Thanks. Try to stay caught up now.
Ummm...yeaaaaahhhh....about thaaaaat.
I will add that I know it has to be difficult to monitor this with as many people as there were around the pool that day, but I was shocked to see some kids sitting around tables at the pool drinking that Im not sure had a drivers license, let alone an ID saying they were 21. Im sure the bar checks IDs so it had to be parents that were supplying them. It just really shocked me that they were just sitting around in the open not even trying to hide it. I mean, lets be honest, it isnt like I never had a drink before I was 21, but I definitely wasnt sitting poolside flaunting the fact.
At Disney World? What the
are those parents thinking? Were these Pop Warner Kids?
He said hed just got in the water when all of a sudden about 20 cheerleaders came out and got in the pool.
Dear Penthouse,
I never thought I'd be writing to you, but...
He said he got out and headed back to the room, because he didnt feel too comfortable being the lone adult in a pool with a bunch of unsupervised tween girls.
Tweens? Good choice. And burn that letter you were just writing.
I later found out that BiL and Sis left because a group of cheerleaders came outside to practice on the sand about 5 feet away from the hammock they were laying in. Not exactly the best way to relax...
Your wife coaches cheerleaders, right? Make sure she devotes a little bit of practice time to "common courtesy"
I got back to the old style of park touring. I grabbed some wipes and a couple of diapers
Just think, in about 40 years your son will be writing the same thing about you!
When we got inside the park, I noticed that some additions had been made to the Main Street area that wed been missing up to that point in time. The tree and garland were finally up!
That must have been weird to be at the Christmas party without the tree and garland.
But I'm guessing they needed to film the Christmas Day Parade before all that stuff got in the way.
We didnt spend much time in the MK, but it was nice. DS and I had fun, and it was less crowded than the Dig Site area at CSR would have been.
Sounds awesome! A little father/son bonding time at Disney World.
They sat us at a big round table way off in the back of the restaurant. In a way, it was disappointing, because we were separated from the rest of the main dining area.
They tried doing that to us one time. I said "No, I want to be in the main dining room." We waited about 10-15 more minutes, but got a much better table.
Our server was Lazy Susan. She was fantastic.
That does help make up for some of the seating disappointment.
She asked us what meats we wanted, and wed been discussing this one since we got there. We all agreed on the beef and the ribs
Really? The Midwestern Farm family agreed on the beef and ribs?
And here is an excellent, high quality cell phone picture of it
The picture is about as impressive as the geyser itself. I recall being thoroughly unimpressed by it.
The rest of us piled into our Tahoe, and we might have borrowed a trick from Barry and stashed a couple of people in the cargo area.
My lawyer has instructed me not to comment on this.
But what does he know? Nice work, Andy.
I went to sit down on a bench and let DS get out of the stroller and run around a little bit, when a guy came walking over towards us with a dog. Now, I understand that service dogs can be used for a variety of things, but this dog certainly didnt look or act like any service dog Ive ever seen.
That does sound a bit creepy. There are two things that come to mind as to what that dog could be:
1. A seizure dog. There are some breeds that can sniff out a seizure coming and alert the person to brace for it.
2. A "companionship" dog. Yeah, I put that in quotes for a reason. You can use your imagination and decide what kind of doctor would sign off on that service dog form.
But much like the Guest Assistance Card, Disney isn't allowed to question the service dog. If they got the right paperwork, Disney has to let them in.
Well, apparently as the timer was ticking down in the final few seconds of the design process, Sis2 reached over and put stars on his car and he didnt have time to change it.
It isnt a great one, but Mom did grab a picture of it.
Well played, Sis2, well played!
This must be the put the camera away look.
On DD or yourself?
I asked DW if the CM might have said the wait was
four-to-five minutes instead of
for-ty-five minutes?
I dont think she was too amused.
But I am, and that's what counts!
Now here is the part that made me nervous. My sisters both love animals. A lot. They both studied animal science in school and Sis2 is in the process of trying to go back to school to study veterinary medicine. I enjoy the aquarium, but anytime there is an opportunity to see animals it can take forever to get my sisters to move on. I enjoy seeing and watching the animals, but I have a limited attention span for it, and the longer they linger the shorter my attention span gets. I mean, once you see a manatee float across the tank 5 or 6 times and eat a couple of pieces of lettuce, it is time to move on. It is an impressive animal, but youve seen what it does. It aint gonna get out of the water and start talking to you. I guess having grown up going on vacations with them is why Im not quite as impressed by Animal Kingdom as some people.
Just start pointing out where different cuts of meat would come from.
"And over there is the brisket. That's good when it's smoked. Under here is where the bacon comes from. I wonder what manatee bacon tastes like? Up there is the rib eye. And over here you can get a nice cut of prime rib"
Thankfully, they didnt take near as long as I expected before they were ready to go. I was shocked.
Did you forget that your sisters are Midwestern girls? If it don't have hooves, it don't count as an animal.
And it still wasnt even quite time to use our Soarin FPs so wed have to find something else to kill some time.
BEVERLY! Oh, you said kill "time", not "taste buds". My mistake.
Someday I'll get to see that. 
I think you know where I side.
