Gracefulskinny
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- Jan 28, 2013
Yay for Alex Being home!! And Bonus Yay for a pop up Disney Trip!!!
That's fantastic! Welcome home, Alex!Alex is home!!!!
Eh... minor details. Congratulations on finding a new home... at least for a while. Getting settled in is far more important than anything going on over here on the boards. Take your time to re-adjust to life with Alex back home and get things squared away with the house!On one hand, it was convienent, because I had nothing else to do BUT set stuff up. On the other hand...I'm so behind on all of you guy's reports!!!
Somehow, I'm not exactly surprised by this one...The exciting news?
Alex and I are doing 3 nights at Disney beforehand!
You're absolutely right! I hope you have a great time... both at the parks and hopefully on the cruise as well. I'm excited for Landon to finally get to see Mickey now that his dad will be there with him.After the stress of the move and adjusting to being back to a family of three and getting ready for the cruise, a couple relaxed days at our favorite place in the world is just what we need.
Disney's the best medicine...
I guess I need to get with the 90%.
So excited that Alex is home safe and you are all adapting well to being a family of three again. I was actually thinking of your time during deployment earlier today - I was shopping at Target and left Izzy home with Dug, but lots of other kids were at the store and having a rough time (probably too close to nap time for some) - and I was thinking how nice it is that I seldom have to bring a toddler shopping with me, but that some people have no choice - and I'm guessing you didn't have many non-toddler outings while Alex was gone. Special treat now.
You might find you're not as behind as you think. The board migration really slowed things down for the last week. I finally put one update on all my reports, but hadn't done anything since before the migration last weekend and I think a lot of people were the same. There wasn't a ton of action, at least not on what I follow.
Not boring at all! Pretty exciting stuff!
For what it's worth, we took a Royal Caribbean cruise way back in 2008 and had a GREAT time! We were never bored and had great service. Of course, it was pre-kid, so I understand your concerns. I do think that, depending on the ship, some of them have pretty decent kids' amenities and clubs. Not Disney, but still fun. But I haven't looked into it a lot. I know that there is a forum here on the DIS devoted to Royal Caribbean, so you might be able to pick up some toddler tips from that.
So excited that you all get to go meet Mickey together...and soon! I hope it's a wonderful experience and worth your parade-dodging efforts!
Awww Alicia, I am so happy that Alex is home (as I bet he is too).
And YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY for a bit of upcoming Disney!!!! This just made me so happy for you guys!!!
Nice 'real life' update Lots of excitement for you lately, and you're on a one month-ish countdown to Disney! Yay!
Yay for the cruise. I am sure you will have a wonderful time and yay for a quick trip to Disney. You said that might happen!
We will be there 2/26-3/1 (after we leave for a few days to Cape Canaveral), so if you are there the same time let me know!
Yay for finding a house so easily.
Right up above the reply box, in the menu with bold/font/etc., there's a smiley face. Click that and the whole smiley menu will appear below the post. There are four tabs, so you might need to look around for what you need, but they should be there!I think a lot of people are trying to learn how to use the new site. I know I sat here for a few minutes attempting to figure out the multi quote button. All the emojis are still hidden from me...so no more smiley faces from me.
Yay for Alex Being home!! And Bonus Yay for a pop up Disney Trip!!!
Yeah for Alex being home and returning safe!!!
And a new house too! That all is definitely not boring real life news!
Love Landon's shirt!
And yeah for the days at Disney! You are right that so much can change in 6 months
Best of luck with the cruise!
That's fantastic! Welcome home, Alex!
Eh... minor details. Congratulations on finding a new home... at least for a while. Getting settled in is far more important than anything going on over here on the boards. Take your time to re-adjust to life with Alex back home and get things squared away with the house!
Somehow, I'm not exactly surprised by this one...
You're absolutely right! I hope you have a great time... both at the parks and hopefully on the cruise as well. I'm excited for Landon to finally get to see Mickey now that his dad will be there with him.
Oh, gosh... I really hope he gets better and is in a good mood for Mickey. That would be so frustrating. But one thing no parent has ever figured out is how to control the mood and mindset of a toddler.Landon has been fighting this cold off and on for a week or so now, and I'm just hoping against hope it goes away by Disney. It'd be pretty ironic to have escaped Mickey in December when he was in a fantastic mood only to have him angry and moody and miserable when we actually do meet the mouse. But the best laid plans....
Oh, gosh... I really hope he gets better and is in a good mood for Mickey. That would be so frustrating. But one thing no parent has ever figured out is how to control the mood and mindset of a toddler.
Alex is home!!!!
I saw this on Facebook, how wonderful!! I teared up at some of your videos you posted. Landon's Together Again shirt is absolutely adorable.
Congratulations on the new home!
I do hope you enjoy your Royal Caribbean cruise, although I can understand it not being really exciting for you.
But
YAY for 3 nights at Disney!!!
Just seeing that picture makes me wish I were going to DHS right this second. The park looks so fresh, like it’s just waiting for guests to start pouring in and liven the streets up.
Wrong.
So wrong.
He just barely scraped out a win over me.
“All while holding our son, I’ll have you know.”
Navigating the tiny little space inside Starring Rolls with a stroller was a bit of a challenge, especially since a lot of the guests weren’t sure which line to get into for which items. People were constantly yelling, “Where’s the coffee?!”
“Where’s the coffee?!?!”
While yes, we were chowing down on a dessert at nine o’clock in the morning, at least I had gotten Landon something fairly nutritional.
Gotta get some credit for that, at least.
We weren’t going to be THOSE parents.
Ha, it's like the opposite of what Izzy did! It's like Landon knew that Goofy would need that extra toddler love.The one time I put him on his feet, he tried to make a break for the Goofman.
I think you mean "terrific" goal.I have a terrible goal at Starring Rolls and that is to try all their cupcakes.
I will share this with you.1)Chocolate Peanut Butter (but only if I can share it. Way too rich for one person.)
Glad it worked out well for you! That is a nice perk of the system!Before, I had been on the fence about whether or not I liked reserving my fastpasses ahead of time, but that situation really sold me on the system. I was afraid I’d always be stuck doing whatever I’d chosen two months out, but that moment showed me that so long as I don’t wait too long after opening to do anything, I can easily adjust my passes.
Eh, I think there's a big difference between a $7 toy and a whole bunch of toys and/or expensive toys. I mean, you can blow $7 on water in Disney pretty easily, so I think it was a reasonable purchase.We weren’t going to be THOSE parents.
Worthwhile, I'd say! It reminds me of the figurine set we got for Izzy at Aulani. It was like $10 for little Disney figures and she played with that throughout the whole trip. Doesn't play with them often now at home, but worth $10 just for as much use as she got during the trip and in the hotel room and car.But, Landon played with that bad boy all the way to the boat dock and in the room at AKL and more than I thought he would at home. I won’t say it was an everyday toy, but every once in awhile he’d pull it out of the chest and set it on the table.
It was seven dollars I don’t regret spending now.
Glad you were able to take advantage of the DHS EMH a little!
Hahaha WHERE"S THE COFFEE?? I have a visual of that.
I really need to try some more of the Starring Rolls cupcakes. I think I've only ever had one... and I can't remember which one!
This makes me a bit more excited for our pre opening breakfast at H&V
And with this, my hope of beating my DH are now dashed!
Nothing crazy about being out at that early in Disney. We've all (well, many anyway) been there.
OK, I have to give Alex props. That TSMM score is impressive under the circumstances.
Oh my yes, Starring Rolls is not set up for crowds. Thankfully they've added the Starbucks now so that may lesson the load a bit. Hopefully.
Oh Red Velvet from Starring Rolls is a Must Do for me.
I'm having more and more trouble spending a lot of time at MGM. You pretty much did all you wanted in an hour. I think eventually it will have more, but right now, meh.