The Return of the Asian-Feb 2010. 4/14-LINK TO PART 2-pg 249

[Millie12591]

i love living with the land as well, it is a great ride and must for me, i love the learning.

never been to vegas, candi and i want to go sometime, but prob when we are older.

Save yourself the wasted time and money. I think you would be embarassed for Candi's sake when they start handing you these business cards on the street with half naked women on them with a # to hire an "escort," for the evening and I don't mean the kind that Rosie is going to be!
Most people drop the cards on the ground and then you have all these "eyes," looking up at you when you walk along the drag. I don't think I've ever had the emotions of disgust and hilarity at the same time.
I went only because a friend I had known for most of my life lived there and she was about to get married and wanted a girls weekend with another mutual childhood friend of ours, we pretty much held up in the suit all weekend drinking wine and talking of days long ago.
Otherwise I would never have gone or will go again. I don't think I ever felt such a heavy disgust reaction being in a town like I did there, I'm not a prude, but sometimes there's a presence in places that make you feel extremely unsettled. This place had it in spades....no pun intended.

I want to do the Behind the Seeds tour they have...how nerdy is that.

Not nerdy at all! In fact if you haven't gone on the tour by the Peeps fest I would love to go through it with you, I'm nerdy that way too. Oh! I forgot, it's not nerdy.

"Seems" being the key word... she was our little angel but is now turning into an adorable (when she wants to be) little screamer (sometimes just for the fun of it) who gives a mean stink eye when she doesn't get her way and has been known to give quite a whack to whatever (or whomever) she's mad at.

She's like a car alarm... try to take away something she wants and she let's out a blood curdling screech - "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" that would frighten away the bravest of men (or older sibling). Ha ha ha ha. That little girl can hold her own, I'm telling you.

I know this isn't funny to you, but I've been there and I promise you it does end as long as you address it and don't give in. My son was a hitter, it took a bit but we got there. Sounds like she's championing for position, and she's figure out a way that works! Smart little cookie. One of the best ways we found when we took something from one of the kids was to make sure you had something they could have to put into hand that was just as interesting, usually worked like a charm....a trick I'm sure you know well by now.

NOTHING strikes fear into the heart of a parent more than a lost child.

Boy isn't that truth...like the time we were driving down the street and seeing a little two or three year old riding his big wheel down the middle of the busy street. I can't imagine what was going through the parents head when this child went missing long enough to be where he was. Imagine the heartattack the parents had when they found out where he was found!

Rosie, that is hilarious (about the deliberate wandering off and paging you - not the first time wandering off...)! She knew how the system works!

Another smart cookie!

True true to all of the above!! I don't know what I would have done if he had been gone for longer since I'm not sure where he would have tried to go... guess we should train them on what to do... you never think about it until it happens. Thankfully he didn't get far and no one took him or anything... but yes, those few minutes you don't know where they are FREAKS YOU OUT.... heart pounding... scary Thankfully sounds like we all had happy endings, I can't imagine those parents whose stories aren't so happy. The world is a scary place.

Something almost every parent goes through even for a few seconds.
Reminds me of the time my grandmother drove off from the grocery store without me! She thought I was in the car with her in all the hustle and bustle of getting the groceries done and in. But! Alas, I was standing in the store window watching her drive away, the fear from this has never left me and made me stick close to my granny when I was out with her there after. The fear goes both ways, and hopefully it will stick with Dylan just enough so he won't wonder away from your side in the future. Poor mama, I know how that feels.

I forgot to mention we trained Mackenzie to go to another Mama. "Look for another mommy with a stroller or lots of kids and or a police officer, if your in a mall go straight to the counter of the store and tell them your lost and they will call me." I even made her memorize my name (how many kids actually know mom's full name when little) and our phone number as she was old enough to remember it. I would walk up to police officers and security in the mall and out loud say infront of them this is the nice officer your suppose to go to if you get lost from mommy and introduced them. I think it helped break the ice and to know they aren't to be feared. They were always kind and thoughtful to play along.

 

[DisneyDerek]

Derek was experimenting with his camera..

Oooo, what kind? I still haven't chosen my DSLR.

Nikon D90....would love to upgrade to D300s but not in the cards right now. Has 12 megapixles and shoots video.

 

[Millie12591]

I think I'd be the one traumatized! Glad it was only a short little moment of fear. I am still thinking seriously of renting a GPS for Tessa. She has no fear in strange places or with strange people.

It's probably not a bad idea, I always think it's better to caution on the over protective side....of course without going nuts. My 17 year old knows what the light of day looks like inspite of me wanting to hug him all the time and wanting him to be at home safely wrapped in bubble wrap.

 

[winkers]

[Is anyone else mesmerized by the Victoria Secrets "nakeds" commercials? Yeah, didn't think so...anyways......

I'm trying to figure out if that has something to do with the vegas dilema, or is it just a random thought you wanted to throw in there for slow people like me to spend hours trying to figure out where it fits in to things, before giving up and asking a stupid question....

 

[orangecats2]

Hi Jordan! I am a lurker and don't often write. But I just read your current TR. I don't think I ever finished your last one.
I really want to go to Peep Fest! My DH and I both turn 40 that year! His birthday is actually June 27th so I wouldn't mind going around then. We would only do the land portion. My birthday's not until December so obviously his birthday coinsides with Peep Fest - what a coincidence!
Although I would be up for going in February instead but not sure I want to be there when it's so cold. So I will have to think about it.

 

[MeMom]

Chapter 17. Fish are friends.

I LOVE aquariums. I am one of those annoying people who have to look at EVERY exhibit and reading every placard.
Erin LOVED all the quizzes and touch screen thingys. We had to tear her away.

On our way out, Erin and Dylan learned a bit about sharks...

I had my usual Peep Fare....Cashew Chicken with mixed veggies and noodles..mmmm.

I guess it's the teacher in me, but I'm an information reader, too. I want to know all about what I am looking at, and then I love going back and sharing with my students. We do the quizzes, too. I so often am thinking how much I would love to pack ALL of my students up and take them to WDW with me.

In all this time, I have never even paid attention to the fact that there is Cashew Chicken at Sunshine Seasons. I love that, but I discovered the Rotisserie Chicken there and have never looked any further! Now that I have been enlightened, I will be trying the Cashew Chicken. I hope it it every bit as good as what our city's little Chinese place has.

 

[hucifer]

As you know, when you travel with a larger group which include kids, whenever you leave an attraction or a meal or the restroom or the room or the bus or the car or the tram or the ferry or the plane, you have to get the stroller situated, the kids situated, the leftovers situated, the purse situated, the diaper bag situated, the shopping bags situated, the extra blankets situated, the sippy cups situated...

Fortunately, I have no idea on this and will have to take your word. I haven't been to WDW with children yet, but I have to say that this paragraph had me laughing. It probably takes forever to get anywhere with so many children and strollers!

 

[hucifer]

I'm trying to figure out if that has something to do with the vegas dilema, or is it just a random thought you wanted to throw in there for slow people like me to spend hours trying to figure out where it fits in to things, before giving up and asking a stupid question....

You're not alone.

 

[Must C Mickey]

Just wanted to say Happy Easter and figured this was pretty appropriate for you...Peeps Sushi!

 

[burly]

had to use the handy link. sigh.
nice update, thanks, again for all of them.

 

[YukiPhnx]

Again, I go away for a day and nearly 10 posts pop up! But yay, there's an update!

I can even go back to displays I've already seen and look at them again and read the placards AGAIN.....

I'm JUST like that! Except at a museum. I LOVE the museum in Toronto. I go a lot, and even though I've read EVERYTHING there, I still always re-read everything.

I loved Vegas when I visited. For me, Vegas is all about the resort hopping (to use a WDW term). Those hotels are SOO beautifully themed! My mom's favourite is the Venetian, where they have an actual canal in the hotel and gondolas you can ride!

I love Caesar's Palace because I'm just a fan of ancient Rome and the detail in that resort is just amazing. The theming at a top Vegas resort certainly rivals those at WDW. The service was very good too.

@Must C Mickey, that picture is SOOO CUUUTE! It also looks extremely delicious

@Wendy, when my sister was younger, she was NOTORIOUS for wandering off and getting lost. It happened so often that we just stopped worrying about it But for Dylan to be lost, that must've been really scary.

One time back in China, when my sister was about 4 yrs old, she went to the public pool with my grandpa and lost him! She then accidentally held onto some strangers hand because she thought it was out grandpa, but after realizing it wasn't, quickly let go. Eventually, my grandpa did find her. But can you imagine what would've happened if she didn't let go of that strangers hand?

QUESTION: How do you guys do multiple quotes in one post??

 

[Poolrat]

Sorry to hear Dylan wandered off in the Land that place is always crowded.

Even with teenagers we go through there "in formation" one parent ,one teen ( to keep things even )

Our first trip DS 4 was the one who got a way. AK just opened and we were walking towards FOLK and the Pocahontas show just got out.

DS stopped to pull up his sock ( little OCD there ) and when he looked up we were gone. Well being the thirtsy boy he is he found a "mommy look alike" with a water bottle and tried to grab it thinking it was me!
That kind woman brought him to the CM just outside Pocohontas and that is where we doubled back to. A grand total of maybe 30 sec.

We did the "training" right away- Hotel quiz ( before everyone had cell phones) name and go to the CM and show them the name tag.

We also took a digital picture every morning so we had a current picture with the current clothes they were wearing. I have enough trouble looking at what I am wearing much less the kids and when panicked....

We were ( and still are ) worried about DD wandering- everyone goes right , she goes left Now that she is driving we had the " talk" about what to do when you get lost. We have tried to get her from point A to B by phone several times. Even with a GPS ( we did not buy that for her, I prefer she learn mapping skills) and google directions she has failed to reach her destination many times.

 

[GeminiAngel]

I'm trying to figure out if that has something to do with the vegas dilema, or is it just a random thought you wanted to throw in there for slow people like me to spend hours trying to figure out where it fits in to things, before giving up and asking a stupid question....

Oh yea, I meant to bring this up too.
All I could figure is he was watching TV while Dis'ing and saw the commerical while typing.

 

[WendyO]

I lost my oldest DS twice in Okinawa! No wonder we don't see him much now, and he doesn't let us babysit much!

First time - 3 yrs old - about 3 mos. into our tour, we went to an outdoor arcade/slick car track place. No English spoken there. As we were leaving, we stopped to watch one more race, then We went out to the car, I put DS, 1 in the car seat and we drove away. About 3 miles up the road I looked back and DS3s seat was empty! "Where is Ryan?" "Didn't you have him?" "No, I had Mark - I thought you had him!" SCREECH of tires - racing back - I jumped out and ran in - to find a sweet little Japanese lady, very old and barely bigger than our little boy - holding his hand and patting it, and speaking to him in Kanji. He really didn't seem to be scared at all!

**Flash forward a year - I'm at the only toy store on base for the whole Island - 4 bases - THE day the toys come in for Christmas.... They found him asleep in the back seat of my car (which I thought I had locked) in 90 degree weather. Thank God he had woke up too hot and opened the door. God is good enough to watch over our children when these things happen!

Ok - funny about your comment about "no wonder he doesn't let you babysit much..." - but not funny about losing him! Yowza! I can't imagine driving off and that sudden realization you don't have him with you!! It's like that movie Home Alone... scarrrrrrry. And amazing about the second one how he found the car!! God does protect them when we aren't around... thankfully!

I think I'd be the one traumatized! Glad it was only a short little moment of fear. I am still thinking seriously of renting a GPS for Tessa. She has no fear in strange places or with strange people.

I know, our kids are very friendly with whomever they are around - which normally is a good thing - eventually that might not be so good because they are more apt to willingly go off with people... yowza. Already I'm constantly telling Erin to stop sharing so much information with random people who probably don't care... Ha.

It's true, you don't think about it. We lost Eric twice last year, once at WDW. Thankfully the training WAS there but still, it could have been ugly. Even with the training, they are depending on strangers, who may or may not be the right people to help them! I still worry about losing him and he is 9 1/2 now. But in his own world.....

Drilling cell phone numbers into their heads is a very good thing is all I have to say.

I agree on the cell phone numbers. My friend used to have cards that the kids would carry (before they were old enough to memorize them) with her cell phone on them. Once Erin was at the top of the mountain skiing and the instructor needed to contact me and she gave him my cell phone number. So I guess it actually works sometimes! And yeah, it's hard to explain to a kid who is a good person to go to and who might not be... so even that is scary about them just going to any grownup and telling them that they're lost.

I know this isn't funny to you, but I've been there and I promise you it does end as long as you address it and don't give in. My son was a hitter, it took a bit but we got there. Sounds like she's championing for position, and she's figure out a way that works! Smart little cookie.

Yeah, hopefully it's just a way of jockeying for position... but hopefully we can curb that before damage is done... it is a little funny at the moment (such emotion from such a little girl) but not so much when we think this could evolve... ha.

Something almost every parent goes through even for a few seconds.
Reminds me of the time my grandmother drove off from the grocery store without me! She thought I was in the car with her in all the hustle and bustle of getting the groceries done and in. But! Alas, I was standing in the store window watching her drive away, the fear from this has never left me and made me stick close to my granny when I was out with her there after. The fear goes both ways, and hopefully it will stick with Dylan just enough so he won't wonder away from your side in the future. Poor mama, I know how that feels.

I forgot to mention we trained Mackenzie to go to another Mama. "Look for another mommy with a stroller or lots of kids and or a police officer, if your in a mall go straight to the counter of the store and tell them your lost and they will call me." I even made her memorize my name (how many kids actually know mom's full name when little) and our phone number as she was old enough to remember it. I would walk up to police officers and security in the mall and out loud say infront of them this is the nice officer your suppose to go to if you get lost from mommy and introduced them. I think it helped break the ice and to know they aren't to be feared. They were always kind and thoughtful to play along.

Those are great ideas!! And unfortunately, the incident didn't cause Dylan to stay with me more than normal. Ha ha ha ha. I did ask him about that day and he said "yeah, i remember that...." but didn't seem to bother him much.
Oh well.

 

[Poolrat]

I agree on the cell phone numbers. My friend used to have cards that the kids would carry (before they were old enough to memorize them) with her cell phone on them. Once Erin was at the top of the mountain skiing and the instructor needed to contact me and she gave him my cell phone number. So I guess it actually works sometimes! And yeah, it's hard to explain to a kid who is a good person to go to and who might not be... so even that is scary about them just going to any grownup and telling them that they're lost.

Oh yes I am also the parent whos child, DD this time, disappeared after a ski lesson. She figured she was done and wanted to ski more so she did!!!
I think we had everyone out on the mountain looking for her. I was kind of mad at the instructor for not counting those heads and making sure they all made it up and stayed there until parents made contact!

We did the card thing too. That time she did not even think she was lost, she knew where she was.

Ahhh Independant children!

 

[englishrose47]

Rosie, that is hilarious (about the deliberate wandering off and paging you - not the first time wandering off...)! She knew how the system works!









True true to all of the above!! I don't know what I would have done if he had been gone for longer since I'm not sure where he would have tried to go... guess we should train them on what to do... you never think about it until it happens. Thankfully he didn't get far and no one took him or anything... but yes, those few minutes you don't know where they are FREAKS YOU OUT.... heart pounding... scary Thankfully sounds like we all had happy endings, I can't imagine those parents whose stories aren't so happy. The world is a scary place.

Train them to find a Fireman who will give them POP!!!

 

[englishrose47]

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QUESTION: How do you guys do multiple quotes in one post??

Hit the middle quote button instead of the quote until you are ready for the final quote !!! Okay Appause here Rosie is answering a TECH question

 

[kmpprg]

Hi Jordan, I have been busy but still reading along.
Derek and Wendy, your children are sweet-it is scary when they wander off, even for a few moments. That is the nice thing about strollers-you know they are in them when you are walking along. Sunshine Seasons is always so chaotic too.
I already read 7 TRs seriously, and now you are giving us a new list!
I hope you have some down time over this Easter weekend. We are packed today, and with the no meat Friday, I was not expecting so many people ordering so many ribs and pulled pork. It is helpful that it is 83 degrees here-yep, 83 in Western Pa on April 2!

 

[*Seanaci*]

Even the Easter Bunny is a PEEP!!

Love it.

Vegas before the economic downturn was NUTS!!!! NUTS...

Weekends were CRAZY. You have a vice...come to vegas....


Sorry about the sickness going around...stay healthy.

The only time I was ever in Vegas was when I flew to see my DH (back then he was DBF). He lived in Kingman Arizona, and the Vegas airport was about 2 hours closer than Phoenix.

I think it's safe to say that DS and I are in the clear. I've not been feeling sick the last 24 hours...and it appears DS is the same way. Wish I could say the same for our allergies though. However, I'd rather deal with runny noses and watery eyes because our allergies are kicking into gear than stomach bugs.

Of course the real question is, which pair of Chonies is he wearing the fountain?

Lol.

So a little off topic here but the thought of Nemo makes me laugh. We decided before Aj was born to do a Nemo theme in his room. During his surgery stays he watches Nemo on continuous loop. When we were at WDW in 2008 we rode the boats to get somewhere......I cant remember when, where, or why. Well, I figured it was a perfect time for a diaper change. It was only us on the boat so I had DH change him. I had to snap pictures of the "butt" on the "butt". If you guys remember, In the movie they called the boat a butt. I think that is my favorite picture I took there. Aj laughes and blushes when he sees it now. He even calls boats butts!!!!!!!!

Also, Nemo is one of my top 5 at WDW. I love how they put animation with live fish. It was a very relaxing ride and I love everything about it.

I'd much rather my kiddos choice of continueous movie play be Nemo. His is Cars.

Nikon D90....would love to upgrade to D300s but not in the cards right now. Has 12 megapixles and shoots video.

I'd LOVE to get a nice camera like you have (or what others have). But I'm not sure I'd be able to fully use all it's functions.

Just wanted to say Happy Easter and figured this was pretty appropriate for you...Peeps Sushi!

Too Cute!

Hit the middle quote button instead of the quote until you are ready for the final quote !!! Okay Appause here Rosie is answering a TECH question

Good job, Rosie!! Gold Star for you.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We'll be super busy. I need to put together the Hndy Manny tool bench we got for my nephew before Sunday, color eggs with my kiddo tomorrow, clean up the yard so the kids can hut eggs, and go shopping for some Capris (as mine are getting holey in the butt).

 

[WendyO]

Wendy, when my sister was younger, she was NOTORIOUS for wandering off and getting lost. It happened so often that we just stopped worrying about it But for Dylan to be lost, that must've been really scary.

One time back in China, when my sister was about 4 yrs old, she went to the public pool with my grandpa and lost him! She then accidentally held onto some strangers hand because she thought it was out grandpa, but after realizing it wasn't, quickly let go. Eventually, my grandpa did find her. But can you imagine what would've happened if she didn't let go of that strangers hand?

Ok, too funny about the "It happened so often that we just stopped worrying about it." comment! That is just nutty!! So what would happen when she'd wander off? Would she eventually find her way back? Crazy! I "lost" Erin once (but only for a second because she went around the other side of the car to get in vs. staying on the side I was on - but I had a momentary panic there) and this was our first time to "lose" Dylan. I'm surprised it didn't scar him more than it did - to be a little boy in the masses at Seasons would freak me out - especially how big people would look from a 4 year old's perspective. But once he found us, it was back to normal. Resiliant little boy.

We also took a digital picture every morning so we had a current picture with the current clothes they were wearing. I have enough trouble looking at what I am wearing much less the kids and when panicked....

This is a great idea!! Even at home it would probably be a great idea to have a "posed" full body photo of each child taken on a monthly basis so you have a good recent photo to use if necessary. But on vacation, that is an awesome idea!!

I'd much rather my kiddos choice of continueous movie play be Nemo. His is Cars.

Cars isn't bad... our kids' vacation movie of choice when in Hawaii (not sure why) is The Incredibles. Seriously - we have basically stopped taking a ton of DVDs with us and just take that one since we tend to see it at least 10-15 times while we're there. Fortunately, I love it as well... but it's weird that they gravitate to that movie just while they're there. Strange.