Disney Trip

Well, we're back. We had a great time overall. Very exhausted and sometimes cranky but mostly very, very good. Here are some memories:

High Points
-How great the kids were on the plane.
-Seeing Paige's eyes light up at the whole experience.
-Eating in the Castle and seeing the Princesses.
-Watching Cinderella's Royal Coronation.
-Having a $100 dinners that we didn't have to pay for because of the meal plan! What a deal that is!
-Paige getting chosen by Crush in the Living Seas for a chat.
-Getting to see Dad and Sue, getting lost on the way to dinner!
-Joshy taking his shoes off a million times a day in each park and not knowing it until we ran over them with the stroller. This sounds like a bad thing but really became pretty comical!
-The parades and firework shows.
-Being able to do things for Paige that I wouldn't have gotten as a child like the hair wrap, face painting and character meals.


Low Points
-Joshy throwing his bottle in the garbage while Paige and Chris were in Stitch's great escape. He just said "baba" so I gave it to him and next thing I knew it was in the garbage!
-Paige whining about her feet hurting and asking Chris for a piggyback.
-Joshy not eating for the first few days because he's so stubborn and would rather not eat than be fed.
-Joshy crying for at least an hour one night waking everyone up with no explanation as to why.
-Some kid kicking Joshy in the face at Pooh's Thoughtful Spot.
-Paige's fear of all things scary, making her freak out in line for Peter Pan (what if Captain Hook jumps out at me!). She refused to see Voyage of the Little Mermaid (what if there is a big Ursula) at MGM and the Beauty & the Beast Show. As Chris says, we never have to worry about this one bungy jumping!
-Huge, poorly behaved children jumping over Joshy, pushing him and knocking him down in the Toon Town Park.
-Taking insanely overcrowded bus back to the resort and having to stand because no one would let a pregnant woman sit down.
-Listening to Paige complain about things we weren't buying her when she had more stuff than the rest of us combined!

Stats and Thoughts

Like Susan I have lots of random thoughts running through my head. Going to try blurting them all out and hope my head clears a little.

1. After a long trying day I made it through January 4th. We're all a year older.

2. Due to the age difference from Paige to the baby I'm going to be bringing kids to Parkman School for the next 12 years of my life! Remember I attended this school from 1975-1982 and now I'm going to have to be involved there again from 2004-2018!!! I will be 47 1/2 and still going to Parkman School! Like doing the dishes for Sue, this is what brings me down. The getting ready for school in the morning chore. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, all the while with a one year old clinging to my legs! Ugh! 12 more years.

3. I'm really bummed about the miners. I just got a CD Soundtrack of Coal Miner's Daughter and I had been listening to it over and over, thinking of the years I spent in mining country and the people I knew. Then this happened. I didn't sleep much on Tuesday night and when I did I dreamed about the trapped men. Its weird when stories of people I don't know take over my thoughts. I guess I "know" these people in some sense and that's why. Its a hard life and this is going to make it so much worse for so many families. My heart breaks for them.

4. Disney in 9 days! I need this vacation so bad! Here are the stats:
- Haven't been to Disney since 1989.
- Haven't flown away for a vacation since my honeymoon in August 1998.
(since visiting family doesn't count.)
- Haven't been away on vacation for a whole week since July of 2002.
- Haven't been on a plane since October 2002.

I NEED THIS TRIP SO FREAKING BAD!