My little politician

They had student council elections at Brooke's school yesterday. My shy little Brooke decided she wanted to run because Hannah has always been in it as well. They only pick 2 reps. from each class. I was a little worried about this because she's still new to the school and most the kids in her class in her class don't know her very well.

But apparently she's worked her charm on these kids and has quite the fan base. ;) They were supposed to make posters for the election. Some kid came up with the slogan... Vote for Brooke, she's off the hook! haha These kids went nuts making posters for her and before long her whole classroom was covered in them.

She won the election by a landside... and rumor has it that every single boy voted for her! What are we in for with this little girl? lol

A hurricane in Ohio???

Okay I realized I haven't finished the Disney trip yet... and I think you all lost interest a month ago anyways. haha But I just HAD to post about this!!

We got to feel the effects of Hurricane Ike on Sunday! Now one of the perks (well actually maybe the only one) of living in Ohio is that we don't have hurricanes. Blizzards... check! Tornados... check! Earthquakes....believe it or not..check! But hurricanes.....most definitely not! Until now =P On Sunday we were told that we would have some gusty winds... and as usual our moron weather guys were waay off! We had heavy heavy winds ALL day long! Knocked power out to hundreds of thousands of customers. And we lost our swingset. The wind picked it right up and smashed it against the fence. just lovely! =P Dad's roof had 2 big holes we quickly patched til he can get it fixed and Matt's parents lost a huge tree in their front yard... it's still teetering over their garage. A lot of our family still doesn't have power either. For some reason they haven't asked to come over here yet... might have something to do with the fact that Matt and I both had the flu this weekend. =P

So yes folks.... I have yet one more reason why living in Ohio sucks... as if we needed yet another reason!

Disney Day 8

Jess and Drew in Minnie's house




Larry not following the rules




A float during the Spectromagic parade


Yes... I am slacking... again!! I suck at this whole consecutive blogging thing. =P

Anyways... on to Day 8! And my memory is starting to fail me now that it's been 2 months since we've been home... so maybe just maybe I won't have posts quite as long! lol

Day 8....We're headed back to Magic Kingdom today!

We sleep in a bit because everyone is about ready to keel over! Brooke wants to dress as a princess AGAIN....really getting my money's worth out of this dress! And of course I have to get her hair up back in that same exact hairstyle... good thing she has Matt's thin hair and only has about 50 hairs on her whole head. lol

We arrive around 10 am and quickly realize how much different it is to go into the park an hour after opening! We're parked way in the back and have to ride a tram quite a ways. Hugo is really becoming a pain in the ass on these trams... takes up half the row! I'm starting to notice the stares of others as Hugo takes up the seat they could've had. =P We hop on the monorail after the tram and Drew is in heaven. He thinks this might possibly be THE coolest ride at all of Disney. ;) We make it into the parks and I can't remember for the life of me what we rode first... like you guys care anyways. lol But I can assure you that Matt and Larry started collecting fastpasses! We decided we would take some time and meet some characters today. We went through Mickey and Minnie's house. And then went to the big character tent to meet Mickey and Minnie, Goofy, Pluto and Donald. Wasn't sure how Drew would do as he hasn't been overly fond of these characers up close but he loved them!! Brooke wanted to meet the princesses but the line was super long... no damn fastpasses for that. =P Jess took the kids Mickey ears to get their names embroidered on them... spoiling them just a bit more. ;) And Matt, Drew and I rode It's a small world several times. This is definitely Drew's favorite ride overall! Personally I think it's some sort of chinese torture device... the song just goes on and on and on! I figured we would just ride it once and then go back to the hat shop... but there wasn't a line.. imagine that.. so they said we could go through again and again... lucky us! =P We then proceed to ride a bunch of things we did 2 days before and then we were all so hot and tired that we decided to take a break back at the condo.

We were supposed to have a character dinner at the park tonight but after yesterdays nasty dinner... and finding out that this place has the same exact menu.. we decided to cancel. We ate at the Steakhouse near the condo that we've now been to 3 times! Not my favorite... but it's edible. We got back to the park and used up some of our fastpasses and got a spot for Spectromagic... the nighttime parade that's floats with tons of pretty lights. We're packed in like sardines yet again and it's thundering and lightning and threatening to pour any second! Since Hugo is packed to the gills with all of our stuff... we cover him in the $30 stroller cover I got for him. The rest of us have the 2 for $1 ponchos... sure those are going to keep us dry. lol I figured the threatening skies would encourage people to get the hell out of there... but nope... apparently there's lots of morons just like us! haha Some lady is yelling because she and her kids can't see... well look dearie.. get your ass here an hour before like we did and you'll get a good spot! Nothing like a little Disney spirit there heh? lol The parade was really neat and the kids really enjoyed it! And luckily... we didn't get rained on! I tried to get everyone to stay for the fireworks that were afterwards... as that's what I had written on my notecard lol... but they were all party poopers and wanted to go home. And since we were staying offsite... I didn't have the option of keeping a kid or 2 and staying behind... damn!

We get back to the condo and pretty sure we were all out within 5 minutes!

Next up: Animal Kingdom and Chef Mickey's.

ETA~ When we went back to the park in the evening we had a whole monorail car to ourselves. Jess and Larry took it upon themselves to act like monkeys and hang and swing from the safety bars. They're such a wonderful influence on my kids. haha