Monthly Archives: January 2013

Fiji(Preface: we didn’t have wifi in Fiji. But here are the disjointed thoughts I journaled briefly while there. Keep in mind- I was sick, sick, sick.) 14th-a super short write up of this day…After breakfast, the youngers and I took our last walk around Sunset Blvd. We saw the musical stairs.I rebooked our shuttle toContinueContinue reading “In which we jump a day!”

Sat 13th-Today with Zac still coughing and now the 7 yr old with a fresh cough….our first day back in LA was indoors with the TV on.Kara came to scout out a local grocery store with me. A kind man from our hotel had pointed one out to me, and as we crossed our firstContinueContinue reading “Last days in LA”

Today was our last moments at Disney.We left our gorgeous Kidani Village room and drove to the Polynesian resort to go to the Mickey and friends breakfast at Ohana. I just love Ohana. So kid-oriented. It leaves a warm feeling in my heart.Once we got our buzzer, we were given a lei each and posedContinueContinue reading “Bye bye Disney magic!!!”

Our last early wake up day! Disney Hollywood Studios was on our agenda and it was a wonderful day. Thankfully both Zac and I felt a lot better. There were great quality movie shows to see and rides to experience at this park. We got to play a shooting-for-points game Toy Story style. I wasContinueContinue reading “Disney’s Hollywood Studios”

I had a horrible night with feverish dreams that I kept waking up from nearly every hour. By 6 am, I figured I may as well get up. Every part of me felt achy and hot. Zac had been so sick the night the night before and Bodie had been up feeling feverish too, soContinueContinue reading “Magic Kingdom Day 2”

( Photo taken from top of Swiss Family Robinson house looking down)We were up even earlier than usual this morning, if that is possible. For our first day at Magic Kingdom, I had a sneaky plan of attack to beat the crowds. We had a breakfast reservation that placed us inside the park 50 minutesContinueContinue reading “The Main Event!!!”

7th-We were up early and lined up for our second day at Epcot.Yet again, our system of running to get Fast-passes for the super popular rides worked a treat! We also got to visit the countries we had missed.The big disappointment was that the one real souvenir I wanted for myself is no longer soldContinueContinue reading “Aloha, cousin!”

The medical concierge ( mobile doctor attached to the resort)came at 1:30 in the morning and after inspection, declared the 7 yr old had an infected ear, pharyngitis and start of respiratory infection. He stayed for ages being friendly and doing some chemical swabby test for a weird throat illness that he didn’t have. IContinueContinue reading “Animal Kingdom”

Too tired to write much today- but i was too tired yesterday so i have made myself.4thToday was a bit of a grumpy day. We were out of our place by 10:30 and off to Downtown Disney for our fun lunch reservation. It was a day where the rain was spitting gently down, not atContinueContinue reading “Disney and the eardrum”