I Can't Believe I Invited My MIL -I'm BAAACK! And determiend to finish this thing!

[winkers]

OK, so is this the same woman in the picture on my PTR? The one sleeping in the car with her mouth open? Love that picture.

I took a peeky at your TR... Your red haired dude still makes me grin everytime I look at him. He just has a happy face!

yes...it is! Ms. chocolate milk mustache herself!

 

[hucifer]

OK, I have also been hard at work on Trip Journals for the kiddos. Basically, I feel an immense and overwhelming amount of guilt over taking Buzz out of school for a week. So, to make up for that, I made him a journal to fill out throughout the trip. He can then take this in to his teacher to show her we did not completely slack off while at the World. I am sure she will see right through this ruse and give the journal only a cursory glance, but whatever. I rpinted most of the pages off mouseforless.com, and then added some coloring pages, connect the dots, mazes, and ABC worksheets at the end. All Disney-related, of course.

As you can see, I put their itineraries on the cover. I made one for THE PRINCESS, as well. Equal treatment, and all that. Though she can only write her name, so not sure how excitig those journal pages will be.

More pages:

OMG! This idea is the BEST! My parents took me and my sister to WDW for the first time when I was 9. My teacher, Mr. Smith, created a journal for me to write in every day of my trip. Years later, it became one of my most treasured items from the past. I was able to look back and remember, day by day, where we went and what I saw. It became absolutely priceless to me.

This is wonderful that your kids had one of these too, even if you have to help them fill it out. It really helps them solidify their memories of it.


(TOLD you I was behind on my reading. Catching up, page by page...)

 

[hucifer]

Wow - You kids certinaly had fun while Mommy was away, now didn't you?? Sorry I missed all the frivolity.. Does anyone have a frozen bevvie left for me to enjoy? And whose undergarments are those swinging from my ceiling fan? Also, just a tip... If you don't want someone to know you've had a secret party in their house, don't write your name all over the mirrors in red lipstick... Ahem, yes, I'm talking to you, Jordan!! Now I just want to know whose lipstick you used..... Bceause it sure is a lovely shade...

You people are too freaking funny.

 

[hucifer]

Hmmm...

Desiab, that was hilarious!

 

[hucifer]

One more thing: I forgot something else I was busy doing in the time I was MIA... Here ya go...

OMG! Congratulations!!!

This thread reads like a novel...quite the surprise twist I NEVER saw coming! I am soooooo happy for you!!!!



And of course, she GORGEOUS. Just like her mommy. Love those cheeks of hers!

 

[hucifer]

"Hey Darthie, come over here and shake my kids hand! Hey darth - you neglected your own son, so don't neglect mine."

Well DH was like, "Honey, I don't think DV shakes the hands of little kids anyway -it doesn't fit his image. So pipe down and quit embrassing me."

He didn't say this last part, but I could see it in his eyes.

Ok, so DV begins SLOWLY walking in my direction with his finger pointed at me. When he got in front of me, he stood there for a full 30 seconds or so and just started me down. I had deoderant malfunction. Sweat was copiusly pouring out of my armpits. It really kind of freaked me out. I think he was trying to mentally choke me or whatever he does to the soldier dude on the Death Star in one of those movies. My MIL took a picture of it...

Everyone around me got a good laugh, but I had to cry myself to sleep that night. I'll never heckle a villain again.

 

[hucifer]

This post actually began formulating itself in my mind while we were on this trip. Do you do this too?? Begin writing your TR in your mind as you are doing things in the parks? Almost like narrating your goings-on in your head? Please tell me you do.

I do. I'm actually much funnier in my head during the trip than when I get home.

I'm going to tell you a funny story about what happened to one of Ariel's heads now. It is kind of gross. It is up to you - I'll color the story BROWN (foreshadowing alert!). If you don't want to read the story, scroll now! Scroll quickly so none of the details inadvertently jump out at you!

Many months after returning from our trip, DS and DD were playing with Ariel. DS was the Sea Witch and also Beast, who came with a similar set with Belle crap. You can buy them at Target - not just at WDW! Yay! OK, so I hear a moaning call from upstairs,

"Moooooooo - mmmmmmmmmmmmyyyy! Oh no, Mommmmm- my!"

I run upstairs, two at a time, screaming what's wrong? what's wrong? I get to the top of the stairs and both kids are standing at the bathroom threshold, looking in dejectedly. DS says,

"Ariel's head is in the toilet." in a small voice.

No problem. I ran to get the slotted spoon to fish her out. I will give them the lecture on not playing in the toilet after I retrieve the head and dunk it in bleach. They were probably pretending it was the ocean, right?

Well, I get back to the bathroom and peer into the toilet and I get quite a disturbing shock. There, among a pile of small, rabbit-like turds, is Ariel's smiling head. The one with the crown. She is smiliing up at me from her new home among the turds like a queen on her throne. I ask the only question one would ask at a time like this,

"Whose turds are these?"

DS claims the turds.

DD, who has not even come into the bathroom and never saw the turds, begins dry heaving. She is horking and gagging and sputtering. In all of this I hear,

"I (hork) don't want (gag) that Ariel head (dry heave) anymore! I"ll just (gag) use the (hork) head without the crown (heave) all the time from now on."

So, I did what any responsible parent would do in this situation. I flushed the toilet and made my children swear to never mention this again. I did not need a lecture from DH on flushing non-waste objects. After all, Ariel's head was smaller than those turds.

I am at peace. Always.

Can't...breathe...laughing...too...hard...

This was my favorite part so far. Sorry it had to be about turds.

 

[hucifer]

I just read some of your old trippie...The One Before Peanut. I can truly say, I laughed. I cried. I saved 5 bucks.

I laughed because you, my friend, are hilarious. Like, slap your knee, hold your sides, hope you don't pee a little bit in your underpants funny.

I cried at your account of your encounter with the sweet little girl.

And I saved 5 bucks because instead of going out to lunch with my DH and two older kids, I stayed home and read your report in peace while the baby napped!

Thank you so much! That was a labor of love. It took me -- get this -- a whole YEAR to write.

Oh wait.

Anyway, I'm super glad I saved you 5 bucks. With a new baby girl, you're going to need the extra cash. Or a new pair of underwear. Because, let's face it, after having kids...those muscles down there don't work as well anymore.

 

[logansmummy]

So glad your back! We missed you.

 

[CantWaitToGo2007]

I just wanted to say that I'm loving your report. I just started reading it this morning and I only got to page 20 before I had to go to work. Last I read everyone was letting the dogs out and watering the flowers. ( everyone use your imaginations and insert the little smiley holding the flower here. I love that the iPhone has a disboards app , but I wish it had the smileys to insert). Going back now to catch up.

Nanette

 

[Hydani]

Oh wow, I am also very behind on getting into this TR. It's amazing though, and hilarious ! I've been in stitches the whole time You're great at telling stories. Btw, the Ariel head story was amazing. Paige is beautiful aswell, great name too Not that that's my name also or anything

 

[Jiminy'sGirl]

You people are too freaking funny.

I've said it before, I"ll say it again: the people reading this blog, oops, I mean, TR, are way funnier than I am.

Desiab, that was hilarious!

Man, that Desi was a riot. I hope she still around here. Desi?? Desi???

Thank you so much! That was a labor of love. It took me -- get this -- a whole YEAR to write.

Oh wait.

Anyway, I'm super glad I saved you 5 bucks. With a new baby girl, you're going to need the extra cash. Or a new pair of underwear. Because, let's face it, after having kids...those muscles down there don't work as well anymore.

Very funny, missy. SO I took a two year hiatus? Big deal. TV's LOST has done that to me at least twice now.

So glad your back! We missed you.

I missed you all too!! But suddenly I have big piles of laundry and dirty dishes again. What is up with that?

I just wanted to say that I'm loving your report. I just started reading it this morning and I only got to page 20 before I had to go to work. Last I read everyone was letting the dogs out and watering the flowers. ( everyone use your imaginations and insert the little smiley holding the flower here. I love that the iPhone has a disboards app , but I wish it had the smileys to insert). Going back now to catch up.

Nanette

I"m sorry, what? There is a Dis app??? I can Dis while driving? Score!

Welcome!!

Oh wow, I am also very behind on getting into this TR. It's amazing though, and hilarious ! I've been in stitches the whole time You're great at telling stories. Btw, the Ariel head story was amazing. Paige is beautiful aswell, great name too Not that that's my name also or anything

Ok, so my DH kept telling me kids would make fun of her in school by saying, Turn the page, Paige! I told him if that was the best joke the kid could come up with he was lame and who cares?? SO, did you get any "page/Paige" jokes growing up??

 

[Jiminy'sGirl]

Way back when the idea for this trip was first conceived in my mind, and later after I went into a long, hideous labor and birthed said idea and held it swaddled on my lap, sniffing its head and staring into its eyes, I had not planned to go to Epcot.

Wow. What a sentence.

I know, I know. NO EPCOT? What is even weirder is that Epcot is now and always has been my favorite park. My parents took my brother and I there a year or two after it was born. Wow - those rainbow-accented space suits the characters wore, Figment, hands-on science experiments... What's not to love? Seriously though, back then Epcot had a whole different feel. The Imagineers actually worked hard to make it NOT feel like Disney so this fledgling little park could have it its own identity, rather than struggling in the glorious light of its favored older brother, MK. MK was like the kid in school who gets a 4.0, is the MVP of the baseball team and sings the lead in the school play. Ecpot started out like the little quiet kid in the back of the classroom who chews his scabs. Sorry, but it is true.

But, no matter. I loved Epcot from the very start. But, honestly, I didn't think my kids would like it. I thought we'd take a day off and just chillax in the pool, take naps, maybe shop at DTD and have dinner at one of the resorts.

Well. That didn't last long.

When DH had taken his ONLY previous trip to WDW with his Mom, he had seen the Big Golf Ball being built. As such, he would not rest until we added Epcot to the itinerary.

Well. I am so glad we did. The kids would not have stood for a day of chillaxing. No way, no how.

DS adored Soarin' and TT. DD was too short to ride, but she didn't mind waiting around while everyone else rode. We paid an old man on an ECV 5 bucks to watch her. Just kidding, people!! Sheesh!!

We gave him 10 bucks.

The kids also liked the Norway and Mexico boat rides. They were enthralled by the candy maker in Japan, though she never picked one of them to make an animal for. Sorry I ended that sentence with a preposition. This is clearly not an example of my best grammatical work. Anywho. The kiddos did get bored shopping in the various countries. We finally gave up and took them back to ride a few more rides and watch the US show. I can never remember the name of this, even though I love it. It always makes me feel so patriotic. Nationalistic, even.

I know what you're thinking... When will this broad shut her trap and give us some photos? Well, the answer is.... Soon! I am on my laptop, but later tonight I'll fire up ye olde desktop and upload a passel of Epcot photos for your enjoyment.

For now, farewell.

 

[Jiminy'sGirl]

Hey, Huci, when and why did Dan stop with the blonde hair dye? I liked it. By the way, I think he and I would tour the parks well together (you can come, too). I, too, like attention and manage to weasel my way onto the stage at the Indy show each time I see it.

 

[CantWaitToGo2007]

There is a DIS app and it's wonderful! It doesn't have all the capabilities of the disboards, but it is great. This way I can get my dising done in betwen patients.

Ok, I'm going back to where I left off on this report.

Nanette

 

[Jiminy'sGirl]

I have never paid money for an app before, but my new enabling friend Nanette may have just changed that.....

 

[jordanyosh]

Many months after returning from our trip, DS and DD were playing with Ariel. DS was the Sea Witch and also Beast, who came with a similar set with Belle crap. You can buy them at Target - not just at WDW! Yay! OK, so I hear a moaning call from upstairs,

"Moooooooo - mmmmmmmmmmmmyyyy! Oh no, Mommmmm- my!"

I run upstairs, two at a time, screaming what's wrong? what's wrong? I get to the top of the stairs and both kids are standing at the bathroom threshold, looking in dejectedly. DS says,

"Ariel's head is in the toilet." in a small voice.

No problem. I ran to get the slotted spoon to fish her out. I will give them the lecture on not playing in the toilet after I retrieve the head and dunk it in bleach. They were probably pretending it was the ocean, right?

Well, I get back to the bathroom and peer into the toilet and I get quite a disturbing shock. There, among a pile of small, rabbit-like turds, is Ariel's smiling head. The one with the crown. She is smiliing up at me from her new home among the turds like a queen on her throne. I ask the only question one would ask at a time like this,

"Whose turds are these?"

DS claims the turds.

DD, who has not even come into the bathroom and never saw the turds, begins dry heaving. She is horking and gagging and sputtering. In all of this I hear,

"I (hork) don't want (gag) that Ariel head (dry heave) anymore! I"ll just (gag) use the (hork) head without the crown (heave) all the time from now on."

So, I did what any responsible parent would do in this situation. I flushed the toilet and made my children swear to never mention this again. I did not need a lecture from DH on flushing non-waste objects. After all, Ariel's head was smaller than those turds.

I am at peace. Always.

I shared this story with my roommate....she said "I'm glad I have dogs"

I was laughing soo hard.

 

[jordanyosh]

Did we know you were preggers? I don't remember.

 

[Jiminy'sGirl]

I thought you were going to say, "I'm glad I have rabbits."

As in, the rabbit turds.

Glad so many are getting a chuckle from my traumatic experience.

 

[CantWaitToGo2007]

I have never paid money for an app before, but my new enabling friend Nanette may have just changed that.....

I usually won't pay for apps either. But it's the disboards! How could i not download it?!??

I'm finally all caught up thankfully the patient load was light so far today. I about fell off my chair laughing at the turd incident (yeah still no cute smileys so let's put the little hysterical laughing one here)

I think I may even go start my PTR soon. So I'm 81 weeks away from going, I might even use the computer at work to start it(gasp!)

Nanette