The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 29

[marcij]

Tammi - There are a few brands that make 7X pants. I know Izod does, and so does Osh Kosh. Ralph Lauren Polo run narrow and long but ONLY in size 7 where they have elastic in the back of the waist. DS still can't wear boys size 8 pants in those because they are HUGE. Gap has pants in "slim" that also have the adjustable waist, so those work well. For jeans go with Levi's slim - they have them at Kohl's and Dillard's. DS has shorts from Talbot's, J Crew kids, and Hanna Andersson that are great but we don't have pants from there. Lands End has some pants in size 8 with elastic in the back but they are gigantic. Good luck!

Great advice, Elizabeth! We usually stay with the Levi's and Gap/Old Navy and Polo for pants. For shorts, we do Lands' End and Gap, along with Polo. Randy has this thing about elastic in boys pants once they get a little older which drives me crazy because it limits the options.

Andrew's shorts for school are 12, and not slim. They're from Parker Uniforms. This is the first year he hasn't had slims, but I think he decided he'd rather cinch up his belt then for the clothes to be too fitting. He's gotten used to things being big and complains when they touch his skin.....that whole sensory issue thing kicks in....

I better get back to work. Have a good day, DDA!

 

[lovesdumbo]

Bernadette congratulations on getting the suites for next year

Thanks!

Saturday afternoon we took the kids shopping to try to get some long sleeved shirts and pants. I got so frustrated things fit perfectly, which means they won't fit in February, or they were huge. Nicholas is at a really hard stage because he needs a size 8 in pants for the length but he is so darn skinny that he swims in them.

When I was looking for Joe last year the Old Navy slims fit him much better (tighter) than the Gap slims-but those were size 5-don't know if the 8's and this year style are the same.

Brandon loves parades and he almost messed up here and smiled for the camera,

Nice shot! What a great day!

Of course they complained as they were leaving and what did they say "The waitress was dumber than a rock". It's a good thing that I didn't hear her say it because he ignorance is no excuse for bad manners.

Good thing none of us heard her say that or I'm sure we'd be arrested for assult!

Only 4 more days till mom has her closing then the work of moving her begins.
Going to be busy this weekend but John is taking Fri, Sat, and Mon off.

That reminds me....I haven't thought about doing anything for our anniversary.

Here you go Bernadette!

Thanks! I think the allearsnet ones are a model-I don't think the suites actually look like that with the double sink vanity and the bench thing. I think your photos are more realistic.

Bernadette - Looks pretty good! Hopefully your kids won't balk at the pull-out sofa!

I've read that they are pretty comfy-no bars. I've slept in the daybed at the Poly and its pretty comfy.

 

[Tammi67]

Deb look forward to hearing about the camping trip. Sorry to hear about the idiots at work. Working with the public is very trying at times, they just don't have a clue

Tell me about it.

 

[tinknme]

Good thing none of us heard her say that or I'm sure we'd be arrested for assult!


I am loving these pictures! I do have some, I just never think to post them until I see your lol

Glad to hear this. The boys have decided they want to sleep in their own beds & take turns sleeping on the daybed


I've read that they are pretty comfy-no bars. I've slept in the daybed at the Poly and its pretty comfy.

 

[my3princes]

Well, I think this quick trip definitely qualifies as my "need a do-over" trip. I definitely don't like being here when going to WDW is not the primary reason for the trip. Just my dad and Jonathan ended up going to the football game, but it still threw the schedule off for the entire day. My mom and I didn't get out the door for Epcot until 11 a.m., when I would already normally be thinking about an early lunch and going back to the resort for a rest/swim after being in the parks since opening.

It is so hot and humid, too. We did just a few things in Epcot (Soarin', Turtle Talk, the Nemo ride, some shopping, etc.), and then ate a fast lunch at Beaches & Cream, and then back up to the room to watch the game. (I hate to say it, but my Longhorns are not so good this year - we won by a hair, and looked absolutely terrible!) I slept through a lot of the game, and then we ended up having a cancel our already-late dinner reservations at the Yachtsman Steakhouse (which I was really looking forward to), since it took Jonathan and my dad over 2 hours to get back to the YC from the game. So we ended up just ordering room service, and everyone else watched football games while I surfed the DIS (all the while, just wanting to scream and head out to the parks on my own!). And thunder is now rumbling in the distance, and they're predicting more rain tomorrow.

And as everyone heads off to bed, no one will commit to what they want to do tomorrow. Everyone's attitude seems to be "well, I don't really need to do that this trip; we'll be back in Dec., etc.". I am by no means what I would consider a die-hard park commando these days, but taking this approach to Disney is almost putting me over the edge! I may have to head out of here on my own tomorrow, as I think the consensus was that we would just play the morning by ear. I tried to push for being at the AK for opening to ride Everest, the safari, and see the new Nemo musical (2 of those things my parents haven't experienced yet), but no one was biting. Jonathan knows I'm getting frustrated, but I think he sees it as I'm coming back next month so I can't really get mad about it.

All I know is that I will be thrilled to be with a bunch of Disney die-hards in a few weeks - this casual approach is driving me nuts! I feel like a clueless tourist, wandering aimlessly!

I think I'm going to bed, so if I'm the only one up early, so be it. I'll try to check in when we get home tomorrow. Have great Sundays!

I can hear you pain in your posts. It is so hard to travel with people that have different expectations. I think we'll have some of that next summer as my brother's family IS coming for a week. Of course we will be staying at different resorts so they can come and go as they want, I'll make sure that they know where we'll be and if they want to join us they can.

Hello everyone. I feel like I am so out of touch with you all. I have read everything but just haven't had time to comment. The weekend flew by. Saturday afternoon we took the kids shopping to try to get some long sleeved shirts and pants. I got so frustrated things fit perfectly, which means they won't fit in February, or they were huge. Nicholas is at a really hard stage because he needs a size 8 in pants for the length but he is so darn skinny that he swims in them. He looks like he should be in a rap video. So I don't know what I'm going to do. Then after dinner they went to their dads. In the evening Bob and I went to Joe's Crab Shack, where my neighbor was playing. He plays guitar and sings, and even made a CD. So it was nice to socialize and have a few drinks with friends. Then today we watched some football, went downtown and walked around and then went to Walmart. I got Bob his black tshirt for MNSSHP but I am on the lookout for a black tank for me.

Debbie - the trip report is great! Brandon is such a lucky little boy. I'd like to know more of how you did the window clings if you don't mind.

and to you all.

Hunter is shaped like that too. He really needs a size 6 waist and a size 10 length. It doesn't work. The adjustable waist pants are still cut too generously everywhere that he looks like he is swimming in them. Right now I'm able to put 9 slims on him with a belt and the length is perfect, but in a couple of months that won't work anymore. Girls pants are cut slimmer, but they are all too girly to put on a boy. I keep thinking that I may need to sew some, but I'm not great with patterns. Maybe I'll need to consult Mr. Hancock Fabrics if I get to that point.


Debbie. I'm loving the trip report. Nick went through the no smile stage, but he often forgot at Disney and smiled away.

 

[my3princes]

Our weekend...

When I left you on Friday I was in pretty good shape to head out. We only had a few last minute items to stick in the truck when Chris got home from work. As luck would have it he got out at 1:30 PM. When my mother called to meet me to take the 2 little boys I found Chris in our driveway already hooked onto the camper. That would give us plenty of time to finish loading everything once I got back. The little boys would ride with my Mom and Dad and we would take Summer with us since my DB and DSIL couldn't leave until 5 PM. The kids would be home at 3 PM and we'd be off. Great plan right? Yep, until my MIL showed up 5 minutes after I got back. I hadn't seen her in a year and she shows up now. Apparently she had stopped at Chris's work and they said he had left for the day. So we told her that we were about to leave for camping. She didn't care and made herself to home. As my stress levels increased I tried to be gracious. Apparently they are planning to buy a house and are in the process of looking for one. Why they would decide to buy at this point in their lives is beyond me. During the visit she also pointed out that she needed an oil change. So whether the visit was needing an oil change or starting to look for moving help we still are debating. She was her usual negative self, but apparently Chris isn't taking it anymore and for each negative he had a comeback. The good news is that these came while I was off getting them a drink or greeting the kids from the bus She can't blame it on me By 3:30 I was not so happy and the camper was still not packed though I had excused myself a few times and stuck more things out there. Chris finally told her that we needed to get on the road so they made a slow exit. We threw the coffin in the truck with parts of Nick's costume and were on our way. About half way there I realized that I had forgotten my camera. I called my SIL and she had hers packed so I would need to rely on her for photos. (I'll post some once she shares them with me). We made good time and arrived at the campgroud with daylight to burn. It was much colder there then at home so a wardrobe change was in order. There would be no swimming this weekend. My mother had brought pizzas for dinner so we split them between the 2 campers and heated them up. We decided to eat before DB and DSIL arrived, but we saved them plenty. The evening activity was a haunted trail. In the past these have ranged from very scary to mildly entertaining, but we always go. We had enough time after dinner for a nice walk around the campground. DB and DSIL showed up and got there camp set up while we got the campfire going. We were very close to the rec center so we could see where people would be lining up for the haunted trail. They would transport groups via a tractor pulled trailer then we would get off and walk the trail. Usually we wait to late and have to wait in a very long line. This year we ran over as soon as people began to appear. This put us on the first trailer Chris is not into the haunted trail so he decided to take our boys to play mini golf. The boys usually don't want to do the trail anyway. Papa stayed by the campfire with Summer and the rest of us did the trail. It was pretty lame this year, but the first scene was cool. They had dug a big hole and placed a mesh grate over it. We walked onto the grate and strobe lights came on and people in the hole were staring up at us in Scream type costumes. From there it went downhill. A fortune teller, a room of fake body parts, a room with plastic hanging down (reminded me of a car wash) and a room where they threw rubber snakes at you. My nephew was with us and he was scared while it was happening, but once we were out he said "that's it " It was a hike back to the camper. The mini golf was done and Chris had won. We told them about the trail and now Colby wanted to go. We sat by the fire and my Mom brought out a birthday cake for me. My birthday isn't until Tuesday, but it was nice of her to do it. After cake and ice cream the line for the trail was dwendling so Chris and I decided to take Colby. Summer decided to come too. Colby and Summer were scared, more by their imaginations than anything else. They both clung to us. I ended up carrying Colby through most of it, but he is really too heavy to carry. Chris carried him at the end. We finished the trail and he announced that it was "boring". He did mention that he might have "night mirrors" though We headed back and went off to bed.

 

[my3princes]

Colby did wake up during the night and he ended up crawling into bed with Nick No "night mirrors" though. It started raining about 1 AM and it hadn't slowed down. We got up around 8:30 and my SIL was making waffles for breakfast. I sent all the boys over while I folded blankets and got dressed. It was nice that we had split the meals up and I knew mine was coming for dinner. After breakfast we went back to our camper and played board games. We ate lunch with my Parents, Mom made grilled cheese sandwiches, yummy. After lunch my parents headed off to an 80th birthday party. The rain had stopped at least for the moment. I managed to get the awning opened and put up my new mickey awning lights (Christmas lights) and my Mickey and Donald jackolanterns. The rain came back. The next break in rain we headed over to play mini golf. There were 11 of us as my cousins little boy wanted to play with us. His family was camping a few sites up. By hole 4 it was raining again. Thankfully our camper was close by so I ran and got our rain coats. We finished the game in intermittent rain. I started gathering the picnic tables from our sites and we dug our grill out. Inside I made the halloween punches (one for the kids and one for the adults). I also started getting all the halloween goodies together. I had made most of our dinner at home as I knew it would take way too long in my little camper. Chris cooked the burgers while I headed things up. I added the cheese with the faces cut out and melted it onto the burgers. We had "head" cheese (cottage cheese with food coloring), "maggotroni" and cheese (kraft mac and chees with orzo noodles sprinkled on top), monster fingers and guts (garlic bread sticks with pepperoni finger nails stuck into a bowl of pizza sauce sprinkled with mozzerella cheese), monster toes (basically pigs in a blanket), jackolantern burgers, jiggler eyeballs, baked beans with a bread spider to decorate, ritz peanut butter and pretzel spiders (made by SIL), pretzela and fruit roll up broomstick (also by SIL). Dinner was a lot of fun and we had tons of leftovers. I promise to post pictures when I get them. After clean up it was time to get the kids into their costumes. This is a lengthy process, but I managed just as trick or treat started. Hunter was a dashing pirate, Nick wore his Mexican Fiesta outfit and Colby was a huge hit riding in his coffin (in a wagon) as Count Dracula. Everyone kept stopping us to find out what was in the coffin which slowed down trick or treating considerably. We did a loop of the campground, but missed 2/3 of the campground as we ran out of time. Then it was back to the camper to get Nick into his Monster/Dinner costume. Chris put his Ghoul costume on and brought the boys up while I was transformed into Cruella De Vil. I made it to the party well before the costume contest. The kids were first and they tried to make them walk around the room, but there were more kids then space so it didn't work very well. In the end Nick took first place and Colby took second. Summer wore the Christmas tree costume and we expected that she would win based on all the comments that she got, but she didn't. I think that if the lights were out she would have fared better. Oh well we won 2 out of 3 prized. Chris and I did not win in the adult competition, but we really didn't expect to. It was well after 9 by that point. We went back to the camper and undressed. The boys headed to grammy's with the yatzee game which gave me opportunity to put the costumes and dinner remains away. My camper was covered with stuff from one end to the other. It only took a few minutes to right everything. It was about that time that we realized that we had no heat. The propane had run out. Chris took the propane tank from the grill and attached it to the camper and we were good to go again . Oh I forgot to mention that we enjoyed our dirt desserts between trick or treat and the costume party. It was very yummy. Once the yatzee game was done we all crashed and were sleeping in no time.

 

[mommykds]

Would love to see them!


There-as in WDW or ASMu family suites? Would love to see you!

WDW, I am still deciding on August or end of Sept. But if we are there in August, I'd love to get together again!

Deb,
Sorry you had such crappy customers.

Hmmmm..is someone excited about going?


Debbie,
Loving your TR & pictures!!!!

 

[MrsHeg]

After the parade at MGM, we went back to POP for a short rest, then it was back to the Magic Kingdom for dinner at Crystal Palace, we arrived just as the afternoon show was going on,

We had a little time before we had to check for our ADR, so we headed for the Jungle Cruise, as we hadn't been on it yet. On the way we ran into these two, Rafiki is quite a character and really loves tattoos, so he had to check out PawPaw's, he then took Brandon's pen and pretended to draw a tattoo on Timone, Brandon tells everyone about that.

There was no wait at all for the Jungle Cruise, it's always fun to see something through the eyes of a child. When we got to the headhunter's our guide told us to "duck" Brandon ducked quick, and the look on his face was priceless, he was sure we were done for,

After the ride it was time to check in at CP, I had it noted that we were celebrating Brandon's birthday, so when we got to our table it was decorated with confetti, streamers, and a flower pinwheel.

Our first visitor was Piglet,

Up until now Brandon hadn't participated in any of the kid parades in the restaurants, but he wanted to do this one,

And here's a cuddly photo of our next visitor,

And of course Pooh,

Our server brought out a cupcake for Brandon, and then she sang Zip a-dee-doo-dah to him and the table next to us who were celebrating their anniversary. She did a great job and several of the tables clapped for her. This got Brandon and PawPaw singing this song, and they did it quite frequently after that night, actually they sang it together again this weekend. I have to say that we lucked out with our servers this trip and we left an extra tip for each of them.

And last but not least, the bouncy one,

We wanted to call it an early night but we hadn't done Philharmagic yet, so we headed out for that one, Brandon wanted to ride Peter Pan, but the line was huge, and I can't stand the way they crowd you into those narrow passageways, especially with the heat, so we passed on that one, did Philharmagic and headed for Buzz afterwards. The park was really crowded that night, I realized later that it was because of Night of Joy the next two nights and there would be no Spectro parade. Standby for Buzz was 10 minutes so we got in line, well it broke down while we were in line and it took at least 30, then it broke down while we were on it, so it turned out to be a long Buzz ride. We managed to make it out of the park just in front of the parade. Brandon made friends with two children in line for the bus and they wanted to sit together on the ride back to POP, they talked about all the things they had done, and when Brandon mentioned IASW, the other little boy said that it was a baby ride, so if you mention IASW Brandon now tells you that it is a baby ride.

After his bath that night I asked Brandon if he was having a little fun at Disney, he told me no, he was having a LOT of fun, made my day!

Up next, Day 5 - Epcot

 

[my3princes]

We were up around 7:30. We knew that this was our last trip which meant that we needed to get everything as clean as possible for winter. Once home we would not have sewer hookup which meant we couldn't run water to clean anything or it would freeze in the holding tanks over the winter. Chris worked on the outside and I worked on the kitchen and bathroom. The goal was to be done by 9:30 as we wanted to go to the corn maze and I had to be home and at work by 4. I knew that I could do the vacuuming and mopping etc at home. We finished just at 9:30 and loaded into the trucks. Dad would head straight home as he had no interest in being lost in a field of corn. My Mother and her friend went with my DB. We entered the maze at 10:15. Mom's friend is very overweight and she lasted less than 1/2 then headed out the safety exit. She would wait at the entrance for us. We were in 2 teams and the competition was tough, both teams determined to beat the other, until we ran into each other near the start about 1/2 into it and both had made no progress. We did figure out that there was only one path we hadn't explored from there so we all went together. We would break up and go down several path at once, usually finding dead ends and one path that would work. After 1 hour and 26 minutes we made it out According to the owners that was not a bad time. It was long enough though as Colby's feet started bothering him during the maze so Chris and I took turns carrying him and did I mention that he is HEAVY. We explored the rest of the activities then headed out. They had a farm stand set up just outside and it was all for a fundraiser. They had samples of everything and it was delicious. I bought a jar of maple peanut butter, raspberry jam and hot jelly. Then it was back to the camper for a quick lunch of leftovers and a trip home. We arrived home at 2:45 and decided that only the laundry need to come in. I need to shower before work. At 3:20 my SIL called to see if we could watch their kids as my DB had managed to put a gash in his head working on their garage door. He needed stitches. Their kids came over and Chris had all 5 since I was headed to work. Turns out he needed 4 stitches and they were back in less than 2 hours which is great time for an emergency room visit.

All in all it was a great weekend. Now I can focus on my October WDW trip and I can start planning the 3 week WDW vacation for next summer. I will need lots of 4th of July decorations for our site and golf cart. I guess I'd better start obsessing...I mean plannning

 

[tinknme]

Deb sounds like you all had a fun weekend! Nick & Colby, can't wait to see the costumes. Bummer about your camera, hopefully you will have pics soon to share!

The maple peanut butter sounds so good, I love maple. Please let me know what you think(not that we have any around here lol).

 

[mommykds]

After his bath that night I asked Brandon if he was having a little fun at Disney, he told me no, he was having a LOT of fun, made my day!

Up next, Day 5 - Epcot

What a great feeling that must have been!

All in all it was a great weekend. Now I can focus on my October WDW trip and I can start planning the 3 week WDW vacation for next summer. I will need lots of 4th of July decorations for our site and golf cart. I guess I'd better start obsessing...I mean plannning

Glad you had fun, & yes it is time to start obsessing about next summer!

 

[tinknme]

Debbie, Brandon is so sweet looking. He is so lucky to have both of you

Keep the TR & pictures coming

 

[Pooh67_68]

Deb, glad that you all had a good time. Congrats to Nick and Hunter on winning for their costumes.

 

[yellowfish78]

Bernadette (and Elizabeth) - the pics from www.wdwinfo.com are current and they show more angles than mine - as well as the beds opened in the living room. Check those out!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Deb, glad that you all had a good time. Congrats to Nick and Hunter on winning for their costumes.

Sounds like a good weekend, despite the rain. Glad you all had fun!

Bernadette (and Elizabeth) - the pics from www.wdwinfo.com are current and they show more angles than mine - as well as the beds opened in the living room. Check those out!

I'll have to look at them. We probably won't ever stay there, but I like to look at the different rooms.

Debbie - More cute pics! I can't wait to go back!

I took Princess to school, mailed a couple of packages for Momboss, and went to Target. Now I am just hanging out.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Hi everyone-
i didnt get a chance to check in this morning so awnted to stop in and say hello now im on break for another 20 minutes and then its back to work--today actually went pretty quick, so hopefully that keeps on going quick til 5!

I think im going to stay in tonight--i didnt sleep well last night and my brother called and woke me early because heforgot something he needed for work--ugh!

Hope yo uare all having a good day

 

[MrsHeg]

Day 5 - Epcot

Brandon woke up congested and with a cough this morning, so we decided to take it easy and get a later start. Well now DH gets why I always get us up and out early, by the time we got to the bus stop it was crowded and already hot.

Since it was later in the day I knew we would have to use the fastpass system. So the boys stopped to play in innoventions while I headed over to get FP for Soarin'. I got the passes and the return time wasn't that far off so I went back to get the boys and head over to Nemo, Brandon wasn't really happy about leaving Innoventions so he wasn't cooperating in this picture.

We rode Nemo, did Turtle Talk, Brandon really got a kick out of the bikini. Then it was time to ride Soarin', this one was a hit with the little guy also, we were in row three on the end concourse so I think we had the worst seats in the house, but we still enjoyed it. After leaving Soarin' we had lunch at Sunshine Seasons, I know a lot of people like it but it was the worst meal we had all week. After lunch the boys went back to play at innoventions while I went to get Test Track fastpasses.

When it was our return time for Test Track I drug the boys out of Innoventions, which gave me a good idea for Brandon's Christmas present, he just loved the Ratatouille game, and we headed over to Test Track, we stopped to get a FP for MS before riding TT. We didn't sit in the front seat so Brandon didn't get to drive, but he loved it anyway. We didn't have too long before our MS return time so we went to Ellen's Universe of Energy, I knew Brandon would enjoy the Dinosaurs and he did. From there it was on to Mission Space, Brandon was in the Pilot's seat and he couldn't have been more thrilled, we were on the Green Team, no way was I going to take him on the Orange one. We had to help our Pilot our during the mission, he could reach the joy stick but he couldn't reach the buttons, , you'll be glad to know we made it through.

It was another scorcher of a day so we decided some Icee's would be good, we headed over to Club Cool and got two Icee's and a bottle of water. One of the Icee's we got in the character cup, we got him Stitch on our last trip so we got Mickey this time. The water was for Brandon, he prefers water to a lot of other drinks, so who am I to argue? I think it's great that he doen't like soda, and sugary drinks. It's water, milk and juice for him. Now last year when we got our Icee's here we ended up throwing most of them out as they were pretty bad, I thought it was just an isolated incident but they were bad this year too and we didn't finish them.

After our Icee break we headed over to Journey into Imagination, Brandon just loved Figment. On the way home from the airport he saw a sign that had an upside down letter on it, he asked who I thought tipped that letter over, I said maybe the wind, he said he knew who did it, Thingment!

He had a great time playing in the area after the ride also,

We went over to Figment's place and got his autograph next,

When we came out of Figment's place they were loading up HISYA, so off we went. This one still makes him a little nervous with the lion and the snake, but he enjoys it. We had to check out all the fountains after we came out, if you see a small child with their hands in a fountain, don't walk up beside them, a girll walked up next to Brandon right after I took this shot and got pretty wet when he splashed the water, I really don't think he know that she was there, but I did give him the appropriate we have to be careful about splashing others lecture. I'm sure she dried quickly in the heat.

 

[my3princes]

Day 5 - Epcot

Brandon woke up congested and with a cough this morning, so we decided to take it easy and get a later start. Well now DH gets why I always get us up and out early, by the time we got to the bus stop it was crowded and already hot.

Since it was later in the day I knew we would have to use the fastpass system. So the boys stopped to play in innoventions while I headed over to get FP for Soarin'. I got the passes and the return time wasn't that far off so I went back to get the boys and head over to Nemo, Brandon wasn't really happy about leaving Innoventions so he wasn't cooperating in this picture.

We rode Nemo, did Turtle Talk, Brandon really got a kick out of the bikini. Then it was time to ride Soarin', this one was a hit with the little guy also, we were in row three on the end concourse so I think we had the worst seats in the house, but we still enjoyed it. After leaving Soarin' we had lunch at Sunshine Seasons, I know a lot of people like it but it was the worst meal we had all week. After lunch the boys went back to play at innoventions while I went to get Test Track fastpasses.

When it was our return time for Test Track I drug the boys out of Innoventions, which gave me a good idea for Brandon's Christmas present, he just loved the Ratatouille game, and we headed over to Test Track, we stopped to get a FP for MS before riding TT. We didn't sit in the front seat so Brandon didn't get to drive, but he loved it anyway. We didn't have too long before our MS return time so we went to Ellen's Universe of Energy, I knew Brandon would enjoy the Dinosaurs and he did. From there it was on to Mission Space, Brandon was in the Pilot's seat and he couldn't have been more thrilled, we were on the Green Team, no way was I going to take him on the Orange one. We had to help our Pilot our during the mission, he could reach the joy stick but he couldn't reach the buttons, , you'll be glad to know we made it through.

It was another scorcher of a day so we decided some Icee's would be good, we headed over to Club Cool and got two Icee's and a bottle of water. One of the Icee's we got in the character cup, we got him Stitch on our last trip so we got Mickey this time. The water was for Brandon, he prefers water to a lot of other drinks, so who am I to argue? I think it's great that he doen't like soda, and sugary drinks. It's water, milk and juice for him. Now last year when we got our Icee's here we ended up throwing most of them out as they were pretty bad, I thought it was just an isolated incident but they were bad this year too and we didn't finish them.

After our Icee break we headed over to Journey into Imagination, Brandon just loved Figment. On the way home from the airport he saw a sign that had an upside down letter on it, he asked who I thought tipped that letter over, I said maybe the wind, he said he knew who did it, Thingment!

He had a great time playing in the area after the ride also,

We went over to Figment's place and got his autograph next,

When we came out of Figment's place they were loading up HISYA, so off we went. This one still makes him a little nervous with the lion and the snake, but he enjoys it. We had to check out all the fountains after we came out, if you see a small child with their hands in a fountain, don't walk up beside them, a girll walked up next to Brandon right after I took this shot and got pretty wet when he splashed the water, I really don't think he know that she was there, but I did give him the appropriate we have to be careful about splashing others lecture. I'm sure she dried quickly in the heat.

Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to go back. We were reading the LTD catalogue this weekend and there was an upsidedown Christmas Tree. Immediately we decided that it must have been designed by Figment

I can't post the photo, but here is the link:

http://www.ltdcommodities.com/home/...Rec=1&Ntt=Upside+down+tree&N=37&Nao=0&R=20320

 

[MrsHeg]

We had ADR's at Garden Grill for dinner so we headed back over to the land, we grabbed fastpassed for Soarin' for after dinner. I had told Brandon that we would go on a ride that showed us where Mickey grew the vegetables that we would be having for dinner so we rode Living with the Land, and we came upon this Hidden Mickey,

There was no wait for the ride so we still had some time before our ADR, it was convenient to go to Circle of Life, and a good way to keep a 5 year old occupied. After the show we checked in for our ADR and were told it would be 15 to 20 minutes, this Kidcot station was another good place to keep a 5 year old busy.

It wasn't long before we were seated, we enjoyed the meal here, I only wish that there were another selection on dressing for the salad, I'm just not too crazy about the sweet vinagrettes, maybe they do have an alternate, I just didn't ask. The biscuits were delicious! Here is our first visitor,

Fresh from the farm it's the Big Cheese himself,

And Pluto,

I had to include this one, he's actually smiling,

The kid's desert here is a cupcake that they decorate themselves, what a great idea, I'm sure all the kid's love it, Brandon sure did, here he is showing off his creation,

And here we are with another visit from Pluto, once again I was sticking to my guns about not rushing so all the characters came around a second time.

Right after Pluto left the table, Brandon stood up and held his stomach and said his stomach hurt, I told DH to take him and run to the bathroom, if there's one thing I know about my grandson, when he holds his stomach like that and says it hurts, it's not long before things "erupt". I stayed and took care of the bill, signing the DDP anyway, and left an additional tip for our server who did a great job. I ran into the boys coming back as I was exiting the restaurant, they had just made it in the restroom when he got sick, DH did his best to clean it up and washed Brandon's face and hands, and then they came back. To look at Brandon you would never know he had just been ill, he told me he felt fine, so we opted to go ahead and use the Soarin' fastpasses. There was a group of kid's in front of us, with a couple of women behind them and then us. One of the women seemed completely put out that she was surrounded by small children and made a big show of moving back in the line to get away from them. Can you imagine children being at Disney? Ok, off my soapbox now, I was very nercous about Brandon riding but he did fine, we immediately left the park afterwards and headed back to POP. I bathed Brandon, gave him some Benadryl, and her crashed for the night.

If your wondering why he's on the floor, we decided to bring an air mattress for him, he "travels" during his sleep and I thought it would be best. It doesn't really fit in the space, so we didn't fill it completely and curved it into the side of the bed, it works like a charm.

Up next, day 6, our final park day