Ponchos, Ponchos everywhere.. Updated 12/14

[Grumpy Grandma]

Thank you thank you..might be a few before I get another update.. Homeschooling is in full swing plus my day job is back open so I am working there a few times a week and of course my night job. Noah just got a promotion at work.. night supervisor so he has a whole new schedule ( and raise..YES).. we have 6 dance classes for 3 kids, soccer x 1 kid and swim lessons for 3 kids. Basketball is about to start too for all 3.. oh yeah and all 3 wee ones just auditioned for The Nutcracker.. we've been doing it since Noah was 6 . He was in it until he grew out of each role..lol.. this year I have Taejan as a mini mouse, Ziah as a Clown and Declan is a party child ( again and will be til he gets too big..lol).. so that's practices on Sat and Sun..OH and SUnday CCD starts back up.So we are a tad busy. Did I mention Eric's shop just got purchase orders for 5 new molds so he's working 60+ hours a week and I am in single mother mode..lol

I remember those days .... how wonderful they were and how fast they flew by!! Enjoy while you can!

 

[justakrazymom]

I remember those days .... how wonderful they were and how fast they flew by!! Enjoy while you can!

It does fly.. I enjoy almost every minute of it too!

 

[mikkiwikki]

I did NOT do online check in for the package and man do I wish I had. Both line were long but they kept taking people from the online check in line over at the regular check in making the regular back up. The people in front and behind me were not happy.

Totally agree with your assessment of Online checkin! I wrote the same thing in my TR...I did online checkin and walked right up ...the regular line was LOOOONNNNGGG....I almost took a picture of the different lines but I did not want to be ambushed by the mob of angry onlookers.

Yes Im definitely doing online checkin every trip from now on after that experience!

Here it was I texted this while I was looking at the line...it was so bad. 8/18 at 12:47 pm 60 people! in regular checkin line
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42299116&postcount=23

 

[justakrazymom]

Totally agree with your assessment of Online checkin! I wrote the same thing in my TR...I did online checkin and walked right up ...the regular line was LOOOONNNNGGG....I almost took a picture of the different lines but I did not want to be ambushed by the mob of angry onlookers.

Yes Im definitely doing online checkin every trip from now on after that experience!

Here it was I texted this while I was looking at the line...it was so bad. 8/18 at 12:47 pm 60 people! in regular checkin line
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42299116&postcount=23

Both lines were long.. but they were taking more from online at both "sets" of counters and there was a lot of VERY unhappy people in the regular check in line because of it.

 

[julsmom]

Update or else! Sorry, empty threat. I keep seeing a new post and hoping!!

 

[justakrazymom]

So I woke up early today so I could get an update done before I needed to start my real day!

The night before I had asked Noah what park he wanted to spend his Birthday in.. Magic Kingdom or Epcot.. he picked Epcot.

We decided to take it easy that morning.. we all slept in, and ate from the food stash. Then we got dressed and walked around a little.

Saw the turtles ( and a few water snakes)

Walked around a bit more:

Our Window:

Noah's room's window:

Then the Birthday boy graced us with his presence:

He requested Birthday Ears so of course I went and got them ( this kid never asks for anything):

 

[justakrazymom]

We headed off to a bus and made it on one, to Epcot and thru bag check and the turnstiles fast. Oh while in line for a bus we saw this tag.. best stroller tag EVER!

We were at Epcot and had no particular plans. Noah and Kate took off on their own and we just meandered..

We went first to get Fast Passes for Test Track.. think we get to use these? We got them the last time in Epcot and we ended up not having time to use them and gave them to a family entering the park. So Will we use these?? Let's wait and see!

The kids wanted a soda fill up so off to Club Cool:

We decided to go see Captain EO, it had started to rain a bit so it made sense to go wait in the dry queue..

The kids actually now say they liked Captain EO ( then they did not..lol). It was.. well.. cheesy MJ but it is what it is right? Anyone else notice MJ had like 6 dance moves.. that's it??

After this we started making our way to the World Showcase.. Declan wanted to do more Kim Possible Missions.

 

[justakrazymom]

I got up early to post an update and no one cares??? Whaaaaa

 

[Scarlett824]

I care!

Can't wait to hear how the rest of the birthday turns out. I hope Kate didn't give him too much trouble that day. lol

Where did you get that green martian shirt for your DH? I have to get one for mine.

 

[justakrazymom]

hee hee.. I know I was just being a brat.. I tend to be.

She was not the center of attention so she did very much disrupt his birthday dinner...grrr

I got it at Target about a year ago..

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

I care! I'm on the west coast, retired and just working on my first cup of coffee .... more please (TR and coffee!)

 

[justakrazymom]

I care! I'm on the west coast, retired and just working on my first cup of coffee .... more please (TR and coffee!)

Luckily i can get ya that more TR ..coffee your on your own for..LOL

 

[justakrazymom]

My kids got done with their schooling early today and I am anxious to get another day all reported so..

So after Captain EO we let the kids play near/with the jumping fountains.. they loved them and we probably spent about 30 minutes there.

Despite what these pictures may imply.. I did not allow my kids to go INTO the fountains.. they did lean in..but unlike a large amount of other kids..they did not walk into the actual fountain area!

Notice my lovely 5 almost 6 year old.. sigh..

yep.. he went there! This was not a stellar day for the little monster!

We headed into World Showcase.. my mother and Eric wanted Fish and Chips.my mother has been waiting 10.5 years for these! We ran into Noah and Kate.. Noah wanted a Beaver Tail..and was very sad to learn Canada no longer served them..sad sad Noah!

He, however , did not eat ( nor did I because fish and chips is NOT gluten free)

A little entertainment while they ate:

At this point Declan wanted to get going on his Kim Possible Missions so he and I took off to get his "ticket" thing for one!

 

[justakrazymom]

We got Declan's ticket to do a Kim Possible and he was very happy!

we wandered as we made our way to Italy:

Listened to the Drummers:

Enjoyed taking some pictures with the good camera. It was the first time I'd brought the Rebel with me ( which for the rest of the trip would come to mean it would RAIN):

The kids played some games:

We made it to Italy and Declan and Eric got to start their mission about 25 minutes early.

Very happy Declan ( and dry) off to Japan.. next time I see him he will still be happy but much less dry!

We watched some of this:

Then...

 

[justakrazymom]

After the big boys left we used the rest room ..best signage ever BTW:

Enjoyed the music ( and the AC and seats..not gonna lie)

Then my mother, myself, Taejan and Ziah went to the show. I had honestly totally forgotten what this show was until it began.

And then if you were in Epcot around 2:30/40 on August 23rd you would have experienced THIS:

Was anyone there? Did anyone see it? I got to have a front row seat.. I swear it took all my self control to not leave him at that fountain and finish Epcot in peace..

Ziah spotted this water blog.. it made things all better again!

Declan and Eric had decided to do another mission so we walked towards the front of World Showcase:

Up next,..well you will never guess!

 

[justakrazymom]

After the great meltdown of 8/23/11 we headed on thru WS.. Declan and Eric were now in France doing a KP mission.

We walked.. looked.. enjoyed.. watched the clouds get darker..

We decided to park the stroller and go on Maelstrom.. silly me did NOT cover the stroller..ut oh.. you must know what comes next then right??

We got done on the ride and a CM with a tablet stopped us to do a survey. Then we noticed it.. it was pouring! I ran and got the stroller.. my mom got the kids poncho's on them.. we had really nice ones for the kids. We got on our "one step below a garbage bag" ones we got at the dollar store.. they are NOT worth that $1..they are sticky and icky and I was NOT happy.

I got Taejan in his stroller and covered and we headed to the store at the front of the World Showcase. On the way we ran into the Sweener clan. Now had this been a point n shoot camera day I would have the most hysterical pictures ever. Instead I had the big camera and at this point it was wrapped in a garbage bag and in my backpack..so no pictures.

BUT I will draw this image for u. My best friend.. pushing a double stroller with her husband an older kid holding 2 tied together ponchos over her and the smaller kids...in the POURING nasty rain. i was dieing! They had ADR's at Teppan Edo but no way they were making it. Also it was thundering and lightening and the boats were not running. They ended up at La Hacienda . I about burst my gut laughing.

So we made it to the shop and I called Noah and Kate.. my plan was to hop on the monorail and just ride it a few times before switching to the resort loop and getting off at MK. They were already on the monorail.. perfect.

Next call..Eric .. because he and Declan were in this nasty rain doing a KP mission. Now I am NOT a rain wuss..but we had a special dinner planned and I HATE being soaked in air conditioning...and I didn't want the kids that way. I bought myself and Eric new ponchos ( my mother insisted her nasty dollar store one was fine).

We headed off to Club Cool to wait for Eric and Declan.

Waiting for the boys:

While waiting for the guys we got chatting with 3 "kids"..prolly about 20/21 years old. I ended up giving them our TT fastpasses ( so there is set 2 we never got to use) because we knew the ride was shut down and would not be up before we had to leave.
The very soaked boys finally arrived.. poor Declan always wore is sneakers when it ended up pouring. I got him in his poncho and Eric got his and we headed for the Monorail.

We met up with Noah and Kate and rode the loop once. At the TTC some nasty old lady had a fit because we didn't get out! She was not happy that we were just "riding the damn monorail"..um.. not your business lady. We had a little time to kill so guess what DEAL!

Next time we got to TTC we hopped on the ferry over to MK

Here's the view while waiting for the ferry.

Next we headed to see if the resort boats were still running..

 

[justakrazymom]

It was still raining , and the boats were not moving very fast. The cushion of time we had was dwindling. It took a long time for a boat to come..and when it did it was at the Wilderness Lodge slip.. but this nice older CM had been standing just outside the rope with us and assured me that the big old boat would indeed go to Ft. Wilderness. I, being me, doubted he had a clue..but I reluctantly got on the boat. I was glad I didn't have to fold up the stroller at least.

We boarded the boat and the female Captain left and that nice older CM who I was so certain had no idea..well he was now the Captain..ha ha.. guess he did know what he was talking about afterall!

We had a nice ride over..the rain picked back up but we were inside the boat so I didn't much care. Noah and Kate were very obviously not happy with each other.. goodness me..it was his BIRTHDAY can't they just behave for once??

We got to Ft Wilderness and I went and got the paperwork for the show. Was only a few more minutes before a nice CM checked us in. While I was doing this Eric took Declan over for a new dry shirt. Oh and I must say..my feet were burning they were so itchy.. I am really shocked I didn't get some weird fungus with how much my feet bugged me!

After that we all went and checked out the store then we got our group picture done. Now the rest of the 10000 people got in line.. mind you we all had been checked in and it was assigned seating.. and it was raining!

We all stayed under the porch area until everyone else had gone in. Taejan was complaining he didn't feel good.. oh great! We got in and I was sad that we didn't have loft seating..and we were rather close to the back ..but it is what it was. They didn't give us enough chairs.. um.. 8 people 7 chairs and I was told.. we have no more chairs..WHAT? So Taejan ended up in a high chair..he was NOT happy. But he very quickly got pale and I knew he was not ok. We asked if we could get his stroller from outside so he could just lay back. Luckily because of where we were sitting this was not a problem:

Our waiter was very nice, the chef came out and we talked food.. he made me grilled Chicken and gluten free rolls ( and later I had strawberries and cream no shortcake).

Let the fun begin:

Ribs happen to be Ziah's favorite ever..so she was beyond happy.

He was still not ok.

Up next..HDDR pt 2

 

[ZehnJahren]

And then if you were in Epcot around 2:30/40 on August 23rd you would have experienced THIS:

Was anyone there? Did anyone see it? I got to have a front row seat.. I swear it took all my self control to not leave him at that fountain and finish Epcot in peace..

Am I the only person who thinks it's funny when kids have little meltdowns like this? I saw these photos, and laaaughed! Of course, I've been around a bunch of kids; this doesn't quite phase me like it might phase DBF (who is not a fan of children). He just was NOT happy there! As long as the kid is safe, it usually cracks me up when kids get so dramatic! (mostly because I remember being EXTREMELY dramatic as a kid myself!!)

So we made it to the shop and I called Noah and Kate.. my plan was to hop on the monorail and just ride it a few times before switching to the resort loop and getting off at MK. They were already on the monorail.. perfect.

We met up with Noah and Kate and rode the loop once. At the TTC some nasty old lady had a fit because we didn't get out! She was not happy that we were just "riding the damn monorail"..um.. not your business lady. We had a little time to kill so guess what DEAL!

Not sure what her deal was - why couldn't you stay on the monorail? Was it a CM? Or just some crabby lady? Seriously, what's the problem there?

 

[justakrazymom]

Am I the only person who thinks it's funny when kids have little meltdowns like this? I saw these photos, and laaaughed! Of course, I've been around a bunch of kids; this doesn't quite phase me like it might phase DBF (who is not a fan of children). He just was NOT happy there! As long as the kid is safe, it usually cracks me up when kids get so dramatic! (mostly because I remember being EXTREMELY dramatic as a kid myself!!)



Not sure what her deal was - why couldn't you stay on the monorail? Was it a CM? Or just some crabby lady? Seriously, what's the problem there?

Hee hee.. I find it rather amusing too..hence why i took pictures of all his meltdowns.. dramatic for sure..lol..

i wish I knew her issue.. and it was not a CM.. just some grumpy old lady!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Randy and Aisling were caught in that same storm at Epcot on the 23rd...you are just further along in your TR than me Should have asked if they saw a Taejan monster anywhere