I am so happy you got to the bottom of the eyebrow situation...things are always easier to deal with when we have all the facts aren't they! Love all the pictures and I laughed that there were no pics from Primevil Whirl....I did that one year too, don't have a clue how I missed them, but I did Hope you guys are having a great Sunday!
But I do hope that she can learn the skills to help her overcome the condition. Again another guess, but I would think that since she is young it might be easier to help her "retrain" herself, rather than if she was suffering from this for years and years and then it would be engrained into her daily life and routine.
Newbie here to your trip report! Your family is so so so cute. And I'm absolutely in love with your trip report. Im actually borderline addicted considering Sunday I spent half the day reading your entire last trip report instead of packing my apartment
...Anyhow I'm all caught up and Im also not a lurker. Ready for the next update!
Maybe I'll send you and Julia on Primeval Whirl, and Dani and I can watch and NOT get dizzy
.THANK YOU!!!!! I'm so happy people are watching the video and reading my little ol' TR, and I'm ecstatic that you've been entertained! Thanks for coming out of lurkdom to make my day.
I'm so glad someone understands! It does seem like it's a compulsion for her, because BELIEVE ME, she has tried to stop and can't. We're trying our hardest, but she really doesn't seem aware she's doing it sometimes and other times just has to pull. Luckily, it's only in her eyebrows for now.Oh that must have been so stressful to figure out with Julia! I feel her pain. I have a similar problem with picking at the ends of my hair in stressful or boring situations! It becomes like a compulsion- I know I shouldn't do it and I know it's harmful to my hair but I just can't stop. So I most definitely feel her pain and you guys are totally awesome parents for doing so much to help her!
I love that you guys ran to Dinoland. I love EE and the Safari but I think Dinoland is awesome. I know a lot of people hate it or whatnot but I think it's themed so cute. And your pictures are, of course, adorable as always!
Aw Julia is probably smart to not want to go on EE anymore.
Can't wait to hear what other rainy adventures are in store!
We were giggling, too, but I have to say that I was dizzy afterwards!
!Stacey is the root of this, too, I believe. It's all because she'd been on Kali River Rapids ("the wash cycle") and she hadn't been on PW ("the spin cycle"). Oh, Stacey! We love you!Great update Jenn! Beautiful photos as usual.
I love that you guys ran to Dinoland! We've yet to make it there-ever- maybe this trip. Maddie is also really into the youtube videos, but she's got her heart set on Space Mt.I'm not sure why the kid who's scared of dark rides wants to ride it (I blame Stacey), but ride it we will. I'm glad that Julia enjoyed her ride.
I'm so glad that you got the eyebrow thing figured out. That would have really scared me. You're such a good momma.
I love that picture, too, but I do NOT look forward to the day they are in a real car!!
I'm really hoping she can kick it, too! We're trying to "re-train" her to do other things with her hands, but it's just like a really, really bad habit. You are totally not a weirdo! I think things like this are more common than people talk about!I've been a little bit behind over here but I'm alllll caught up now.
Yall have had such a great trip so far! Well, besides the CBR toilet issues. What on earth?
I know a couple of people that have the same thing Julia has, and they have been able to kick it. It sounds like she's been doing great. I honestly have a similar problem... not plucking my hairs but my hands always need to be busy. This will sound like the strangest thing ever, but I roll up little pieces of paper to keep them busy. Not just paper either, just whatever I can roll between my fingers helps me! Yes, I'm officially a weirdo, but I'm okay with that.
Brandon's pictures continue to amaze me!
Same here. I liked it, but I was so done after two!I love how you guys do things unconventionally. I love Primeval Whirl, but I don't know if my old age
I am hearing that from more and more people!!! I have to say that Dinoland is really, really loud and gaudy, but it is fun!Glad to hear that Julia is doing better with items to preoccupy her hands!
Sounds like a fun AK morning!! We've actually never been to Dinoland, can you believe it??
LOL!! I never noticed that until you pointed it out!I love photos from Dinoland USA. I'm a cheesy girl too! My favorite is the one with the girls in the pink car. The way that Brynn is looking at that Triceratops is hilarious!
LOVE IT!Maybe it's just built so that everyone misses that photoYou are an amazing mom
!I DID NOT KNOW THAT!!!!! Hallelujah!!
With that and Starbucks moving in, I may get a decent cup after all 
..HA! Yep, that would be my insane child who goes on PW for funOh goody, AK day has arrived! I have been looking forward to seeing your husband's photos of AK! It is one of the more beautiful parks, in my opinion..so much intricate detail and beautiful flowers everywhere. That is CRAZY that Julia loved PW so much, because I feel the opposite. It wasn't scary or anything, it just literally beat the heck out of us! We were laughing hysterically the entire time though because we could not imagine who would go on that for fun, after one initial ride...and it turns out your daughter would! lol
Poor Brynn with the loud Triceratop Spin music. It's not your fault though, it is hard to gauge how loud a ride is when you aren't actually ON the ride. It's only when you start to fly on your own personal dino, that the music really sinks into your ears. I hope it didn't affect her in any major way though!
Oh and re: the hair pulling. I could go back and look for the spelling of the condition..but you know what I mean. Are there any treatments as far as therapies you could try? I would imagine that it's mostly learning self-soothing techniques, but I don't have any experience with it, so it is just a guess. I think the velcro, blanket square, vaselined brows, etc are all good ideas though. Does Julia only pull on her one eye brow now or are there other areas that she will tug on also? It's so hard when something sort of "unknown" is going on with a child, where it's more of an emotional/psychological condition vs physical, because you just want to fix it and make it better, but you can't
. Gotta love her!Yeaaahhh, don't mind me. I've just been kind of MIA from the DIS these past few days. I blame my addiction to re-watching Veronica Mars. Yyyyyep.
But fear not, I actually read your update a few days ago! I just didn't get a chance to comment.
I'm glad you guys figured out what was going on with Julia. I'm sure that was remarkably stressful, but it sounds like you guys have a handle on it now.
I hope it doesn't rain as much in September as it did during your trip! It seems like you guys got your fair share, haha. Actually, I don't really mind the rain that much in Disney World, since it's always short-lived... Disneyland on the other hand, yeah, it just had to rain the entire time we were there. UGH.
I've never been on Primeval Whirl aaaand I don't know that I need to go on it, hahaha.
Poor Brynn, that music just seemed too loud for her.. but everyone else seemed to enjoy a little spin in their dinos! WEEE!
I LOVE Brandon's shots of everything at EE! They look amazing. Hahaha, I hope Julia decides to give EE another try again in September! But honestly, for a kid her age to go on it as is, that's pretty impressive!
I am IN for a little safari-ing!
I don't think it stresses me out, but just makes me sad to know that she's such a type-A personality, combined with being so intellectually bored, combined with a HORRIBLE witch of a teacher...it's all I can do not to pull her out of school and make her homeschool. Sigh. But then she'd hate that because it would be a change. No win situation right here.
YAY!
I love a newbie, ESPECIALLY an addicted one!!SO HAPPY you're here and that you enjoyed the video
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Oh, gosh! I hope so! Thank you for sharing your own struggles with me!
You need to get a move on this TR so you can start your PTR!!! LOL!
My kids LOVE Dinoland....specifically the Bone Yard...and at HS the HISTK park....and at MK Pooh's Corner (which is not there anymore). They also, when asked about the best thing about WDW answer the pool!
I have been debating whether or not to start one simultaneously, especially since I've already booked things and have already started shopping (oh, yes!).
. A baby Brynn and tiny Julia played there on our first trip for hours. Also, that playground in ToonTown (or what WAS ToonTown), which had a cover over it. Sigh...
. We've never been withOUT kids, so it's all we know. We don't push them, make sure they get enough water and rest, and follow their leads. We do plan our park days and sit-down meals, and those are pretty much set in stone. We do a general plan of which areas we'll be in (for the most part, and not always) for the park, but don't stress if it doesn't follow the plan. We used to really plan out each ride in each park, and when the sickness hit us hard in our 2011 trip, our attitude really had to change.
That's the plan! We love September. We went in May once, but love September way more (other than Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot, which we really enjoyed seeing!).
Pacing with kids is...interesting
You will all have so much fun!
When are you guys planning on going in September?! There's a high probability that will we be there from the 10-21st!
Gosh, you sure know how to make a gal feel goodJoining in! i found your trip report as i was scrolling through the trip reports forum. I thought your title looked interesting so i clicked on it! Best decision ever! After reading your intros, i went back and read your previous TR's and PTR's. After finishing those, which i thought were amazing by the way, i came back to here! Your girls are just so cute! Definitely princesses! And sawyer is their adorable prince! Right now i'm up to your second MK day. Im sure it was very frustrating to have to deal with those rude CM's at CRT and guest services. Glad that those CM's at your resort were more understanding and kind! Now i've got to go back and finish!
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