If there were awards for surviving potty training, we’d earn one for making it with Maybree.
It was SOMETHING. I’m a firm believer in waiting until the child is ready, but when Tucker arrived and Mamie still wasn’t ready, we decided to put a little pressure on her. That didn’t work. She was SO not interested and it made for a very frustrated Momma & Daddy. DW, out of sheer desperation told Mamie we could go to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party if she’d start wearing her big girl panties. A couple more weeks passed and one day while cleaning up ANOTHER accident, I, not expecting her to answer, asked Maybree, “WHEN are you going to start tee-teeing and poo-pooing in the potty???” She looked me square in the eyes and said, “On Friday.”
I promise the following Friday she decided on her own she would potty train. I have no idea how or if she knew what day it was, but wasn’t kidding. Two weeks later, we were on our way to Disney for what Mamie called “Mickey’s Sppppoooookey Party” – she’s into all things silly and spooky so we knew it would be right up her ally. I can’t leave out the part where we were all packed up and ready to go only to find out tickets were sold out the first time we tried to go! Thankfully we’d only pulled out of our driveway and hadn’t driven the two hours to Orlando.
The following Friday, with tickets in our hands, we headed out.
The girls dressed up as kitty cats. (Mamie’s choice, since it was her day). We met a few villians (& Buzz)…
danced with Cruella De Ville at Club Villian,
& the crew from Monsters Inc. at another dance party…
rode some rides, (highlights include AB’s first time on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! & all of our first time on the 7 Dwarfs Mine train (Mamie was JUST tall enough! We all loved it!)
caught the parade
and shopped for a few prizes…
Mamie's necklace she traded her pacis for... (It was a big night for Mames)
We ended it all with a visit with the Mouse.
It was a great night and something we’d love to do again.
Maybe next year we’ll try out the Christmas party at Disney.
~amw~
We were a couple hours from Beau & Kristy, so they came over on Saturday and spent the day with us.
We had a great time introducing them to Tucker, eating, and playing by the creek. 
Adam, Lauren & Parker got there late Saturday night. We spent the next three days visiting the pumpkin patch, 
Dahloengah,
taking in the beautiful scenery,
visiting the apple orchard,
shopping in downtown Blue Ridge,
cooking yummy dinners, playing by the creek,
and just having fun together. 
We all headed home on Wednesday morning, rested and ready to face the real world again. ~amw~ 
