The picture I’ve taken of Cinderella’s Castle makes it look so gorgeous that I want to live there myself:-
We’re all back. Safe and sound. Weary but happy. What a great week we’ve had. I must say a huge thank you to my brother and his fiance for making it possible for me to go, by moving in and looking after my children and also to all my lovely friends who helped out. Another huge thank you must also go out to Sarah, Head of Publicity for Disney, UK for inviting us all in the first place. She looked after us so well and wasn’t able to leave our side even for a moment, because we were so completely inept when left to our own devices.
How absolutely fantastic to meet six other bloggers in real life. There is something ridiculously liberating about going away with a group of women – all sans enfant, at the best of times. Well that, mixed with our common interest and being let loose in Disney World proved to be a lethal combination. It meant we all behaved like small children with Tourette’s Syndrome for the entire week. “Mommy Bloggers” are a big deal in the USA and consequently we were treated like royalty which shocked and amazed us – particularly given that I suspect we looked more like a group of psychiatric patients out on day release most of the time. We met up with some US “mommy” bloggers. They did not look like psychiatric patients. They were groomed and poised. They appear to rule the brave new cyber world of parenting. We all felt a little bit rubbish compared to them. They were all glamorous with business cards and books and impressive websites and we felt a little out of our depth. Nevermind. We shall work harder on our blogentation, but in the meantime we’ve invited them over to do a Disney Paris trip in the near future and then we’re all going on the Disney cruise ship shortly after that (I know you didn’t know that yet Sarah, but sorry, it’s nearly all arranged).
At the start of our trip I was a little worried that we were all going to be anti-social and blog at every given opportunity – this was what some of us started doing as soon as we sat down in the Virgin lounge at Gatwick airport:-
However, we didn’t really have much time to blog and instead I think the following photo best sums up how we spent most of the week:-
When I’ve got myself a little bit more sorted, I’ll let you know who else was on the trip with me and put up the links to their fabulous blogs. In the meantime, I am now desperate to see my children.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
ah! so glad you;re back and had a marvelous tinkerbelly time….god he’s such a thoughtless man, your ex….know the feeling of dying to see the kids…for me it usually lasts for the first 10mins before i’m nagging at them again and wishing i was back where i came from. whenever i am away from them, i start missing them after one day…like one of my arms or legs…i don;t feel normal without them…welcome home darlin’! XXX j
May 5th, 2009 at 1:51 am
So which one are you on the Dinosaur ride?!
May 5th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Thx J – good to be back.
Now that would be telling DD – why do you think I put such a ridiculous picture up? You can’t see what any of us really look like at all Lx
May 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am
I think the blogging photey is a cue for me to go on a (gentle!) diet, don’t want to shock my body after the amount it’s eaten over the past week. I have slight morning shakes due to the lack of alcohol, hopefully that will subside shortly.
Can I steal the Dinosaur photo?
May 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Trying hard to ‘think Tink’ but, it’s mofo cold here and things are NOT awesome, not remotely. I want Mary Poppins back. I want someone to feed me Mickey waffles and let me shuffle behind you lot until the next meal is plonked in front of me.
FABULOUS post……from the One with the Red Hair, Red Face and Oversized Cleavage somewhere in the middle.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:49 am
It was all going so well until ‘that photo’ then I snorted my tea and now I’m crying.
Word verification biggbush … what is going on?
May 5th, 2009 at 6:17 am
You’ve gone over to the dark side!
It won’t take long for a bit of British cynicism to kick back in.
(Glad you had fun though!)
May 5th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Yes of course you can steal photo but that was just a photo of the photo – Linda has original and will be better quality when she’s scanned it in Lx
I know Jane. Having Mickey withdrawal symptoms but don’t tell Becky or Linda as they will snort. Lx
Ha ha “bigbush” verif – love that Lx
I know Mud. I’m sorry. It’s not good. Hard British cynicism back soon Lx
May 5th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
THAT’S MY BOTTOM!! (the middle one)
My son looked down the front of his trousers today and said ‘oh look, I’ve found a hidden mickey’.
Cue ten minutes of ridiculous cackling.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I know EM but what a lovely squiggly bottom it is Lx
May 5th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I think I may be able to cope with a trip to Paris or a Cruise with the Disney 7!
EM – your comment has just made me choke on my mojito (yep…sorry ladies, I had to endure one on my own!) with laughter!
Lovely post. Sx
May 6th, 2009 at 6:52 am
EM that’s hilarious. Sez, can’t believe you drinking mojito and I’m doing ironing (note to self: get high flying job after being a mummy!)
May 6th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Did somebody say cruise? Quick, get her to put something in writing before the disney magic wears off…