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I love the pictures of your farm. Poor little cow, good thing you and Claire spotted the baby.
Thanks. Yes Claire ahd her friend felt they were heros that day.
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What unusual facial markings on that cow in the last picture. Very cool. And that nest kittens is just as cute as can be! What willyou do with that many kitties?
We call that cow Y baby. LOL I bet you can guess why.
We have WAY too many cats and I'm sure there is a lot of interbreeding going on too. I have done quite a bit of complaining about it. We need to get rid of them, because they like to spray everything and there is a couple that think when I open my garage door it's an invitation for them to come and and pee on something. I have a hate relationship with a lot of the cats.
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Nice farm and very pretty cows. Now I understand the amount of work that Skip has to contend with. Glad he does take time away with you guys at least part of the time. You were lucky to see the baby. The farm behind me wasn't so lucky. They lost a set of twin calves earlier this year. So sad. My wife enjoys watching the cows and all of the babies as they grow up. This farm is not a dairy farm.
He's a busy guy. I know he has a lot of work to do each day...on any given day, but I think he makes up more more when he doesn't want to do something.. My Dad was famous for doing that too. I just go on without him. He learned real fast that I am not going to sit home and wait for when he was ready.
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I wanted to post what I plan to have Claire and I wear on arrival day to AKL. I made these, and they aren't fantastic, but I do like them. Claire's is a dress and mine is a shirt.
the pictures aren't that great. They are turquois blue and dark brown.
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I've kind of gone astray here so I want to do a recap to get back on track.
"pre" pre-trip ~ Oct. 31, Halloween: We will be trick or treating. When I worked on dates for the trip I had thought about going down early all along, but there was no way I would do it if we missed Halloween at home. Claire would be too disapointed to miss trick or treating with friends. So I gave up on an early arrival ........until I got wind of the last party being on the 2nd of Nov. Hopefully we'll be pretty much packed and ready on this day.
Pre-trip~ Nov. 1: this will probably become day 1 when I start my Trip report. Claire will go to school for a full day. We will say our good byes to Skip and head down to Columbus that evening and spend the night with my sister who lives there. (she's not coming on this trip at all...her choice). I don't want to leave too early to get down there, but I think it's about 2 1/2 hours to drive. I want to time it so we can have a little visitong time, then head off to bed.
Day 1~ Nov.2: We will get up extremely early for our 7:20 flight. My sister says we should get to the airport between 5:30 and 6. I dread getting up early...but who am I kidding, I won't sleep much the night before. Claire on the other hand will be harder to get up. We land around 9:30 and will use ME to get to AKL. We'll check in and hope to be able to get in our room early. We'll explore, swim, and just hang out. If we gt in our room early, we'll take a little nap too. Around 3:30 or so we'll head over to the MK for the party and hopefully stay till midnight. I plan to catch the 2nd parade that night. I am also planning a Dis meet! This will be so much fun to finally meet Carey! Over the last year I have come to consider her a good friend. We've (Claire and I) been doing some talking about costumes. Claire tried on several things the other day and decided she wants to be a pirate...this may change in the next 6 months, so I'm not holding my breath on that one. I am bringing pirate gear for the cruise, but I am thinking it may be too hot to wear this for the party. Weather will be a big factor. My outfit has a heavy blazer and if it's hot, I'll never be able to stand it. My other thought was to be a "graduate". I helped my Mom & Dad move furniture the other day for some rooms that are getting painted. As we were cleaing out a room we found Michael's graduation cap. Mom thinks his gown is in a closet that is blocked by a dresser right now (till after painting is done). If we find that, I think that might be light weight and a good option...and free too. I also looked up high school musical grad outfits for Claire. I found 2 sites that have them on clearance. One only has a 4-6 though. The other has a 6-8, but I'm not even sure that would fit her. I found another site with a 10-12, but their price is higher than the origional price the other 2 sites had. If I can find it for a steal, I might ask her if she wants to go that route.
Day 2~ Nov. 3: I have a 10:50 AM ADR for Boma. I want to give it a try, but I don't know if we'll keep it or not. I want Claire to sleep in, but check out is 11 anyways. Also Claire isn't a big breakfast eater, but if I tell her it's lunch, she'll probably eat more. LOL!. We plan to take ME back to the airport to meet up with family, but not sure when yet, as we are still watching flight prices for them...and again they went up another $40. UGH! Once we meet, we'll get our rental cars and head over to Residence Inn at the port. I am hoping we can see the fantasy sail off. We'll probably let the girls swim and just hang out and get a bite to eat for dinner. Then off to dream land and get ready for the next exciting adventure.
Day 3~Nov. 4: We will get up, get the free breakfast and get ready to head to the port. I don't know our boarding times yet, but I do hope to get early ones. We plan to have 1 member from each car drive us over and drop off everything and then they will come back and leave the cars at RI and take the shuttle over to the port. It all sounds good in theory, lets hope it all goes as planned. We board the Dream and have a blast!
Day 4~Nov. 5: This is our Nassua day. I am still debating excurisons, but I think Claire and I will be doing the Atlantis Aquarium tour.
I just have to share this. Yesterday was Skip's birthday. I went shopping with Mom, because she wanted to get him a new grill and wanted me to help pick it out. We stopped at my Aunts house whileout and about, and my Aunt gave me a picture that one of her friends had painted. It was from a picture I had taken of Claire a few years ago...on of my favorites. I guess her friend wanted to paint a child, so my Aunt gave her a copy of the picture of Claire and this lady did a wonderful job. We decided to head over to Hobby Lobby and frame it and give it to Skip for his birthday...which he loved. I think he thinks I hired this lady to do the picture. Here is the origional picture.
I'll probably get up with the sun...once again....I love exploring the empty ship in the morning.
And soon we'll gaze on this!
We are planning to try out the Sting Ray excursion with snorkling. Claire wants to snorkle, and I think this will be a great place to try it for a beginner. I hope to get the 1st session, which means lazy butt will have to get going pretty early.
After that, we'll explore the island and hopefully find a few characters.
Maybe do a little relaxing
And very likely we will rent a tube, as this was a huge hit with Claire last year.
I do plan to get more pictures here this time around, since several were lost on my lost SD card last trip.
After our fun day on the beach, we'll dress for dinner....I believe this is pirate night.
I have a new costume for Claire this year, with a matching one for cousin Alexis. Little Abby is going to wear one of Claire's old pirate costumes.
After dinner...
we'll go to the pirate show.
And maybe I'll have a cocktail...I don't drink a lot, but sometimes ist's nice to have a fruity drink on a cruise ship.
We might fit in a character meet.
And then watch the fireworks.
Perhaps we'll catch a bite at the buffet this time around too. We totally missed it last time.
The picture of Claire is fantastic. Your mother's friend really did a terrific job. Oh, and your trip plans are sounding like they are coming along nicely.
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The picture of Claire is fantastic. Your mother's friend really did a terrific job. Oh, and your trip plans are sounding like they are coming along nicely.
Thanks...I really love the painting. Claire had some friends voernight Friday and even one of them asked me if it was a painting.
I am still working out the plans...but I have all my ADR's made now for the WDW portion. Just waiting for a discount now that would make the trip even better!
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The painting of Claire is gorgeous! Perfect birthday gift!
Thanks...I love it.
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Great pictures around your farm! Also great plans for Castaway Cay day!
I can't wait. Claire asked yesterday if we were going this summer...and I had to tell her no, it was still a long ways away yet.
Today is our day at sea. I haven't had a day at sea with Disney yet, so this should be fun. I have had them when I sailed with NCL years ago, and I liked them, and I'm sure this will just as enjoyable.
I will try to sleep in, but you know how that goes with me...doesn't happen much. Claire, on the otherhand probably will and I'll let her.
I'll probably do some roaming around the ship and then write up some notes. I need to be a bit more diligent with this on this trip because it will be such a long trip, I'm sure I'll forget a lot of things.
I'm sure pool time is going to be a priority for Claire...though I'm also sure that it will be packed this day.
If a good movie is playing, I hope to catch one. We love watching movies and this would be a fun way to spend part of the day.
I also want to try and make a palo brunch reservation for me and my parents.
Which means Claire will be heading off to the Kids club if I get this reservation.
Basically the theme of the day is to take it easy and not rush...will it happen...maybe ?
We'll all eventually meet up for dinner.
And the show.
Maybe a little shopping.
And some relaxing time.
We'll have to be packed and set our luggage out this night as well. I'm sure we'll be very sad about this....the good thing is, is that everyone from the family is going to spend at least a couple more days at Disney World. So the trip isn't at an end yet.
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