Ok, seriously. What in the HELL are we supposed to do with this?
Year: 2008
All Done
We had a great last day in Florida. We spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool that had a poolside bar and the margaritas were on special ;-) There was a slide that wasn’t as user friendly as the one in Guam but I took Mallory down it a few times anyway. This pool area also had a little kiddie pool that was only 2 feet deep so we had fun in there. She is completely and utterly fearless when it comes to water (and reinforces that it is the pool that she doesn’t like at her new …
Last day in Florida
While waiting in the (super) long line for the Flying Dumbos yesterday, there were three little kids behind us (7, 4 and 3) with I think their aunt. They were out of control and I was mildly irritated but then the little girl (age 4) asked me “what’s HER name?” in this unbelievably adorable English accent and pointed at Mallory. This was followed up with “how old is she? how many teeth does she have? how many teeth do I have? how many teeth do you have? what’s your name? (to which the 7 yr old boy responded “hey, that’s …
A Day at Disney
We had a fabulous time at Disney today – the best part was spending time with Rick’s family – they live so far away that for them to be able to get quality time with Mallory is cool
Well, first things first – Mallory still doesn’t like the characters. When one came into her view, she would kick and squirm until I picked her up. Even then, if the character came close enough, she would start to whine and cry. But if I told her to say hi or blow a kiss, she would but then would go back to squirming …
Photos from Disney
First photo of the day:
Last photo of the day:
More Pictures
Just some pictures from today:
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And here is her menu from TGIFridays (shocking that we ate there, eh?).
We asked her if she could find the M. I am telling the honest truth when I say she found the M in the lower left corner all by herself. We almost pointed it out for her but didn’t have to even give any hints.
I know this is super crazy for her to know a letter but when Rick has an M on 99.9% of the shirts he wears, we joke with Mallory that the M stands for …
First report from Orlando
This resort where we are staying is gorgeous. There are about 8 pools, mini-golf, Pizza Hut, a couple of poolside bars, and best of all – it’s only 4 miles from Disney!
We are heading there tomorrow and Rick’s family is driving over to spend the day with the Mouse with us. I was actually able to get some character meals set up and I hope the pumpkinhead isn’t freaked out by the characters this time like she was over Christmas.
Here are some pictures from our trip so far:
on our screened-in balcony
after her morning bath
The kid is down for a nap …
Made It
For as good as my kid was on our super long flight to Guam, she was equally horrible on our flights yesterday and they were a fifth of the airtime. What a difference 4 months makes between traveling with a 14-mo old and traveling with an 18-mo old. I felt like Kate from Jon and Kate plus 8 (but with only one kid) when they were flying to Utah and Kate started to lose it on the plane. We were *those people* on our flight yesterday that everyone hated…where you look at the parents and try to figure out why …
Watch, Gigi
My favorite hockey team in the whole world used to be the Dallas Stars. The Stars are playing the Wings tonight in playoff hockey and I didn’t know who to root for I didn’t know for whom to root (grammar corrected on May 13) (since I really don’t like either team) but we turned the game on so Mallory could watch hockey and she was all fired up. Then we called Gigi to see if she was watching the hockey game and my mom in turn asked Mallory if she was watching the game.
Mallory started holding the phone up to …
My Kid Rocks
Not sure if I should be proud of this or a little disturbed – but it’s too funny to not share.
The new Kid Rock song “All Summer Long” came on the radio yesterday when we were in the car. I looked in the rear-view mirror and Mallory was totally rockin’ out in the backseat. This will be fine until she starts to sing the words “drinking whiskey out the bottle”, etc. ;-)
We had her dancing tonight for a while but didn’t have the camera fired up early enough so it’s not worth posting. Rookie mistake.
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Mallory …