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My Ultimate Family Vacation
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Our vacation to Disney a couple of years ago sucked. (If you have been reading this blog for a couple years, you’ll know what happened. For those who haven’t, I’ll recap what happened. Madison got sick while we were there, and we spent the majority of our 7 day trip in downtown Orlando with her at the Children’s Hospital. With some help from Disney’s PR people, we were able to make what we had left special, but it wasn’t the vacation I envisioned). I would absolutely love a redo on this trip. There is no way we’ll be able to afford another trip there for a very long time, and I would love my daughter to have happy memories of Disney World instead of the memory of sitting in the hospital. The other thing is that Will is older know and I think would enjoy it more now too. And well, we missed out on seeing a ton of stuff. That trip was Bill’s first trip to Disney World. We even stayed on site, so we wouldn’t miss the magic. However, the hospital didn’t have the same magic.
If we are going to make it the ultimate though, I’d love to say in the resort hotels on site (we stayed in a moderate hotel on site. It was nice, but no where near what those really nice ones are). I’d have the dining plan again, because it was nice not having to worry about the cost of everything. I’d like to have character dinners whenever possible (something else we missed out a lot on). I’d also love for Madison to get done up at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. I think she would soooo get a kick out of that. The other ultimate part — I’d love to invite my parents and sister (and her family) and my inlaws (mother, father, brother, and sister in laws and their families).
How awesome would a trip to Disney World with everybody be? Very awesome and my ultimate family vacation.
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The Preschool Screening
My public school drives my absolutely bananas. I wanted to get Madison’s hearing screened just to make sure that there were no problems. We thought maybe some of Madison’s attention issues were due to her not hearing. However, my school being the pain in butt that they are wouldn’t do it unless we scheduled her to be prescreened for preschool through the school (which is a joke but I’ll tell you about that later). Obviously, there is some sort of federal funding they get for this, because I wanted a five minute screening and got stuck with an hour long screening. I sucked it up and took her.
I swear that they expect these kids to have a flash memory drive in their heads. I could hear some of the things they were testing her on, and from what I could tell, she was doing well. When they called me up after the testing was over, I was right. Except for cutting and catching, she scored everything else in the 6 year old range. Madison is only 4. I am seriously wondering if some of the attention issues we are having with her at preschool are due to her being bored. That was the good news.
The bad new was that we failed her hearing screening. I asked what the school would do for that. The answer: nothing. We would have to pay for additional testing elsewhere. The other thing that ticked me off to no end was that she couldn’t even get into the school preschool if I wanted to send her. The only kids who get in are those who are considered “at risk” (which Madison is obviously not) and if we made less than $80,000 a year. Umm, yeah. We make more than that. In Chicago, I am not sure if you can even own a decent house making less than $80,000 a year. Basically, the only kids who get in are those who don’t speak English (because there were several kids like that there) and low income people. I guess my question is what about the middle class? Why do we always get screwed?
Who doesn’t like the Circus?
I know that almost everyone must have a circus memory or two. I remember going to the circus with my sister and parents up in Green Bay at the Brown County Arena. I remember it being a ton of fun. Even now, I still remember the sights, sounds, and smells, and it has been a long time since I have been back to the circus. However, it is something I know that we are going to bring our kids to. Madison is at the fun age now that she would truly enjoy it and get what is going on. Will, not so much, but he just follows his sister’s lead.
When I found out that the Ringling Brothers Circus was on its way to here, I was super excited. It is nice to pass on great memories to your children, and this is one of those. If you live in the Midwest, here are the dates that they will be here:
Indianapolis, IN – Sept. 4-7, 2008
Kansas City, MO – Sept. 10-14, 2008
Grand Rapids, MI – Sept. 18-21, 2008
Denver, CO – Oct. 2-13, 2008
Boston, MA Oct. 8-13, 2008
Cleveland, OH – Oct. 24 – Nov. 2
Chicago, IL – Nov. 6 – 30, 2008
St. Louis, MO – Nov. 6-9, 2008
Auburn Hills, MI – Nov. 12 – 16, 2008
Highland Heights, KY – Feb 27 – Mar. 1, 2009
Cincinnati, OH – Mar. 4 – 8, 2008
As a family of four, I know how expensive the circus can be, so I want to pass on a coupon code I have to get you 20% off your tickets: MCC. If you end up taking your kids to the circus, make sure you let me know what kinds of memories they bring home!
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