Kidd Kraddick Remix

MOM MOMENT OF THE SHOW

Kellie talking about the mom that pitched a fit so her daughter could get her autograph book signed by the Disney Princess – the line was supposed to close at 6pm and the handlers informed the mom (at 5:50pm) that they were closing the line – mom pitched a fit and guess who got a Disney Princess autograph – hey, sometimes a mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do!

OOGEY MOMENT OF THE DAY

Thinking about pictures of heartthrobs on your underwear – and Kidd referring to a big picture of Shia on Kinsey’s LeBeouf – um, ew.

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Faster Bambi, faster” – which of course stemmed from the discussion about whether or not Bambi was a boy or girl and why he (or she) had a best friend named Thumper

TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN

“It is to us, we’re dudes” – talking about “Bambo” – Kidd’s male version of the movie Bambi ::rolls eyes::

HIZZLE

Jessica Biel is designing purses for Justin Timberlake’s clothing line

Debbie Matenopolous found out her husband is divorcing her on the Internets

Kanye West was arrested for allegedly assaulting a paparazzo

Paula Abdul may be leaving American Idol

ROUNDTABLE WITH KIDD’S KIDS PARENTS

There is so much going on during the trip and so many kids on the trip, that we can’t possibly talk to everyone – but Kidd took some time to talk to a few of the parents about their kids and what this trip means to them …

First we talked to Elizabeth’s mom, Tiffany – Elizabeth is 5 years old – she has Cystic Fibrosis, asthma, has had a kidney transplant and has had 40 abdominal surgeries – did I mention she’s only 5 years old?  Because Elizabeth has had so many surgeries, her stomach is completely scarred up and she never let’s anyone see her “warrior marks” – but at Disney, she was just like every other kid – so for the first time, she wasn’t worried about anyone seeing her stomach and wore her fairy outfit – Elizabeth has been in the hospital for 18 of the last 24 months and has been cooped up in the room and not really allowed to go anywhere or do anything – so to be at Disney and allowed to do pretty much anything – well,  Tiffany said it was like 5 days of complete freedom to a kid who’s never really had it!!

Tyson’s daughter is 5 and has cancer – he was just glad to see her getting to do stuff normal kids get to do – he said the best part of the trip was when she got to meet Ariel (from The Little Mermaid)- because when she does have hair, it’s red like Ariel’s

Travis has Cystic Fibrosis – and as many problems as he has with his condition, after seeing the kids in wheelchairs, he said the trip was about the other kids

Missy’s son is Coby – Coby has Muscular Dystrophy and is barely tall enough to ride the big rides – but it didn’t stop him from heading to Space Mountain first thing – Coby’s mom, Missy, said that this trip has really made Coby come out of his shell – she said he’s been doing his own thing which is out of the norm for him -and another kid who puts everyone before himself – when they got the Disney packet in the mail, Coby told his mom “the girls are gonna be so excited” – talking about his sisters – Missy wanted to thank everyone for the trip – she said that she was surprised that EVERYTHING was provided – every single thing they thought about was already taken care of … Mickey Mouse ears, autograph books, ponchos, backpacks – everything was taken care of

Marcos, who we talked about on Friday, was in the hospital a week before the trip – there was some concern that he might not be well enough to go on the trip – and instead of being upset about the possibility of missing the trip, he told his dad that maybe someone else can take my place – wow.

A TRIP FULL OF FIRSTS

Tucker is non verbal and has Hunter’s Disease – he’s missing an enzyme which has left him with several issues, among them being non-verbal – but that didn’t stop him from expressing his enjoyment at The Lion King show – he grunted his approval throughout the show and laughed endlessly – his mom said that she has been trying to capture Tucker laughing for a while now and thanks to Kidd’s Kids, she has that now!

Jacob is blind and Kidd and Al took him on his first escalator ride – yeah, I wouldn’t trust those 2 to take ME on the escalator – and I can see!!

Steven lost his first tooth on the trip … and then swallowed it while eating a hot dog – Steven was distraught because he just knew that The Tooth Fairy wouldn’t get his tooth – but his dad reassured him that she wouldn’t have any problems – and just to be sure, Steven’s mom – ahem – is on the search for the tooth – now that’s a mother’s love!!

INTRODUCING MICKEY AND MINNIE MOUSE

If you’ve never been to Disney World, you may not know how hard it is to get a picture with Mickey – it’s not like he’s just hanging out at the entrance – you usually have to go to Mickey’s House to get a picture – and he’s not there all the time – so it is a HUGE deal to get Mickey and Minnie to come to a private breakfast on the last day of the show – and an even bigger deal that every single family got an opportunity to meet Mickey and Minnie and get their picture taken with them

THERE’S LAUGHTER IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING

Chloe is 8 years old and has Spina Bifida – she is in a wheelchair but has braces on her legs so she can get out and walk a little bit – her dad wrote her a letter and talked about all that she’s come though – how that before she was born, they didn’t know the extent of her condition – and that through all of her surgeries (even when she was in a cast from her waist to her toes) she always had a smile on her face – they were told that she would never walk but she proved them wrong by walking with her hot pink arm crutches – he said that Chloe is proof that prayer is real and that it works – and that their family is stronger because of their struggles with Chloe – I was able to hold it together through the story until the part where he said that at the Fantasmic show, he had Chloe on his shoulders  so that she could see – then Chloe leaned down and whispered in her dad’s ear, “Daddy I’ve got the best seat in the house” – UGH.  where are the Kleenex when you need them?  So at the end of the letter, Kidd asked Chloe, “Is there anything you want to say to your dad?” – she responded with “I didn’t hear him” – BWAHHHHH!!!  It turns out that she was talking about Kidd, not her dad’s letter – but it still brought a smile to my face after the tears!

Gunnar was born at 23 weeks – he had a major head bleed and only weighed a pound when he was born – he was smaller than a Barbie, weighed less than a can of soup and had to use a cotton ball as his first diaper – in his short life, he’s had 80 surgeries – Gunnar’s mom, Danielle, is a single mom and says she would never have been able to give him a trip like this – she says watching him at Disney took her breath away and that Gunnar has taught her how to truly love and appreciate the small things in life

SCARE THERAPY

Sometimes as much as you want to do some good, it just turns out bad – J Si scared Torrance so bad, he made her cry – she got scared because she didn’t know him – so he tried to hug her to make it better but then she freaked out and jumped into her stroller – what J Si didn’t know was that was the first time she’d ever gotten into the stroller by herself – J Si took credit for it since he was the one that scared her out of her mind and maybe there was some good that came out of it – but dang boy, don’t you remember Andrew’s warning of Stranger Danger??

BIG AL – ABOUT AS SUCCESSFUL WITH THE KIDS AS HE IS WITH THE LADIES

J Si only made one kid cry – but Big Al? well …

Big Al sent little Rudy into a 10 minute crying fit by chanting “RUDY, RUDY, RUDY” – um, did you ever think that maybe he hadn’t seen the movie?

Clarissa loves to be kissed on the cheek but not by big scary black men that she’s never met – she cried and cried and then got attitude – gee, I wonder why??

Britney was wearing super cute flip flops when Big Al decided to steal them and put them on his big, nasty, crusty feet – Big Al had no idea why this would make her cry (because he’s clueless!) but it turns out that Britney is a bit of a germaphobe and was freaked out by Al wearing her shoes – and who could blame her – even I would’ve been freaked out by that!!  Her mom gives her a wetnap to wipe the Al off her flip flops but Big Al had enough sense to recognize that might not be enough and did what he always does when he screws up – he whipped out his wallet – Al ran to the gift shop and bought her some Cinderella flip flops and all was right with the world – once again, Big Al buys himself out of trouble

SHOWBIZ TOP 5

#5 – Wanda Sykes came out of the closet at a Las Vegas Prop 8 rally

#4 – Paula Abdul wants to leave American Idol to develop other tv projects

#3 – Audrina Patridge says there will be a fifth season of The Hills

#2 – Kanye West was arrested in England for fighting with paparazzi

#1 – Lindsay Lohan was pelted with a flour bomb for wearing fur

SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST ANGELS

Charles and Julie have 2 older boys in their 20s – but they adopted an 11 month old boy, sight unseen, after already adopting a first special needs child – he has Cerebral Palsy and had a brain hemorrhage and they were told that he would most likely be a vegetable – but now he functions on the level of a 2 year old!!

Craig is 9 year old Shelby’s dad – Craig is a single dad (which you don’t see often on the trip) to Shelby and her 11 year old sister Hope -Shelby’s mom used drugs during her pregnancy and Shelby had to have 2 had 2 blood transfusions in the womb – Shelby was born with Cerebral Palsy which they think was a result of her mom’s drug use – you’d think that Craig would carry a lot of anger about that situation, but he says that he doesn’t badmouth her because he feels like she did what she did because she lost her mind because of the drugs – Craig thinks it’s better to love and go on and that the trip has showed him that the people that give to Kidd’s Kids are more blessed than the kids who go on the trip – he said that Shelby is there more for him than he is for her and that she always has a smile on her face!!

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM BIG AL

It isn’t often that Big Al comes to the table with something that is truly profound, but he said something that really struck me today – he said he was jealous of the Kidd’s kids parent s because they have something he doesn’t have – the ability to live a selfless life – they truly don’t live “me centered” lives like the rest of us often do – and it touches you and changes you in a special way that you wouldn’t normally get – as I post this blog and run to kiss my baby girl and hold her tight for the first time today, I hope I remember that – it’s so easy to get me-centered when you really don’t have any problems – and you never know when it could suddenly be you living on the other side