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Glad you all enjoyed TSMM! It is a very cool ride! Luke has taught me to shoot like he does on this one. Put the ball and string between your pointer and middle finger and just pull with the fingers and wrist, not the whole arm. You'll be able to fire off more shots faster.
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Glad you all enjoyed TSMM! It is a very cool ride! Luke has taught me to shoot like he does on this one. Put the ball and string between your pointer and middle finger and just pull with the fingers and wrist, not the whole arm. You'll be able to fire off more shots faster.
It'll be fun if I can get my score into a reasonable level. It's definitely quantity over quality of shots on this ride, I think.
Dylan loves Lightning McQueen too! He usually wants nothing to do with Mater though. So Lukas gets all the Mater stuff (at least for now while he can't object).
We still haven't ridden TSMM - I hope to rectify that on our next trip, but I've been saying that for years now.
And good job Even on cleaning up! It's great when you see them do something without being told. Now why can't they do it every time?!
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Great morning at DHS! I love the pics of you guys in front of the hat. Looking forward to hearing about your night at MNSSHP. We went when my son was 4 and he loved it.
Evan enjoyed MNSSHP. I think the pictures are nice but still hate that hat.
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Great finish to your time at DHS. Glad Evan got to meet Lightning McQueen. Can't wait to hear about MNSSHP!!
Evan was over the moon after meeting McQueen - we even wore matching shirts that day.
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I'll see if my scores improve by pulling fast and not watching the targets. I do notice that the people who score high have much lower averages than mine so I think I'm being too deliberate with each shot. It doesn't really matter how high my score it-- I love this ride!
I loved this ride too and I thought is was cool when all of a sudden I realized if you rapid fire you can actually see a stream of wear you are aiming.
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I end up with a wrist-ache doing "rapid fire"!
Looking forward to hearing about the party!
I didn't have wrist ache beacuase I didn't do it the whole ride - next time I imagine I will.
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Loving reading your trip report! Can't wait to hear how you and Evan liked MNSSHP and to see your pics! We are going in September!
You'll love it. It rained for us but still had a great time.
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Great pics from DHS! I hope the party is a success tonight!
It was but you'll have to check back for all the details
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Glad you all enjoyed TSMM! It is a very cool ride! Luke has taught me to shoot like he does on this one. Put the ball and string between your pointer and middle finger and just pull with the fingers and wrist, not the whole arm. You'll be able to fire off more shots faster.
Great tip - I'll try that - you should submit that for the newsletter it will save a lot of people from getting wrist ache.
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Sounds like you're having a great time! David and I TSMM. He even humors me sometimes and lets me beat his score. (Lol, I am WAY too competitive!)
It will be a sad day for me I'm sure when Evan beats me all on his own.
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What a great day at DHS! Loved the pictures in this update. And to Evan for cleaning up after himself! (And to you too, for teaching him )
Some times he amazes me beacuse if you saw his play room you would like he never cleans up anything.
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Sounds like the rest of your DHS day turned out great.
It was a very nice day.
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Dylan loves Lightning McQueen too! He usually wants nothing to do with Mater though. So Lukas gets all the Mater stuff (at least for now while he can't object).
We still haven't ridden TSMM - I hope to rectify that on our next trip, but I've been saying that for years now.
And good job Even on cleaning up! It's great when you see them do something without being told. Now why can't they do it every time?!
You do have to get on TSMM it is loads of fun. Evan likes Mater too but McQueen really is his favorite.
This weekend I finally downloaded the photos off my phone and I thought I'd share a few with you.
Evan at the pool at the hotel
My ice cream lunch at Ghirardelli - The Gold Rush
Evan at the Castle
This was sent to my phone - sorry it is grainy. but this is my brother
acting like an idiot and my dogs Trixie on left and Wrigley on right.
At least I know they were getting lots of love while I was gone.
I took Evan to the Philadelphia zoo in February. I think it was one of the best visits we ever had. Because it was cooler the animals were so much more active then when we go in the summer. We are in Big Cat Falls and the Lion is walking around and growling a little and then snuggles in next to the female...this is what we see...
Now this is my phone camera - no zoom. We are literally about 10 feet from them. I look at Evan - he is over in the corner watching the video! Seriously? So I grab him and tell him to look at the real thing right there in front of him.
Then we wander around and we get to the tigers. The tiger was taking laps and would pass right in front of the glass. The tiger was like 5 inches away. Again I go to get Evan right up in front and you guessed it - he is watching the video. COME ON! You have a real live tiger right here!!!!
How great to be that close to the big cats! It's the way of the world, I'm afraid-- experiencing life on video screens and communicating with our thumbs.
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TSMM. He even humors me sometimes and lets me beat his score. (Lol, I am WAY too competitive!)
to Evan for cleaning up after himself! (And to you too, for teaching him 
So Lukas gets all the Mater stuff (at least for now while he can't object).
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Seriously? So I grab him and tell him to look at the real thing right there in front of him.
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