The Cast:
Me (Im not telling my age): Chief decision maker, planner and organiser extraordinaire
Darren (39): Mr. Grumpy, Marathon Man and Map Reader
Mollie (10): Jekyll & Hyde pre-teen and big girls blouse
Kirsty (4): Scaredy Cat and Drama Queen
We have a PS at AK for Breakfastosaurus at 10.00. Then the plan is to go to either Blizzard Beach or MGM but the plan today goes awry as they tend to do. As I say breakfast isnt till 10.00 so its agreed we can have a lie in today as the troops can do with the extra sleep but when the time comes they are still difficult to rouse. Eventually I manage to get them all up. Now the girls can be a bit cranky when they wake up, especially if they havent had enough sleep, but they generally snap out of it pretty quickly but this morning Kirsty Lou is in top whinge mode, she doesnt want to get up, doesnt want to wash, brush her teeth, put sun cream on, get dressed, generally just doesnt want to do anything and is whining non stop! Im just about to lose my patience (yes I know Im a rotten mother) when I realise shes looking quite flushed. I take her temperature, the old fashioned way, by sticking my hand on her forehead, well its the only equipment I have for the job, and yes shes flaming hot. I think some Tylenol is called for and I just get the spoon to her mouth when blurrggghh! she throws up. I take her off to the bathroom, where shes sick a couple more times, and get her cleaned up while Darren strips the bed. When shes finished we put her in our bed. I give her a plastic bag and explain that just in case she cant make the bathroom in time to try and aim for this (thank heavens for all the shopping at least I have a handy supply of sick bags).
Okay so now we have to rethink the plan. Kirsty is obviously in no state to go anywhere and it wouldnt be fair to expect Mollie to sit around the room all day. I know she wants to go to one of the water parks so I suggest Darren take her and I stay with Kirsty. He put up a fierce battle and his arm still hurts from the extreme pressure I had to apply to twist it up his back but after much cajoling, persuading, pleading, bribery and blackmail he finally agreed with me that this was a good idea, hmmmm! I sent him off to get me some coffee, breakfast and supplies as who knows when Ill be able to leave the room. After doing so he and Mollie are off.
Kirsty is fast asleep and remains so for a couple of hours. I take the opportunity to tidy up our room which by now looks like a bomb has hit it(and you cant move for balloons and trainers), start writing some trip notes and then have a read of the newspaper. Kirsty wakes up sometime just after 12.00 and is sick a couple of more times, this is where its lucky she hasnt really eaten for the past week, its not too yucky and by now is more or less just fluids. Housekeeping turn up to sort out the room so I take this opportunity to give Kirsty a little bath. Afterwards she gets back in to bed and announces in her best drama queen voice that she thinks she could manage to watch some cartoons, shes such a martyr! She lasts all of 15 minutes and then shes fast asleep again.
She wakes up again around 3.00 ish and tells me shes starving, hmmm, I dont want to give her anything for fear shell regurgitate it but she keeps on and on, youd have to be completely heartless to be able to resist feeding your 4 year old when theyre pleading with you, literally begging you for food, and as Im not I gave in. I took her up to the food court to see if there was anything I would be able to feed her that wouldnt immediately reappear and if it did it wouldnt be too gross. I spy some bread, aaahhh! perfect! dry bread and water, what more could a starving child want. We take a seat for this sumptuous banquet and she devours her slice of bread like shes never seen food before. She licks her lips and announces that shes still starving, hmmm, okay Ill get you some more bread. This time I get her 2 slices, now we really are talking banquet, and she quickly demolishes these in a lip smacking, finger licking kind of way. The family sitting next to us are giving me some strange looks but its not till later I realise that theyre probably thinking to themselves, blimey I know Disneys expensive but thats surely no reason to feed your poor child nothing but bread and water!!! Oh well.
We walk back to our room and Kirsty suddenly decides she wants to go for a swim. Im really not sure about this and try to dissuade her with well see, maybe later but shes not buying it and insists she now feels fine and wants to swim. I have to admit that she is looking fine but Im still worrying about that banquet making an appearance. However in the end she wears me down as only a child can and I agree to go for a quick swim. Turns out it is quick as she only lasts half an hour. When we get back to the room she lies on the bed watching cartoons but within 10 mins shes fast asleep again.
Just as Kirsty wakes up again, Darren and Mollie arrive back. Theyve been to Blizzard Beach and went on lots of things and had a great time sorry but thats as much information as I got out of them.
Kirsty informs us that she feels fine but shes starving, Darren and Mollie are also starving but I dont know what to do for the best. In the end Darren persuades me that we should go out and just see how it goes so we do. We head for Rainforest Café but its a 2 hour wait, we decide to try Planet Hollywood so Marathon Man marches us over there, Kirstys legs arent up to the march so I tell him to go on ahead and get a table if he can, Ill wait half an hour but no more. When we reach him we have a 20 minute wait which isnt too bad. We go on up to the bar and order some drinks, Im still reluctant to let Kirsty have a fizzy drink so she gets stuck with water, much to her disgust. We order some Nachos while were waiting as we are all very hungry by now and Kirsty tucks in. She then needs to go toilet and as Mollie also needs to go she offers to take her. Within 2 seconds Mollies back, Kirsty needs you she tells me. Oh great I knew that food would pop back up to say hello. However it wasnt that end that was the problem. The first day we arrived and Kirsty used a toilet it self flushed, well the poor child almost had a heart attack and since then she has been reluctant to go toilet and would only every sit long enough to do the quickest of wees before leaping off like she had just sat on hot coals, could be a whole new game show beat the flush if you think youre quick enough, anyway she ended up with a blockage (constipation if you want the technical term). So this is why she hasnt been eating! doh! now its all making sense. But now she was unblocked, well and truly, from both ends and OMG!!!! Gas masks definitely required!
We got shown to our seat and I try to persuade Kirsty to just share some dinner with me but shes not having it, shes starving and wants her own she tells me. Mollie has pizza, Darren and I have fajitas and Kirsty has Chicken strips. Kirsty has finished her chicken strips before Ive even managed to put my first fajita together. Shes still hungry so she starts in on our chicken and then decides to have a slice of Mollies pizza, Kirsty never eats pizza! Im now very worried about all this food reappearing and more worryingly from what end! even though she seems absolutely fine. I refuse to let them have desserts, thats pushing it too far.
Afterwards, its still quite early, I keep asking her and she keeps reassuring me shes fine, so we settle on visiting Disneyquest which weve never done before. Darren, Mollie and I all have a go at the human pinball, shooting some baskets and a couple of the other games. Mollie does the animation class and is actually very good but I already knew she was artistic. Kirsty just loves the make your own picture thingy and we get conned into buying a couple and Darren tries the make your own toy. It was very enjoyable and Im sure theres still loads we missed but after a good couple of hours in here Ive had enough. We have a little wander around the shops and part with some more money then we head on home.
The girls watch a little TV while Darren and I chill out with a drink but its not long till Kirsty is fast asleep. Mollie however is not happy. I eventually prise it out of her that shes worried about Kirsty being sick again during the night so we play musical beds. Darren gets in with Kirsty and I share with Mollie. Before long everyone is snoring their heads off, literally, except for me of course, I lie awake worrying that Kirstys going to be okay, all part of being a mum!
Annmarie
Me (Im not telling my age): Chief decision maker, planner and organiser extraordinaire
Darren (39): Mr. Grumpy, Marathon Man and Map Reader
Mollie (10): Jekyll & Hyde pre-teen and big girls blouse
Kirsty (4): Scaredy Cat and Drama Queen
We have a PS at AK for Breakfastosaurus at 10.00. Then the plan is to go to either Blizzard Beach or MGM but the plan today goes awry as they tend to do. As I say breakfast isnt till 10.00 so its agreed we can have a lie in today as the troops can do with the extra sleep but when the time comes they are still difficult to rouse. Eventually I manage to get them all up. Now the girls can be a bit cranky when they wake up, especially if they havent had enough sleep, but they generally snap out of it pretty quickly but this morning Kirsty Lou is in top whinge mode, she doesnt want to get up, doesnt want to wash, brush her teeth, put sun cream on, get dressed, generally just doesnt want to do anything and is whining non stop! Im just about to lose my patience (yes I know Im a rotten mother) when I realise shes looking quite flushed. I take her temperature, the old fashioned way, by sticking my hand on her forehead, well its the only equipment I have for the job, and yes shes flaming hot. I think some Tylenol is called for and I just get the spoon to her mouth when blurrggghh! she throws up. I take her off to the bathroom, where shes sick a couple more times, and get her cleaned up while Darren strips the bed. When shes finished we put her in our bed. I give her a plastic bag and explain that just in case she cant make the bathroom in time to try and aim for this (thank heavens for all the shopping at least I have a handy supply of sick bags).
Okay so now we have to rethink the plan. Kirsty is obviously in no state to go anywhere and it wouldnt be fair to expect Mollie to sit around the room all day. I know she wants to go to one of the water parks so I suggest Darren take her and I stay with Kirsty. He put up a fierce battle and his arm still hurts from the extreme pressure I had to apply to twist it up his back but after much cajoling, persuading, pleading, bribery and blackmail he finally agreed with me that this was a good idea, hmmmm! I sent him off to get me some coffee, breakfast and supplies as who knows when Ill be able to leave the room. After doing so he and Mollie are off.
Kirsty is fast asleep and remains so for a couple of hours. I take the opportunity to tidy up our room which by now looks like a bomb has hit it(and you cant move for balloons and trainers), start writing some trip notes and then have a read of the newspaper. Kirsty wakes up sometime just after 12.00 and is sick a couple of more times, this is where its lucky she hasnt really eaten for the past week, its not too yucky and by now is more or less just fluids. Housekeeping turn up to sort out the room so I take this opportunity to give Kirsty a little bath. Afterwards she gets back in to bed and announces in her best drama queen voice that she thinks she could manage to watch some cartoons, shes such a martyr! She lasts all of 15 minutes and then shes fast asleep again.
She wakes up again around 3.00 ish and tells me shes starving, hmmm, I dont want to give her anything for fear shell regurgitate it but she keeps on and on, youd have to be completely heartless to be able to resist feeding your 4 year old when theyre pleading with you, literally begging you for food, and as Im not I gave in. I took her up to the food court to see if there was anything I would be able to feed her that wouldnt immediately reappear and if it did it wouldnt be too gross. I spy some bread, aaahhh! perfect! dry bread and water, what more could a starving child want. We take a seat for this sumptuous banquet and she devours her slice of bread like shes never seen food before. She licks her lips and announces that shes still starving, hmmm, okay Ill get you some more bread. This time I get her 2 slices, now we really are talking banquet, and she quickly demolishes these in a lip smacking, finger licking kind of way. The family sitting next to us are giving me some strange looks but its not till later I realise that theyre probably thinking to themselves, blimey I know Disneys expensive but thats surely no reason to feed your poor child nothing but bread and water!!! Oh well.
We walk back to our room and Kirsty suddenly decides she wants to go for a swim. Im really not sure about this and try to dissuade her with well see, maybe later but shes not buying it and insists she now feels fine and wants to swim. I have to admit that she is looking fine but Im still worrying about that banquet making an appearance. However in the end she wears me down as only a child can and I agree to go for a quick swim. Turns out it is quick as she only lasts half an hour. When we get back to the room she lies on the bed watching cartoons but within 10 mins shes fast asleep again.
Just as Kirsty wakes up again, Darren and Mollie arrive back. Theyve been to Blizzard Beach and went on lots of things and had a great time sorry but thats as much information as I got out of them.
Kirsty informs us that she feels fine but shes starving, Darren and Mollie are also starving but I dont know what to do for the best. In the end Darren persuades me that we should go out and just see how it goes so we do. We head for Rainforest Café but its a 2 hour wait, we decide to try Planet Hollywood so Marathon Man marches us over there, Kirstys legs arent up to the march so I tell him to go on ahead and get a table if he can, Ill wait half an hour but no more. When we reach him we have a 20 minute wait which isnt too bad. We go on up to the bar and order some drinks, Im still reluctant to let Kirsty have a fizzy drink so she gets stuck with water, much to her disgust. We order some Nachos while were waiting as we are all very hungry by now and Kirsty tucks in. She then needs to go toilet and as Mollie also needs to go she offers to take her. Within 2 seconds Mollies back, Kirsty needs you she tells me. Oh great I knew that food would pop back up to say hello. However it wasnt that end that was the problem. The first day we arrived and Kirsty used a toilet it self flushed, well the poor child almost had a heart attack and since then she has been reluctant to go toilet and would only every sit long enough to do the quickest of wees before leaping off like she had just sat on hot coals, could be a whole new game show beat the flush if you think youre quick enough, anyway she ended up with a blockage (constipation if you want the technical term). So this is why she hasnt been eating! doh! now its all making sense. But now she was unblocked, well and truly, from both ends and OMG!!!! Gas masks definitely required!
We got shown to our seat and I try to persuade Kirsty to just share some dinner with me but shes not having it, shes starving and wants her own she tells me. Mollie has pizza, Darren and I have fajitas and Kirsty has Chicken strips. Kirsty has finished her chicken strips before Ive even managed to put my first fajita together. Shes still hungry so she starts in on our chicken and then decides to have a slice of Mollies pizza, Kirsty never eats pizza! Im now very worried about all this food reappearing and more worryingly from what end! even though she seems absolutely fine. I refuse to let them have desserts, thats pushing it too far.
Afterwards, its still quite early, I keep asking her and she keeps reassuring me shes fine, so we settle on visiting Disneyquest which weve never done before. Darren, Mollie and I all have a go at the human pinball, shooting some baskets and a couple of the other games. Mollie does the animation class and is actually very good but I already knew she was artistic. Kirsty just loves the make your own picture thingy and we get conned into buying a couple and Darren tries the make your own toy. It was very enjoyable and Im sure theres still loads we missed but after a good couple of hours in here Ive had enough. We have a little wander around the shops and part with some more money then we head on home.
The girls watch a little TV while Darren and I chill out with a drink but its not long till Kirsty is fast asleep. Mollie however is not happy. I eventually prise it out of her that shes worried about Kirsty being sick again during the night so we play musical beds. Darren gets in with Kirsty and I share with Mollie. Before long everyone is snoring their heads off, literally, except for me of course, I lie awake worrying that Kirstys going to be okay, all part of being a mum!
Annmarie
