Marriage: The Trip Report - Update 2/28 - Final Thoughts & Link to Disneyland TR!

[blessedby3]

Okay all, I'm here, I'm alive and slowly catching up on your reports too! I see a light at the end of the tunnel!

And, please tell me if you don't think I'm subscribed to your TR/PTR. I truly try to read everyone's that comments here since ya'll are my DIS Friends , but I sometimes miss some! (and I'm not caught up on everyone's yet...but getting closer little by little!)

I have to go pick up Henry from a play date now, but tonight, TONIGHT, TONIGHT! I will be updating this baby!!!!!

I am patiently waiting
Cant wait for the update

WOOHOO

 

[DisMomAmy]

Glad to hear you're alive & well! Can't wait to read another update.

BTW - I finshed my TR & started a new PTR.

 

[chloe770]

Thought I'd send out a cheering team for a little extra motivation

Can't wait to read the update tonight.

 

[jecskc]

I love all of your trip reports and how exciting it must be to be a Disney Travel Agent !! How nice it must be to make dreams come true. Can't wait for an update ....

We go back in 42 days and I sooooo CANNOT wait !!

 

[3prettyprincesses]

Okay all, I'm here, I'm alive and slowly catching up on your reports too! I see a light at the end of the tunnel!

And, please tell me if you don't think I'm subscribed to your TR/PTR. I truly try to read everyone's that comments here since ya'll are my DIS Friends , but I sometimes miss some! (and I'm not caught up on everyone's yet...but getting closer little by little!)

I have to go pick up Henry from a play date now, but tonight, TONIGHT, TONIGHT! I will be updating this baby!!!!!

Yay, you're back! I never lost hope that you'd return!

Looking forward to your update.

 

[Poolrat]

I too am finally caught up again.

 

[brookelizabeth]

At the Museum of Childhood in London there was an interesting exhibit about the history of children's clothing and one issue was how in the past it was common to dress little boys in dresses for quite a few years until they would start wearing men's clothing. So I think Paul is a little boy who is still wearing the "boy dress" fashion of his time...

I guess someone ought to tell his parents that this is a bit out of style now!

Ah! This jogs my memory to old family pictures...my poor Uncle was put in dresses as a young boy! However, partly due to him having 2 sisters and his parents having very little money I'm sure! But, it wasn't all that uncommon, you are right! I bet you are right.

I am patiently waiting
Cant wait for the update

WOOHOO

Glad to hear you're alive & well! Can't wait to read another update.

BTW - I finshed my TR & started a new PTR.

Thought I'd send out a cheering team for a little extra motivation

Can't wait to read the update tonight.

I love all of your trip reports and how exciting it must be to be a Disney Travel Agent !! How nice it must be to make dreams come true. Can't wait for an update ....

We go back in 42 days and I sooooo CANNOT wait !!

Yay, you're back! I never lost hope that you'd return!

Looking forward to your update.

I too am finally caught up again.

Thank you for the encouragement! I'm here! I've been catching up on other things all night...but here comes the UPDATE!!!!!!!!

(And Amy-I have your PTR open! I will get caught up ASAP! Magdalene, I swear I have been on yours already, but the DIS tells me I'm not subscribed? I'll figure that out too!)

 

[brookelizabeth]

I left you in the little Hess Station. About a month ago.

Sorry about that.

After I returned to the room with the goods--a gallon of water, a 1/2 gallon of milk, 2 packs of soda, some fruit and possibly a few other things...and no, I didn't carry all of that-I used our carry-on suitcase!

Henry woke up around 3:45 pm and we headed straight over to Stormalong Bay. The (slightly creepy, yet fascinating) clown slide, George-as I like to call him, was down for a refurb at the Boardwalk, so that gave all the Boardwalk guests access to Stormalong Bay "if we would like use of a slide".

And did we want use of a slide?

Uh...

NO.



But did they even ask that at the gate? NOPE. And you know, if they did ask it, I would have to give my DH puppy-dog eyes, begging him to use the slide...cuz I ain't. Not a fan of water slides. I usually try them once and that's enough! I'll get to the Disney water parks eventually, and suck it up for the family, but I already know I'm not going to fully enjoy it.

I digress....they didn't ask. They just glanced at the room keys, smiled and slapped that wrist band right on us!

We are go for launch folks.

Oh, wait. Back the Boardwalk I dipped into the Boardwalk Bakery and YES! they had the new mugs!

3 please!

Henry was quite excited that he got his own mug...and it worked great as a sand toy.

Okay-now we are back at Stormalong-Heaven with wristbands. We are legal!

We started to walk.

And walk.

And walk.

I know the sand area is somehwere...

Wow, this place is HUGE! It goes on forever!

Cue: Little boy shrieking.

Yep, there's the sand.

Amazing.

My notes read:
"SAB. Huge. Amazing. Huge! Unreal. So cool. Beautiful sitting here on a lounger watching my boys dig in the sand. Staring at a palm tree. It's perfect weather. Ahhhhhhh. Yes, this is good.

I have my toes in the sand in FEBRUARY."

It's like a beach! But it's a pool!

There were a bazillion sand toys there for use. The cup hadn't yet become one...

Looking over toward Hurricane Hannah's.

My back was to this.

My view from the lounger looking up.

He was, in fact, the happiest child on Earth at this very moment.

The child now has a shirt on, the sun is setting and there aren't nearly as many people around. He's still digging.

So that about sums up our feelings of SAB. There is nothing NOT to like about this place. Seriously. It's incredible. They even have servers that will bring you food and drinks!

We really stuck to this one area during our first visit. Henry dug and played for 2 hours straight. And I have figured out there is something therapeutic about digging your toes into the sand.

I admit, I did get a bit antsy after a while of just sitting there. I'm a get-up-and-go type of person and I have a hard time relaxing. Since we had some valuables with us, I felt like I couldn't leave the lounger for long and I didn't have a book to read. Plus, I felt a tiny guilty just laying there while Joe played with Henry...however, we have since cleared this up. Next time, I'll have a book and the boys will play. He didn't mind a bit. Even though I did get antsy, I still enjoyed our time there immensely!

At 6 pm we pulled our child out of the sand and said "See ya soon!" to SAB. We definitely had plans to return before our stay at the Boardwalk ended.

Up next: Uh...where's the stroller??

 

[IluvXU]

Love SAB. Henry looks so happy. It is such a fun area! What wonderful weather you had for this outing.

 

[tinacaplan]

Um...yeah...that looks heavenly, for sure! I am so excited! And, again, Brook...you take beautiful pictures. The pic of Henry lying in the water, with that beautiful smile...priceless. Thanks for all of your help tonight.

 

[glennbo123]

SAB looks great!

I hate that I feel like I can't leave anything at my chair, for fear of it getting stolen, but I guess that's life in the big city.

 

[KristiMc]

SAB looks great and love all the pics of Henry playing.

 

[mermaid764]

Aww Henry looks so happy and adorable playing in the sand, how fun that you guys were allowed to try out Stormalong Bay.

Can't wait for more

 

[TheDreamsComeTrue]

SAB does look great and Henry looks like he had a lot of fun! I really love the palm tree picture! I can't wait to see them in 51 days!

 

[MeMom]

My notes read:
"SAB. Huge. Amazing. Huge! Unreal. So cool. Beautiful sitting here on a lounger watching my boys dig in the sand. Staring at a palm tree. It's perfect weather. Ahhhhhhh. Yes, this is good.

I have my toes in the sand in FEBRUARY."

The good life, indeed.

Such a pretty place. Our girls enjoyed Stormalong Bay, as well, as guests of Wigd and Shocker. The sand and the water without the seaweed, assorted sea creatures, and sometimes jagged shells is nice for the little ones.

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

I am glad you enjoyed SAB!

We absolutely loved it! We spent most of our time in the Lazy River.

Such gorgeous pictures I can't wait to be over at the Beach Club tomorrow for breakfast

Great update! I have no doubt Henry was the happiest boy on the planet digging in the sand

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

How fun you guys were able to play at SAB for a bit! Henry looks absolutely thrilled to be playing in the sand! I'd probably start to get a bit antsy as well, but it's great you guys were able to hang out and relax awhile! I was all sad that we weren't able to use SAB during our last trip, it was just so freezing out!

 

[tiggrbaby]

At the Museum of Childhood in London there was an interesting exhibit about the history of children's clothing and one issue was how in the past it was common to dress little boys in dresses for quite a few years until they would start wearing men's clothing. So I think Paul is a little boy who is still wearing the "boy dress" fashion of his time...

I guess someone ought to tell his parents that this is a bit out of style now!

Think of what they had for diapers then, and how many changes a day! It was easier to keep boys in dresses until they were changed!

Brook:
What a fab afternoon! It's a good thing you are now living on the east coast for your beach lovin' son!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Love the update! SAB pool is amazing!

 

[DisMomAmy]

Wow - I really hope our wait list comes through for BCV in November!!! The kids will absolutely love Stormalong Bay. I'm glad you guys got to check it out. Henry definitely looks like he loved it there!