"Pop-pop how does Mickey go potty?" and other life questions trip report - UPDATED 8/30 - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I am crying I am laughing so hard!! I tried to read it to DH but he just looked at me like I was crazy!!
Great start!
More please!
My DH looks at me like that all the time. Welcome to the CLUB!
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more please
It's a coming.
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I'm just catching up to your TR.....so now I'm gonna say it......Will you adopt me?!?!? Your family sounds like a hoot! I saw all the pics and read the blog and now I wanna stay in a "cave". Your parents place looks great! Even a cave for the generator?? You are killing me and I can not wait for more....my husband is looking at me like I have finally snapped! Keep the stuff coming, if it is this good just driving I can't imagine what else will happen.. Thanks for letting me ramble ....
Yeah those parents are a tad odd. I am wanting a *KatCave* but they are balking. Something about "we paid for you to GO AWAY to school for a reason'".
YAY! We are on 95. I am doing my *MOM IS GOING TO DISNEY* dance. Sorry, that video is only available in a Limited Edition of 1. That I burned.
So yes, we are on the way. Maddie, who travels with us a lot, starts her questions. *Poppop are we still in mytown"? PP are we in Disney? PP are we at Great Grandmas? PP HOW DOES MICKEY PEE?" I wish I had recorded that answer. Let's just my DH came through with an answer that included Magic and Pixie dust.
So we pass the hometown.
HOLLA! I am doing well once we hit 3 lanes. SC is bad with the 2 lanes. AND people just do not know how to drive on the big road.
W have to stop at the FL welcome center. Because,you do.
Where were we? Oh mom's.b Who has put in a DOGGY YARD! Yeah! Fu Ji is the first pup in the family to poop in it. HEY this is a milestone people.
And look what Mom found for the BabyCave. Don't Hate. My Mom is cooler than your's. I lucked up that way. Took me 30 years. But I figured it out.
We get there and crash. See above for a link to Mom's place. We get there, have dinner. a few snootfulls Of JD. And then put the brats, I mean my lovely adorable ,grandkids to bed.
And then planned.
Yup.
While they dreamed with Visions of Castles,Princesses and Mickey in their heads. Let The Memories Begin: Like Paul Harvey. THE Rest OF the Story.,.. pics here
Okay the questions from Maddy are just too cute! I want to know the answer to the "PP HOW DOES MICKEY PEE?" question! I am just dying to know! LOL Rough start so far but it got better as things went along. Can't wait to read more!
*thud* That is the sound of y'all collectively hitting the floor. I KNOW. I look back and think *that was a crazy woman*.
Yeah I kinda was. In defense of the other people in this report, I had a chemical d and c the week before. Because I put off wimmens surgery so I could go on a cruise. ( it was soooo worth it).So as I am a very young pre-meno I have some issues. And let's be frank ( or Tom. or Harry) those of you that have raised girl-type children through puberty know that there are enough hormones there already to fuel a small country.
But ANYWAYBACKTOTHESTORY. We get up. The mom person rides with us to take the dog to the kennel. I did tear up. I would have anyway. She is my baby.( who is right now chewing on my desk leg) and I was gonna miss her.
There are no pictures for this part of the journey. ( I am saving them for my book *Disney For Dysfunctionals*. Cuz really, who has written THAT book. And I have the poster children for it.
NOOOOOOOOOOOW. We have no GPS. Because I have an uber excellent sense of direction. It is so good it should have a Wiki entry. So DH says *I do not have a Tom-Tom.I have a Kat-Kat* Please note dear people that I suggested buying one. And THAT was pooh poohed. And not as in Winnie.
So we set out and ended up on A1A ( member we are going to St Augustine) ---go ahead you old skoolers. *BEACH FRONT AVENUE* And we are loster than lost. And I am teary because DH is not happy.
Well we made it to St Auggie. We hook up with my buddy and have some lunch.
And then it happens. DD22 going on starts fighting with her hubby. And it gets worse. Let's just say that my DS19 made it to the Villa BEFORE we did. And by that time I was a sobbing mess. And DH kept telling me we would turn this trip around! We did. That part is coming.
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Well all caught up, what a Wild Start!! You have me cracking up and Love your parents place!! Lot's of room to play for everyone Love the pictures too, Hurry back soon with more please!!
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