At some point I fell asleep. Not sure when, DH had the Golf Channel on and I kept watching Tiger Woods and all of his stuff from that day, then I started to worry for poor Tiger and his injury! Worry, worry, worry, I was starting to feel a little neurotic at this point!
I had a great game plan laid out for Sunday morning
Get up at 6:30 - shower
Have kids and DH dressed and out the door by 7:45 to check in at POP by 8:00.
At 8:00 Mickey was giving the kids an Enchanted Call so we could wait in the parking lot for that, then check in.
Be at MGM by 9:00.
I love plans
they just never work out!
DH got up before me and jumped in the shower. We have been married long enough now that he KNOWS it takes me longer to get ready so I MUST get in the shower first. This was not a good start! He decides this is also a good time for a long shower!
So, I decided to start waking the kids. They were really not waking up that easy. This was already starting to be a rough week and we had not really started yet!
But once the kids woke up, they were excited. I got my shower and DH got them ready. Back on track! Yipee!
Loaded everybody up and we were off! I was more excited than anyone!
Heres where I almost burst into my first tears!
I had allotted way too much time to get to POP. We got there about 7:50. I did not want to be in the lobby trying to check in when Mickey called because I knew that the kids might not all be together and I wanted everyone to be able to hear. So, we killed time in the parking lot feeding birds and packing snacks in our bags for the day.
8:00
8:05
8:10
No dang call!!!! I gave up! I figured something went wrong, so we went to check in. I was a little disappointed.
We went inside and went straight to the check in. DH & Pepaw found a bench behind us with the kids.
(that's me from behind...not such a good view!)
There they were
in my hands finally
my very own keys to the world!!!! I was there
.Disney was mine!
I stepped over to Memaw to make sure all was going okay with her. She was doing fine
then I heard my cell phone ring that I had a voice mail
I took it out of my pocket to see I had missed the CALL!! I was really bummed then because I knew that if you missed the call, you missed it! As I was clearing the call off the phone
it started to ring again
I knew who it was!!!!
I RAN through the lobby around all those ropes to the bench where the kids were
and Mickey welcomed them on the trip! The kids just laughed and were excited that Mickey himself would call them.
Phew!
We knew we were in the 50s building, but our rooms were not ready. We moved our cars and headed back over to the buses. As soon as we lined up, a bus arrived. Me likey!
Here we are...so excited...Memaw on the left, me on the right grinning like a goof!
We arrived at MGM to be greeted by these guys. They were really funny noticing that the little ones seemed to be in charge and the big ones seemed to do what they were told.
Walked through the gates and you guessed it
potty break! And the kids were already hot!
While everybody took care of things, I got the map and schedule out to map out the day. First, Little Einsteins!
We hightailed it over to the line up spot for LE. They would not be there for at least an hour, but Big Boy was not going to move. That was okay with us, because the kid would die if he did not get to meet Leo, and he has a thing for Annie!
So, as the family waited, I gathered up everyones keys and ran over to get FP for Toy story Mania. I have to admit, I was a little nervous getting my first FP. The time on the sign said 3:30 and we had reservations at H&V at 4:30...I just was not sure how fast FP was once you returned. But it was better than waiting in the line that was already 90mins!
I got back to the family and we waited some more. A few cast members came by and talked to the kids. NOBODY was in line, we would be first!
A few minutes before the time for LE to come out, a CM came out, I guess to clear a path? Then from out of nowhere, this grown man came up. He asked the CM where LE would be. DH overheard and told us to move over. The grown man jumped in front of my kids!!!! What the?!?!? Breath deep! I was not going to argue
only one man
but COME ON!!
I knew that they would at best bring only two LE out and Big Boy REALLY wanted to meet Leo. I was nervous until I saw Leo and Annie heading our way! I think Big Boy was about to faint!
It was really fun. Big Boy went first. He was nervous and excited all at once. I was a little misty at this point. Annie noticed his shorts and pointed it out to Leo.
Next was Moonk. Can I just say, I did not expect her to get so excited! But she watches LE with Big Boy and I think she got excited for him but somehow it spilled all over her! She gave them both a BIG hug.
Then Bits
oh Bits
where are you? He was not too sure of this whole deal. I mean those guys are BIG! Annie got down to his size and that was it! He ran over and just sat on her lap and kept kissing her. He was in love!
We came out and on the other side was Jojo and Goliath! I loved this show when Moonk was little! She watched that and Bear every morning! The kids had a blast meeting them. Bits was into it now!
We had just missed the next Playhouse show, so we decided to come back later. DH asked what the Little Mermaid thing was, I said a show, he asked if it had AC, I said yes, so we lined up. We got in quickly and ended up sitting on the second row. It was a little closer than I had wanted, but it worked out okay. It was just nice to cool off for a moment. Moonk was excited to see Ariel in her ballet shoes, just like hers.
DH came out and said
Hey thanks for finally taking me to Hooters! I think he liked Little Mermaid now
Sick old man!
When we came out it was perfect timing for Playhouse Disney. It was so much fun. The kids liked it but they were shy about getting up and dancing or really enjoying it. I wanted them to let go of normal reserved life sooo bad. Just enjoy this kids! Relax
it is time to have fun!
When we came out...look who we got to meet! Big Boy was so happy, but somehow we missed his picture!

I think he ran over before anybody had time to get a camera out!