Jan 17th
I finally started feeling a little better and we got up to find the kids and Lee waiting to
get in. The guy that was running Jr Chef turned to me,
"How old is the little one?" he asked
"She's 2" I said
"The reason I ask is because most of the time, we don't allow the younger ones to come in. You are suppose to be 4 or older because the little ones need too much help and you never know how their reaction is going to be. If there aren't a lot of kids, I will let her in, but just know in the future that we really don't take kids this young."
They let her in and all the kids had a blast. Julie got to measure the sugar, Nico stirred the dough, and Samantha got the job of holding onto the chocolate chips again. She is an expert at that job by now.
The kids had a great time and they all got hot cookies after. Lee still had to get the desserts from lunch, since we were all on the dinning plan. He went and got Nico a double scoop of strawberry ice cream and he got the girls chocolate ice cream in cups. WE all sat down and talked.
"Oh look, the land ride isn't long at all. Let's go ride that." TVT said
"Uh, yeah there is a reason that line isn’t long."

I sassed
"Oh come on, it's the only thing I have asked to do all day. Let's go ride it."
We got on the ride and the kids actually did think the Mickey Tomatoes and pumpkins were cool.
"Thank Grandpapa Tony for making us all a little more knowledgeable about the farming industry. We all needed to know that."

I said smiling and laughing.
"Yeah, gee, thanks Grandpapa Tony, "

Nico sassed.
"Julie wants to ride figment and then Julie wants to ride Nemo." Julie said
"Ok baby, we can do that. Is that ok with everyone else? Figment and then Nemo?"
Everyone agreed and we were on our way. TVT doesn't like figment at all, but we all had just ridden the dumb land ride, so now he had to put up with a ride that the kids love.
Once we were done that ride, we sent a few postcards from Epcot and moved on to ride Nemo.
Once Nemo was over, we saw that the line for turtle talk was not long at all, again. They loved the show. They were laughing and happy. After it was over, all the kids stood up and Julie started crying. Now, I love Julie, because the girl is all herself. But she is not a quiet child.

She was crying and stamping her feet because she didn't get to talk to Crush.
I picked her up and carried her temper tantrum and all out of the theater.
"Julie, not everyone gets a chance. Honey, it's ok maybe next time."

I said trying to comfort her. A really nice CM walked up to me.
"Is she ok?" He asked. "I'm really very sorry ma'am. WE really can't get to everyone."
"Oh no please, this isn't your fault. Some kids get picked and some don't really, it's ok, I understand." I said smiling at the guy.

That was really nice of him to come over and try to help.
"Yes, this actually happens all the time."

He said regretfully as he walked away.
We decided to help her think of a question and we went back in. That time, Crush called on Nico and Nico asked him when his birthday was. Nico was thrilled, but when the show was over, more tears from Julie that she didn't get to talk to Crush. WE decided to try it one more time and Nico got called again. I have no idea what it is about Nico, but the kid seems to get picked out from a crowd often. Not a bad quality to have for him, but frustrating if you are his sister and all you want to do is talk to Crush. Nico asked crush
how old he was.
After the show more tears. By this time, however, Samantha had picked up what was going on with Julie. At the end of every show, now not only would Julie cry, but Samantha would run to me and start crying too. I think the three adults at this point had been Crushed out and we decided to leave. Everyone was hungry and we just need to grab some food quickly.
As we walked back towards the boardwalk, we were trying to decide what to eat.
"Oh we could just grab a pizza. Go look at that menu and see what they have. How much is just a slice of Pizza, we could just get the kids that for dinner." I suggested.
Lee went to go look at the menu, "It's $4 for a slice of pizza."
"Yeah and that's a plain cheese slice." Tony added.
"we can go to CiCi's" Tony was saying, "It cheap and all you can eat. WE wont have to wait to get the food. It's a good deal."
Seriously, they should hire him for commercials.

I was wondering if he was getting paid for people to go there and eat the way he went on about the place. Honestly, I didn't care where we ate. I was tired and I just wanted to get somewhere.
We drove to CiCis pizza that was packed with local high school kids.
"I'm not going in there with those people, " I said looking at the amount of people there were and seeing that there were people standing over other people's tables and crowding around.
"Those people? Those people? Who are those people?" TVT teased.
"I just don't feel like being in a huge crowd right now." I said tiredly. I couldn't sass back, I was too exhausted.
We got to Pizza Hut and got seated right away. "Do they have subs here?" I asked as I was trying to scan the menu.
"It doesn't look like it." Lee answered.
The waitress came and asked to take our drink order. "Do you have coke or Pepsi products?"
"We have Pepsi" the waitress answered again.
"I won't drink Pepsi and I hate pizza, but I think the rest of the group is
ready to order." I said to her.
Everyone ate and the kids even had some leftovers. I think they were all exhausted. As we were eating, we were all trying to explain to Nico that the next time he went back to talk to Crush, if he got called he needed to give the Microphone to Julie.
"Tell him that your sister really wants to talk." We were saying. I think we pretty much drilled it into his head what he should say.
"Hey you guys, what do you think about going to Ohana tomorrow for a late breakfast instead of an early one on Friday? The problem is, as it stands right now, we have breakfast at 7:30am at Ohana and Dinner at 6pm at Alfredos on Friday. The problem with that is, the kids are going to get hungry around 2-3pm for lunch. If we all eat lunch then, no one is going
to be hungry for dinner that night." I wanted to let everyone have a say in the plans while I was thinking out loud.
"Well, let me see if that is even an option." Tvt said as he took out his phone to call Disney dinning.
"so what would be different if we ate breakfast tomorrow?" Lee was asking.
"If we eat breakfast tomorrow later in the day, around 11am, the kids will be hungry by 6pm dinner at Wolfgang Pucks. The timing will be better." I explained.
"Oh and then we could do EMH that morning and we can just leave to go to the late breakfast." Lee added.
"Oh..I didn't think of that at all, but yes, that is what I meant exactly, good idea."

I said to him smiling.
"Ok, we have a reservation for 10:50am at Ohana for 6." Tvt told us as he hung up the phone.
"Oh you decided to go with us?" I asked, "so you aren't going to go to Wolfgang Pucks." I Assumed since he had said 6 people and he said we was either going to Ohana or Wolfgang.
"No I may do both and not just not eat at one or the other or I may not go at all. I haven't decided." He explained. And I thought I was indecisive.
The waitress brought the checks over and I took TVT's away from him. After all the things he had done to help us out that day, the least we could do was pay for his meal. He asked for it back and I refused to give it to him insisting we pay. I went to take Julie to the bathroom and Lee had given Tony back the check and they had already paid by the time I got back.
We got back to the Boardwalk and parted ways. "Are you guys doing EMH tomorrow morning?" TVt asked me.
"That is the plan, but if no one is up for it, I may not. It will depend on the kids."

I said.
"Ok call me in the morning and tell me what you are doing. I will not do EMH, but call me and let me know either way." He said.
"Well, I don't want to wake you up. This is your vacation time too and you deserve some rest. You are old and we have been keeping you up and on your feet practically all day. You deserve some rest and relaxation. At your age, you need it more than the rest of us."

I said, realizing that I really am never too exhausted to be Sassy.
"Just call me and let me know what the plans are when you wake up. Not when you are about to walk out the door like you have been."

That was true. I had been doing that an awful lot the past few days. We said goodnight and parted ways.