We were "that" family

[singnring]

That's good to know since DD also did gymnastics -- hmm...MOSI (Chicago), gymnastics, etc... Although DH was only at 1 of DD's gymnastics meets & we never travelled for them as they were all through the park district, so can't be the same ones.

DH does fully embrace the Grumpy persona too, which is a bit scary but funny.

We are in NW Ohio. And DD has only had one competitive season thru USAG. All meets were here in Ohio,but of course, none were any less than an hour & a half drive!

Maybe we should introduce DH's to each other so they can Grump with one another instead of us!!

Funny thing is, mine LOVES WDW, yet still can't make a trip without slipping into character - as Grumpy, that is!

Oh well, just like with our kids, ya gotta love 'em!!

 

[kupperman]

This thread is making me nervous Going to WDW with an 18 month old. I've never been with a child that young. Hope it goes well, and if it doesn't I guess we will be "that" family too. I must say, I am enjoying the stories. Keep them coming!

 

[TinkandAriel]

One word: xanax.

Really, hubs, dd and I all travel together wonderfully...but throw the inlaws into the mix and . It's my fil, he honestly reverts to an 8 yo when around us, he seems to enjoy antagonizing everyone. The rest of us know better than to fall into his "fight with me" trap, but the 8yo is just beginning to learn this...last year was ridiculous listening to the two of them bickering. This year she said to me "mom, I'm going to be the grown up one this time, and just ignore Grumpa". Yeah, that's right...he's GRUMPA, not Grampa.

 

[HerdOHuds]

We were 'that' family last December. Actually I was 'that' Momma and my DS2 was "that' child. We planned to watch the fireworks at MK on the beach at the Polynesian after we had done HS all day. (The guys golfed.) But DS2 can't miss out on sleep or a meal and after the meal was late and the fireworks were after his bedtime, I was the Momma hauling his screaming, wailing, and thrashing little self back to the room.

No lie, I tucked him in bed and he was out before I pulled up the covers.

That boy lives for his schedule!

 

[lnh'smom]

This thread is making me nervous Going to WDW with an 18 month old. I've never been with a child that young. Hope it goes well, and if it doesn't I guess we will be "that" family too. I must say, I am enjoying the stories. Keep them coming!

ME TOO!!!!! Well, mine will be 17months, same thing. I'm sure we will have a good "that family" story when we get back!

 

[LydiaAch]

It's nice to know there are other NORMAL families out there!

 

[rolly128]

It never seems to amaze me the things that come out of my child's mouth when we visit Disney World. My favorite is still the first time we brought her to the magic kingdom, and went on It's a Small World. She was a year old at the time, and all of the Oooh's and Ahhh's just melted my heart!

 

[metime]

I don't know what you are talking about! My children are always pleasant and have never caused, or been a party to, any moments of strife and discontent.

 

[Aliceacc]

i don't know what you are talking about! My children are always pleasant and have never caused, or been a party to, any moments of strife and discontent.

 

[princessmom29]

I don't know what you are talking about! My children are always pleasant and have never caused, or been a party to, any moments of strife and discontent.

What are you giving them, and where can I get some??

 

[Aliceacc]

OP here.
I saw this thread as one of the "Recommended threads" at the bottom of the page, and re-read it. I had some great laughs.

And I'm happy to say that my now almost-18-year-old is heading off to college this fall, unafraid of Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. In fact, starting our trip at Chef Mickey's has become a tradition, and each time we eat there we reminisce about that memorable tantrum that started our 2008 trip. We've managed not to lose our youngest on any of our subsequent trips. And my now 16 year old older daughter still sometimes wants things, but the difference is that she now has a job and it's her own money that pays for it.

Things have a way of working out.

 

[tami82]

Our first trip was kind of weird I don't know I think sometimes all of the driving and not sleeping well at first gets to you. My husband got mad at me because he was going on a ride with my daughter and I was supposed to wait instead me and my younger daughter decided to see the talking turtle (forgot his name) and meanwhile my husband was done and kept calling me and I was so into it I guess I ignored the phone calls. Well this started a fight which wasted our last two to three days. I wound up hanging out with the 3 kids by myself. don't know why he flew off the handle and acted like a jerk for the rest of the trip and then was nice during our last meal. He then says I wonder if we could stay another day. What??? We didn't but I found that annoying that precious time was wasted over something stupid. That was about the only trip I remember that things were crazy for whatever reason and all other vacations have been fine since then.

 

[RMColosimo]

Oh thank goodness - I thought it was only my kids who would probably kill each over who gets to push the elevator button. Some years we actually had to have assigned days. No less this was when we stayed at the GF. Sometimes I felt like the Beverly Hillbillies meet the Grand Floridian!

Yeah, our kids once fought over the button and hit the 'Red' emergency button.... Ugh... At least everyone got to point to us when the voice came over and asked if everything was okay in the elevator. Grin. My baby did it...

 

[CanadianAli]

First trip for 2 year old twins in May, and we did better than expected. But, yes..definitely a few moments of being "that" family. Usually at meal time. UGH!

 

[PollyannaMom]

I saw this thread as one of the "Recommended threads" at the bottom of the page, and re-read it. I had some great laughs.

Me too! I probably spent far too much time on it today when I should have been productive, but it was just great!!

 

[CapeCodTenor]

I'm planning a trip to the World next year with my family, me, DW and DD, who'll be 4 at the time of the trip, and while my DD is good, I'm expecting some interesting moments.

 

[apartyof5]

Some of these are really funny!

Last December we, too, were that family (on several occasions) but this is the one that haunts me: DH and our boys were riding Everest. Dd (almost 4) and I walked down to see the monkeys because she isn't tall enough to ride yet.

So she's grumpy in her stroller, we get to the monkeys, and something happened. She just lost it-lost it like I've never seen before and haven't seen since. She was screaming to see the monkeys and there I stood, in front of the monkeys, while she screamed. People passing just starred. We could clearly SEE the monkeys. It lasted about 10 minutes, I took her to the bathroom, got her a cold towel, and watched her bawl. Nothing I said or did stopped it. She did stop eventually thank god. But it was a complete melt down I hope I never witness again.

 

[TiggerBouncy]

My favorite one to tell is my son's first visit. he was 4 and it was just the two of us. He watched videos and studied WDW and told me the first thing he wanted to do was Haunted Mansion.

I asked him again on the plane, and he said HM. No Problem. he's fickle, so I asked when we landed and he said he wanted to go straight to HM. We check in at the hotel and I ask if he wants to go to the room first. Nope - HM. We go to the park, and I ask if he wants lunch. After all, it's 1pm and he hasn't had a bite to eat. NOPE. HM he says. Bathroom? NO! HM! So we go right to HM and get in line.

The doors open and he plants his feet and goes "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO". After all that, I wasn't having any of it. i was hungry and this was all he kept saying not letting me eat or rest before. I picked him up and threw him over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes with his head sobbing quietly in my shoulder. I'm sure everyone around me must have been thinking I was a nomination for worst father of the year, LOL.

After the stretching room, he was completely okay. It became his favorite ride after that. So no - he was not traumatized for life.

 

[AdamEfimoff]

Great thread! Last trip my dd, then 5, complained "all we've done here is ride rides, when am I going to get to PLAY!". Then later on the bus ride back to SSR, apparently older dd (then 8) must have PO'd her little sister who proceded to give her a huge slap upside the head. Lots of screaming, punishing, etc. I'm sure we were quite the talk of the bus.

I won't even get into later in the week when ds (then 2) manifested a nasty stomach bug all over MGM. (Uh, ma'am, you may not want to put your daughter right there for a picture, you are about to step in my son's puke....)

that is interesting. I say that because its a vacation and you can do what ever you want on it . If you want to go swimming go swimming etc

 

[MSS91]

There's a reason we refer to ourselves as the Donner Party when we go to Disney as a whole family

Can't think of one complete story, but these are a list of some of our finest moments:

Dad literally taking mom out with the stroller in a race to catch the bus back to the hotel at MK closing. Knocked her down and she cut her knee up pretty bad. He didn't stop and kept running for the bus. Strangers stopped with me to see if she was okay. Did I mention it ended up not being our bus?

Brother being peer pressured to go on SM by his best friend and myself, gets on the ride, and halfway up the first hill decides he wants off. He screamed the entire ride and actually tried to physically get out of the log in the laughing place. Disney had to stop the ride and make an announcement to stay in your log

Brother and best friend purposely annoying Dad and pushing his buttons cause that's what pre teen boys do. Dad loses it, grabs best friends icee and proceeds to chuck it on the ground and storm out of Epcot in a blaze of glory until he remembered that he didn't have the car keys and he didn't know how to take the bus back

I'm sure there's more, but honestly every trip someone has a total meltdown in a very public place and we totally get judged. You just have to learn to laugh it off and go with it. Everyone in Disney is having the same situation