I haven't written in a while. It has been a hectic couple of weeks. I spent a week at Disney with Hunter, Carissa, Travis, Jonda, Cassandra, and Raymond. It was a wonderful fast paced week. I am so glad that my first visit to Disney was orchestrated by Jonda. I would not have been able to have ridden or seen as much had I had to go it alone.
Hunter and Carissa, both, had a wonderful time. Hunter barely met the minimum requirements to ride some of the wilder rides, but he made it and rode them. He was scared on most of them to some extent, but as soon as the ride was coming to a stop; he was saying, "ride it again!" Carissa was just a smidgen shy of the wilder rides, but managed to squeeze by for one of them. She liked it so much, she wanted to go again. The second time around, they would not let her. This did not set well with Carissa at all.
Tower of Terror: Hunter and I were searching on the Disney website and came across the Tower of Terror ride. Over everything else, this stuck in his mind. This ride was all he talked about for two days before we left for Disney. His Pawpaw could not make the entire trip. He arrived on the third morning. He was suppose to arrive at about 10:00 Thursday night, but due to delays did not arrive until 4:00 am on Friday morning. I carried Hunter down to let Odie into the building. He was sound asleep until the elevator started up. He half opened his eyes, looked over at his Pawpaw, and said, "Now I can ride Tower of Terror!" We have his ticket and a picture of him in front of the Tower of Terror. I think this was the highlight of his trip. He rode it with us, held his hands over his ears, but was ready to ride again as soon as it was over.
The hand over the ears was another cute thing that both Carissa and Hunter did. Carissa is sensitive to the firework noise just like her father was at her age, so I understand the hands over the ears for the noise. I don't understand how it helped them not be afraid from seeing scary stuff, but they both did it on several rides throughout our trip. Cassandra and Travis took turns getting our fast passes for the day, as soon as we entered the park for the day. It was amazing how many rides we were actually able to ride. I was also amazed at the shows we went to see from feeling mice at your ankles, bugs running under your seat and sticking you in the back, to bubbles from the ceiling and water spray in your face.
After the anticipation of this trip, I would be sad that it was over if not for Beth's upcoming wedding and my fall cruise on the horizon to work towards.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Talking to the Radio
Of all my Grandbabies, Hunter is the one that refuses to talk on the phone. Once in a great while, he'll talk for about 3 or 4 minutes. After a few minutes, he says he has to get back to work or go eat. Colton loves to talk on the phone, although he plays with it as he talks and most of the time hangs up on me at least once. I can't understand much of what he says except "I love you". He has a fit when Becca takes it back away from him. Carissa has advanced to answering the phone when she stays with me now. She likes to call Mom, Dad, and Pawpaw when she is here to keep them up to date as to how her weekend in progressing. She sounds so grown up when she says Dad instead of Daddy on the phone.
When Odie was home last month, he bought me a new truck that has all kinds of extras I am still trying to learn to operate. One of these "extras" is the hands free phone that operates from the steering wheel with the sound coming through the radio. There still needs to be some tweaking, because I can't always be heard on the other end. I had passed Clint on our way to get Hunter's clothes out of the truck and had to call him. Hunter got all excited, because his Daddy was on the radio.
My Hunter, the one that never wants to talk on the phone, wanted to call everyone! We called Daddy, Mommy, Pawpaw, Granny, and MaMaw. He laughed and yelled at the radio. We had some difficulty, because it is voice activated. He repeated whatever I said, and it confused the computer somewhat. We worked through it though and still managed to make our calls. Between the kids radio station, singing, and talking on the phone; we were home in no time After we got home, Becca called to check on us. We were no longer in the car and Hunter transformed back into my kid that would not talk on the phone. He told me tell his Mommy that he was working and couldn't talk.
and Disney is three days away....
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When Odie was home last month, he bought me a new truck that has all kinds of extras I am still trying to learn to operate. One of these "extras" is the hands free phone that operates from the steering wheel with the sound coming through the radio. There still needs to be some tweaking, because I can't always be heard on the other end. I had passed Clint on our way to get Hunter's clothes out of the truck and had to call him. Hunter got all excited, because his Daddy was on the radio.
My Hunter, the one that never wants to talk on the phone, wanted to call everyone! We called Daddy, Mommy, Pawpaw, Granny, and MaMaw. He laughed and yelled at the radio. We had some difficulty, because it is voice activated. He repeated whatever I said, and it confused the computer somewhat. We worked through it though and still managed to make our calls. Between the kids radio station, singing, and talking on the phone; we were home in no time After we got home, Becca called to check on us. We were no longer in the car and Hunter transformed back into my kid that would not talk on the phone. He told me tell his Mommy that he was working and couldn't talk.
and Disney is three days away....
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Alex Turns 4
Alex actually turns four on the 12th, but we celebrated it yesterday. It's amazing how much my life has changed since these wonderful little people have come into my life. Alex's birthday was Scooby Doo. His Scooby cake had Scooby surf boarding through the cake. He had one of the big moonwalks that had the slide in it.
Gus did a wonderful job on the food. The brisket would almost melt in your mouth. There were beans, potato salad, chips and salsa. The day was warm, but with a slight breeze and the big shade trees in their yard it was very enjoyable.
The highlight of the afternoon was the bear pinata. All the kids had fun swinging at it as Gus pulled the rope to move bear in and out of reach. Even little Colton took a turn. The stick was was almost twice as tall as he was, but he managed. Everyone had to move back, because he did not have much control over the stick; but he still managed to get in a couple of hits.
Crystal may have persuaded Alex to have a different birthday theme than Thomas the Train, but most of his gifts were either trains or clothes with Thomas on them. Alex is amazing in his love of Thomas the Train.
As fast as the past four years have rushed by, five is just around the corner.
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Gus did a wonderful job on the food. The brisket would almost melt in your mouth. There were beans, potato salad, chips and salsa. The day was warm, but with a slight breeze and the big shade trees in their yard it was very enjoyable.
The highlight of the afternoon was the bear pinata. All the kids had fun swinging at it as Gus pulled the rope to move bear in and out of reach. Even little Colton took a turn. The stick was was almost twice as tall as he was, but he managed. Everyone had to move back, because he did not have much control over the stick; but he still managed to get in a couple of hits.
Crystal may have persuaded Alex to have a different birthday theme than Thomas the Train, but most of his gifts were either trains or clothes with Thomas on them. Alex is amazing in his love of Thomas the Train.
As fast as the past four years have rushed by, five is just around the corner.
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