July 18 2009 Tortola

[Ramule]

Monday at 10:30

 

[lwilliam]

You are so better than me! I can't even stand a 15-minute yellow sponge cartoon. You'd never see me at the movie!

I did my duty, and will NEVER forget the experience, when Tyler was VERY young and took him to the Barney show at Universal (my DH and other DS stayed outside)....Tyler LOVED Barney....that was very painful, but to see your little boy enjoying the show, was priceless....that was my painful duty as a mom!

Oh, boy, I've got a few friends to see Hannah Montana....it's a date!
I know I won't be seeing this movie at home don't have any little girls to take to movies.

We will be making PALO dinner for one night because our older son has never had the chance to experience this wonderful dinner (never old enough). We have no idea what night but know we will make the ressie early so we can still attend the main dining room with our other son (goodness, we don't wanna miss a thing at dinner). We WERE going to make this ressie with our friends from home, but I'm haven't had the chance to talk with my girlfriend if she is still planning on the cruise (I hope!) now that her husband passed last week. Bob and my goal is to talk her and her daughter into taking this cruise, she needs it this year.

Dizzyworld: I KNOW for a fact it was strange to be so cold and so crowded. When I was growing up (centuries and centuries ago) Washington was the only vacation my family ever took - my great uncle was a head guard at the Smithsonian and guarded the Hope Diamond, so I'm an expert at the Smithsonian, although there are so many new things added. We never visited during Cherry Blossom time, and now I know why - the crowds. There were no blossoms left on the trees, due to the rain - I had a Japanese visitor stop and ask me where the cherry blossoms were.....hmmmmm, had no answer for her. The new WWII memorial is beautiful, but it was so cold we couldn't enjoy ourselves.

Today Bob took the day off (we thought we'd be in Washington today) and there is a ton of work to be done at home - namely the rest of our taxes and cleaning (although I can always find an excuse to ignore the cleaning).

 

[3princessMommy]

I just sent the girls into the play room as a start to our packing organization. They had a task to pick their TOP 5 toys that they want to make sure to move this summer. They complained that that wasn't enough! They could never pick just five!!!!

To speed them up - I told them that when they were done, they could go swimming.

Turns out the delay was "Mom, we can't find enough that we really want to take!!!"

Great! now I can clean out the playroom while DH takes them to the pool!

 

[starwood]

I'm paid in full!!!

I did my duty, and will NEVER forget the experience, when Tyler was VERY young and took him to the Barney show at Universal (my DH and other DS stayed outside)....Tyler LOVED Barney....that was very painful, but to see your little boy enjoying the show, was priceless....that was my painful duty as a mom!

I can't remember how many times we saw Barney at Universal. Matt's favorite part was Mr. Peek-a-Boo.

 

[Dizzyworld]

Lucy - that is exciting about your great uncle guarding the Hope Diamond. We try to get to the museums in DC at least once a year. I'm not big on crowds and traffic or we would probably go more often. (Funny the crowds at WDW don't seem to bother me. ) I liked the year we went to DC and saw the 75 decorated Mickey Mouse stautes. That was different and fun. I have never seen the Cherry Blossoms either. I've seen the inside of the White House at Christmas time twice. The first time we just waited in a long line kind of like being at WDW. The second time in 2007, we had to get on a waiting list in June through our local representative. We had to be a group of 10. When our name did come up, we had to send in everyone's name and social security numbers. Then we were assigned our time to go. I miss the good old days. I can't believe how much there is to see there. I know we have only scratched the surface.

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Count me in on seeing the Hannah movie too. I doubt we will get to see it at the theaters here. Plus Alli wants to see the Jonas Brothers 3D movie again. I took her and some friends to their concert last year. It was a lot of fun. I wish I could take her again this year but they will be in DC the same night I have to pick up a group from Dullas returning from New Mexico. And isn't "17 Again" a Disney flick. I love Disney movies.

 

[Dizzyworld]

Paid off our cruise today too!!!

 

[3princessMommy]

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Count me in on seeing the Hannah movie too. I doubt we will get to see it at the theaters here. Plus Alli wants to see the Jonas Brothers 3D movie again. I took her and some friends to their concert last year. It was a lot of fun. I wish I could take her again this year but they will be in DC the same night I have to pick up a group from Dullas returning from New Mexico. And isn't "17 Again" a Disney flick. I love Disney movies.

I read somewhere that there is a new romantic comedy (Disney - of course) opening the week before our cruise. Wonder if that will push out HM???

 

[3princessMommy]

Found the list of new Disney releases between now and July - looks like we'll have one premiering on the last night of the cruise! (Doesn't sound like a kids movie though...)

Upcoming Disney releases for the boat:
Hannah Montana- The Movie 4/10
Earth- 4/24
Up- 5/29
The Proposal- 6/12 (Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds)
G-Force- 7/24

So - question is: Will HM still be on the ship in mid-July?????

 

[3princessMommy]

Well, maybe it is a "kids" film (sort of):

G-Force
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer brings his first 3-D film to the big screen with 'G-Force', a comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the 'G-Force' are guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and information specialist.

 

[3princessMommy]

Congrats Dizzy & Starwood!!!!!

We'll be following in your footsteps on Thursday night - gotta wait until the billing cycle closes.

 

[bigAWL]

Lucy - that is exciting about your great uncle guarding the Hope Diamond. We try to get to the museums in DC at least once a year. I'm not big on crowds and traffic or we would probably go more often. (Funny the crowds at WDW don't seem to bother me. ) I liked the year we went to DC and saw the 75 decorated Mickey Mouse stautes. That was different and fun. I have never seen the Cherry Blossoms either. I've seen the inside of the White House at Christmas time twice. The first time we just waited in a long line kind of like being at WDW. The second time in 2007, we had to get on a waiting list in June through our local representative. We had to be a group of 10. When our name did come up, we had to send in everyone's name and social security numbers. Then we were assigned our time to go. I miss the good old days. I can't believe how much there is to see there. I know we have only scratched the surface.

I grew up in the DC area (Vienna, VA). I've seen a lot, but there are still things I've never seen - especially some of the more recent additions. I've never seen the newish WWII monument, or the no-longer-new Holocaust museum. The craziest one may be that I've never been inside the White House.

 

[Dizzyworld]

One of my favorite memories from our first cruise on the Magic was after putting the children to bed, my DH decided to go to bed too. It was too early for me, so I went to see "Chocolat." But first I made a stop at a lounge for a vanilla smoothy with Khaula. I was a happy camper. There was only one other person in the theater. It was so peaceful.

 

[3princessMommy]

I grew up in the DC area (Vienna, VA). I've seen a lot, but there are still things I've never seen - especially some of the more recent additions. I've never seen the newish WWII monument, or the no-longer-new Holocaust museum. The craziest one may be that I've never been inside the White House.

Yeah - I know - he's weird.

 

[MrsG]

Glad everyone had a happy Easter!
Sorry it rained in Wash DC Lucy.

The weather has been really crummy here too. Nippy is the word. We'll probably pass right by spring and go straight into summer weather.

Congrats on the "Captain Hoppy!"

We're not sure when to make our Palo ressies for High tea and for dinner as we won't know until about a month before what day we have our brunch ressie. I'd prefer not to have a high Tea or brunch on the same day as dinner. Guess we'll just have to pick "eaney, meany, miney, mo".

 

[Dizzyworld]

I grew up in the DC area (Vienna, VA). I've seen a lot, but there are still things I've never seen - especially some of the more recent additions. I've never seen the newish WWII monument, or the no-longer-new Holocaust museum. The craziest one may be that I've never been inside the White House.

As much as I'd like to see the Holocaust museum, I know I would find it very upsetting. I can't even watch any drama movies where people hurt other people. I guess that's why I stick to comedies and romantics.

What I liked about our last visit to the White House was taking the children and a friend of my DD (we needed to find out 10 people). The children really got into all the details of the space. At one point when we were walking through the rooms and hallways, they stopped and thought about all the different people that have walked on the same tiles. It was a big moment for them.

Vienna seems like a nice area. My DH does a lot of work in that area.

 

[lwilliam]

Found the list of new Disney releases between now and July - looks like we'll have one premiering on the last night of the cruise! (Doesn't sound like a kids movie though...)

Upcoming Disney releases for the boat:
Hannah Montana- The Movie 4/10
Earth- 4/24
Up- 5/29
The Proposal- 6/12 (Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds)
G-Force- 7/24

So - question is: Will HM still be on the ship in mid-July?????

I'm wondering this myself - seeing it on the ship, since I saw posted on the cruise forum board that HM is being shown right now.....darn it, I'm not going to have a little girls night afterall
I would also go to see the Jonas Brothers movie, but I guess I can count that one out too!

We may not have paid off our cruise, but I'm happy to say ALL of the taxes are completed (thank you Bob)

 

[lwilliam]

As much as I'd like to see the Holocaust museum, I know I would find it very upsetting. I can't even watch any drama movies where people hurt other people. I guess that's why I stick to comedies and romantics.

What I liked about our last visit to the White House was taking the children and a friend of my DD (we needed to find out 10 people). The children really got into all the details of the space. At one point when we were walking through the rooms and hallways, they stopped and thought about all the different people that have walked on the same tiles. It was a big moment for them.

Vienna seems like a nice area. My DH does a lot of work in that area.

I did not go into the Holocaust Museum - Bob and Tyler did - I was people watching....my favorite thing to do And chatting with anyone who would chat with me - you must know by now, I LOVE to talk!

Oh, bigAWL - I've been to the White House. I just found it amazing, standing in the mall, and remembering watching the inauguration this year, and how far away those spectators were from the capitol.

 

[tinkerbell_29]

Hi everyone! Hope ya'll had a good Easter. Since there are no kids in our house we spent yesterday planting plants. The Easter bunny did bring chocolate thought.

Lissa

 

[noahsmom]

We've never been on the ship when a movie opens. Do they do anything special?

 

[jlawall]

Glad everyone had a happy Easter!
Sorry it rained in Wash DC Lucy.

The weather has been really crummy here too. Nippy is the word. We'll probably pass right by spring and go straight into summer weather.

We escaped all the Easter hoopla by heading to Washington....BIG mistake, BIG, BIG mistake. So crowded, rained on us all day Saturday, had to wait outside in the rain just to get INTO the museums, today it was freezing cold.
Needless to say we didn't see too much. Escaped back to our hotel Saturday night and watched TV (Tyler had his own TV, so it was a relaxing night). Got in big-time traffic coming home today. Glad to be home.

Would it be inappropriate for me to mention that the WEATHER IN ST. THOMAS WAS FANTASTIC?I guess it's okay b/c we're all going there in 3 months!!!Whew!! Blue skies, calm blue, turquiose, green water, gentle waves, tropical fish, white sand beaches, did I miss anything? Seriously, I can't wait to go back........WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN!!!