Broken ankle during winter?
On my predisposed to moodiness, uncoordinated child?
Awesome.
Did I mention we live in a raised ranch?
Which means there is NO way to come or go without navigating either the steep basement stairs, or the icy outdoor walks and steps?
Merry Fucking Christmas!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Down For The Count
#1 Kid's hotel incident has continued on and off all week with the added bonus of some horrific leakage.
(guess who gets to clean it all up?)
Which brings me to....
#2 I might be dying. Whatever Kid has, I have, with the spectacular addition of blood (sorry... but it's true).
Yesterday, I said by day two of blood in my dog's stool I'd have taken him to the vet. It's day 5; I'm still sitting here.
Hopefully, I'll live through the weekend.
P.S. Kid seems to be better today, so I'm hoping I'll follow suit tomorrow (pretty please).
As soon as Kid felt better, she went sledding.
Which brings me to....
#3
Kid sprained her ankle (or broke it... not sure yet) while sledding with Mr F last night.
Of course, she's too heavy for me to lift, even if I weren't huddled on the bathroom floor. Last night I managed to drag her around, with her grasping around my waist from behind, me hobbled over so as to help support her weight with my rump, and her pogoing behind on her good leg. Think two man horse costume arrangement... but with hopping. It took us a good half hour to get from the playroom to her bed. I wish there had been pictures. Well, needless to say, I can't do that going down the stairs to our garage to our car, and she needs to see a doctor. So, Mr F had to come home. And amazingly HE DID. If you've been following along, you know that that NEVER happens. I've actually passed out from the stomach flu, with very little kids at home, and he still hasn't come home to help. I think the blood is working in my favor ;)
On to better things...
#4 We got a Playmobil advent calendar again this year. These things (especially if you have Playmobil) are the bomb. And, this year, they come in already assembled boxes (if you've gotten these before you know what a nightmare that assembly was!).
Not exactly how I had wanted to start off the holiday season, hopefully this weekend sees a tremendous turnaround. Or at least the unpacking of our remaining trip bags and such.
(guess who gets to clean it all up?)
Which brings me to....
#2 I might be dying. Whatever Kid has, I have, with the spectacular addition of blood (sorry... but it's true).
Yesterday, I said by day two of blood in my dog's stool I'd have taken him to the vet. It's day 5; I'm still sitting here.
Hopefully, I'll live through the weekend.
P.S. Kid seems to be better today, so I'm hoping I'll follow suit tomorrow (pretty please).
As soon as Kid felt better, she went sledding.
Which brings me to....
#3
Kid sprained her ankle (or broke it... not sure yet) while sledding with Mr F last night.
Of course, she's too heavy for me to lift, even if I weren't huddled on the bathroom floor. Last night I managed to drag her around, with her grasping around my waist from behind, me hobbled over so as to help support her weight with my rump, and her pogoing behind on her good leg. Think two man horse costume arrangement... but with hopping. It took us a good half hour to get from the playroom to her bed. I wish there had been pictures. Well, needless to say, I can't do that going down the stairs to our garage to our car, and she needs to see a doctor. So, Mr F had to come home. And amazingly HE DID. If you've been following along, you know that that NEVER happens. I've actually passed out from the stomach flu, with very little kids at home, and he still hasn't come home to help. I think the blood is working in my favor ;)
On to better things...
#4 We got a Playmobil advent calendar again this year. These things (especially if you have Playmobil) are the bomb. And, this year, they come in already assembled boxes (if you've gotten these before you know what a nightmare that assembly was!).
Not exactly how I had wanted to start off the holiday season, hopefully this weekend sees a tremendous turnaround. Or at least the unpacking of our remaining trip bags and such.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Update Winter Style
P.S. I think I've figured out the volume glitch... of course... after I taped this. Next time!
Monday, November 28, 2011
Well, We're Back
Recap:
We had a good, albeit completely exhausting, time.
We managed to stay on budget food-wise ($440 for all 9 days... 5 at Disney, 4 on the road).
We did Disney like we've never done it before.
The kids were really into it, in a different way than they have been before.
No rest for the weary style... but a couple of awesome apple turn-overs from the Main St Bakery to keep Mr F & I going.
Character meals, unless you have Disney Dining... are just not worth it. The end.
Our hotel did NOT have bedbugs (in case you wonder about stuff like that).
5 hours into our first day of driving Baby strongly suggested we should drive straight to the nearest airport and fly to Disney.
The 2nd day of driving was easier with the excitement of Disney looming.
How many billboards for one strip joint can there possibly be?... apparently HUNDREDS.
The weather was mostly perfect. Only one hot day, and we really maxed out the comfortable evenings.
Driving home was a lot more tedious, both days took 3-4 hours longer than they should have.
10-12 hours in the car is hard, once you step over 13 hours?... it's kind of Hell.
We we're stopped up on the highway for more than 8 major multi-car accidents (and, no, it was not snowing)... it was crazy.
Oh, I didn't mention that Kid woke up yesterday (drive day two of our return) and threw up in our hotel.
Awesome. On all counts. I wasn't sure how that was going to go down with a full day of travel.
But that girl is some kind of a soldier. She never even complained, kept trying to weakly pretend she was okay.
She just dealt with it, even though she must have felt like HELL, and the trip was over 13 hours.
As soon as we got home she admitted how sick she was and went to lay on the bathroom floor.
Okay, that's the wrap up.
I'm not feeling too hot myself...
The Take Away....
Next time we're switching back to staying on-site, with the meal plan, and we are going to FLY. If you are going to max-out Disney, and apparently my kids have reached that age, it just makes it more of a vacation IMO to have everything you need as easily as possible, without having to stress about how much everything is EVERY time you try and eat, park, etc. AND we really missed having the sit down meals, and character meals that are just cost prohibitive without the meal plan, now. As long as Disney keeps giving the meal plan away for free, next time we'll plan our trip for their deal dates and take advantage of it. For me, in the end we only saved a couple hundred dollars, and in return I had to make up the difference (personally) with work and planning, which effected my vacation enjoyment. I'd rather wait until we can afford to fly and use the meal plan, just because I'd like a vacation that's completely fun & relaxing for me, too. Which is not to say we didn't have a great time. But 4 days of car travel with kids, and trying to manage food on the cheap, was just a lot of work for a vacation. Last time we stayed off site the kids were much younger, needed more downtime, didn't eat as much, and we lived a full days drive closer! ;)
We had a good, albeit completely exhausting, time.
We managed to stay on budget food-wise ($440 for all 9 days... 5 at Disney, 4 on the road).
We did Disney like we've never done it before.
The kids were really into it, in a different way than they have been before.
No rest for the weary style... but a couple of awesome apple turn-overs from the Main St Bakery to keep Mr F & I going.
Character meals, unless you have Disney Dining... are just not worth it. The end.
Our hotel did NOT have bedbugs (in case you wonder about stuff like that).
5 hours into our first day of driving Baby strongly suggested we should drive straight to the nearest airport and fly to Disney.
The 2nd day of driving was easier with the excitement of Disney looming.
How many billboards for one strip joint can there possibly be?... apparently HUNDREDS.
The weather was mostly perfect. Only one hot day, and we really maxed out the comfortable evenings.
Driving home was a lot more tedious, both days took 3-4 hours longer than they should have.
10-12 hours in the car is hard, once you step over 13 hours?... it's kind of Hell.
We we're stopped up on the highway for more than 8 major multi-car accidents (and, no, it was not snowing)... it was crazy.
Oh, I didn't mention that Kid woke up yesterday (drive day two of our return) and threw up in our hotel.
Awesome. On all counts. I wasn't sure how that was going to go down with a full day of travel.
But that girl is some kind of a soldier. She never even complained, kept trying to weakly pretend she was okay.
She just dealt with it, even though she must have felt like HELL, and the trip was over 13 hours.
As soon as we got home she admitted how sick she was and went to lay on the bathroom floor.
Okay, that's the wrap up.
I'm not feeling too hot myself...
The Take Away....
Next time we're switching back to staying on-site, with the meal plan, and we are going to FLY. If you are going to max-out Disney, and apparently my kids have reached that age, it just makes it more of a vacation IMO to have everything you need as easily as possible, without having to stress about how much everything is EVERY time you try and eat, park, etc. AND we really missed having the sit down meals, and character meals that are just cost prohibitive without the meal plan, now. As long as Disney keeps giving the meal plan away for free, next time we'll plan our trip for their deal dates and take advantage of it. For me, in the end we only saved a couple hundred dollars, and in return I had to make up the difference (personally) with work and planning, which effected my vacation enjoyment. I'd rather wait until we can afford to fly and use the meal plan, just because I'd like a vacation that's completely fun & relaxing for me, too. Which is not to say we didn't have a great time. But 4 days of car travel with kids, and trying to manage food on the cheap, was just a lot of work for a vacation. Last time we stayed off site the kids were much younger, needed more downtime, didn't eat as much, and we lived a full days drive closer! ;)
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