We were "that" family

[fsmith2845]

We had our "that" moment at Epcot in August during extra magic hours.

My DD14 kept trying to "coax" my DD6 to ride rides she doesn't want to (test track specifically).. Kept prodding and prodding, even after warnings from myself and my DW. Finally after hearing the DD6 tell her big sis (well yell would be more appropriate) NO I DON'T WANT TO AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME.. I had "that" moment and told both of them we had enough adn we're going back to the resort. There may have been an expletive or two (sorry if anyone was around us). Drug both of them back to the Disney bus and back to the resort and put them both to bed.. EARLY..

I know just terrible Dad huh? ?

 

[parmtoo]

oh yeah, we're always that family at least once on every vacation. This trip the girls wanted pixie dust and coloring from the barber shop. Fine, 2 of them needed trims desperately, I'll get that done at the same time. Well, one of them decided she did NOT want her hair cut, even if she couldn't see where she was going because her bangs were so long. This child is 9 1/2, but looks 11. She was so horrible in there that the barber gave ME pixie dust because he said I needed it more then anybody that day! This child turns into a horror every time she's around my mother and sister. So of course, who comes on vacation with us lol!
Our other that family moment was back at the hotel. All the kids had hw to complete, ds15 of course had more then the elementary age girls. He had been staying back in the hotel every morning with ds16 to "work on his hw", while I took the girls and the baby to a park. I discovered half way thru the week that he had completed absolutely nothing! In front of the entire conceirge staff, informed my darling ds that he would be spending the entire rest of his vacation at my side, with his books, no matter what park I was at. He would be doing hw while the others rode rides. I got the typical teenage "you hate me, you like them better, it's not fair, why did we have to come during school, etc, etc, etc" reply. I told the cm's to watch the 11 pm news if they didn't see ds again, my face would definately be on it!

I have a 13 yo DS, and I feel your pain! Last trip, he argued with me about HW every day. When we go in Jan., he has to do it on the trip down, (we're driving this time). I refuse to let hime ruin vacation the family!
What is it with boys & HW? I never had this problem with my DDs.

 

[GJM]

Trust me we won't be going back for awhile! We were that family, 9/13 at Hollywood Studios. My DS 8 was just miserable all day long throwing fits. I don't know what got into him.

I asked him if he likes staying at the hotel or parks. He told me he likes just hanging out at the hotel, well I could do that at home.

As much as he loves Star Wars, he would not go on the ride - he hated everything except getting picked for Jedi Training, you would think he would have been happy all day.

 

[stm61]

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I have a 13 yo DS, and I feel your pain! Last trip, he argued with me about HW every day. When we go in Jan., he has to do it on the trip down, (we're driving this time). I refuse to let hime ruin vacation the family!
What is it with boys & HW? I never had this problem with my DDs.

I don't know what it is with boys. Ds(who may not make it to 15 on 9/24!) has always been horrible about hw. The girls have never given me problems. DS16(fosterds) has never given me a problem either. We drove down, at night so he really couldn't do it then, but he had 9 freakin' hours+ on the way back to finish it! He ended up with 2/3 of his resource work, 1/2 his math, and NONE of his history done! The biology teacher apparently never got the memo or I'm sure that would not have been done either! We couldn't go during the summer because of my national guard commitment, not to mention prices and crowds, so we really had no other time to go. All I can say is thank god I have 3 girls before ds2, and NEVER again will ds15 accompany us after school has started! He might have ruined my vacation, but I refuse to let him ruin it for the other kids!

 

[kellyg403]

We were that family a few times on our first trip to WDW in 2005. We had dd's 13,14,15 and ds 9 and 11. DD13 had been a bear to live with for about 6 months prior to the trip. She kept saying I want to go, I don't want to go but that is how she is with everything so I didn't pay her any mind. Once she gets someplace she is usually good to go.

One day we hit a wall, all pretty tired etc. Dh had been a bit on the grumpy side along with dd13. (She is my sd so I can say she is just like her dad when he is tired!) We decide to hit the quiet pool and relax. The minute dd13 got in the pool she became the boss from you know where. Then she and ds9 were having a swimming contest and she was screaming you are a cheater. With all my mommy wisdom I chose to ignore them. The next thing I know dh is pulling her out of the pool and telling her she is acting like a f--- brat and to just stay in the hotel room because he has had 4 days of her bulls and he can't take another minute. Well, to say I was shocked was an understatement but embarrassment set in when I saw the 3 other families just looking at the two of them and then me like we were crazy. So I sent dh to his room too, reminded him that while at WDW we watch our language and he needed to go to bed. 2 hours later the two of them come back to the pool and started over. At that moment 2 of the other families packed up and left to avoid them I guess. It wouldn't have been too bad I guess but later that night we decided to go to MK for emh and when we got on the bus, 2 of the families where on the darn bus.

Kelly

 

[stm61]

Well we are planning another trip in November..so I have been brain storming how to avoid the fighting and misery and I came up with the following solution. I ordered 2 t-shirts from vista print. Each one says I love my brother "_______!" with a big red heart and caricature of the named brother on the front. On the back the shirt says in large black letters " I have to wear this stupid t-shirt because I was fighting and being mean to my brother."

They have no idea I bought these...I am going to pull them out of my backpack and make them both wear them for 30 minutes each time they fight. For 10 and 13 year old boys...I am hoping this will quickly stop the fighting!

Wish me luck!!!!

I absolutely love this idea! Mine will say "I love my siblings" since it's usually either ds15 and dd9 or dd9 and her twin that are fighting. I'll get the stick figures of each kid on the front, and have the back say something like "I have to wear this stupid t-shirt because I was doing my best to ruin everyone's vacation"!

 

[wahoo776]

I'm feeling much better about all of this! I KNOW that we will be "that family" in November, it has already started to happen!

16yoDD informed me last night that she thinks she would like to stay home!

DH will not know anything about the trip or the budget but will start spending like a mad man and wonder were all of the money has gone! And question how and why we are doing things a certain way after I have been researching and planning for MONTHS!!!!

DS 13 will go with the flow!(Thank goodness!)

DS 9 will "forget" he was given a trip budget and get with DH and have a fine time the first day and wonder why he is broke and his brother still has money to spend!

DD 2 will have at least one break down which will involve a fit, yelling at the top of her little lungs "Please Don't Hurt me! - because she is beat so regulary

DM old enough to know better, will finally get into the planing about a week before we leave and attempt to tell me what I NEED to do!

I myself personally love the earlier comment about feeling like the "Beverly HillBillys meet the Grand Floridian" we will be staying at Pop Century and at least one time(If not more...)I will feel the the Beverly Hillbillys have arrived at WDW!

And yet, we keep planning and going! Oh that's right it is for that one moment that you look at all of them as they are watching ____________ and you know it was worth it! Thank God for those moments!

 

[Narnia]

We seem to always be THAT family! With 4 boys and a 3 year old something always happens. I can't wait to find out what will happen in our upcoming vacation!

 

[the Fidge]

OK we were "THAT" family 2 years ago. DS had celebrated his brithday in style 2 days earlier his Dad's birthday was a problem for him.

DH loves Le Cellier and we had ADR with his cake waiting. DS threw a fit, he wanted to wait for Soarin' that had a horrible wait time. I tried to explain that it was Daddy;s birthday dinner and we had cake waiting....thought the cake and glwoing ice cubes would help me out nahhhh!

DH is balling in tears and breaks out in a nose bleed, he is prone to them. SO there he is on a bench loud as all get out Mommy why did you do that to me?? He was talking out taking him off the line you can imagine what looks I was getting right?? I was waiting to be escorted to some big white gloved Mickey child abuse station! the front of his shirt hs blood all over it and this is getting worse!

I take my little darling to the first aid station and the wonderful nurse there told him to calm down his BP was up and his father had the right to have his birthday too! He told her HE DID NOT! Little darling was 10 and so charming! The nurse was a doll she was a grandmother and a wise one!

I washed out Jrs shirt in her sink and dragged him off to be merry for Daddy! SO if you were there with the bleeding boy, no I didn't sock him in the nose! Priceless another family Kodak moment!

 

[brockash]

We just got back a few weeks ago, and we were definetly "that" family at certain times. I swear if I had to here the words "that's boring" anymore from my 6 year old son, I was going to scream. He apparently is "too cool" for basically any ride that our 17 months old DD was allowed to go on. I'm not sure which made me want to slap him more, telling me how boring everything was or whining and asking for something every 5 seconds. There were many many times the words "you ungrateful little brat" were in my head. I of course never said it like that to him, but boy was that how I was feeling. The first time I took him to DW he was turning 4, and he was just so precious. Nothing was boring and yes he asked for things, but it wasn't every 5 seconds, and I didn't have to hear about how deprived he was if he didn't get it. Don't get me wrong, we had a great time, but boy am I glad I have the tapes and memories of his first time.

 

[pigletto]

Oh gosh.. I knew I liked you for a reason!
I haven't read any of the responses.. but your original post has me remembering a classic meltdown moment on day two of our vacation. Except it was my meltdown..
"Look at all these people so happy and loving eachother.. and here we are fighting!!! We're going to get kicked out! We are the worst family ever!!!!""
Add in lots of tears (mine) and plenty of eyerolling (the rest of them)
Yep. We're that family

 

[Pinga's Mommy]

Oh yes, I think we all become "that" family.

Examples:

My 3 yr old niece REFUSED to use the stroller. She would walk behind us yelling, "I HAVE A FEVER!" "MY STOMACH HURTS!" "I STILL HAVE A FEVER!"
"YOU DON'T EVEN CARE!" (She was fine! Just wanted to be carried!)

My father in law saw a flower at EPCOT that he fell in love with. He dumped out DDs popcorn from her Disney Mulan cup and pulled the flower from the flower bed and put it inside this cup. He carried it with him all day AND on the airplane days later. We get home and he finds the exact same flower at LOWE'S

Opening my diaper bag and finding TONS of fruit, cookies, candy, etc. from Chef Mickey that my mother in law decides we should take with us to the park so we won't have to spend money on snacks. I know people may do this, but in the middle of the summer, there should not be 10 bananas and baggies of M&Ms where the baby formula and diapers are.

Trying to get off SOARIN and my mother in law couldn't figure out how to unbuckle herself. She starts screaming to CM, "SIR! SIR! SIR! SIR! I CAN'T GET OUT!" My 4 year old DD had to help her. (she couldn't figure out the buckle was on the opposite side).

My mother in law fell on the steps right outside the Muppets ride. She is sprawled out on the pavement with CMs that came running from all around to see if she was okay. My father in law is yelling at her, "GET UP! GET UP RIGHT NOW! SHE'S FINE!"

Funny how most of the examples include the in-laws. Hmmmm. We don't learn. They are coming with us in December again. We don't mind. They go to bed early and make great baby sitters while my husband and I stay at the parks alone!

 

[brockash]

My worst example was with my DH not my children. :lol: There was me, DH, DD, DS, MIL & FIL on the trip. We'd been on Test Track and the boys (DH/DS/FIL) decided they wanted to do it again so MIL & I agreed that we'd take DD along to Soaring to get Fast Passes for all of us. I told the boys that we would meet them outside Soaring.

Where would you meet someone if you said "outside Soaring"??? The boys stood outside the Land Pavilion for 45 minutes looking for us. It never occured to them to go inside to find the ride or us. It never occured to them to see if DD's stroller was outside which would give a big clue that we were INSIDE. WE thought something had happened at Test Track and waited patiently and patiently and patiently outside Soaring (with us swapping taking DD on the Land ride a few times to keep her entertained).

So finally MIL looks up just as DH has decided to poke his head INSIDE the building and we're reunited, but not happily. DH has a full on meltdown in front of EVERYONE, saying how was he supposed to know that meeting "outside Soaring" meant "outside Soaring" while FIL denies any recollection of me saying anything about meeting up again. DH finishes his hissy fit by announcing that he's had enough and is going back to the hotel and I can keep his f%^$ing Soaring Fast Pass. Good riddance is all I can say!

We were THAT family again on the next to last day of the holiday when DS wouldn't stop splashing other children in the pool. I hauled him out to go back to the room and he turned into this wild screaming kicking banshee that I've never seen before and was utterly horrified by. God knows what everyone else must have thought.

OMG that's too funny. Maybe it's something with DH's and the Soarin ride, but the same thing (kinda) happened to me. We had 2 days at Disney. It was DH's first time there and no kids. Well this was our last day and we were doing the morning at Epcot and afternoon at HS. We get to Epcot for RD, and DH insists that he has to go to the bathroom and he's not going to wait until we get to Soarin- even though there's one right there... Well he tells me to go ahead and get the fp's, but he's never been to a Disney park in his life, and I look at him like really, you're going to be able to find your way there? So I give him the map, go and grab FP's and I go back outside the Land Pavilion. I figured since the map shows the ride right there, and he's never been there, it'd be where he would be (he would think the whole building was the ride??) Well about 20 minutes later still can't find him. Here's the really bad part. I wasn't carrying anything on me accept a DC and our tickets. I didn't have my cell, didn't have change for a pay phone and didn't have the keys to the rental car. I finally decide to try to call him collect from a pay phone, no luck his cell rejects collect calls. I had to call my mom in CO, collect, to call my DH on his cell to relay a mssg. as to where to meet me. I was so frustrated. We did end up finding eachother, but the whole process took about and hour and a half. We ended up only doing Soarin and TT, because of the lack of understandable communication, although that seems to be the norm in our relationship Oh well at least I can laugh about it now

 

[parmtoo]

Oh yes, I think we all become "that" family.

Examples:



Opening my diaper bag and finding TONS of fruit, cookies, candy, etc. from Chef Mickey that my mother in law decides we should take with us to the park so we won't have to spend money on snacks. I know people may do this, but in the middle of the summer, there should not be 10 bananas and baggies of M&Ms where the baby formula and diapers are.

This is something my Mother would do! If we have spent all this money to travel for a nice vacation, shouldn't we have enough money for snacks?

 

[DizzyErin]

Ok i loove this thread have laughed lots .. and yes we are "that family" too

The first time i took my DD she was 5 .. had too much spending money at her fingertips but still it was going ok, until we left the Fantsmic show 1 night .. So many people and i'm saying "Stay with me baby" she's saying "Can i just look at that" "No it's to busy" ... (This goes on) Until finally she can take no more, and in all her cuteness shrieks at the top of her voice "I NEEEEEDDD TO BUY SOMETHING" To which my Dad turns around to myself and my mum and says "See what you've done to her"

Still makes us laugh now 4 years later hahhahahaa

 

[tiggrsbride]

This thread is good stuff! I haven't laughed this hard on the DIS before!

One of our moments...

We are in the middle of the masses of people at park close waiting for the ferryboat to the TTC. It is taking far longer than we planned on. As we approach the boat, DS 3 1/2 says he needs to go to potty. We can't move to take him to the bathroom, and if we leave the enormous line, we will miss the last bus of the day to our off-site hotel. Pre-DIS, I had no idea what to do! DS is crying, screaming and very (understandably) upset. DH and I are stressed to the max! We finally get off the boat and run with our screaming son and get on the bus as it is pulling out to find that there is NO BATHROOM onboard. Other buses had bathrooms during the trip. DH helps DS to pee in a Coke bottle and the tears stop. DS happily marches down the aisle to exit the bus and tells the busdriver, "I just PEED on your bus!" We were mortified!

Yup, we were that family with no class!

 

[Crisgw]

There have been *so* many...how to choose...

One of my favorites, after shelling out $20 for 2 "special" balloons on Main Street on the way out of MK, our 4 year old chewed through the string and up it went....the hysteria that followed was unprecedented along with the insane fight that ensued over the remaining balloon which I popped to end the fighting (before getting on the monorail) which led to MORE theatrical hysteria and plenty of looks

The waiting in line for 45m to ride Big Thunder Mountain in September for the 3rd time with our 2 DS's (after the youngest BEGGED to go back on) to have youngest DS throw a RIDICULOUS fit and meltdown and scream "Don't make me mommy" and then being asked to leave the ride.....

I could go on and on...

 

[LydiaAch]

OMG, this will SO be my family! We are traveling with 11, 5 of which are seven and under.

 

[Aliceacc]

As long as we've resurected this thread, let's hear some new additions.

Recent returnees--- were any of you THAT family???

 

[thistle922]

When my mom and I took DS5 in January, we were the proud recipients of an epic 45 minute meltdown in Hollywood Studios.

Since we ran to TSM first thing, as soon as we were done I went to go rent a stroller while my mom and DS watched the HSM3 parade. Evidently, at the end of the performance the dancers ask the kids to raise their hands and pick some of them to come dance (I'm guessing? I was walking back to the Sorcerer's Hat and didn't see this) so my mom tried to get him to raise his hand, he wouldn't, she kept trying, he kept resisting. After the performance was done, one of the cheerleaders was off to the side taking pics with the kids, and he wanted to go see her. So he waits and then just as it's about his turn, she has to leave.

Oh. My. Goodness.

What happened after that was 45 of the longest, most embarrassing minutes of my life...LOL. Crying. Screaming. Flailing. Completely inconsolable...NOTHING would calm this child down! All because he coudn't meet the cheerleader.

We finally made it to Sci-Fi Drive In, hoping maybe some food would help..you would not have believed the scene! LOL! At one point, I think he demanded a waitress on roller skates...to take home with us! I remember saying something along the lines of "we did not come all the way to Disney World to bring back a rollerskating waitress...now knock this business off!"

Good times....