool but it"s really a stretch!. I have a Disney beach towel that I LOVE and use it all summer long. Sad DH & DS covered the pool last weekend.. The nights are just getting to cold now & the water was below 70!!

I get Disney beach towels as souvenirs fairly often, and we use them as our regular bath towels. They are nice and big, and they make us smile. Well, they make me smile. They probably make Drew roll his eyes when he reaches in and pulls out a pink Disney Princess towel.

I guess we must say goodbye to summer. I am okay with fall. It's just that fall signifies winter is on its way, and I am not good with that.

I love when you take your excursion walks and take pictures. So many details that we normally miss.

I'm sorry you missed the turtles. That just means you have to go back so you can catch them next time.

Animal Kingdom Lodge up next?

I could walk around Disney resorts for hours! There are so, so many details in the pictures, furniture, carpets, curtains, etc. I like looking at the pretty decor in every resort.

I hope it works out for us to go later next summer and see some babies make their way back to the ocean.

Animal Kingdom Lodge is coming, but we have to get through a few dozen 'Sea' animals first.

Awww, that ornament is adorable! Love Crush and Squirt too. Just the name Squirt, so precious! And I see one of the villains potion bottle pins on the little pin display. Like WHY COULDN'T I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN?

I love all those signs that point to the different Disney resorts and parks. Disney, why are you always so perfect? *sigh*

I'm sorry you didn't get to see your turtles, MeMom. Always a reason to book another trip though

Can't wait to read about the rest of your time at Vero and your days back at the World!

Pin looking is fun. There are bazillions of them, aren't there??? I didn't pay any attention to them, really. I just snapped a picture. Is there a set of the potion bottles, I am guessing, by your comment?

I was so sad about missing the turtle walk. My foot started giving me trouble shortly before we left for Florida, and I knew on the way down there that it was not going to happen. I was in major pain and popping Advil, Aleve, Tylenol, etc. to at least relieve it a little. It was just bad timing for a flare-up. But, I was very happy Brooklynn got to go and have such a good experience, so I was consoled by that.

 

[MeMom]

This is me wandering some more.



Not the crocodile. That's not me. That's a topiary.





These pins could only be bought as a set. I wanted the Kidani one, since we were headed there the next day.



This picture reminds me of why I was in the gift shop. The girls and I had gone down to get some ice cream. I don't usually do things like this, but this father and sons (or father, son, and maybe a nephew or something such as that)



were giving the kind older gentleman in the gift shop a hard time. They were loud, vulgar, crude, and calling his name over and over when they spoke to him. He might not have been the fastest CM ever, but he was doing just fine, and he was a perfectly nice man. I'm pretty sure they had been drinking, and they were having fun with their ignorance. I felt so sorry for the cast member, and as mild-mannered as I am by nature, I really wanted to call the dad out on his behavior. It would not have done a bit of good, though, because at that moment, I don't think any of the three had a conscience. They went out to the rocking chairs on the porch and smoked cigars and talked louder than necessary. After a little more looking around for us, we happened to be behind them on the path back to the cottage. My revenge was to take their picture and tell you guys about what jerks they were. What a poor excuse for a dad that guy was being. Just goes to show that money, or the money that it takes to stay at a nice place like Vero, isn't always accompanied by class. Even now when I think of that few minutes, it makes me sad.

Now back to sweeter things - my girls and ice cream.



A little later, Miss Anita Wigd had craft time again.




They were making pixie dust in a jar.



Did you spy my root beer for my nightly root beer floats.



Cool, huh?











That was a hit with both girls.

Then Mr. Marc had something to shoot into the air, and that just added to the fun!





I like this picture.



I think they were chasing down the rocket.

Even after we had interrupted his nice quiet beach vacation with all of our 'activeness', Mr. Marc was still just as sweet as he always is with the girls.

Later that evening, Jill and the girls went on to bed, and Anita, Marc, John, and I walked the beach. They were patient with my hobbling, and hurt as it did, I was determined to stick with them and maybe see a sea turtle. We did see some turnarounds, but it was too dark to get good pictures. We saw where one had nested. We walked and walked and walked. At one point, we saw a big girl almost come onto the beach, but she just hung out in the shallow water for a bit, and then turned around. I think she sensed us being there, and now I wish like everything we would have back off a few more yards to see if she would have come on up. Oh well, I was happy enough to get to see all of that, so my turtle search was not a complete failure. I think we walked until around 1 something. Is that what you remember, Anita?

And that was our last night of Vero Beach. A few hours later, we would be on the road back to Orlando and a first for the girls - Sea World.



Oh yeah, I forgot to tell about the night of the Pirate Dinner. Jill knocked on my door in the middle of the night and wanted me to look at Sophie. She was congested and struggling a bit for her breath. My first thought was that she might be having some kind of allergic reaction to something in one of the foods - some kind of spice or something. I advised her to go to a walk-in clinic, but after a call to the front desk, they said the hospital was the nearest thing to where we were, so that's where they ended up going. I sat upstairs in case Brooklynn or Bella woke up, and Jill kept me posted. Jill can give the complete diagnosis, but luckily it was just respiratory issues that could be easily fixed. I was worried that an allergic reaction was causing her throat to swell, so I was glad it wasn't that.

 

[KatMark]

I do love shopping with you. You find such neat stuff.

What a horrid mad and his sons or whoever they were. Why do people have to act like that? It is just so sad?

What fun pixie dust Anita made with the girls. And Mr. Mark is a sweetie!

I'm glad your turtle experience was not a total "nothing to see."

I'm glad it was something easily fixed for Sophie.

 

[Poolrat]

Poor, Poor Sophie. So hard when a little one seems like they are struggling for air.

What a nice full day you had. Glad you got to see some turtles.

What a fun craft idea for the girls.


Packing up is so sad, except when you're not done!!!!!

Bring on Kidani!!!

 

[Poolrat]

Of course I get a duplicate post.... almost had a triplicate.


Is anyone else having trouble? I am also having trouble with trying to select the font color and size the drop down doesn't always "take" when I pick a color or size.

 

[KatMark]

Of course I get a duplicate post.... almost had a triplicate.


Is anyone else having trouble? I am also having trouble with trying to select the font color and size the drop down doesn't always "take" when I pick a color or size.

Pat, I had that trouble about a month ago with the font color and size.

 

[vamassey1]

Sorry your walk around was messed up with rude people. That would make me mad too.

The pixie dust craft looks so neat. Marc and Anita were great with the girls.

Next time you go you'll see a turtle I just know it.

I'm glad to hear Sophie was okay. Poor dear having to spend the night at the hospital. Rough on the adults too.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Man, I can't stand people that feel the need to just be rude in general. You are correct, generally people like that don't have a conscience. Sadly, great places are not always accompanied by class, you are right.

The sweet girls eating ice cream were exactly what you would need to wipe that experience away.

Mmmm, nightly root beer floats?

We didn't get the opportunity to look for turtles when we were there. I'm sorry you didn't get a good glimpse of any.

I'm glad that Sophie didn't have an allergic reaction to anything and that it was handled quickly.

 

[LookinUp]

So glad to know that you did have a little bit of turtle luck on your last night. It wasn't a total wash. Even just those glimpses of turtles and their tracks would have seemed pretty magical to me.

I love, love, love Anita's pixie dust jars! My mind is churning with ideas for fun ways to use them. Looks like Mr. Marc's "craft" was just as fun for the girls.

OK, now for that root beer float you made me want. (Hmm ... Smiley seems to prefer a Guinness.)

 

[PlutosRHM55]

I know you're not one for photos, MeMom, but I think it'd be TOTALLY worth having many photos of yourself if you were a human that looked a Crocodile topiary. And I'd totally buy that pin set though I already have a Goofy and Mickey Kidani pin. Need to get some more pins from resorts I've visited/stayed in.

Ugh. Cannot stand people who act like that. Get a life people and grow up! And I'm so glad you sniped a photo of them. I have plans. MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Oh, that's so cool with the pixie dust in the bottle! What a cool idea, Anita! And I'm really intrigued by the late night Root Beer floats. Probably should start doing that myself.

Glad to hear you got to see a little bit of the turtles! Not all was lost. And I'm sure taking photos might have ruined those little moments when you saw them, don't you think?

Awww, poor Sophie. Good to know, it wasn't anything too bad. That Sophie, she's a trooper.

Can't wait to read about your day at Sea World!