Unfun Fun

Not every time we take the kids out to have a "fun" time does it end up fun. With two toddlers, there are sometimes tantrums and crying. Usually, it will be one child at a time and the tantrums and crying usually are short lived and we still end up having a great time overall. Then there are the rare times that both kids are grumpy and the tantrums and crying are not passing and no one has very much fun. Sadly, this is how our Saturday night turned out. We wanted to go see the Christmas Lights at MGM Studios and decided it would be "fun" to go and walk through the lights and ride a ride or two. Both kids were well and had great naps so it seemed like a great night to go out. The park was pretty crowded but as soon as we get into the park the crying from both children begin. When we get over to the lights, it only gets worse. We couldn't bring the stroller because there were too many people in the lights area. Jack is screaming because he does not want to walk and he is too heavy to hold for a long time and when we did pick him up he didn't stop crying because he was too worked up. Callie was screaming because she wanted to walk but every time we put her down she would dart between the crowds legs and would easily become lost because we could not keep up with her in the crowds. So if you had seen us, we were basically forcing two screaming kids down the street at Disney to look at the Christmas lights. We gave up pretty fast and decided that since we were already at the park to maybe try a ride and see if that would MAKE the kids have fun. So we went to the Little Mermaid show which did go smoother than the lights but still not great. Jack did not want to sit in his own seat but Callie did. The seats are the theater style where you have to be sitting in them for the seat to be down otherwise they fold up. Well Callie was not quite heavy enough to keep the seat down so I had to keep holding it down or else Callie would get folded up in the seat. After the lights and show, Rob and I decided it was time to leave. We went to Chevys to have dinner and the kids were actually ok at dinner even though they had been snacking the whole time at the park. So besides dinner, I do not think anyone had very much fun. I am very glad that these times so far are rare.
Our unhappy campers