Disney World - Heading Home

Kimmie was really glad to be heading home. She was tired of the hotel and wanted to be home.

However, we did not make it clear to her that we would not get home that day. It took a day and a half both ways, but she wanted to be home that night. When we stopped at a hotel about 9:00 pm, she was NOT happy. "Home tell none." was what she signed repeatedly. Translated that means "No hotel." She always signs "home tell" for "hotel."

Dad rushed in to get us registered while Bethany and I gathered a few things and Kimmie. When we entered the lobby, someone else was registering ahead of Dad, and he was still waiting. We all stood there and waited--some of us more patiently than others! Kimmie stood there and yelled, screamed, whatever you want to call it.

When Dad finally had a key card, he quickly handed one to me so I could get the little screamer out of the lobby. Bethany and I took her upstairs to the room, while Dad grabbed our suitcase from the van. Unfortunately, when we reached our room the key card did not work. We stood in the hallway with the little screamer until Dad arrived with his key card . . . . . . it didn't work either.

To get the little screamer out of the hallway, Dad rushed her back to the elevator to go down for new cards, while Bethany and I stood with the suitcase in the hallway.

Kimmie did calm down after we were in the room. The next day when we finally arrived home, before she climbed out of the van, she signed, "Home tell none." We assured her that we were home and finished with hotels.

Since our trip, every few days Kimmie talks about "Magic Kingdom." We ask her, "Do you want to go back to Disney World?" She always says, "Yes." But for many weeks when we would follow-up with the question, "Do you want to go back to the hotel?" She would say, "No!" It has been a couple months since our trip, and she has finally started to say yes to going back to the hotel.

She really does like to be at home.

--Mom