jham
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I'm HOME!!!!!!!!
I missed you guys! But, I especially missed my mostly sane family. Plus, my fairly quiet, clean, not too many people in it, no puddles of dog pee on the carpet, house. What a horrible vacation!! We didn't do a darn thing because someone was sick every day we were there. But, I did get a few pictures of Tessa, Sawyer, and cousin Shylynn wearing their outfits I made. I didn't get a picture of the build-a-bears in their matching skirts, though. Just picture them in the skirts, with one little paw foot pointed.
And just 'cuz I thought it was cute:
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Glad you are home! Love the pictures. I've always thought Tessa has the most gorgeous eyes!
Whew! What a week! Hope you guys don't mind a little mini trip report here. With pics of the kids' customs, of course! This will be picture heavy and I'll have to split it into two posts, so bear with me, please!!
We flew down on Saturday, stayed the night at a nearby hotel, then headed to Disney first thing on Sunday so we'd have the whole day. It worked out great! Well, except that whole freezing/ice thing here in KC on Saturday. We live at the bottom of a big hill and I was so afraid we wouldn't make it off of our street to go to the airport. But we made it and our flight was on time and everything!
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Day 1 (Sunday, Dec. 9)
We checked in first thing at All-Star Music and they actually had a room ready for us! We stayed in a Family Suite and it was so nice for the kids to have their own sleeping space! We did EPCOT for our first day. We also had Chef Mickey for dinner that night, so the kids wore their Minnie/Mickey outfits. Mickey and Minnie both made a big fuss over their outfits! It was so cool!
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Day 2 - Monday
We did MGM and ate at Whispering Canyon. Again, tons of comments from Cast Members. So fun!
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Mickey PJ's
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Day 3 - Tuesday
We did Magic Kingdom and the Christmas Party. I can't find any good pics of DD in her Christmas custom.Oh well. She slept in the stroller a majority of the night, anyway. Missed the parade and everything!
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Day 4 - Wednesday
We slept in - recovering from the night before, then ate lunch at Kona, then headed to EPCOT for the afternoon.
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Day 5 - Thursday
We had lunch reservations at Play-n-Dine, so we headed to MGM.
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All was well until about 1:00. Our lunch reservations weren't until 1:30, and we had a few minutes before we wanted to check in for lunch, so DD, DS and I stopped to watch a few minutes of the High School Musical show and DH headed to the bathroom. Well, the kiddos are dancing away, having a good old time, I get the camera out, go to try and snap a pic, then WHAM! DD falls flat on her face and then starts bawling her eyes out. She lifts up her head and blood is GUSHING EVERYWHERE! Oh my heck! I just froze. I was holding her face in my hands, trying to figure out where the blood was coming from, but I just couldn't DO anything. Yes, I am a nurse. But this was MY kid and I was sorta freaking out. A very nice couple saw what had happened and ran over to help, with napins and ice. So I finally figured out that she had busted her head open and most likely needed stitches. She had also busted up her bottom lip a good bit. Someone called the paramedics and they confirmed that she did need stiches, so they called the CentraCare van and we headed over there. She ended up getting dermabond, the liquid stitches, so I was really glad for that. As soon as she got her liquid stitches and some Ibuprofen, she was good to go. Kids are amazingly resilient. I just wish moms were, too, LOL. I still get heart palpitations when I think about it. She did great and was back to her normal self that evening. From then on out, DH and I started calling her Head Wound Harry. She was not amused by this at all, insisting she was "just Ella." Her outfit somehow survived with only a tiny smudge that I was able to get out with one of those Tide sticks.
So, needless to say, we didn't make our Play-n-Dine lunch and hadn't eaten all day, so after a little rest in our suite, we went to Downtown Disney to eat and shop a little.
Here's the AFTER photo:
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The Doctor said we only had to leave the band-aid on for a few hours, but she wouldn't let us take it off.
Ok, I think that's it for the first installment. I'll try to come back and do the second installment tonight after the kids are in bed!
Love the mini-trippie! I may have to do that when I get back. I love all of your kids' outfits! In fact your DS's shirts have inspired me to try and make a couple for my DSs before we leave. I want to use the red fabric with black Mickey heads and I had to use mine up on a friends' sons pjs and now I can't find it
