Saturday, Jan 15th
See the Cast of Caracters on day 1. There are too many of us!
If you have been reading, you might remember that I went to bed at 1:45am with DA#1. She is from CA and undiagnosed ADD. Well, she was still on CA time. She was up and down all night. UGH! I think I would have gotten more sleep if I had slept on the floor in the hall.
I wake up at 7am. DA#5 is supposed to meet at my room. I really didn't mean to wake everyone up but that is what happened. I couldn't see (it is really dark with the curtians drawn). I walked straight into the bathroom door. I was loud. I felt like a bull in a ballet.
Everyone in this room was up.
I walk over to my room and I was able to get into the room. Apparently, DA#5 already came, woke up my DD's and went down to Whispering Canyon to get breakfast. I ran down after her. I didn't want her to think that I didn't remember that we were going to the Studios today. I looked awful. I was still in the clothes that I had slept in. I just ran my hands through my hair. (I also made sure that I didn't exhale my dragon breath on anyone
). I found her eating by herself and stayed with her until she finfished. I warned her not to ask for any ketchup. She saw what I meant a few minutes later.
I ran back to my room (literally) to get dressed. All 3 of my kids were up but DH wasn't. Slacker! I took them over to my DM's room so they could eat breakfast. I washed up and changed my clothes. DH is still in bed but he is now watching TV and yelling at it. (It didn't yell back). I really didn't want to know why he was yelling. When this has happened in the past it was because of something not good.
I was finally able to go over to DM's room where DA#4, her DH, and DD's (Co#3 & #4) were all there. Ater DA#5 paid her bill she showed up too. We finally made it downstair to the bus 2 1/2 hrs after I woke up. Everyone had to either eat, go to the bathroom, get a jacket,money, or something inane. It took forever.
We arrived at the bus stop and had a small wait. Now DS just turned 3 in Dec. He doesn't understand Disney buses and the wait that might happened. My DM suggested to him that if he jumped on the #3 (Busstop # in the sidewalk) 10x that the bus would arrive. He did that. "Grandma, no bus." "I guess your sisters need to help." So they jump 10x more. No bus. Well, she joined in with DA#5 (former CM), DA#6 (sailor mouth), and DA#1 (undiagnosed ADD). No bus. DS was starting to get upset at the bus. So, DA#4 with her DD's (Co#3 and #4) along with her DH all join in on the jumping/counting festivities. We are the morning bus stop entertainment. They want me to join but I tell them that I'm guarding the stroller (this will haunt me later).
By now DS in almost inconsolable. I tell him (jokingly) that maybe he is doing it wrong. He probably needs to be upsidedown for it to REALLY, REALLY work. DA#4 get mad at me. "That is on his head. He will have brain damage if he tries it!" "He won't try it. He will just have a confused look for a moment and the bus will be here. Just watch and see." That was the absolutly most STUPIDEST (is this a real word?) thing I have ever said. And I have said many, many stupid things. I hear from DS "HELP ME SOMEBODY!" He is bent over at the waist with his hands on the ground and his right leg in the air. He wants someone to help him "jump" upsidedown. DA#5 runs over to him, grabs his shins and helps him to "jump" on his hands 10x.
By this time the bus stop is rolling with laughter. I raise my right hand and swear to "never, never, never ever make any suggestions to my DS again." DS stand up and "NO BUS MOMMY!" He turns to DA#5 "Again". So they do it again. I then tell DA#5, "He had 2 bowls of chocolate cerel for breakfast. Bounce at your own risk." She turns him upright and a bus for the Studios turns the corner. He screams with delight and nearly runs out into the way of the bus to meet up with it. He was grabbed before he could go more than 2 steps. I guess with that many DA's and Grandma you really can't get far.
We load onto the bus. There are only 12 of us. The others will meet up with us later on at the park. I wanted to get a family pic. I asked the CM with the cameras at the front if he could get on of us. He had his back to us when the 12 of us got ready. When he turned around, the look on his face was priceless. "All of you?!" I said, "No, the other 7 will join up with us later." "There's more?!" "Sure are!" We all laughed.
We get there and head over to RR. My DD's have never been on this. My DM says that she, DA#4 and her DH will watch DS while the rest of us go on it. The line moves quickly and we are close to the loading area. DD#1 watches them take off. She is panicked and scared that something will happen to her. I hold her jaw with my hands and tell her "I would never knowingly put you in harms way. I love you too much to want you to get hurt. Plus, I woouldn't go on it either." She is happy with this and we all go on. I thought about buying the pictures but decided against it when I saw them. The look on both of their faces was not that silly scared look that they can do but of pure terror. I really felt bad. They decided that it was fun and they would go on it again but not today (or this trip). OK, you tried it. That's enough.
We then walked through the animation area. The kids like the computers and stuff there but I was really saddened by it all. I remember it from when it was a working studio. The desks of the animators. DH and I loved seeing what was on their work stations. We saw them working on "Beauty and the Beast" on our honeymoon.
We walked over to the hat, and we met up with DH, DA#2, her DD (co#2) and her DH, and DHof DA#5. We decided to eat. We went over to the Backlot food place (sorry, I forgot the actual name at this moment. I had 2 filling done today).
After lunch we saw Muppet Vision 3-D, the raining umbrella, and everyone decided to go on the backlot ride. DH, DS, and I waited for them. We remembered that it was at least a 20 - 25 min ride. So we took DS over to meet MM. We didn't see anyone we knew so we went to see DD, Daisy and Jojo. DS was in heaven but he needed a nap. We walked to the front looking for anyone. No one around we knew. DH and DS head over to WL. I stay there to see if I can find anyone.
I go back to the hat and stand in the middle. I remembered what everyone was wearing. NOTHING!.. I did take a pictures for several people. A group of Russians (about 20), a young cute couple (newly weds?), a family of 8 (3 generations) and another family. I never found mine though. I waited for about 30 minutes. I decided to head over to WL. Then I saw them. DH (English Pub guy) of DA#4 and Co#3 & #4. They were on their way out. "Where is everyone?" "They all went back to WL about 1 hr ago." I was dumbfounded. Apparently, the BLot tour is really, really short now (new show, I forgot). It was now 3pm and dinner was at 5:40pm at Cape May Buffet at the Beach Club. I got back to the WL and everyone was resting.
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Part 2 down page.
See the Cast of Caracters on day 1. There are too many of us!
If you have been reading, you might remember that I went to bed at 1:45am with DA#1. She is from CA and undiagnosed ADD. Well, she was still on CA time. She was up and down all night. UGH! I think I would have gotten more sleep if I had slept on the floor in the hall.
I wake up at 7am. DA#5 is supposed to meet at my room. I really didn't mean to wake everyone up but that is what happened. I couldn't see (it is really dark with the curtians drawn). I walked straight into the bathroom door. I was loud. I felt like a bull in a ballet.
Everyone in this room was up.I walk over to my room and I was able to get into the room. Apparently, DA#5 already came, woke up my DD's and went down to Whispering Canyon to get breakfast. I ran down after her. I didn't want her to think that I didn't remember that we were going to the Studios today. I looked awful. I was still in the clothes that I had slept in. I just ran my hands through my hair. (I also made sure that I didn't exhale my dragon breath on anyone
). I found her eating by herself and stayed with her until she finfished. I warned her not to ask for any ketchup. She saw what I meant a few minutes later.I ran back to my room (literally) to get dressed. All 3 of my kids were up but DH wasn't. Slacker! I took them over to my DM's room so they could eat breakfast. I washed up and changed my clothes. DH is still in bed but he is now watching TV and yelling at it. (It didn't yell back). I really didn't want to know why he was yelling. When this has happened in the past it was because of something not good.
I was finally able to go over to DM's room where DA#4, her DH, and DD's (Co#3 & #4) were all there. Ater DA#5 paid her bill she showed up too. We finally made it downstair to the bus 2 1/2 hrs after I woke up. Everyone had to either eat, go to the bathroom, get a jacket,money, or something inane. It took forever.
We arrived at the bus stop and had a small wait. Now DS just turned 3 in Dec. He doesn't understand Disney buses and the wait that might happened. My DM suggested to him that if he jumped on the #3 (Busstop # in the sidewalk) 10x that the bus would arrive. He did that. "Grandma, no bus." "I guess your sisters need to help." So they jump 10x more. No bus. Well, she joined in with DA#5 (former CM), DA#6 (sailor mouth), and DA#1 (undiagnosed ADD). No bus. DS was starting to get upset at the bus. So, DA#4 with her DD's (Co#3 and #4) along with her DH all join in on the jumping/counting festivities. We are the morning bus stop entertainment. They want me to join but I tell them that I'm guarding the stroller (this will haunt me later).
By now DS in almost inconsolable. I tell him (jokingly) that maybe he is doing it wrong. He probably needs to be upsidedown for it to REALLY, REALLY work. DA#4 get mad at me. "That is on his head. He will have brain damage if he tries it!" "He won't try it. He will just have a confused look for a moment and the bus will be here. Just watch and see." That was the absolutly most STUPIDEST (is this a real word?) thing I have ever said. And I have said many, many stupid things. I hear from DS "HELP ME SOMEBODY!" He is bent over at the waist with his hands on the ground and his right leg in the air. He wants someone to help him "jump" upsidedown. DA#5 runs over to him, grabs his shins and helps him to "jump" on his hands 10x.
By this time the bus stop is rolling with laughter. I raise my right hand and swear to "never, never, never ever make any suggestions to my DS again." DS stand up and "NO BUS MOMMY!" He turns to DA#5 "Again". So they do it again. I then tell DA#5, "He had 2 bowls of chocolate cerel for breakfast. Bounce at your own risk." She turns him upright and a bus for the Studios turns the corner. He screams with delight and nearly runs out into the way of the bus to meet up with it. He was grabbed before he could go more than 2 steps. I guess with that many DA's and Grandma you really can't get far.
We load onto the bus. There are only 12 of us. The others will meet up with us later on at the park. I wanted to get a family pic. I asked the CM with the cameras at the front if he could get on of us. He had his back to us when the 12 of us got ready. When he turned around, the look on his face was priceless. "All of you?!" I said, "No, the other 7 will join up with us later." "There's more?!" "Sure are!" We all laughed.
We get there and head over to RR. My DD's have never been on this. My DM says that she, DA#4 and her DH will watch DS while the rest of us go on it. The line moves quickly and we are close to the loading area. DD#1 watches them take off. She is panicked and scared that something will happen to her. I hold her jaw with my hands and tell her "I would never knowingly put you in harms way. I love you too much to want you to get hurt. Plus, I woouldn't go on it either." She is happy with this and we all go on. I thought about buying the pictures but decided against it when I saw them. The look on both of their faces was not that silly scared look that they can do but of pure terror. I really felt bad. They decided that it was fun and they would go on it again but not today (or this trip). OK, you tried it. That's enough.
We then walked through the animation area. The kids like the computers and stuff there but I was really saddened by it all. I remember it from when it was a working studio. The desks of the animators. DH and I loved seeing what was on their work stations. We saw them working on "Beauty and the Beast" on our honeymoon.
We walked over to the hat, and we met up with DH, DA#2, her DD (co#2) and her DH, and DHof DA#5. We decided to eat. We went over to the Backlot food place (sorry, I forgot the actual name at this moment. I had 2 filling done today).
After lunch we saw Muppet Vision 3-D, the raining umbrella, and everyone decided to go on the backlot ride. DH, DS, and I waited for them. We remembered that it was at least a 20 - 25 min ride. So we took DS over to meet MM. We didn't see anyone we knew so we went to see DD, Daisy and Jojo. DS was in heaven but he needed a nap. We walked to the front looking for anyone. No one around we knew. DH and DS head over to WL. I stay there to see if I can find anyone.
I go back to the hat and stand in the middle. I remembered what everyone was wearing. NOTHING!.. I did take a pictures for several people. A group of Russians (about 20), a young cute couple (newly weds?), a family of 8 (3 generations) and another family. I never found mine though. I waited for about 30 minutes. I decided to head over to WL. Then I saw them. DH (English Pub guy) of DA#4 and Co#3 & #4. They were on their way out. "Where is everyone?" "They all went back to WL about 1 hr ago." I was dumbfounded. Apparently, the BLot tour is really, really short now (new show, I forgot). It was now 3pm and dinner was at 5:40pm at Cape May Buffet at the Beach Club. I got back to the WL and everyone was resting.
mt2
Part 2 down page.
As we stop at our stop no one moves. They are all just sitting there. I turn the them and say "My group this is the stop if you plan on eating." "OH!" We all pile out of the boat. 
I can't wait to read more. I hope you feel better soon!
