We are back!
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| Deirdre's thoughts on security lines. No TSA Fastpass for her. |
We
had a wonderful time catching up with family and investing in our
little family. We spent the last half of our trip in Orlando-- mostly
because of it's abundance of zero depth pools. We did do a couple
disney-esque type things--we rode the monorail and went to Downtown
Disney but mostly we hung by the pool and played with a bucket. Sexy life I lead.
We
stayed at two hotels-- the Nickelodeon Suites and Disney's Caribbean
Beach Hotel.
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| Monorail |
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| Sibling Love Fest |
We
liked both places but found that the Caribbean Beach hotel was more our
speed and had incredible customer service to boot. Nickelodeon did
have a kitchenette which allowed us to make a lot of our own snacks and
meals which was awesome from an expense perspective as well as the
craziness of eating out with three kids. Thumbs up there--- However, it
was a little chaotic and geared toward older kids. My littles were
afraid of the characters so they didn't enjoy that aspect as much and
James has a new fear of slime. Slime is a big deal at Nickelodeon.
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| The N/A beverages came with worms! Cheers. |
We
have stayed at the Caribbean Beach Hotel before and I have to say that
it's got everything we need: small water slides for the kids,
playgrounds, hammocks and a kids movie shown poolside every evening.
The
rooms at either hotel are pretty average as they are both classified as
value hotels-- however, once you toss some wet swimsuits on the floor
and smash a few crackers in the bed-- everything is kind of "value"
isn't it? (The overall ambiance of the Disney grounds is a sizeable step
up from the Nick hotel)
As a follow up to my last
post, I would like the my handful of readers to know that I made several
Target trips in our time 'down south'-- one of those for new
underwear-thank you James. James was so excited about helping me move
up a size that I am now the proud owner of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
boy shorts in a size that is appropriate for my current body but I won't
print here. Oh, sad. Maybe I'll go have some
celery.**
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| Bowling-- one of our kids fave activities. |
We
are now back into the routine and I am exploring Ketchikan 2.0. New
eyes, new energy and new routines. James started swim lessons and was
the only kid to come out of the pool with a dry head. However, he did
show me all the beautiful rings that he picked up with his
foot. Daisy
and Simon are loving their new day care schedule and I am slaying
paperwork, taxes and an IEP update like a beast. ***
I
have started working out again and although I am not sure if I have the
bladder control to go for a jog, I did find my endorphins were in a
happy place after twenty minutes on an eliptical-- and my toe which
doesn't look quite right is for the most part functional.**** I found a
body pump class that I am going to go to tomorrow night. Moons are
aligning y'all.
*On our final flight
back, James commented that he wasn't so sure about coming back to the
cabin when we could live in a HoTowel.
** Code word: ice-cream
***More to come on my beastdom in my next post.
****I know you are all sitting on the edge of your seat for my dramatic toe updates-- so this will be the last. I
will be opting out of any sort of "this little piggy" activity for the
next six months.-- with the exception of an almost nightly foot rub by
my sweet husband who is expressing pregnancy empathy by rubbing my feet
and nine toes. Funny side story-- the other day James asked Matt to rub
his feet. No idea where that came from.
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