It sounds like Jill and the girls are ready for a wonderful weekend! I'm glad to hear that you had fun at the program, what a nice thing to do in honor of the grandparents!
Thank you for sharing some wonderful Epcot photos! They look so bright and cheerful, you can almost believe you are there!
I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend, and don't spend too much time on schoolwork!
There were grandparents of all shapes, sizes, and colors there. It was so sweet to see the kids come and and begin to wave as they saw the special people who were there to share their day. Grandparents were smiling, cameras were clicking, and video was rolling.
Brooklynn was 'tickled pink' that she got to leave school early. It looked like her teacher was only keep 2-3 kids, as everyone else busted out with their grandparents!
Even though the trip report is in Epcot right now, I am going to go find some Magic Kingdom pictures to celebrate its birthday today.
I don't have a ton of schoolwork this weekend, but I do have some - maybe about two hours total. I'll do it in spurts throughout today and tomorrow.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the program at Brooklynn's school!
Okay, I have a little thing for these dog buddies movies, Marc makes fun of me but I always want to watch them. I haven't seen any of them yet but I'm secretly so excited to have baby on the way because now I have an excuse to rent and buy them. I really want to see Spooky Buddies, it looks adorable!
We are always glad to contribute to the classroom libraries every year during the book fairs. Jill picked on for me to give to Bella's class, too, so both girls made contributions to happy reading ahead for lots of kids!
Brooklynn hardly moved a muscle during the whole movie! You will enjoy buying movies for your little one and sharing them with him/her over and over and over.
Aw, what a fun day with your special girls MeMom!
Yep, I kidnapped them both and spent the afternoon playing Potato Heads, watching movies, etc.
The best part was the animal show in the afternoon. Brooklynn started telling the audience about her animals, and Bella decided to get in on the show, too. They would pick an animal, stand on some kiddie chairs they had lined up (both wearing Princess high heels and looking very royal), and tell about the animal in true Conservation Station form. Brooklynn's details were accurate.
Bella's descriptions were more like,
'Dis a cwocadial. Him roaw roaw roaw! (as she makes a chomping motion) Dair my purshe!' (as she suddenly sees one of her purses in a pile of dress-up accessories.
I wish I would have taken some video. They are little nuts!
I'm finally here!!
Hello MeMom and Jill...and everyone else!
Well MeMom...DH got a job in British Columbia so we moved half way across the country last month. (For those not familiar with Canadian Geography we moved about the same distance as Detroit, MI to Spokane, WA...a mere 2000 miles!! )
Now we're terribly far from Disney World
but........
we're about as far here to
Disneyland as we were there to Disney World so I think it's a fair trade!
We've never been to Disneyland before so, of course we're planning a trip there in the summer!
In fact, we're aiming to be at the Disneyland resort on DD's 9th birthday so she is beyond thrilled!
Just wanted to update you and let you know I'm all caught up and ready for more!
Have fun at the beach Jill and family!
You can be our official Disneyland correspondent, then, and keep DIStown apprised of everything going on on that coast.
Glad to have you back!
slightly_obsessed.... thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. It is tough seeing the people you love in pain.
Memom... I hope you had a great time with your favorite girls. Pretty soon you'll be back in WDW spending a lot of time with at least one of your favorite girls.
Brooklynn is getting more and more excited. I asked her what we were going to eat down there, and she said, "Mickey waffles!"
I teared up while reading this because your story reminded me so much of my own grandpa and his passing. When he hit a point that he couldn't care for himself any longer, he said goodbye to my mom and her sisters, told them it was time for him to go be with 'mother' (my grandma, who had died the year before) and he passed within a few days. I think he willed himself to go, he was just ready. Prayers for you, your family and your grandfather
It's hard to see those who cared for us become so weak and dependent on others.
It seems like men have an especially hard time when they lose their longtime spouses.
Tonight is Wish Upon a Star for us at Chelsea's high school -- an appropriate activity for today, I think. 
So cute!
