Disney ….
Disney World with my children, and now with my grandaudies is probably one of the most fun things that you can experience in a lifetime.
We left here with Marta & Anna in mid January for a 6 day visit with the Mouse.
Epp, was not interested in going with us. I am just not sure it is possible to explain Disney to someone who grew up so differently and has such pre concieved notions about some things.
Justin joined us in Orlando, a day or so later.
The girls were great little travelers, it’s amazing how easy they were, with exception of the fighting, oh yes they were into the hitting and shoving stage a stage that I hope will pass soon.
We arrived at the Carribean Beach Resort in the late afternoon and got to the Magic Kingdom in just time for the big parade.
I don’t think they could quite believe that we were there, and the looks on their little faces when they saw Cinderella’s Castle were so touching.
The next morning we set out for a full day at the park .. We rode Dumbo the Tea Cups, we made are way up Main Street USA ..and then to The Pirates of the Carribean..
I was cautioned about frightening the girls, but I thought my DNA, they will be okay.. As we made are way along the dark passages leading to the “Pirates” and then on to the boats, I thought, please don’t let them freak out on me , especially little Anna at only 3 1/2.
As we were walking out I looked down at little her and said “are you okay Miss Annabella” and she looked up at me and said “Mimi please! more Pirates” ! so we went on 5 more times..till I said we need to see so many other things..
Off we went to It’s a Small World and they loved that too, but not as much as Pirates.
We had so much fun, Justin arrived and we went to Tom Sawyer Island and then a day at The African Kingdom. We went to Germany for dinner and the girls danced and we ate so much great food. We saw Nemo .. and Fireworks that were amazing. We saw so many things it would take hours to write about.
On our last day in the park Marta and I were walking along, she was holding my hand and looking up at all of the buildings in the Magic Kingdom. I said to her “what are you looking at Marta, and she looked at me and said …” a place for us to live”.
I think that about says it all…
We will be back , perhaps the next time, all of our family.
Epp, Justin, Marta, Anna, Marie Aleena (Luci, I call her Luci, long story) Ian, Suzie, Liam, Madeleine and Mimi & Popa…for a week of Disney!
Hi, I needed to work with my book(s), I also thought that there would be too many people and it is hader to make up the schedule, I remember it was kind of hard when we went all togehther to Frenchtown or one other time to DC, was pretty messy: what to do, ehen to do, how to do… I am not very good in travelling in big groups… Maybe oneday I will go to Disneyworld. PS. The possible name is Maria Leena. Maria for Justin´s greatgrandmother and Leena for mine. Not 100% sure yet… but this name combination has been with us for a few years and very strongly since January.
Epp,
I believe that what you said to me was that Disney was a “plastic place” and that it held no interest for you .
I tried several times to talk you into going but I believe you said that you would rather stay home with Hannah the dog and build a big
smokey fire, : -) and write a book.
I thought that we had a fine time in Washington DC …it was the Cherry Blossom Festival and yes it was crowded with tourists but you got to see so many things and as I remember as we were walking along the Smithsonian mall and you said “this is such a beautiful city Justin why did you complain about it when you went to school here?”
Frenchtown well I guess my/our fear was that we would move there, all of us, and then after a year or so you would abandon us and move back to Estonia.
Pretty reasonable thinking on my part now in retrospect.
…..and dinner in New Hope was an issue because you didn’t want to go into the restaurant, that we had chosen and where we had made reservations.
In retrospect you were right we should have chosen a more child friendly place… but my children were expected to have good manners no matter where we went for dinner, so why should I have expected less of Marta, or you.
Baby name …. it’s your baby, you get to name it whatever you want. Seriously I mean it.. no worries.
Once again…we went thru this when you used this name before.
My grandmothers name was Mariette . I never heard her called Maria .. not ever . I will ask my cousin Jenette in August when I see her at our annual cousins party if she ever heard our grandmother called Maria.
I remember her sometimes being called Zia Mariette, but Zia means Aunt in Italian… and Clara, Josephina’s daughter would call her that.
Oh, and you never asked me why I/we call her Luci?
Very early one spring morning I was woken by up this sweet little voice. It was as clear as can be, and she said,” I’m a girl , and I want to be called Luci.”
I started to laugh in my sleep, really it was as if this little person had yelled it into my ear…and she had such a very determined little voice.
Two hours later I came down to the kitchen got my coffee and said to John, ” well it’s a girl, and she wants her name to be Luci…and she seemed pretty emphatic about it.”
The good news for me is that John has lived with this, my occasional craziness for over 35 years so he merely replied, “well if she really wanted to be called Luci she should have whispered in Epp’s ear not yours.
Perhaps she thinks I matter I said… and we laughed. .. but I must admit that it kept me smiling for days.
So we have called her Luci/or Lucy (don’t know how she spells it) ever since…it’s been our cute and fun way of keeping a connection with this baby, all while being totally disconnected.
Funny I called her Lucy today when I was talking to Justin and he smiled this huge smile (probably because he thinks I’m nuts) but it is the same reaction I have when I think of her as Luci…I smile, I’m smiling now… : )
Oh and what you said about your not being fond of traveling in groups and how things get messy ..well Epp you are the oldest in your family, the alpha and so am I .
I think most of our issues are around who’s right.
We each think our ideas are the best ideas…when frankly I think we both have some really good ideas.
Perhaps one day we will learn to stop sulking and fighting over it not going exactly the way we each want.
Think of how great we could be if we could collaborate rather than fight over who has the better idea.
okay gotta go
Love
Mimi
Remember once you said you wanted to call me Mimi and I said that my grandchildren call me this…well you were right, you need to call me Mimi .
I think Mariette is a very sweet nickname. I would use it.
I think Mariette Leena would sound even stranger unless you just called her Mariette ..but this is the end of the the baby name topic, she will live there so it hardly matters what anyone including me thinks here.
She is Lucy until I need to call her anything else…