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Great first day, but I don't if I could ever go and not buy any souvenirs. I love the Jim Shore Disney figures! I have Mickey and Minnie building a snowman and Goofy as an elf that I bought at WDW.
Hee hee, sorry to hi-jack Maria, but Cam, this time, I went down there and didn't buy a single thing from WDW!! NOTHING interested me at all! Instead I bought 4 t-shirts from the Airport that just have Orlando on them and the kids LOVED them!
Okay Maria, get back on here and tell us what the evilness is, it's killing me!!
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“One night only”…Ben says no one will get a Dream Girls reference but whatever…
I get it and love that movie and CD. Now I am singing that song in my head. I think I drove my girls crazy playing it over and over in the car. I figured it's only fair since they made me play their favorite songs by Strawberry Shortcake over and over and over.
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Me and the family Magic Kingdom New Years Eve December 29, 2009-January 9th, 2010
I love the OKW villa...really nice I've always wondered what those villas look like inside. Looks like it had a lot of room!
EOS is so good. I really wish we had one here but I guess it wouldnt be a treat to me here if we did
TrenD is so awesome. It was really hard to not spend too much in there because its so great.
I"m really worried about what's yet to come*L* sounds scary/crazy and I cannot wait to hear about it!
We arrived back at the OKW and decided to go pick up our mugs…they were free with the meal plan. We also looked around the gift shop a little and I took some pictures.
After we filled our mugs we headed back to the villa. We all changed into our PJ’s except for Ben …at home Ben stays fully dressed with shoes on until the minute before we go to sleep....I think it’s strange but whatever. Earlier in the night Molly had put on a WEST VIRGINIA sweat shirt …she said she wasn’t trying to push West Virginia on us butit was the only thing she had that was warm…well when we arrived back that night she put on the matching sweat pants…I told her if she came back with a painted face we were out of there.
We decided to take out PJ party out onto the balcony.
Molly switched the light on from the inside and when we looked through the windows we saw at least 30 wasps …all over the ground, on the table, on the chairs….we looked up at the ceiling fan and they were just raining down from there. Apparently a nest had formed inside the ceiling fan and when we turned it on …the nest was disturbed. The wasps were really sluggish and weren’t flying …but they were starting to blanket the balcony.
At first Molly wanted us to be on lock down…she was sure that these wasps were everywhere on Disney property taking over and if we stepped outside we would be attacked. But we decided to check out the smaller balcony off the studio and with much thought decided the sluggish wasps could never get over here
This is Ben's coffee mug from earlier …it turned into some kind of Mecca for the wasps as many of them crawled inside
A couple of beers later we forgot about the wasps and were having a grand ole time. Some of the highlights of the night were …Molly showing us this wonderful rap song the chorus was …
“I’m at the Pizza Hut…I’m at the Taco Bell…I’m at the combination pizza hut and taco bell”
So Ben and I showed her our favorite song about fast food …its little R&B diddy called Meet me in the McDonlads parking lot…
“Meet me at the McDonald's parking lot
Just over the hill at the light take a right hang a left on Harris drive
Meet me at the McDonald's parking lot (Yeah)
So what you waiting for hit the door put the pedal to the floor
Meet me at the McDonald's parking lot”
We stayed up to right around 3 AM laughing like old friends. Molly and Joey told us so great stories. A Molly and Joey story is like well choreographed dance….and these stories will make you gasp aloud, laugh out loud and possibly pee your pants.
We finally were all to tired to go on …I was the first out …I remember Molly telling Ben they had to finish the three beers that were left…he came to bed later and we enjoyed the heaven that is a king size bed.
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The wasps were seriously the scariest/most hilarious thing ever! I'd just turned on the fan, and kept hearing these pinging noises raining down all around me. As soon as I realized what was going on, I sprinted inside and slammed the door, screaming! Later, I figured out that if one of them had actually landed on me, I'm quite certain I would've just thrown myself over the 2nd floor balcony and prayed for the best.
And for those of you that want to learn about the Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, here you go: YouTube - Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell It's hilarious, and never fails to bring a smile to my face. Later, when I landed in Dallas, I actually saw a combo Pizza Hut/Taco Bell and texted Maria frantically to let her know they really do exist!
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NOTHING interested me at all! Instead I bought 4 t-shirts from the Airport that just have Orlando on them and the kids LOVED them!
I get it and love that movie and CD. 
Now I am singing that song in my head.
I think I drove my girls crazy playing it over and over in the car. I figured it's only fair since they made me play their favorite songs by Strawberry Shortcake over and over and over. 
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Katie's graduation
I've always wondered what those villas look like inside. Looks like it had a lot of room! 
Later, when I landed in Dallas, I actually saw a combo Pizza Hut/Taco Bell and texted Maria frantically to let her know they really do exist!
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