I was so happy when Kadence was old enough to understand we could finally talk it out.
Awww, poor little sweetie!! When I get my grandsons in World of Disney, or any of the huge shops, they end up on overload. I think it is just too much stuff, too many choices and often a few too many 'no's', although they are pretty darn good at understanding 'pick one thing'.
She usually does pretty well not asking for things in real life, but at Disney it's another story. She knows that we'll spoil her there, and she goes a little crazy sometimes. I understand it, it's gotta be hard to be 5 and surrounded by things that you want.
It's hard though! I still remember on my first trip to Disneyland YEARS, no eons ago. We were on POTC, on the second day it was open. We had absolutely no idea what to expect. We went down the big 'hill', it was dark and my Mary Poppins hat flew off. I cried so much, that my parents bought me a replacement, which was totally out of character for them.
It was funny, because on Wonderful World of Disney, they showed the POTC on a special they had, commemorating the opening and other park changes. Guess what? It was my family in the boat and whoosh, there went my Mary Poppins hat.
My MiL could probably do an entire tree in Disney ornaments. She's been buying them since DH was little. Love, love, love the Christmas store! It's so hard to choose just 1 or 2 or 10 ornaments to buy!
Me too! I may or may not have gotten another ornament before the trip was over!
I don't blame you one bit for wanting to get your money's worth on the Potato Head pieces. And isn't it scary how quickly kids learn which parent to turn to when they want certain things? When Reid wants to eat out, he always goes to Ed.
We really crammed in the potato head parts. She got some really fun ones! It is a little scary. Mads has had our number for a while now. She knows that mom is usually the easy touch, but when I say no--wear daddy down. He has no patience for shopping. He'll give in if we're there long enough.
Good for you for putting Maddie in time out in the WoD store. I'm sure that was hard for her but for you, too!
Thanks. It was hard, and a little embarrassing. People were looking at us as though they'd never seen a kid in time out. We are pretty relaxed about the rules at WDW, but on that day she'd had about 17 warnings. We really had no choice.
And I hear ya on the talk about talking about why we're upset instead of being whiny, etc. I am going through this with Reid right now. No lie - we probably had this talk no less than 3x today. I keep trying to explain to him that if you just whine, scream or make ugly faces & walk away, I don't know what the problem is & I can't help you. I'm glad Maddie was apologetic & was able to verbalize why she was unhappy.
It's so hard! She's gotten a lot better about telling me what's on her mind, but on that day it was awful. We really thought she was being a spoiled brat and was mad that we were shopping for ourselves instead of her. But, once we got to WoD and were shopping for only her--the behavior continued. We also had to have several talks about telling us when she's hungry at WDW. It seems that the long days really affect her blood sugar, and that's when we usually have problems.
Can't wait to hear about the bad usage of DXDP credits at DHS!
DTD is fun to walk around, but I definitely can see preferring to be in the parks over stores!
I don't really blame her either. She is usually my little shopping buddy, but I can see wanting to be elsewhere at WDW!
As someone who spends snack credits on bottles of water, I'm curious to see what an even worse use of the DDxP is!
We do that too! This was a bad one...Let's see. You decided to visit two different parks and then catch a nighttime show and you get back to the room at midnight.
Close! Doesn't that sound relaxing?
I keep meaning to buy an ornament and then I think I'll wait until the end of the trip and I don't get one. Maybe next year.
I love getting ornaments from vacations. I'm one of those that gets really sappy as I pull each ornament out of the box every year.
Aw. It's a good thing she let you know what she was upset about. I wonder how often they stew about imagined slights, etc. without saying anything.
I'm glad she finally told us. I think they keep that stuff bottled up a lot. Always assuming that they'll get in trouble if they say what's on their mind.
Yeah. There goes that "relaxing" day!
Turkey legs? Hot dogs?
Great update Shannon!
I love the Christmas store too! I am obsessed with ornaments. I am loving those ear hats ones they have online right now. I want every single princess one. I may have put them all in my online shopping cart just to see how much it would be...
I love that store too! I could spend so long looking (and buying). I'll have to check out the ear hat ones...
I want to get Tessa a Potato head next time. She likes so few toys but has actually played with those at school so I need to let her get that.
I think it was a pretty good value too. If I remember correctly, it was $20. If you already have the head you could cram in a ton of stuff. We needed the head too, but we still got about 20 different parts for it. They were all Disney themed ones that you can't find anywhere else. I think that DH and I enjoyed doing it more than she did!
I would put Anthony in time out anywhere! I totally understand.
Thanks. I'm pretty comfortable putting her in time out at Target and the grocery store, but at WoD people were staring!
I had a feeling you all may end up at a park!
I love tht picture of Maddie with the Lego dogs. So adorable!
I'm sorry DTD didn't go exactly as planned. In Maddie's defense, I tend to feel that way too whenever I'm there. Too much shopping for my tastes.
That shouldn't be a difficult accomplishment at DHS.
That's totally true! She usually does so great there. I'm sure it's because she's hoping that I'll buy her everything in the store, but still...
I love how Maddie knows how to work Daddy. Our youngest son always knew to come to his mom if he wanted something because his dad always said no.
She has his number for sure! Kids are so savvy about that. I'm usually the easy touch, but on this day she knew I wasn't giving in.
Sorry that we were having a bad day at DTD, but glad you two made up.
Thanks. It wasn't that bad in hind sight, but in the moment it was terrible.
I'm afraid to hear where you went to eat at the Studios.
Love that last picture of Maddie at DTD.
A productive, yet short day at DTD!
We love hanging down there, and I am glad Kadence enjoys it as well. I'm also glad that I now know we weren't the only ones ever to put the little darling in a timeout while anywhere in WDW! I do believe bad behavior doesn't get rewards!
Thank goodness I'm not the only one! People were staring! It was like they've never put their kids in time out!
I LOL'd when I read that yo hugged it out,
DHS..... I'm gonna say Pizza Planet??
We'll see...
YES! I love Maddie's skirt! I've heard Agent P was going to start meeting in DHS, and I think her shirt and skirt would be a perfect match for that!
I've been reading along and enjoying your TR, but have only posted a few times. As a teacher, I just wanted to tell you that you seem like you're a really good mom. For you to stop and take a minute with Maddie to talk to her about why she was having a meltdown, and allow her the chance to learn how to express herself with words was so wonderful. I try to do this with my students a lot, because developmentally they just don't get it yet
Oh, I love the Potato Head parts you got! We have GOT to do that someday. Do you know that we have never been to the WDW DTD???
It was a lot of fun! They have so many really cool parts that you can't find anywhere else!
I CAN'T believe that you've never been there! Not even for dinner? I think you and Willow would enjoy it, they have so many fun shops to pop in and out of. And who wouldn't enjoy the princess room at WoD? It's the size of a regular store!
I totally feel you on the Disney time-out. Good job not letting vacation dissuade you from follow-through.
Thanks. I do have to admit that she had about 39 warnings before I did it
Hmm, can hardly wait to read about your lunch.......
Not sure why people would have been confused seeing Maddie on the floor, I mean it's not as if kids only misbehave at home, time outs happen everywhere!
That's true! I see kids on the floor throwing their fits all the time at WDW! 
Once at DTD, our first stop was the Christmas Store. It took me no time to find about 37 ornaments that I’d like to have, but I restrained myself and only bought two. I got a concentric Mickey head ornament with 2012 engraved on it, and Maddie got a Princess Jasmine ornament as a memento of this year’s transformation.
Hey, cool! That's the same one I picked out this last trip!
Next, we went to World of Disney. We’d gotten as far as the jewelry room before Maddie got her very first WDW time out. Ironically, she got a time out while I was looking for a pair of gold or silver earrings for her (hoping that fancy jewelry would help thwart her piercing problems) for acting like a spoiled brat. She wanted to leave, she wanted to look at princess toys, she wanted to have a snack. I wanted her to behave. We got some stares while she sat on the floor for 5 minutes, but I didn’t care. I was hoping that she’d learn a lesson. Luckily I didn’t find any earrings because I don’t think that would have been an appropriate reward for her behavior.
Sadly, she continued to be whiny in the princess room. I probably should have put the Rapunzel pillow back on the shelf, but I’d promised to get it and honestly didn’t feel like tracking it down elsewhere. I was so fed up with her that I took a time out for myself while Maddie and Bryan waited in line.
When they emerged, Maddie was apologetic. She tearfully admitted to us that she didn’t want to be at DTD at all. She really wanted to go to Disney World. (to her Magic Kingdom = Disney World) We had a little family meeting about trying to say what we’re feeling instead of getting upset, and then we hugged it out.
I'm glad everything worked out okay. I know how hard it is to give a child a time out in public like that (and in WDW, no less!!)--I'm sorry you still had issues after, but am so happy she was able to verbalize what was actually upsetting her, so you guys could all move on.
I told Maddie that we weren’t going to go back to the Magic Kingdom, but that we could go to DHS if she really wanted to go to a park. Maddie and I agreed that we’d head there after lunch at EoS. (Thank God I insisted on getting those 7 day park hoppers “just in case”.) Bryan was so happy that Maddie and I had made up that he declared that we were skipping EoS. He (correctly) assumed that the peace treaty between the two of us could be dissolved with a single bratty comment and decided that he’d rather skip EoS and get us to DHS ASAP.
I know - isn't that weird that we haven't been there??? I think it is just that we are so focused on the parks and don't want to give up any time to something else. Maybe next time........
I hear you - I have days like that sometimes with no Disney excuse for it!
I remember getting frustrated with her on our first trip because all she wanted to do was go in the pool....I get it now...she was 6 of course that's what she wanted to do. Like you, I had to do the WDw timeout .... stares and all, but we did it too!
I do like the shopping at DTD but it really is a nightmare to get to.
Can't wait to see Studios.
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do and others can get over it! I am more proud of parents that do discipline! 
