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Old 02-26-2012, 12:31 PM   #181
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Love your Photopass pix! What great memories!

Just read your ToT installment. I'm sorry Asher didn't enjoy it. DD didn't even think about going near ToT this trip, so we still haven't ridden it as a family.

I hope you got your meds & were able to head off any colds! Trust me, I know how icky it is to be sick on a Disney vacation!
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Just caught up! It looks like you all are having a fantastic trip!! I can't wait to hear more
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Loving your TR! I was a little behind but I am all caught up now! So funny that your day at MK started out exactly like ours! Baby care center, Magic Carpets, PotC... that made me laugh.
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Then Jamie tells me there is a little girl behind him that he is going to let up there with us when the parade starts. He already told her mom and she was very grateful. He was waiting because he knew that as soon as he moved his body people were going to move in closer and he was trying to avoid that as much as possible. We hear the parade coming and he turns to the mom and little girl and tells her to come on up and she is now a little shy. I was trying to make more room up there so her mom could come too but there just wasn't any to be made. The mom was encouraging her to go up there and two girls who were standing close by, but could see fine where they were, pushed past Jamie and sat in the little girls spot! They were very much on top of me and pushing me into Selah's stroller. We were all so irritated.
This just irritates me to no end. Maybe it's because we've always, always taught our son to not cut in line. Heck, 99% of the time whenever we are waiting in line, he will see someone and tell me to let them in. Maybe it's because the rudeness of everything that those girls did. If I had been their mother and saw that I would have called them back and probably demanded that they apologize. Even as a bystander I would have said something to them. Because I'm just like that. My DH says that I'm nosy I don't think it's that, I just believe in manners and that you are never too young or too old to use them.

That's a cute story about Selah and the little girl. I'm sure that the mom wasn't upset. She probably didn't know what to think or maybe didn't know what to say. Sometimes people act strange.
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Hi everyone! I had to take a few days off from my TR but I will be back soon. This weekend Asher got sick with a stomach virus. He was sick all weekend but he is better now. Selah did not get the stomach virus and we were very thankful. If she gets a stomach virus it usually means a hospital stay for her so that she can have her anticonvulsants through IV. On Monday Selah did start getting sick though with a bad cold. Lots of congestion. She is doing good but she is not really eating. This is probably because of the cold but could also be that she just doesn't want to eat. We have gone through the not eating off and on for years. Anyway, I have been really busy between the two kids and just everyday stuff. I hope to get another update done in the next day or two. Tomorrow Selah has Special Olympics and she is doing good so she will be ready for tomorrow. This being said, I will be busy tomorrow. Hopefully I will get something written though. I miss being on here. Thanks for sticking with me!
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Hope everyone feels better soon! Good luck to Selah at the Special Olympics, hope she has a great time!
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Love the photopass pictures. Glad Asher and Selah are feeling better and good luck to Selah in the Special Olympics.
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