Preparation - 07 Disney Vacation

OK, finally our family is going to Disney World Orlando this summer. The trip to this wonderful, fantastic, dreamful land was first brought up by Steve years ago, well, when we were dating. Guess what, I had to work during that summer. Then it was proponed many times for various reasons. Now we are heading there on August 18, 2007, a family of four rather than two single students. Well, let’s get ready.

The packing list was modified from what it was last year. Car, flights, tickets to Disney World, Sea World and Busch Garden were all booked online. http://www.kayak.com/ is a terrific booking engine with links to many other travel websites and agents. I’ve got the car and flights from this site and the prices were not bad at all, given that week of August 18 will still be the peak travel week in the destination. I was not lucky enough to get all the tickets at my planned prices. What can I say? That’s the Disney World where we are going! It’s about the magical power. It’s the place where the dreams come true. Discount prices? Yeah, 20% off. Come on, people would pay full price to see those famous cartoon characters. 695 USD will give four of us four fabulous days at Orlando Disney. The happiness is priceless.

Global booked me a two-bedroom at Windsor Palms resort. It seems to be quite nice in the pictures gallery on its website. Just hope our stay will turn out to be a quite pretty memory to the kids. The weather channel forecasts a 92 degree everyday that week. I guess an inside pool would be a big plus. But it seems that we’d have to arm ourselves with SF 50. Not too bad though.

On the day we arrive, we seem to have the entire afternoon to kill. Billy Boy opens till late afternoon so that we can pick up the tickets after the nap. 1st Oriental Supermarket at 5132 W Colonial Dr is about 19 miles from where the resort locates. It’s rated a full 5 stars by some customers. I am planning to fill up the refrigerator with quick breakfast, juice, milk and fruits. And of course some Chinese cookies, snacks, and most important, my sunflower seeds. On the way back, we can stop by the Publix Super Markets at 5350 Central Florida Pkwy to pick up a box of ice-cream and maybe something else depending on what in the mind then.

There are quite a few restaurants along the Irlo Bronson Hwy，not far from the resort and Disney World. I am planning do some research on them and pick up 6 that we will have a taste on each day.

Harry Potter

大的终于开始看了。好嘛，墩厕所，洗澡都看。够用功, 和她那上班看Harry Potter差点被老板抓的阿姨一个战壕了。

新眼镜

晚上吃了饭去拿了回来。我就戴上了。小的呆了，

Are you my Mommy?

哦，原来只认眼镜的啊。

生煎包

下班顺路去美心买了人家的最后一盒生煎包，只有6个。另外要了两个菜，其中一个是豆腐皮包肉。俩孩子一回家洗了手，当妈的我就开始献宝了。快看看，有包子吃喽~~~~~~~~~~
没承想俩祖宗不领情，大的说了，I don't wanna eat anything. 小的说了，I wanna ice cream.
怒了，都饿着，我吃。拿了盘子我就正经坐下了。小的凑上来刺探军情，Mommy, is that 肉肉？I wanna 肉肉, Mommy。大的闻声也过来了，I wanna 皮皮。
结果6个包子馅全都进了小的tummy。吃完了盒子见底儿了，小的不高兴了。Where is more 肉肉？Mommy, ah~~~~~~~~~~. Daddy, ah~~~~~~~~~~~。感情以为我们给吃了，大实话一个肉星儿都没进我们俩嘴里，啊什么啊？！
半点肉肉都没找到，小的很郁闷。瞪着两只酷似难民一样的眼问我了，where is the 肉肉？斜眼我一看那碟子豆腐皮包肉，就它了。夹了一下块儿给小的，来，吃这个。小的左右看看，问了，Is that 肉肉？吃了一小口，小眉头一皱，that's not the same 肉肉。
得了，明天还得去买。

哇！半年多没写东西了。

实在是太懒了。
这么长的时候，大的没什么变化，一年级结束的时候拿了outstanding student award。然后就是在summer camp里晒得成了African American。
小的变化比较大，话多了，会顶嘴了。一句话，管不了了。

Thu Jan 18

领导昨天去interview，小老大问她爸，so you went there to beg people to give
you a job? is it closer to home?(我，经常说，经常说，洗脑了） how much money
will you get then? can you give me some?
我份特！

toothfairy is on vacation now

Mon Dec 11
我们家小老大切磋的通。上次掉牙，我从5刀砍价砍到1刀。这次掉牙，说是不要钱了，
给我一张珠宝店广告，小指头一下就给我戳到一2000多刀的钻石戒指上，Mommy, this
one, I will ask toothfairy for this ring. 领导说了，it's holiday season,
toothfairy is on vacation now. so, you will have no ring this time. 偶狂笑。

出问题了

2006年12月4日
小老二今天在学校挨罚了。罪名有2。
1 是把玩的豆子撒了一地，故意的。老师让捡起来，小人居然和老师顶嘴。实在没办法
之后，小人一边唱着小曲一边捡，捡一个豆自己鼓一次掌。ft! 老师告状的时候都哭笑
不得的。刚刚还给她爸告状，no play (with) Cheryl.
2 是在Sophie被timeout的时候大声狂笑，且故意进行挑逗，拿着玩具诱惑Sophie,
Sophie play, come on, let's go. 结果是Sophie没把持住，挨了第二轮的to. 小老二
一边陪着。

人就是这么被气死的

2006年9月7
祖宗今天花了一个小时的时间写了五十几个字的小作文，整个就是一个瞎编烂造结构混
乱，字写得惨不忍睹比烂地瓜都烂。数学题的分数部分做一道错一道。数coins倒是都
tnnd数对了加对了。
这么笨的孩子怎么会是我生的？

东风吹，战鼓擂，革命小将谁怕谁

2006年8月28
我要
赤裸裸地showoff
showoff完了我还绝对不敲木头

我们小老二
今天
穿着同一件衣服上的学
穿着同一件衣服放的学
我们小老二
也有
一天只要一套衣服的时候

抬头180度！哼！小姐我
本星期也能少洗两件衣服！！！

报应

2006年8月27
总有一天会来滴。
我这个人，最讨厌无缘无故地哭，很烦孩子whine，特别是不说话给我嗯嗯地。
报应呢，就是酱紫来滴。
我和领导在车前排说话，忘了什么话题了，我呢，就嗯~~~~~了那么一下。
结果就被后排的祖宗教训了，
shush! stop that. that sounds PU. was that you, mom?
never ever do it again. if you don't know how to talk, i'd love to teach you
.

我狂怒！！！！！！！！

罢工正式开始

2006年8月22， 一个从进家门就没停嘴，一个刚洗完澡自己套了3条长裤一条短裤，还差点喝了409。
我不管了，各顾各吧。

被人打了

2006年8月18，小祖宗上来就是一巴掌，然后哈哈哈哈，sorry~~~~~~~~~~~~

生活，就是这么惨酷！

都知道？！

2006年8月16，吃完饭，小老二要抱抱，我这么孝顺的妈，就抱了不是。老公一皱眉头，小的
鼻子上有饭粒。我这还没来得及给小祖宗擦呢，人家小人自己俩小指头把饭粒从鼻子上
抓起来放嘴里吃了。我说老公你教她鼻子在哪里？老公说没有。1？难道小祖宗是神童
？再问，你耳朵呢？眼睛呢？嘴？头？头发？后背？屁屁？腿？丫丫？
份特啊！都知道？全家一共4口人，三个都没教她。难道家里有鬼不成？那个那个测鬼
的，哪里有卖的？
555555555555555555555555

小老二几件事

假哭一 般来说都是由真变假，假而更假。想要的东西没拿到，抢别人的东西没抢道，挨了批评，等等等等，对这些地反应都是咧嘴嚎啕。爸爸妈妈统统以不变应万变，两个 字，“不理”。小老二自己哭得无趣但是有不甘心就此罢休，于是哭也有真变假。这个时候，千万不能心软。只要大人一投降，小祖宗立刻换上更嘹亮的声音哭。妈 妈说了，有你这么哭的吗？一滴眼泪都没有。小人于是拼小命眨眼。穆哈哈哈哈。

好好路不走，偏要和讨狗闲的姐姐一样倒着跳着走。结果没几步就摔了。嘴里还念叨“啪唧”“help”.真是自找啊。不理。

当爸的以为他是谁，小老二吃虾捞面吃得眉开眼笑，爸爸笑咪咪凑上去问，“Kathy, 给爸爸吃一口好不好？” 小老二两只小手抱着碗往旁边一挪，“go away please, Daddy.” 哈哈哈哈，还用了please，挺有礼貌。

小老二对爸爸是非常好的。每天一听到门响，马上跑过去迎接亲爱的爸爸。爸爸一开门，小老二立刻扑上去，“come in, 老公。”“I love you, 老公。”

指着卡片上说了，“Santa, ho ho ho. I love Santa.” 你这么love Santa，那让你和Santa照像你怎么哭得比谁都响？说bye-bye说得比谁都快？

上星期受了刺激的妈妈从Toys R Us 买回先进写字板一块，狠心立志俩星期教会小老二26个字母10个数字。结果现在是被小人指挥着每天画无数碗“面条条”和许多个Arthur脑袋。看来我们家雄心壮志是不缺的，缺的是好学上进的心。

讨狗闲的姐姐是小老二的眼里的英雄，保护姐姐那也是小老二的责任。姐姐写作业要关门安静。爸爸妈妈稍有想进姐姐房间的企图，只见一个小人飞快冲到姐姐门口大声喝道， “doing homework”. 不过这位小保镖只严以待人，对自己采取的绝对是宽松政策。经常自己大摇大摆爬上床，指挥姐姐 “do this one!”

贵死人的书

最近花在买书上的钱真是无限多，恐怖啊！

小老大自从爱上chapter books以后我就没什么好日子过了。借书买书的速度完全跟不上她小人家看书的速度。上个月刚买了20本的 Junie B. Junes, 两个星期的时间全看完。7，80页的书，一天最多看到两本。上星期去library借来的书，两天看完了。臭小人闲的惹得小老二哇哇叫。希望ebay sellers寄书寄得快点吧。救命的心声！

今天再去library借一些，希望能安稳祖宗。

Three ears

Kathy likes counting stuffs. She surprises the families by counting all the way to ten sometimes. However, please, do not take her to compare with real genius. Let me tell you why.

Tonight, somehow this little person enjoyed so much on counting others’ ears, and of course, her own’s. It was the time when I took my vitamin tablets from the jar, the little person pulled my left ear and started counting, ONE. Then turned my hand, found another ear and counted, TWO.

Hmm, how nice, Mommy has TWO ears. And let me say how many I have. Little person touched her left ear, ONE, then right ear, TWO, and then left ear again, THREE!

Grabbed Daddy head, started with left ear and then right, ONE, TWO. Sarah’s was the third to count, also, ONE, TWO.

That little person got excited, “Mommy TWO, Daddy TWO, 姐姐TWO, Kathy THREEE!!!!”

Questioning Always

Can not remember when things started to become different to us, things like automatically answering the questions “what’s that” popped out from the tiny little mouth, things like automatically saying “ok ok sure sure” when the little person tells us to “stop it”.

Regardless when and how, my tiny little person is growing into a big girl. Surprised to find out the little person can sing more than 20 songs though not word by word, likes to draw curly lines, enjoys telling stories to herself while playing with the toy, and remembers all her favorite characters from Arthur’s series and Disney princess stories.

On top of all above, I have to give credit to this little person for her good table manner, politeness and sweetness. If life can go on without the little one acting like the worst devil sometimes, I’d say that the world is the most beautiful place with Kathreen.

The third lost tooth

ANOTHER DOLLAR!!!!!!!!!
17 more dollars to go. ;-(

Sarah lost her second tooth

Got a dollar from the tooth fairy. ;D