Month: November 2015

I got off work as usual on Tuesday and came home to pack up before going back and getting the kids. Peyton was at CDC while Brandon was at band. We dropped off their things, and then we headed out. We ran into a bit of traffic; well, a whole lot of traffic. It was the typical workday traffic, and we were right in the thick of it. It took us awhile to get out of the major traffic. Peyton had fallen asleep after a long day, while Brandon was making the most of the daylight and drawing. Soon, she had woken up, and he ran out of things to do. That was our time to stop for dinner. The kids followed me in for sandwiches, while Dave ordered Mexican food. We headed out on our way, and we braved rain and more traffic. I was dozing in and out, while the kids were mostly asleep. We didn’t get into Dave’s parents’ house until after midnight! It took us so long! This trip, I brought sleeping bags, since I knew it was going to be cold, and we were on the ground. Dave decided he didn’t want to pack his, so he got the makeshift blankets thrown about. It didn’t take long for the kids to get settled after brushing their teeth and saying hi and then goodnight to the grandparents. Brandon woke up before my alarm went off at 645 am. I’d forgotten to turn it off, but he managed to wake the entire room. We used that as our cue to get ready to go to the park. We were able to be out on the road close to 9 am, as we were planning to meet up with the Shih’s. They were leaving from further away, so it was going to be awhile. It took us some time to navigate around the parking lot closures. This gave Peyton time to sleep, as she was getting a quick nap in. We arrived to a crowded park, with a crowd index of 93 per Dave’s app. We got fast passes for Star Tours, and then proceeded to the Hyperspace Mountain line. We didn’t want to miss out, since it would be too late for a fast pass for that ride. The standby wait was 70 minutes. We proceeded in line. We’ve never waited this long for a ride, especially with two kids. They managed, and they spent their time on the phone as well as playing verbal games like back in the day. We did also play a bit of Charades, but nothing lasted more than 15 minutes. We looked around at the Miss States as well as Miss Cities traveling around with their tiaras in tow. Peyton made a game of the states and state capitols as I was quizzing her. Surprisingly, she knows some, and I don’t even, as I was looking them up on my phone for her! The wait was worth it, as all of us enjoyed our ride! Brandon has been timing the picture-taking perfectly, and he is able to get some funny ones in! We got in the new Episode of Way of the Jedi experience, which is a 4-d type show mashing all of the clips of the first 6 episodes of SW with clips of the 7th coming out soon. We then met up with the Shih’s as we were eating lunch. Four of them (Dave and the oldest three) were able to do Star Tours, while the other of us walked around the Star Traders area. After that, we got fast passes for Buzz. While they were waiting for those to activate, they all watched the jedi training. It was at this time we saw Kristin and her family. She was waiting with a sleeping Kiera, while I saw Robert and Chase. We chatted a bit, then I headed back to my group. Buzz was then ready. The older kids are able to ride together since they are above 7. The younger two have to ride with the adults. We then had to go out to the restaurant for our reservations. We had early ones at 5 pm. We had a nice meal, with the kids all sitting together, and the adults all clustered together. After dinner, we headed for coffee, and then back to meet up with Jeff’s cousins for It’s a Small World holiday. We managed to commandeer an entire boat of relatives! We had 14 total in our party. The oldest 3 kids navigated for us, then we staggered the younger kids amongst us. The older ones were fine since we were all sitting directly behind them. After that ride, we called it a night, since we had to get up early the next morning for turkey-trotting.

Brandon was starting to get sick, with a cough overnight. My alarm woke us all up, and he was slow to awaken at 615 am. Both kids were pretty much out. I felt bad waking them, but I’d all paid for us to run. Brandon said he didn’t want to run, but we told him he had to come with us. The Shih’s were going to feed the homeless, and I didn’t think the grandparents would be able to watch Brandon. But, he started to improve as we drove. Peyton fell asleep again, but she woke up when we arrived. We parked, got our bibs, and waited a short time to start ohttp://tsaobug.com/blog/wp-admin/customize.php?return=%2Fblog%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D15074%26action%3Dedit%26message%3D10&autofocus%5Bcontrol%5D=header_imageur 5k. There were way fewer people there than ours last year. Like 10% of the population last year. Because of that, Brandon was not worried about losing me. I told him he could stay with me, but if not, I’d see him at the end. We stayed together for the first mile, but as soon as he saw water, he stopped. He caught up, but then fell further behind. It was an out and back race, so at 1.5 miles, I turned around. I saw him a little further back, and I told him to go all the way to the end and then turn around, NOT turn around right then, thus cheating the system. I made my way back the 1.5 miles, taking it slow and steady, not having run for over a month. When I got close to the end, I saw my support team of Dave and Peyton waving me in. I told them to look out for Brandon. When I got to the end, I grabbed my medal and waited at the finish for Brandon. I was able to video him in, seeing him coming down the home stretch:

After his finish, I took him to get his pie. We ate it while finding Dave and Peyton. She had a few more minutes before we started her race. But first, the kids were invited to do some dancing. Peyton headed over as the kids were asked to gather. They warmed up by doing the Whip and Nae Nae. The lead was calling kids up to do the dance, but the kid whose mom wanted her up there didn’t know how to dance it. Meanwhile, I knew Peyton did, but she would never have the guts to do it up there. It’s more than she dances at Friday flag, which doesn’t say much.

After that, the diaper dash was run, then the 4-6 year olds, who were running 100 meters. I think it was supposed to be the 4-5 year olds, as I held her back. Then they called 6-10 year olds, and I had her run with them, as they were running 1/2 mile. Some parents were running with their kids, and I saw one kid trip and fall, so I reminded Peyton to watch her feet. She tends to trip anyway, and she was running with a large group. Here’s her start…she’s jockeying for position with the big kids! Brandon and Dave were on the right hand side of the chute.

Here’s her finish:

We went to get her pie, but she wasn’t interested. She just wanted water. I picked her piece up for her, to save it for later. She was a bit whiny back in the car. Dave wanted to stop for proper coffee, since he got jipped at the roach coach. He went to a strip mall with a fancy coffee place, and a Marie Callendar’s. We were having hot pot for dinner, and it wouldn’t be including turkey, so I wanted to check and see if there were turkey meals there, to bring my own, so to speak. I carried Peyton with me through the parking lot before setting her down. She then pointed to her mouth, and whined some more. I brought her to the bushes, and she started vomiting into them. She wasn’t done, but since she saturated the area in front of her, and I was smelling it, I moved her down a few feet. I was holding her medal and hair while she was doing her thing. She moved a few more feet down, and then she hurled some more. After she had gotten a good bit of the hedge, she said she felt better. She was acting totally normally after that, though a bit more pale. I texted Dave the play by play, and I was saddened that there were no more turkey dinners available to purchase. People were in elaborate color-coded lines waiting for big boxes of pre-set meals. The Shih’s were nearby, but Dave didn’t want to go and pick up food to donate and then serve food, so we decided to eat instead. We went to eat at the local Vietnamese place that we usually go to when we take a break from the park. I texted Theresa the picture of the menu, and she sounded like she was also in the area. She declared she was, then made the move to come over. We made room at the table for her and Martin, but by the time they arrived, the table next to us was open. They sat there, and we ate together. Dave had ordered some for later as well. Theresa and Martin were bringing back rolls to their family, too! We said goodbye to them and headed back to the house. I went back with Brandon, while Dave took Peyton for a walk. She had slept on the way back and was almost 100% by then. Brandon and I showered up and read, while the two of them walked their way back. They were able to visit with a horse there! Dave took pictures of her petting the horse. I was wondering what was taking them so long, but I suspected maybe they were there with the animals, as we had done that last time. Soon, the Shih’s arrived home, and the cousins were playing together. They all did a great job playing with each other, and only our siblings had problems with one another as usual. We ended up separating them, with the boys and Abby staying behind while Meg and I went out to shop for gifts for Peyton’s gift exchange this Tuesday. Meg needed small gifts for the girls’ school fundraiser. While we were out, Meg wanted to get a pie. We went to another MC, and I decided to buy some sides – sweet potatoes with crumble, green beans and carrots and cranberry sauce. I know it didn’t go well with hot pot, but I wanted part of Thanksgiving dinner. At least the healthier part of it. After we got back, the boys went out for coffee and some other desserts. We all had a nice dinner, with the kids strategically positioned away from the two burners. After, we had pumpkin pie, while Peyton had a walnut, red bean pastry. We sent the kids to bed to get a good night’s sleep for another day at the park. We headed out together, but swapped siblings. We took Abby and “gave” the Shih’s Peyton. We arrived at the same floor, and then headed to get coffee and fast passes. We got fast passes for Space, then hopped over to get ones for Soarin’. We hung out at DCA for most of the day, getting in Toy Story Mania, the Christmas/Feliz Navidad parade, Goofy’s sky school, the Symphony Swings, Little Mermaid, Screaming for the big kids and Tower of Terror for Brandon and Dave, and the Frozen Singalong (or what I like to say, “Naptime!”). We then hopped over to get on Hyperspace mountain before heading back for a later dinner of hot pot leftovers. Dinner wasn’t quite ready, so the kids all showered. Dinner was ready by the time Peyton was just getting her turn. I had her shower up, too, and by the time we were done, everyone except us and Jeff had started eating. I told her that they hadn’t waited for her and to hurry. Her response was, “Because they’re not patient people!” Jeff did tell her that he was patient, and he waited for her 🙂

We got up the next morning much later than we had. Peyton was confined to our room until I was able to shower, so they didn’t fight. After she was done, I let her go, and then fighting ensued. We ate breakfast, packed up, and we were on the road by 10 am. But we ended up meeting the Shih’s for coffee, and then lunch for the road before actually saying bye. We headed out, and we stopped at the first set of outlets. We hit traffic back home, and we got into the second set of outlets before 9 pm. But we found out they were open until 10 pm, so I didn’t rush! We headed for a late dinner, still in search of a turkey dinner. None was found at the restaurant we went to, but got something to eat before heading home. I slept with Peyton to get more sleep. And sleep we did! Until 830 am! Brandon woke up early, and then went back to sleep for a little bit longer per Dave. Dave took him to work with him, along with his homework. I practiced piano with Peyton, did her writing piece, and then headed to the stores to get our Pixie-ing materials. We were sent an email from some families in our neighborhood from school. We are participating in a pixie exchange, like a holiday doorbell ditch. Almost 30 families are participating, and we all will swap gifts. Peyton and I did some pinteresting and got some ideas. I’ll post more later. We came home and worked on our gift ideas. I think they turned out rather well! Brandon and Dave came home after awhile, and then we practiced piano, too. The kids got off to bed a bit later than usual, but we did have a final packed day of activities to complete our weekend. When asked what the favorite part of Thanksgiving was, Peyton responded, “It all. I liked it all!” Brandon’s response was, “Tower of Terror with just Daddy.” Funny…

One last time to get their record – 15!
The P’s:

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