Mommy...Why does Crush talk like you? Final thoughts and summary 10/15

[jordanyosh]

Great start...

1 hour and 15 minutes?

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Heading over to read your PTR now...

 

[winkers]

That is so cute the 2 kids in bed together!
I've taken a taxi one time in my life and vowed never again! I was sure I was going to die!

 

[sandym718]

I'm in!! My kids are almost the same ages, so I have a feeling I'll relate to a lot!! Off to read your PTR!!

 

[jham]

Welcome home! Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[Tanya90210]

ohhh man... I would have been freaking out at that point... apparently a certain driver needed to go home to sleep rather than drive folks around

What a long wait for ME ....

Those cameras can be quite a pain... DS had one but stopped using it after it got full with like 10 pictures and the software was crap...

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

Glad to be reading the TR...loved the PTR...

Can't wait for more...Welcome home!

BTW - made the shorts you gave me the tips on! Turned out great! Made outfits for my DD and her friend to go to the zoo..now on to WDW outfits!

 

[Laurabearz]

Well ya got me giggling

 

[libinatorsmom]

Great Trip report cant wait to read more!!!!!

 

[camelotcats]

Great start...

1 hour and 15 minutes?

Yes. the kids were really freaking out. Nearly an hour of the wait was on the bus line. :headache

Heading over to read your PTR now...

Welcome! Thanks! Enjoy! It's chatty. I talk a lot!

That is so cute the 2 kids in bed together!
I've taken a taxi one time in my life and vowed never again! I was sure I was going to die!

I take taxis all the time. This guy was scary. HHBG ended up talking to him while he drove to keep him up. I was too nervous.

I'm in!! My kids are almost the same ages, so I have a feeling I'll relate to a lot!! Off to read your PTR!!

WELCOME! If your kids like to throw tantrums and get on your nerves, you're in the right place!

Welcome home! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Thanks! No Buzz outfits for the trip, but still should be a decent time.

ohhh man... I would have been freaking out at that point... apparently a certain driver needed to go home to sleep rather than drive folks around

What a long wait for ME ....

Those cameras can be quite a pain... DS had one but stopped using it after it got full with like 10 pictures and the software was crap...

I WAS freaking out!!

It felt like forever.

The camera was lousy. It kept turning itself off, resetting everything, and then deleting all the pictures it had stored on it. I don't even know if there are pics on it right now. I ended up just chucking it into my purse, so eventually I have to see if we got anything on any of them. It was a good idea that just didn't work.

Glad to be reading the TR...loved the PTR...

Can't wait for more...Welcome home!

BTW - made the shorts you gave me the tips on! Turned out great! Made outfits for my DD and her friend to go to the zoo..now on to WDW outfits!

I'm so glad the shorts worked for you! You need to post pics!! I am sooo behind on the DISBoutique board, I will neve catch up, so I might just not bother and just restart where I came back.

Well ya got me giggling

EXCELLENT! Enjoy! and WELCOME!

Great Trip report cant wait to read more!!!!!

Thanks! Welcome!!

 

[jcc0621]

Forget the kids, Iwould have been freaking out

 

[Phibbles]

 

[camelotcats]

Chapter 2: Mommy needs a Time out and Horrible Mommy Moment 2008.....

When we last left off, we were on a Mears bus with no movie, heading to the resorts. First stop: Wilderness Lodge! Bonus. We piled off of the bus and headed over to check in.

We were quickly greeted by a check-in-person (Or whatever that title is), and checked into our room...which was ready. SWEET. No need to take an elevator or stairs to our room, we were on the main lobby level!

A quick walk past the elevators, and 50 feet from the doors to the walkway to the busses, and we arrived at room 2116....our home base for the next week.

We walked in, dropped the bags, and I announced that I was going to take some pics before we destroyed the room....

From the Door:

This was a common sight....note, we had been in our room for about TWO MINUTES.

Buzz can’t complain about the lack of flat screens any more....

Bunk beds

The kids decided, since Daddy was asleep and all, to have a huge argument over who got the top bunk the first night. I got them to stop fighting by flipping a coin. Brianna won, so Spencer threw a fit. Then Brianna started screamng at him to stop crying. I was running ragged trying to get them to stop screaming while simultaneously trying to start unpacking the carry-ons when the hitting started.

I freaked, screamed at them to cut it out, woke HHBG up, and announced that I needed a time out. I grabbed my iPod and stormed out to the patio.

While I was outside stewing, HHBG gave the kids fruit snacks and went back to sleep.

I came back in to fussy, grumpy kids. I decided we needed to get some food, so we went off in search of Roaring Fork (the CS at WL)...We were ALL STILL VERY GRUMPY.

We got to Roaring Fork, and the kids decided what they wanted to eat: Uncrustable with puding and grapes for Spencer, Chicken nuggets with grapes and Jello for Brianna. I got a turkey and brie sandwich for HHBG and the grilled chicken salad for myself. We also got water and chocolate milk, and planed to get soda for the adults in our refillable mugs.

While I was waiting in line for food to be prepared (2 separate lines), the kids were running around the restaurant. My refrains of “stop running....calm down....stand still....come back here....don’t touch that....I said to stop running....don’t climb on that!....ETC” were heard by all. I was losing it fast...

Then it happened. The HORRIBLE MOMMY MOMENT OF APRIL 2008......

I had finally paid for our food, and had gotten the refillable mugs. As I turned to get the kids together so we could carry everything back to the room, Brianna climbed up on the fruit stand by the register and leaped off, smacking into a lady with her tray, into me, and into the counter where you put the trays, nearly knocking over all of our food from our tray, and nearly killing herself.

I was so angry in the rush of adrenaline after thinking she was going to kill herself (her head came THIS CLOSE to smacking the counter while she was in flight), I smacked her in the arm. It wasn’t hard, but I hit it just right to make that loud ringing SMACK noise that I swear echoed through the now silent restaurant. She looked at me in shock for a minute, then started to cry.

I hustled everyone over to the table, and started to pack all of our food up to bring upstairs. I also pulled Brianna onto my lap and explained to her WHY she got smacked, and told her that what she had done was dangeros. I also apologised for scaring her, and told her that was all of the punishment, and she wasn’t in any more trouble, I was just explaning why she had gotten in trouble in the first place. She calmed down pretty quickly, and we all made our way back to the room to await the security I was sure had been called.....

We woke up HHBG, and I had HIM walk back to RF to fill our mugs (I was too embarrassed to show my face there for a while). He did that, and we all had lunch and our first ever exposure to Stacy...who the kids loved and I got sick of after 30 minutes.....

Coming Soon: We find the Pool and a Nap is had by all!!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

You must have picked my kids up and taken them with you! That is almost the same way every vacation starts for us...all seems well, but then they forget who they are...I forget who I am and boom...something horrible goes ary...while DH sleeps! But it usually gets better...as I am sure yours did!

 

[beckanoah]

Ah the Disneyinducedhypernotlistentomyparents/grownupfun! BTDT!

 

[DisneyJo]

2 installments already Angela You'll be finished within a week

Your drive sounded pretty scary, how sweet that B got in with S to sleep

Great on the flight upgrade, I too like to have my bag in front of me.

Sounds like an eventful first meal, you did what you had to do though, those instincts just happen don't they!

 

[winkers]

why didn't hhbg go with you to get the food? You should have left the kids with him.

I think we've all had those moments!

 

[Phibbles]

Thank you for reminding me why I stopped with 1 child.
Kids...who needs them!

Oh, and you are not the worst mommy. I have seen much worse.

 

[camelotcats]

You must have picked my kids up and taken them with you! That is almost the same way every vacation starts for us...all seems well, but then they forget who they are...I forget who I am and boom...something horrible goes ary...while DH sleeps! But it usually gets better...as I am sure yours did!

Spencer calmed down a lot. he had a good week for him....Brianna on the other hand.....

Yeah, I really wanted to kill HHBG. This sleeping thing is a trend, BTW....

Ah the Disneyinducedhypernotlistentomyparents/grownupfun! BTDT!

Yep. Had a few conversations throughout the week with other moms...all of us thankful we weren't the only ones whose most popular phrases were "stop it", "not OK", and "come here".

2 installments already Angela You'll be finished within a week

Your drive sounded pretty scary, how sweet that B got in with S to sleep

Great on the flight upgrade, I too like to have my bag in front of me.

Sounds like an eventful first meal, you did what you had to do though, those instincts just happen don't they!

I'm looking at my notes, and I think it'll be 2-3 installments for each day in Disney. I'm going to TRY for 1-2 a day, one in the morning, and one at night....we'll see how long that lasts....

I felt bad about hitting her so loudly in public. I DO spank, but usually as a last resort and in private....and usually on the tush or hand, not the arm.

why didn't hhbg go with you to get the food? You should have left the kids with him.

I think we've all had those moments!

Uh....note the pic of the deeply sleeping man. he was OUT, and when I woke him up so I could take my time out, he went back to sleep and wasn't watching them. I was afraid they were going to hurt themselves while he slept, since I had had to talk them down from jumping on the bunk beds a few times already, so I took them with me. kind of a catch 22.....

And thanks for the hug....Things got better for me....

Hey! You're leaving soon!! we'll miss you! Have FUN!!

Thank you for reminding me why I stopped with 1 child.
Kids...who needs them!

Oh, and you are not the worst mommy. I have seen much worse.

Just because there are worse, didn't make what I did seem OK to me. Yes, it was a spanking offense, but I try to NEVER hit in anger. I broke my own rule, and it upset me.

And The only reason we had two was that I got pregnant before I thought I had to worry about birth control after having Spencer....how's that for TMI?

 

[Phibbles]

And The only reason we had two was that I got pregnant before I thought I had to worry about birth control after having Spencer....how's that for TMI?

Well, there go my plans for lunch.