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Oh I complete agree! By the time I get home from work, eat dinner, feed Charlotte, clean up, get everything ready for the next day, its time for bed! Its crazy! I can't imagine how people do it with multiple children doing a million activities! I guess those times will be here before I know it though!
Somedays I balance 3 little ones all 3 & under. And it is usually every Friday and sometimes more often. It is brutal. Guess that is one reason JB only has half-brothers. Lol
I love your shirts! I'm all about the matchy-matchy so they're right up my alley.
You did great on the run! I'm doing my first official 5k next weekend and I'm terrified!
Great job!!!! I'm with the others, beating your time by 1 minute is great and a new PR for you! You should be very proud!!! I ran this race too and had such a great time. I hope to run it again in the future. I agree it is surreal to be up at that crazy hour and have so much fun company all around at the hotel and then especially once you arrive at the race. Lots of happy people all around. I just love it!
I met up with Monica and Sean at 11:20, while Mike stayed back to rest a little bit. We got a bus right away to DHS, and met up with our group by Fairfax Faire a little before 12. Some of them had eaten already. They had only ridden Rock 'N Roller Coaster, as it took them a while to get to DHS after the finish line. The rest of us ate, and then we all went to ride Tower of Terror. The FP was about 15 minutes long because the ride had been down for a while earlier in the day. Because of this, we got an email telling us we had an extra FP to use at a list of attractions. We all rode the Great Movie Ride at 1:10 (Kenny waited with Charlotte instead), and then we all used our FP for Toy Story Midway Mania at 1:45. Mom headed back to the POP and we went to the Frozen Sing A Long with Kenny's mom, dad, and sister. We had a FP for this later in the day, but we wanted to do it now so we used the 'bonus' one we were given earlier from TOT. We saw the 2:45 show, and then walked right into the Muppets. I really enjoyed the Frozen Sing-A-Long. Not only did I love the music, but the comedy provided by the 'Citizens of Arendale' was cute as well. We showed Kenny's dad the Singin' in the Rain umbrella (but the water was off so it wasn't quite as fun). Kenny, Charlotte, and I left and headed back to the POP around 4, getting a Mickey pretzel to share on the way out. We saw a POP bus pulling up so we ran for it (just what my legs needed!) Crowley's stayed and saw Lights, Motor, Action! and then used our Baby Swap passes from earlier to ride RNR and TOT.
We found mom and dad by the pool when we got back, so we sat near the pool bar and had a drink and relaxed. We went back to the room quickly, then met Kenny's parents at the bus stop to head to DTD. I think it was around 5:30 or 6:00. Mom and Dad went to the House of Blues to eat, while we headed to Earl of Sandwich. The line was about 25 minutes long, which was perfect for me to feed and change Charlotte while the rest of the group waiting in line. We walked across the new bridge and stopped in the Lego store for a few minutes before heading into the World of Disney store. We couldn't decide on anything for Charlotte, but I got myself a pair of sequin Minnie ears. I stopped in the Pin Traders shop, but I couldn't find a POP Century pin that I liked. There seeme to be only one style, and while I don't love it I guess I will need to buy it next time, as it was the only POP one I've seen. We walked through the new Co-Op, then got an ornament at the Christmas Store, and a rice krispie treat at Goofy's Candy Co. We got a bus back at 9:40 and were back in 15 minutes. I fed Charlotte (who had been asleep for a while) and then put her back to bed. A funny parenting moment... the rooms at the Pop are quite small, but it is nice that they still have the curtain between the bed area and the sink area. After Charlotte went to bed, we sat on the floor and shared our rice krispie treat so that we could pull the curtain to try and stay quiet and not make it too bright. LOL it was a funny sight - a whole hotel room and we were stuck in one tiny space. After getting ready for the next day, I was in bed by 10:45 pm.
Here are some pictures from today...
After many attempts of a selfie with Charlotte, here's the best one...
Charlotte was very amused playing with plastic spoons. My sister-in-law called them her 'magic wands' and we always had a supply of them with us in case she needed something to occupy herself!
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Great job!!!! I'm with the others, beating your time by 1 minute is great and a new PR for you! You should be very proud!!! 
I ran this race too and had such a great time. I hope to run it again in the future. I agree it is surreal to be up at that crazy hour and have so much fun company all around at the hotel and then especially once you arrive at the race. Lots of happy people all around. I just love it! 
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