3rd Times a Charm! Mar. 8-14..lots of pics

[jenseib]

More great photopass pics!

Thanks!

[1osfan]

I have to tell you that your TR has convinced me to buy the photopass when we make our trip this summer. Your pictures are great!

[smithpack]

That is a beautiful picture of you in front of the castle. I can't believe someone would steal a cup from someone they don't know. I am so paranoid about my kids getting sick while we are on vacation that I probably wouldn't even touch somebody else's cup. Especially if I don't know them.:sick: I am so excited!! we leave on Thursday. I may do a TR after, but will wait and see how exciting my trip is.

[jenseib]

I have to tell you that your TR has convinced me to buy the photopass when we make our trip this summer. Your pictures are great!


Thats good. Just be sure to keep an eye out for them. Alot of times they won't stop you for a picture, but if you stop for them, they are more than happy to take it.

[sherabby]

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Chip with one tooth

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Dale with 2 teeth

i only remembered this becasue my DD and i spent ages disucssing who was who before we saw them last time so when they were signing autographs we checked!! they drawer one or two teeth under their autographs as well!!!

Dale also has a larger nose. We asked them at the Garden Grill one who was who and they did a really cute acting out of the differences.

[jenseib]

That is a beautiful picture of you in front of the castle. I can't believe someone would steal a cup from someone they don't know. I am so paranoid about my kids getting sick while we are on vacation that I probably wouldn't even touch somebody else's cup. Especially if I don't know them.:sick: I am so excited!! we leave on Thursday. I may do a TR after, but will wait and see how exciting my trip is.

How exciting. You MUST do a trip report. LOL! Mine is coming to an end, and many more I am reading are too, so I need something to keep me going. :banana:

[jenseib]

Dale also has a larger nose. We asked them at the Garden Grill one who was who and they did a really cute acting out of the differences.

How cute

[jenseib]

So back to the report. :cool1:

I left off with me getting a piece of egg swiped off my plate from a bird! :scared1:

After I finished eating I went into the room and Skip and Claire woke up.
Claire got some more princess mail. Her letter was from Ariel. :cloud9:

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She received a tinker bell comb and mirror set and a set of princess pens.

We got dressed for the day. I made her wear the Aurora costume. This is my favorite one, but for some reason she likes the Ariel Wedding dress better and she wanted to wear it again. I won, because I told her it was dirty. :rotfl: LOL!

I got her some breakfast, and Skip got some as well.
She only ate about half, and Skip helped her finish and then we gave my buddy some of the leftovers. LOL! :eek: :rolleyes1

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Then I took a few pictures around Pop with Claire. Well not many, and most near our room. LOL! :cutie:

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[lizet313]

She looks so tiny in the pics those things are huge.

[jenseib]

She looks so tiny in the pics those things are huge.

I know! :lmao:

[that's nice]

She looks so tiny in the pics those things are huge.

I was thinking the same thing!!!!! LOLOL:lmao:

[jenseib]

I was thinking the same thing!!!!! LOLOL:lmao:

:rotfl2:princess:

[ZeroToHero]

I was thinking the same thing!!!!! LOLOL:lmao:

Ditto - haha. I was thinking "How am I going to get funny pictures if I have to decide between being able to see me or the giant things?!" :lmao:

Claire looks adorable though - when I can see her. I guess I didn't realize just how huge those things are! :scared:

[that's nice]

Ditto - haha. I was thinking "How am I going to get funny pictures if I have to decide between being able to see me or the giant things?!" :lmao:

Just bring a chair from the dining area!!!!:rotfl2::rotfl::rotfl2:

[WrightFamily06]

Just getting caught up boy I was behind ! The last two days we've been so busy with tee-ball, ballet and packing that I haven't had time to keep up w/ the trip reports I read but today , I'm gonna get caught up and stay caught up cause we leave Wednesday morning and I'll be computer less . LOL

Anyway love the pp pictures from the end of day 5 . Sorry to here that DH's mug got stolen :( Sounds like Clarie made lots of friends at the pool that night how fun for her :)

The Photo Pass pictures from day 2 beautiful !

Love the start of day 6 ! What a naughty bird :( Great pictures of Clarie at the hotel , I love the Aurora dress also :thumbsup2 Glad to hear that you were able to get DH another mug :)

[jenseib]

Just getting caught up boy I was behind ! The last two days we've been so busy with tee-ball, ballet and packing that I haven't had time to keep up w/ the trip reports I read but today , I'm gonna get caught up and stay caught up cause we leave Wednesday morning and I'll be computer less . LOL

Anyway love the pp pictures from the end of day 5 . Sorry to here that DH's mug got stolen :( Sounds like Clarie made lots of friends at the pool that night how fun for her :)

The Photo Pass pictures from day 2 beautiful !

Love the start of day 6 ! What a naughty bird :( Great pictures of Clarie at the hotel , I love the Aurora dress also :thumbsup2 Glad to hear that you were able to get DH another mug :)

I can't beleieve you ar so close now. I wish I was going again soon too. Oh well. Someday! LOL!

[WrightFamily06]

I can't believe you are so close now. I wish I was going again soon too. Oh well. Someday! LOL!

Me either but it will be over so fast that's what I always think about . LOL Then we won't get to go for another year :(

I'm also disappointed that I checked the weather this morning and it now says we are suppose to have Isolated T-storms 4 out of our 8 days at a 30% chance so I guess it's off to the dollar store today to pick up ponchos :(

[Gabes_mommy]

I have been enjoying your TR so much. Claire is such a doll. Those scowling face pictures from last year are PRICELESS. :laughing:

[jenseib]

Me either but it will be over so fast that's what I always think about . LOL Then we won't get to go for another year :(

I'm also disappointed that I checked the weather this morning and it now says we are suppose to have Isolated T-storms 4 out of our 8 days at a 30% chance so I guess it's off to the dollar store today to pick up ponchos :(

It can still change 10 more times before you go. I checked it daily before I left and it kept changing.

I have been enjoying your TR so much. Claire is such a doll. Those scowling face pictures from last year are PRICELESS. :laughing:

Thanks for joining. claire can be so silly at times. LOL! :rolleyes1

[sandgrace]

Those photopass pics are fabulous of your family! We're doing a photopass share in Sept. just because I saw all of your pics! I hope that I notice all of the photopass photographers like you did.

I also picked up the Red Belle dress at the Disney Store the other day, they had it on sale and I got the dress, shoes, and crown for around $60 for all. My DD really wanted it since she saw your little girl wearing it.

Your trip report is soooooo great, and really helping me plan for our upcoming trip. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this! :goodvibes

[WrightFamily06]

It can still change 10 more times before you go. I checked it daily before I left and it kept changing.

Yeah I know :goodvibes I hope it does to cause rain can make for a real miserable time , two years ago when went at the end of May beginning of June it rained for like two days straight :( We still went to the parks but it just made you feel miserable , which is terrible when your at the most happiest place on earth . LOL

[snowwhitesmom]

Thank you so much for the wonderful TR! I am home sick today and feeling yucky, but reading your TR took me to my happy place! You have a lovely family, thanks again for sharing!
P.S. - can't wait to read the rest!

[meanmom121]

She looks so tiny in the pics those things are huge.

never mind those things; that was a pretty big scavenger bird.:eek: I can't imagine that swooping down on my plate. But when it comes to food, I can sure defend my plate:thumbsup2

[shebaxric]

Oh my goodness, how did I get so far behind???:confused3 Well, it was a great big update for me, anyway!:cool1: I remember from the beginning of the TR you were telling us how much Chip n' Dale were playing with Claire, really spending time with her. You can tell by those PP pics! I also loved the fact that "Claire can make friends anywhere!" That's fantastic! What an outgoing child you have!:hug:

[patclairesmom]

I just got all caught up! I love your trip report. Probably because I have a blonde hair blue eyed Claire as well-although she's 10 now. Your Claire is adorable!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Hey! Love the Pinocchio pics! I can't believe you're on your last day already. I need to speed my TR up a little. I think I'm about half way. Well, almost.

[shebaxric]

Hey! Love the Pinocchio pics! I can't believe you're on your last day already. I need to speed my TR up a little. I think I'm about half way. Well, almost.

Don't speed up!! (Well, not too much!) After Jen's report is done, I'll only have yours to read!! I need to branch out more, seriously!

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

Hello! Just wanted to come out of lurkdom and tell you that I've enjoyed reading your TP so far. You are a fast updater........I like that!!! I don't know who is faster, you or ONETREEHILLADDICT!;)

[OneTreeHillAddict]

:rotfl2: She is right now! :goodvibes Where are you Jen? My lil Princess is waiting to see yours! You okay? Come on back and finish up!

[Stephanie VanMeter]

I have really enjoyed your trip report and I am going to be sad when it ends!:sad2:








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[somebunny]

Hello! Just wanted to come out of lurkdom and tell you that I've enjoyed reading your TP so far. You are a fast updater........I like that!!! I don't know who is faster, you or ONETREEHILLADDICT!;)

I have also been lurking, but just wanted to let you know how much I've enjoyed your TR. Claire is totally awesome and I've so enjoyed all your pics. I've done 2 mother/daughter trips to WDW and we're planning one now for Feb. (my bday 2/23 dd 2/25) Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!!

[dallastxcpa]

I have also been lurking, but just wanted to let you know how much I've enjoyed your TR. Claire is totally awesome and I've so enjoyed all your pics. I've done 2 mother/daughter trips to WDW and we're planning one now for Feb. (my bday 2/23 dd 2/25) Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!!

I have also been lurking and have so enjoyed your trip report. Claire is so cute and does look just like you. My girls are all grown and I miss the princess days.:)

[abbadabbadoo]

I have been lurking too! :) I wanted to join after spending free time over the last 2 days trying to get caught up! Claire is ADORABLE! My DD, Chloe (7), and Claire would get along fabulously....she is still very much a princess, too!

Thank you so much for this TR! We went to WDW for the 1st time last year, and our returning 09/19-27 this year (with free dining, yay!). Your TR has been very helpful as I am anxiously counting down the days and trying to pre-plan our dining (as much as anyone can before they actually have ADRs). You have given me lots of great ideas, so thanks!

[tink774]

I just found your TR, and I've been slowly getting caught up on it over the last three days. I love all of your pictures, and this trip has been so much fun to read about! Looking forward to more of your last full day at the MK!!! :surfweb:

[ladybugmom]

I have been lurking too! :) I wanted to join after spending free time over the last 2 days trying to get caught up! Claire is ADORABLE! My DD, Chloe (7), and Claire would get along fabulously....she is still very much a princess, too!

Thank you so much for this TR! We went to WDW for the 1st time last year, and our returning 09/19-27 this year (with free dining, yay!). Your TR has been very helpful as I am anxiously counting down the days and trying to pre-plan our dining (as much as anyone can before they actually have ADRs). You have given me lots of great ideas, so thanks!

Not trying to hyjack the thread but I live in Memphis, too (Arlington to be exact)!! I just had to say something!! We're going to WDW in 17 days!!

[brookelizabeth]

I was only 13 pages behind this time. :rotfl:


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This is one of the BEST PICTURES I have ever seen! Soooooo sweet!

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Followed up by this one! What a GREAT shot! I'm surprised the Photopass Photographer didn't catch that...:sad2: :rolleyes:

Looking forward to more - loving it all!

[abbadabbadoo]

Not trying to hyjack the thread but I live in Memphis, too (Arlington to be exact)!! I just had to say something!! We're going to WDW in 17 days!!

Aww, I'm sooo jealous! My countdown to disney is 143 days! Hope you have an awesome time!!

[ladybugmom]

Aww, I'm sooo jealous! My countdown to disney is 143 days! Hope you have an awesome time!!

Thank you!! :cutie:

[jenseib]

I am back! So sorry to be MIA. There was a big fire at a tire company in a town near ous and took out the interent service (well all there services, but I only have interent with them) provided by Time Warner in the whole area. I guess thousnads were affected by it. It was fianlly back up this afternoon when I returned from Dance class and Dr.s ! I have to upload pictures, but have some installments written up, so hopefully later tonight I can get them up.

We had to go to the Ear,Nose, Throat Dr today becuase Claire snores so loud and her Ped. took x-rays and said her tonsils and adnoids were very enlarged. So this Dr. looked and said on a scale from 1-4, 4 is the big ones, super large, that should be taken out. She is a 4+. She never has tonsilitus, but does breath very heavy. So he suggests getting them out. He said we will be amazed how well she sleeps and her energy level. (not sure she needs more energy though. LOL) So I think in June after school is out and her dance recital is over we are going to have them out. It will be a full 2 weeks of recovery, and I feel mean about doing it. but the Dr said that we really will be happy with it and she will be able to breath so much better. DH wanted to do it next week, but I insisted we wait till all the other stuff is done with and we can relax and recover.
So thats what is happening with us.

Those photopass pics are fabulous of your family! We're doing a photopass share in Sept. just because I saw all of your pics! I hope that I notice all of the photopass photographers like you did.

I also picked up the Red Belle dress at the Disney Store the other day, they had it on sale and I got the dress, shoes, and crown for around $60 for all. My DD really wanted it since she saw your little girl wearing it.

Your trip report is soooooo great, and really helping me plan for our upcoming trip. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this! :goodvibes

Thanks for reading. Great deal on the dress and all. I hope to get another update later today.

Yeah I know :goodvibes I hope it does to cause rain can make for a real miserable time , two years ago when went at the end of May beginning of June it rained for like two days straight :( We still went to the parks but it just made you feel miserable , which is terrible when your at the most happiest place on earth . LOL

Well you are there now! I hope it is sunny and you are having a blast!

Thank you so much for the wonderful TR! I am home sick today and feeling yucky, but reading your TR took me to my happy place! You have a lovely family, thanks again for sharing!
P.S. - can't wait to read the rest!

Gald I am giving you some joy! LOL! I hope you are feeling better now.

never mind those things; that was a pretty big scavenger bird.:eek: I can't imagine that swooping down on my plate. But when it comes to food, I can sure defend my plate:thumbsup2

I usually can too. LOL! I was just not paying attention. He took me surprise, thats for sure!

Oh my goodness, how did I get so far behind???:confused3 Well, it was a great big update for me, anyway!:cool1: I remember from the beginning of the TR you were telling us how much Chip n' Dale were playing with Claire, really spending time with her. You can tell by those PP pics! I also loved the fact that "Claire can make friends anywhere!" That's fantastic! What an outgoing child you have!:hug:

Claire is really friendly. It's hard not to like her. And I'm not just saying that because I'm her mom. LOL! At school I think she is the most popular. One boy told his mom that he was going to marry Claire. OH BOY!

I just got all caught up! I love your trip report. Probably because I have a blonde hair blue eyed Claire as well-although she's 10 now. Your Claire is adorable!

I love the name Claire. LOL! My other blue eyed blond is almost 17. How scary. We practiced doing her hair last night for PROM!

Hey! Love the Pinocchio pics! I can't believe you're on your last day already. I need to speed my TR up a little. I think I'm about half way. Well, almost.

I'm sure I'm WAY behind on yours now. I've been without internet service for 2 1/2 days and I feel like I'm living in cave man days! LOL! I have so much to catch up on. I had over 100 eamils in my box, most from DIS notifications. LOL!

Hello! Just wanted to come out of lurkdom and tell you that I've enjoyed reading your TP so far. You are a fast updater........I like that!!! I don't know who is faster, you or ONETREEHILLADDICT!;)

The bad thing about being fast is that I'm gonna drive myself crazy with no plans in the futre after I ma done. I will probably do alot of research on the "pretend" trips I always want to take. LOL!

:rotfl2: She is right now! :goodvibes Where are you Jen? My lil Princess is waiting to see yours! You okay? Come on back and finish up!

I'm back. All is well. I hope to get pictures loaded later.

I have really enjoyed your trip report and I am going to be sad when it ends!:sad2:


I'll be sad too. But I still have alot to post about that day and a little on our departure day. Though that isn't very exciting.

I have also been lurking, but just wanted to let you know how much I've enjoyed your TR. Claire is totally awesome and I've so enjoyed all your pics. I've done 2 mother/daughter trips to WDW and we're planning one now for Feb. (my bday 2/23 dd 2/25) Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!!

Thanks for reading I hope to someday do a mother /DD trip.

I have also been lurking and have so enjoyed your trip report. Claire is so cute and does look just like you. My girls are all grown and I miss the princess days.:)

Gald you are enjoying it and reading along. I'm not alllowing her to grow up or out of the princess stage! LOL!

I have been lurking too! :) I wanted to join after spending free time over the last 2 days trying to get caught up! Claire is ADORABLE! My DD, Chloe (7), and Claire would get along fabulously....she is still very much a princess, too!

Thank you so much for this TR! We went to WDW for the 1st time last year, and our returning 09/19-27 this year (with free dining, yay!). Your TR has been very helpful as I am anxiously counting down the days and trying to pre-plan our dining (as much as anyone can before they actually have ADRs). You have given me lots of great ideas, so thanks!

I love the name Chloe. I bet they would have a ball. Do you have a pre trip report going yet? If so, I better start reading. And you must post a trip report as well!

I just found your TR, and I've been slowly getting caught up on it over the last three days. I love all of your pictures, and this trip has been so much fun to read about! Looking forward to more of your last full day at the MK!!! :surfweb:

Thanks for joining!

I was only 13 pages behind this time. :rotfl:



This is one of the BEST PICTURES I have ever seen! Soooooo sweet!



Followed up by this one! What a GREAT shot! I'm surprised the Photopass Photographer didn't catch that...:sad2: :rolleyes:

Looking forward to more - loving it all!

Thanks. Some of those photopass photographers are so great and others are just doing a job. I wish I could be one. LOL! Of course that would mean we would have to move and since we are dairy farmers, it's not just us, but a couple hundred cows as well. LOL!

[rrobin3051]

I am back! So sorry to be MIA. There was a big fire at a tire company in a town near ous and took out the interent service (well all there services, but I only have interent with them) provided by Time Warner in the whole area. I guess thousnads were affected by it. It was fianlly back up this afternoon when I returned from Dance class and Dr.s ! I have to upload pictures, but have some installments written up, so hopefully later tonight I can get them up.

We had to go to the Ear,Nose, Throat Dr today becuase Claire snores so loud and her Ped. took x-rays and said her tonsils and adnoids were very enlarged. So this Dr. looked and said on a scale from 1-4, 4 is the big ones, super large, that should be taken out. She is a 4+. She never has tonsilitus, but does breath very heavy. So he suggests getting them out. He said we will be amazed how well she sleeps and her energy level. (not sure she needs more energy though. LOL) So I think in June after school is out and her dance recital is over we are going to have them out. It will be a full 2 weeks of recovery, and I feel mean about doing it. but the Dr said that we really will be happy with it and she will be able to breath so much better. DH wanted to do it next week, but I insisted we wait till all the other stuff is done with and we can relax and recover.
So thats what is happening with us.



Thanks for reading. Great deal on the dress and all. I hope to get another update later today.



Well you are there now! I hope it is sunny and you are having a blast!



Gald I am giving you some joy! LOL! I hope you are feeling better now.



I usually can too. LOL! I was just not paying attention. He took me surprise, thats for sure!



Claire is really friendly. It's hard not to like her. And I'm not just saying that because I'm her mom. LOL! At school I think she is the most popular. One boy told his mom that he was going to marry Claire. OH BOY!



I love the name Claire. LOL! My other blue eyed blond is almost 17. How scary. We practiced doing her hair last night for PROM!



I'm sure I'm WAY behind on yours now. I've been without internet service for 2 1/2 days and I feel like I'm living in cave man days! LOL! I have so much to catch up on. I had over 100 eamils in my box, most from DIS notifications. LOL!



The bad thing about being fast is that I'm gonna drive myself crazy with no plans in the futre after I ma done. I will probably do alot of research on the "pretend" trips I always want to take. LOL!



I'm back. All is well. I hope to get pictures loaded later.



I'll be sad too. But I still have alot to post about that day and a little on our departure day. Though that isn't very exciting.



Thanks for reading I hope to someday do a mother /DD trip.



Gald you are enjoying it and reading along. I'm not alllowing her to grow up or out of the princess stage! LOL!



I love the name Chloe. I bet they would have a ball. Do you have a pre trip report going yet? If so, I better start reading. And you must post a trip report as well!



Thanks for joining!



Thanks. Some of those photopass photographers are so great and others are just doing a job. I wish I could be one. LOL! Of course that would mean we would have to move and since we are dairy farmers, it's not just us, but a couple hundred cows as well. LOL!

Ahhh I hope her recovery goes well in june. Our three year old grandson had his out almost 2 weeks ago. Yes a full 2 week recovery plus some I think. His first 2-3 days were really good, surprisingly. Then bam the meltdowns started. And we almost finished the prescription pain meds. I honestly think Motrin works the best. So my thoughts are give her her pain med from doc before bed, then go in before you go to bed and give motrin. Seemed to keep him sleeping through the night. Our little guy was crabby a lot this week but turns out he has an ear infection too.

[jenseib]

Ahhh I hope her recovery goes well in june. Our three year old grandson had his out almost 2 weeks ago. Yes a full 2 week recovery plus some I think. His first 2-3 days were really good, surprisingly. Then bam the meltdowns started. And we almost finished the prescription pain meds. I honestly think Motrin works the best. So my thoughts are give her her pain med from doc before bed, then go in before you go to bed and give motrin. Seemed to keep him sleeping through the night. Our little guy was crabby a lot this week but turns out he has an ear infection too.

I am so not looking forward to the recovery. When Paige had hers done, I think she was about 1st or 2nd grade and it was so horrible. They get much worse before they get better and it was such a long recovery. I feel mean doing this to her.

[shebaxric]

Aww, what a bummer for Claire. It will definitely help her, though. My niece just got hers out a month ago, and she is 17!! I tell you what, she feels sooo much better without those little buggers! What's interesting is how they took them out. They were taken out at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati and they essentially burned them out...:confused3 I'm not sure how it worked, but the recovery time was about a week less. They say that it's much harder for people that are older, I hope that's the case with Claire and that she heals quickly!!:goodvibes

[jenseib]

I left off last with pictures I had taken around Pop on the last full day morning.

More pictures from pop.

Our window.

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It was another nice day. Our whole trip had been in the 80’s, and it was so nice.

One thing I had learned this morning while gossiping, was that a bus load of cheerleaders had arrived this AM at Pop. YUCK! Today was their only free day, which probably meant a lot of them would be at the parks.

After taking pictures I went back to the room and packed our bag for the day. I threw in a sundress and then thought, heck I should be carrying an extra pair of underwear too. Especially after the Kali Rivers incident where she got totally soaked. So threw in a pair and some snacks, and all the other essential.
We also collected Simba . No need to repeat the day before and have lots of wining.
We then were ready for our last day at MK.

I think we arrived around 11. Just walking in we could tell that his day was much busier than it had been all week.
I took another try at the balloon bundle. Again, I’m not impressed with my result.

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I again made the family stop for Photopass.

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[ZeroToHero]

I can trade with Claire if she wants - I had to get a video camera tube put down my nose to investigate why I was blowing my nose and blood was coming out, yet I wasn't getting nose bleeds, and why I was having trouble breathing. they couldn't figure that out, but apparently I have very tiny tonsils and and adenoids. :rotfl: I thought that was a bad thing, haha, but he said it's just like having tiny toes or something. Which I guess means it doesn't matter? :confused3

On the other hand, I'm glad you're back, and that you have internet again!

[jenseib]

Aww, what a bummer for Claire. It will definitely help her, though. My niece just got hers out a month ago, and she is 17!! I tell you what, she feels sooo much better without those little buggers! What's interesting is how they took them out. They were taken out at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati and they essentially burned them out...:confused3 I'm not sure how it worked, but the recovery time was about a week less. They say that it's much harder for people that are older, I hope that's the case with Claire and that she heals quickly!!:goodvibes

Thats what they are doing to her too. They caulderize (sp?) the tonsils out and then basically burn the adnoids down.
My sister had hers out in college and she was horribley sick for about a month after. They say the older you are the longer it takes to heal. So glad I got mine out as a kid.

[jenseib]

I can trade with Claire if she wants - I had to get a video camera tube put down my nose to investigate why I was blowing my nose and blood was coming out, yet I wasn't getting nose bleeds, and why I was having trouble breathing. they couldn't figure that out, but apparently I have very tiny tonsils and and adenoids. :rotfl: I thought that was a bad thing, haha, but he said it's just like having tiny toes or something. Which I guess means it doesn't matter? :confused3

On the other hand, I'm glad you're back, and that you have internet again!


Wow. I've never heard of small ones before.

[justplaingoofy]

Thats what they are doing to her too. They caulderize (sp?) the tonsils out and then basically burn the adnoids down.
My sister had hers out in college and she was horribley sick for about a month after. They say the older you are the longer it takes to heal. So glad I got mine out as a kid.

:confused3 Guess I am a freak of nature!
I had mine out when I was a freshman in high school. (back then they kept you over night) released the next day. Back to school within a few days.

Guess I'll never understand it because cuts take me week to heal, still healing from a skin biopsy in early Nov, and if I'm in pain I pass out :upsidedow

[Disneychix]

I love the pics with Chip and Dale! I know those were from a few days ago but I just thought they were so cute :)

How did you know to take Claire to the ENT Dr? My DS snores loudly and almost always breathes through his mouth when he sleeps. The Dr has never said anything and DS has never had ear infections or any problems with sore throats (that I can tell). Just wondering what prompted you to take her in?

[meanmom121]

oh poor little Claire. My son Scout had strep and tonsillitis frequently about to years ago and both my kiddos have huge tonsils and snore but our ENT hasn't been inclined to take them out yet. He seems to feel they are going to grow out of it. I hope so.

[jenseib]

I love the pics with Chip and Dale! I know those were from a few days ago but I just thought they were so cute :)

How did you know to take Claire to the ENT Dr? My DS snores loudly and almost always breathes through his mouth when he sleeps. The Dr has never said anything and DS has never had ear infections or any problems with sore throats (that I can tell). Just wondering what prompted you to take her in?

We switched pediatritions a few months ago. I just wasn;t happy where we were going. They almost only had nurse practioners and most seemed clueless. Very rarely did we ever see the Dr, who was great, but she is about to retire.
So finally I had enough with rude staff and everyt time we came they would say watch her for 2 weeks then come back.I switched to where my sister goes. Claire had a long lasting cold in Feb, so we made an appointment, which was the second time going there. We just took any Dr that was available. Claire ended up having an ear infection, and we took care of that, but the Dr said that Claire's tonsils were super large and have we ever had it looked into. No the other office never once mentioned or basically looked for anything other than what I told them. So she had us get an xray and see if her adnoids were enlarged as well. Which we did. The called a few days later and suggested we see a ENT. No rush, but if we wanted to.
Skip had to see one for other reasons, so I told him to make an appointment for both of them. And the rest is history. LOL!
A big thing they asked was if Claire snored and gasped for breath at times while sleeping, which she does. But they also asked if she was a restless sleeper, and I really don't think she is so much. Bedwetting is also a sign for alot, and Claire has yet to be pottytrained through the night.

I'm still feeling "mean" about the hwole thing. LOL! Skip even tried to sway me last night to have it done next week. But I am sticking to my guns and waiting till school is out and the recital is done.

[smithpack]

Sorry to hear about Claire having to get her tonsils out, but she will be a lot happier after. My son had to have his out this past fall and he is a lot less whiny. I think he sleeps better now and he has started to grow better. He is very small for his age, I think 3% for height, and 10% for weight.

Anyway, I had several people tell me he would be fine in a couple of days. Boy were they wrong it took at least 2 weeks and then some. The first couple of days they are ok because they still have a lot of the pain meds in their system, but by day 3-10 it was miserable. I don't want to scare you and Claire may be different and heal quickly, but I was so surprised by how long it took to heal.

Also, make sure you get her to drink lots of fluids. My son hardly ate or drank and one of his scabs where his tonsil was came off. You have a main artery connected to that area, and I have never seen so much blood in my life. It looked like a murder scene in my room. He came running in about midnight and I could hear him choking and gargling before I could even get the light on. He could hardly breathe because the blood was pulsating out of his mouth so fast, and it was everywhere. We live within five minutes of the hospital so my husband gave him some towels and got him to the ER. He had soaked through 4 towels in the time it took him to get there. They immediatly got him back and had to recauterize the tonsil area. We also had to sign all this paperwork for a blood transfusion because he was borderline needing one. He had a yellowish, greenish tint for the next few days but then he was fine. Also, this happened on day 8 after having his tonsils out. They said if it happens, it usually happens between day 7 and 10. Just when you think they are turning the corner and starting to eat. I also don't want you to be paranoid about it because they said the chances of it are less than 1%. Just make sure she drinks lots of fluids. I think my sons throat got so dry and than once he started to eat a little it cause the scab to come off.

[lizet313]

Poor Claire I know what she is going through. Except at age 22 the doctor just told me I need to have them removed too :scared1:. I am wating for instructions and maybe alittle vacation time to kick in so I can have them removed. I love your pics :thumbsup2 Claire looks very happy with Simba.

[jenseib]

oh poor little Claire. My son Scout had strep and tonsillitis frequently about to years ago and both my kiddos have huge tonsils and snore but our ENT hasn't been inclined to take them out yet. He seems to feel they are going to grow out of it. I hope so.

Maybe you might want to get a second opinion. He/she could be old school, where they wouldn't take them out unless you were sick so many times from them. Now a days they will take them out for other reasons. Child Sleep Apnea being one.
And I've been told you never grow out of them. They grow large along with you, and much better to get it done early. My sister who had them out in college had tonsilitus off and on her whole life, but we had a Dr who just wouldn't take them out. They fianlly switched Drs and this guy said they should've been taken out when she was little, and they would be causing her problems for the rest of her life if she didn't get them out.

I'm not pushing getting them out. But maybe have someone take a second look. I'll keep you all posted on what happens when we do it.

[jenseib]

Sorry to hear about Claire having to get her tonsils out, but she will be a lot happier after. My son had to have his out this past fall and he is a lot less whiny. I think he sleeps better now and he has started to grow better. He is very small for his age, I think 3% for height, and 10% for weight.

Anyway, I had several people tell me he would be fine in a couple of days. Boy were they wrong it took at least 2 weeks and then some. The first couple of days they are ok because they still have a lot of the pain meds in their system, but by day 3-10 it was miserable. I don't want to scare you and Claire may be different and heal quickly, but I was so surprised by how long it took to heal.

Also, make sure you get her to drink lots of fluids. My son hardly ate or drank and one of his scabs where his tonsil was came off. You have a main artery connected to that area, and I have never seen so much blood in my life. It looked like a murder scene in my room. He came running in about midnight and I could hear him choking and gargling before I could even get the light on. He could hardly breathe because the blood was pulsating out of his mouth so fast, and it was everywhere. We live within five minutes of the hospital so my husband gave him some towels and got him to the ER. He had soaked through 4 towels in the time it took him to get there. They immediatly got him back and had to recauterize the tonsil area. We also had to sign all this paperwork for a blood transfusion because he was borderline needing one. He had a yellowish, greenish tint for the next few days but then he was fine. Also, this happened on day 8 after having his tonsils out. They said if it happens, it usually happens between day 7 and 10. Just when you think they are turning the corner and starting to eat. I also don't want you to be paranoid about it because they said the chances of it are less than 1%. Just make sure she drinks lots of fluids. I think my sons throat got so dry and than once he started to eat a little it cause the scab to come off.

I remember al ltoo well how Paige was after she got hers out. Definately 2 weeks of recovery. It was a long 2 weeks. I don't think my DH really understands how bad it will be.
And yes day 7 is ten times worse than day 1. Paige had alot of off and on bleeding too and really wouldn't eat or drink. they almost wouldn't let her go home after the surgery becuase she kept bleeding and refused to even take a popsicle.
I kind of wish they would keep them overnight 1 night at least like in the old days. I stayed for 3 nights when I had mine done.

[abbadabbadoo]

Aww, poor Claire! I hope everything goes well when she has them removed. I think you're making the best decision waiting til school's out and after her dance recital.

I haven't started a PT yet, I've never done one before - but I'm thinking I may if I have a little more free time this week. I have so much to still think about - I am a huge planner! :)

[jenseib]

The Move it Shake it parade was going on, :cool1: so we stopped and watched. It was pretty crowded around the hub, so Skip threw Claire up on his shoulders and went in for a closer look. I took a few pictures of my pink fluff girl going into the crowd.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/moveitshakeit-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/moveitshakeitonshouldres.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/lostinthecrowd.jpg


And then I lost them. :confused3

It was really crowded and it was hard to see. I took some video too. Not the greatest, but gives you an idea.
Again, I really suck at taking video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ML9ceyzmYc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmF4I9H9NJA



After the parade, we two-wayed each other till we found each other. Again I wasn’t getting the best directions, so I had to use my imagination and skills to find them. LOL! :laughing:

Claire had beads around her neck when I found them. I guess they give them out during this block party.

We walked by the Pirate Tutorial and Skip took Claire up to watch it. I got in line for Captain Hook, and was going to call them when I got close. With in minutes they were back. Claire didn’t care for the tutorial and said Captain Hook was too scary, so we got out of line. Peter Pan was across the way and I gave the option to see him, but she looked at the line and said no.

It was very hot and crowded. Just what I hate. All these people seemed to be in MY way. LOL! :headache:

We stopped and got out some lemonade for Claire and decided to just wander around and find something that didn’t look too busy. Good luck there. LOL! :rolleyes1

As we were wandering Claire screams “There’s Donald” and she wanted to see him. So we got in line for him.
Skip went off to get a snack. He got a banana and a water, using some of the snack credits up. I thought the banana was a waste of the snack credit, but we did have a lot left yet.

Waiting in line for Donald.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/waitingforDonald.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/almosttimetoseeDonald.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/wanttoseeDonald.jpg



While waiting in line they told us that the photopass photographer was having problems with her camera, so we had to only use our own for pictures.
The kids in front of us had Mickey heads on there pens and Donald had a fit. It was so funny. He made a big deal about them NOT being Donald pens. LOL

[thelittlemermaid83]

:lmao: at Donald!!

I love the Sleeping beauty dress i was thinking of getting it for Kyra, but i dont need more brain ache from trying to figure what dresses to take to DLRP in September lol.

[smithpack]

My DD loves your videos, she likes goofy. Tomorrow we will be there!! It is so hard keeping up with a video camera and a regular camera. My husband doesn't want me to even bring the video camera and just do still photos, but I love having the video for my kids to watch on tv. I hate taking video though because I am all over the place with it, and I hate hearing my voice too. Great Pictures! Can't wait to see Donald.

[jenseib]

:lmao: at Donald!!

I love the Sleeping beauty dress i was thinking of getting it for Kyra, but i dont need more brain ache from trying to figure what dresses to take to DLRP in September lol.


LOL! :rotfl2:

[jenseib]

My DD loves your videos, she likes goofy. Tomorrow we will be there!! It is so hard keeping up with a video camera and a regular camera. My husband doesn't want me to even bring the video camera and just do still photos, but I love having the video for my kids to watch on tv. I hate taking video though because I am all over the place with it, and I hate hearing my voice too. Great Pictures! Can't wait to see Donald.

You are so lucky! You must do a trip report when you get back.
I am so terrible with video. I amke myself motion sick when I watch it. LOL!
I jsut use the video mode on my camera. Years ago I had a video camera and it was so big and bulky and I rarely ever used it. What a waste. LOL!

[shebaxric]

My FIL's favorite character is Donald, and he sure can act like him!:lmao: I'm glad that Claire enjoyed him. Bummer about the crowds and the heat. I'm not a big fan of either, but I'll take crowds over heat. That's why we usually go in November or December; crowds, no horrible heat, beautiful Christmas decorations. I haven't been to WDW any other time. I'd like to go next year for F&G or F&W. I'd love to see either of those.:goodvibes

[jenseib]

My FIL's favorite character is Donald, and he sure can act like him!:lmao: I'm glad that Claire enjoyed him. Bummer about the crowds and the heat. I'm not a big fan of either, but I'll take crowds over heat. That's why we usually go in November or December; crowds, no horrible heat, beautiful Christmas decorations. I haven't been to WDW any other time. I'd like to go next year for F&G or F&W. I'd love to see either of those.:goodvibes

I think I'm the opposite. I rather have the heat than crowds. You can get it all done and then go cool off. LOL!

[MyMuse]

Awwwww...an Aurora dress!

My niece said, if she could have fit into it, she would wear it to the park on our trip! LOL!

I think we might have to make one for Halloween! :lmao:

As always, your pics are great! I did not do any parades while I was there, but maybe we will this time around.

[jenseib]

Awwwww...an Aurora dress!

My niece said, if she could have fit into it, she would wear it to the park on our trip! LOL!

I think we might have to make one for Halloween! :lmao:

As always, your pics are great! I did not do any parades while I was there, but maybe we will this time around.

I would wear one too! LOL!

[meanmom121]

i'd have one made for myself but my kids would disown me.

[jenseib]

i'd have one made for myself but my kids would disown me.

:lmao:

[Credit Man]

WOW!!! Wonderful report. You must have set a photopass record.

[jenseib]

WOW!!! Wonderful report. You must have set a photopass record.

LOL! Not even close. I know some people who get WAY more than I did.

[Cinderelly5507]

Love the new pics! Glad to see Simba made it to the parks that day! :laughing:

[jenseib]

Love the new pics! Glad to see Simba made it to the parks that day! :laughing:

I wasn't going to go through that again! LOL!

[jenseib]

Our turn to visit Donald finally came. Claire was very excited to see him. :woohoo:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/Donald.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/meetindDonald.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/donaldkissingClaireshand.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/donaldsigningthebook.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/donaldsigningbook1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/sillydonald.jpg


Donald kissed Claire on the cheek here. I said, “Oh my, Daisy is going to be jealous, don’t tell here” and Donald quickly started waving his hands in a no motion and then put his finger to his mouth in a SHHH motion. LOL! :rolleyes1


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/DonaldkissingClaire.jpg


Then it was time to leave, but Claire didn’t want to. LOL! :rolleyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/timetoleaveDonald.jpg



So Donald walks her over to me. LOL! ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/leavingdonald.jpg

[thelittlemermaid83]

:lmao: @ your comment about Dasiy, Donalds outfit is a bit "out there" lol.

[jenseib]

:lmao: @ your comment about Dasiy, Donalds outfit is a bit "out there" lol.

I've enver seen that outfit either. But it was kind of cool to see him in different clothes.

[thelittlemermaid83]

I've enver seen that outfit either. But it was kind of cool to see him in different clothes.

The hat is unusual for a duck :lmao:

[Gabes_mommy]

Claire is so cute with Donald!

I hope the surgery and recovery goes well. It's so hard having kids in pain. :hug:

[jenseib]

The hat is unusual for a duck :lmao:


It's unsual for a human too. LOL! :lmao:

Claire is so cute with Donald!

I hope the surgery and recovery goes well. It's so hard having kids in pain. :hug:


Thanks. We hope it all goes well too.

[lizet313]

AWW such a great time with Donald. He is so sweet to walk her to you such a gentleduck :rotfl:

[shebaxric]

Interesting outfit that Donald has on. Did you meet him in Adventureland? Love how "attached" Claire was to him!:goodvibes

[jenseib]

Interesting outfit that Donald has on. Did you meet him in Adventureland? Love how "attached" Claire was to him!:goodvibes

No we saw him in Frontierland, walking towards Liberty Square. I can't remember exactly where though. LOL!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Oh no, poor Claire. I'm sorry to hear she has to have her tonsils removed but look at the bright side ~ better sleep, more energy, and loads of ice cream while she recovers right?

I guess we both had all kinds of fire issues last week huh? You probably heard about these on the news. It was pretty bad but they have it under control now. So many people lost their homes though and that blows.

I just love reading your trip report. It's like reading bits and pieces of my own. Some of the best memories ever! That frontier Donald is my favorite one ever! I love this outfit! Here are the kids with him last Summer. I saw him again in December but he had a really long line. I never saw him this time around though.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/Disney%202008/Us%20at%20Dis%20Sum%202008/MKSept211.jpg

And the Pirate Tutorial...DS was chosen to fight Captain Jack! The hot Cpt Jack at that! He was so excited!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/Disney%202008/MKSept264.jpg

See...Hot Jack! LOL

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/Disney%202008/MKSept256.jpg

And our DD's have the same costumes! I love the older Sleepy Beauty so much better than the new one. I actually prefer all of the older dresses to the new ones. The older ones look more like the Princesses you meet in the parks! The old Cinderella is my favorite! It looks almost just like the one she wears!

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/tricminnie/P1012681.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/tricminnie/0Pass25.jpg

I hate to see your trip report coming to an end. It's time for ya'll to book again! You should do the girls only trip this Summer as they offer the free dining! I rebooked my sisters trip yesterday so there's still plenty of room at the resorts. I had a choice of anywhere pretty much. Okay, enough rambling. I have an update to write....:goodvibes

[incruzcontrol2]

Great update..looks like a great start on the last day!

Sorry to hear about Claire's tonsils.. but I know it will make her breathe better. Please keep us updated on her recovery.

[DisneyPoohBear]

Hi, I'm a bit late in being a non-lurker but wanted to let you know I enjoy reading your report. We will be at Pop too so it's nice to see the pictures. Although, I am sad to here about the frozen drink machine... :)

[jenseib]

Oh no, poor Claire. I'm sorry to hear she has to have her tonsils removed but look at the bright side ~ better sleep, more energy, and loads of ice cream while she recovers right?

I guess we both had all kinds of fire issues last week huh? You probably heard about these on the news. It was pretty bad but they have it under control now. So many people lost their homes though and that blows.

I just love reading your trip report. It's like reading bits and pieces of my own. Some of the best memories ever! That frontier Donald is my favorite one ever! I love this outfit! Here are the kids with him last Summer. I saw him again in December but he had a really long line. I never saw him this time around though.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/Disney%202008/Us%20at%20Dis%20Sum%202008/MKSept211.jpg

And the Pirate Tutorial...DS was chosen to fight Captain Jack! The hot Cpt Jack at that! He was so excited!

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/Disney%202008/MKSept264.jpg

See...Hot Jack! LOL

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/MrsGavinDeGraw/Disney%202008/MKSept256.jpg

And our DD's have the same costumes! I love the older Sleepy Beauty so much better than the new one. I actually prefer all of the older dresses to the new ones. The older ones look more like the Princesses you meet in the parks! The old Cinderella is my favorite! It looks almost just like the one she wears!

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/tricminnie/P1012681.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/tricminnie/0Pass25.jpg

I hate to see your trip report coming to an end. It's time for ya'll to book again! You should do the girls only trip this Summer as they offer the free dining! I rebooked my sisters trip yesterday so there's still plenty of room at the resorts. I had a choice of anywhere pretty much. Okay, enough rambling. I have an update to write....:goodvibes

I love the older costumes too. A couple of people asked me where we got the Aurora one, and I told them there, only a year ago, and some were disappointed that the new ones didn't look like that.

Great update..looks like a great start on the last day!

Sorry to hear about Claire's tonsils.. but I know it will make her breathe better. Please keep us updated on her recovery.

thanks!

Hi, I'm a bit late in being a non-lurker but wanted to let you know I enjoy reading your report. We will be at Pop too so it's nice to see the pictures. Although, I am sad to here about the frozen drink machine... :)

Thanks for reading along!

[MichelleVW]

And the Pirate Tutorial...DS was chosen to fight Captain Jack! The hot Cpt Jack at that! He was so excited!



That's the Cpt Jack that I saw too, last year in March and then again this March...he is the hot one!! :lovestruc

[jenseib]

After Donald, we decide to walk over to Fantasyland and ride Its a Small World.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/handinhand.jpg


Fantasyland was jammed packed. :grouphug:

We parked the stroller and got in line. I think it was 20 minutes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworldclockbw.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallwordclock.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld2.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld6.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/smallworld12.jpg

[jenseib]

Going to stray off topic now!

A few weeks ago Claire got her dance recital costume. It is so cute. She wants to wear it all the time, but she can't till after the show in June.
Anyways, here is some video of her practicing with the costume on over her dance clothes and then a few pictures from that day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrOjAkp0dlY

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dancedress.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/dancingwithMissMichelle.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/danceclass.jpg

[MyMuse]

A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!!!

Just adorable. She looks so sweet!

I used to love my dance recitals. :lovestruc

[jenseib]

A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!!!

Just adorable. She looks so sweet!

I used to love my dance recitals. :lovestruc

Thanks. She loves being on stage. They still need alot of work, but the little ones are so cute on stage. They forget stuff and watch each other. LOL!
They get to perform on Tuesday for a Cinco De Mayo party. I told her we should practice today so she remembers it. The teacher wasn;t there last class and the sub just did tumblin with them.

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

So cute! My DD5 is also in dance. She was so excited when she found out they are going to dance to "A Whole New World" and they are all dressing as Jasmine! My DD got her costume a few weeks ago and has been having a fit to wear hers too! It is so cute to watch them dance at that age. I get teary eyed at every practice watching them. It is precious.

[Stephanie VanMeter]

Too Cute! I miss dance, my daughter did ballet but now she is on the elementary dance team. I had some girls a couple of years ago in 4th grade that got their toe shoes. They were so excited they brought them to school to dance in front of the class.

[GGOOFY1]

How cute, she doesn't seem shy at all!!!! She looks like she would be right at home on stage. A future WDW cast member!!!

[DisneyFreak06]

Claire is just precious! I cannot wait to see my niece's ballet recital. They put on a show with all the dancers from 3 year olds to 17 year olds, so it's tons of fun!

[jenseib]

Thanks everyone. I think she is too cute too. We can't wait for the recital in June.

A couple of updates.

I ordered a Canon 50D and it should arrive next week.

The bad news is that Paige (my 17 YO DD ) is going to prom tonight! So I have to use the point and shoot to take pictures. I'm bummed about that, but I will try to take them outside, so I can get the best amount of light.
I'll post them most likely tomorrow. I am also taking some with my film SLR in B&W film. But I need to find a place that processes that kind of film. Most around here do a color processing, and it can make the pictures not look as nice. I took a class a while back and we developed them ourselves and it was super cool, but to buy all that stuff would just be too much.

Claire's surgery is scheduled for June 22. Don't have the time yet, but it will be in the morning.

And thats it in the way of updates. LOL!

[Welshcakes]

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Hi Jenseib

I am new to this forum as of today and yours is the first TR that I have read!:thumbsup2.

I want to thank you so much for such a great TR, I have thouroughly enjoyed reading every word and looking at every picture from you holiday.

Claire is just adorable - I have 2 boys so it was nice to see Disney through a little girls eyes.

Many Thanks

[SIZE="6"]SHARON

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I love the older styles much better! I had someone offer me $100 for my Snow White and I wouldn't sell it. I want to keep them for her treasure chest. The new ones look more like a Disney Store costume. I feel so bad we didn't let those two play in March! :headache:

Claire's dance costume is so cute! Pink is so pretty on blondes! :cutie:

Did your Canon mess up? You should have just went to Nikon. I'm telling you girl it's so much better! I know you have a bunch of Canon stuff but you could have sold it on ebay. I always swore by Olympus but making the switch to Nikon is the best move I've ever made! Oh...as for processing the black and white film...you can still send it off and get it done the right way. I don't know of anyone who does it in one hour though. I miss working in the dark room too but digital is so much easier. I'm about to run a special and I'm not even going to offer rpints. Just a disc. It's easier for me and less time consuming. Besides...I feel like people should get the disc so they can make whatever they want from it. Ya know? Yeah, you could make more $ in the long run doing prints but it's a PITA! :goodvibes

[jenseib]

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Hi Jenseib

I am new to this forum as of today and yours is the first TR that I have read!:thumbsup2.

I want to thank you so much for such a great TR, I have thouroughly enjoyed reading every word and looking at every picture from you holiday.

Claire is just adorable - I have 2 boys so it was nice to see Disney through a little girls eyes.

Many Thanks

[SIZE="6"]SHARON

Welcome!
I feel so honored your first post is here! LOL!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the report. I'll try to get more up tomorrow.

I love the older styles much better! I had someone offer me $100 for my Snow White and I wouldn't sell it. I want to keep them for her treasure chest. The new ones look more like a Disney Store costume. I feel so bad we didn't let those two play in March! :headache:

Claire's dance costume is so cute! Pink is so pretty on blondes! :cutie:

Did your Canon mess up? You should have just went to Nikon. I'm telling you girl it's so much better! I know you have a bunch of Canon stuff but you could have sold it on ebay. I always swore by Olympus but making the switch to Nikon is the best move I've ever made! Oh...as for processing the black and white film...you can still send it off and get it done the right way. I don't know of anyone who does it in one hour though. I miss working in the dark room too but digital is so much easier. I'm about to run a special and I'm not even going to offer rpints. Just a disc. It's easier for me and less time consuming. Besides...I feel like people should get the disc so they can make whatever they want from it. Ya know? Yeah, you could make more $ in the long run doing prints but it's a PITA! :goodvibes

I just couldn't part with my lenses and have to start all over. They aren;t the best in any means, but I do like them. I have a pretty nice telephoto for what I paid, and I know I could never get one for that price again.

[Twinkler]

Love your trip report...great job!

[Later_Mater2009]

I know I have said this but I am so sad this is ending... feel free to drag it out as long as possible.. LOL..
Sorry about the tonsils, my son has to have his adnoids taken out and tubes put in on Wednesday.. I am dreading it but i know it will make him better, good luck with Claire, im sure its best.

[jenseib]

Love your trip report...great job!

Thanks so much!

I know I have said this but I am so sad this is ending... feel free to drag it out as long as possible.. LOL..
Sorry about the tonsils, my son has to have his adnoids taken out and tubes put in on Wednesday.. I am dreading it but i know it will make him better, good luck with Claire, im sure its best.

I hope he does well. Paige had tubes several times when she was little and then after she had the tonsils and adnoids out the problems pretty much went away.

[jenseib]

After Small World we got Fast Passes for Pooh. It also came with an extra fast pass for Mickey’s Philharmagic. We are not big fans of this. :confused3 I know most love it, but I find it just OK. We only saw it once, which was last year, and I just didn’t think it was anything special. So for now we decided to not use them. Maybe later. :cutie:

Skip was in a lot of pain from his hip. He decided he would go back to the room and get some ibuprofen. I told him I had some with us, but he said he wanted to see if he had something else back at the room. :hippie:

So we departed and Claire and I headed over to ToonTown.

We stopped and got a photopass on the way.

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We got in line for Goofy’s Barnstormer.

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Claire was so funny. She told me, “I rode this before” and I said “yes, you rode it several times before” and she said “I rode it with dad”.
I told her “yes with dad and you’ve rode it with me before too.” And her reply was. “I never had to wait in a line with dad”. LOL! I guess it was my fault we had to wait in a line.

I took some pictures while waiting.

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It’s a fun ride, but way too short.

[that's nice]

Thats great that Claire like Goofy's Barnstormer. We took Juliana on it in October.... Big mistake. She loves the Tea Cups and spins them herself soooo fast... we thought she would like Goofy's. She cried almost the whole ride. The ride was very jerky and was throwing her around a bit. I felt like an a## putting her on it. Every time she see a picture of it she says thats the ride I don't like!:confused3

[jenseib]

Thats great that Claire like Goofy's Barnstormer. We took Juliana on it in October.... Big mistake. She loves the Tea Cups and spins them herself soooo fast... we thought she would like Goofy's. She cried almost the whole ride. The ride was very jerky and was throwing her around a bit. I felt like an a## putting her on it. Every time she see a picture of it she says thats the ride I don't like!:confused3

Aw. claire rode it when she was 2 and just barely made the height requirement and loved it then. I think she is like her sister. paige could never get enough fast rides. LOL! Michael on the other hand would scream like a girl.

[ZeroToHero]

How did you get an extra Fastpass for Philharmagic? Is that what you get if you get a pass for Winnie the Pooh?

And the Donald's boat picture is great - I was cracking up at the whistle's face!

[jenseib]

How did you get an extra Fastpass for Philharmagic? Is that what you get if you get a pass for Winnie the Pooh?

And the Donald's boat picture is great - I was cracking up at the whistle's face!


Yes, we got two fp's when we got the pooh one. One for Pooh and one for Philharmagic. Not sure if that is normal or not. But thats waht happened that day. LOL!

The FP's are really not a big deal for Philharmagic though. When we did go, we went in the FP line and was towards the front, but still had to wait the same amount of time. And then we entered the waiting room before the doors opened and all the non FP people were alos piled into this room. We got in first but wer told to line up towards the back of the rail. So all the other non FP people actually lined up much closer to the door and our seats weren;t very close.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

That's funny...you made her wait in line. :lmao: The things kids remember...

How did prom go? Did you get some good pics of your daughter? When ya get the new cam she'll have to put on the dress and do a little photoshoot for ya. ;)

[jenseib]

That's funny...you made her wait in line. :lmao: The things kids remember...

How did prom go? Did you get some good pics of your daughter? When ya get the new cam she'll have to put on the dress and do a little photoshoot for ya. ;)


I think it went well. I tried calling her a bit ago and she didn't answer. I got a call around 2 AM,(which is always scary, but especially when you know your kid is out) from her. They were at the after Prom and they said they were done and wanted to go back to someone's house (which I knew they were doing beforehand) but they had to have permission to leave early. She text her dad, but he didn't answer. Probably becuase he was sleeping, ya think? LOL
So she told me the school would be calling. Dh was al lworried, not about Paige, but because when we get late night calls it usually means the cows escaped (they seem to like to do this in the middle of the night, then stand in the road. LOL)
So the school called a few minutes later and I gave the permission for her to leave.

The thing is, I don't think they even ask who they were talking to, so for all they knew it could've been Claire saying yes she could leave. :confused3
I took alot of pictures. Not the greatest. I was fighting to get in front of a couple of opther parents who just would not move to let others take some. then we went to the one kids house. And like 40 parents were there and the lighting was awful in the house. Talk about a cluster.....
It was impossilbe to get any good shots with that many people fighting to do so as well. And it seemed like the sun was my enemy when we did outside ones.
I'll post a few now, and then more later when I get them loaded.
We are going to go outside and enjoy the day, so it may be later tonight.

[jenseib]

Paige's Prom pictures...part 1

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[serene56]

Those boys were thrilled to death eh? :lmao: poor things-

[princesscate]

I have to comment on the amount of photopass pictures you got! Wowie! Good for you! :thumbsup2
We had to search high and low for them when we were there in august! :confused3 And most of them seemed to want to be somewhere else. I hope we are as lucky as you next time we go!

The prom pictures are lovely too!

[jenseib]

I have to comment on the amount of photopass pictures you got! Wowie! Good for you! :thumbsup2
We had to search high and low for them when we were there in august! :confused3 And most of them seemed to want to be somewhere else. I hope we are as lucky as you next time we go!

The prom pictures are lovely too!

I was happy, but I hope next time to find more. LOL! There are alot of ones with graphics that I totally missed. I hope we go next year, and I hope they bring back the Pirates and Princess party so we can do a special event and maybe find some different ones for that. LOL! Or someday be able to go in Oct.


Those boys were thrilled to death eh? :lmao: poor things-


Aren't they funny. I guess it would kill them to smile.

[livinlife25]

I just have to comment, while looking at Tux's for the wedding, I saw those camo/hunting vests and I couldn't imagine anyone ever wearing them!!! I can now tell DF that I've seen someone who wore it!!! :rotfl:

[jenseib]

I just have to comment, while looking at Tux's for the wedding, I saw those camo/hunting vests and I couldn't imagine anyone ever wearing them!!! I can now tell DF that I've seen someone who wore it!!! :rotfl:

:lmao::rotfl2:

[meanmom121]

I loved Claire's dance practice video - It reminds me of when Grey took Dance. She did six years of Hermann son's dance and This year she decided she wanted cheerleading lessons (owww so much more expensive!) but that what she's doing and loving it. It's certainly built up her little 9 yr old muscles.
Paige looked so beautiful. I did have to laugh about the camo tux and ballcap
-being a card carrying redneck myself ya just got to appreciate that:lmao:

[jenseib]

I loved Claire's dance practice video - It reminds me of when Grey took Dance. She did six years of Hermann son's dance and This year she decided she wanted cheerleading lessons (owww so much more expensive!) but that what she's doing and loving it. It's certainly built up her little 9 yr old muscles.
Paige looked so beautiful. I did have to laugh about the camo tux and ballcap
-being a card carrying redneck myself ya just got to appreciate that:lmao:

I hope Claire keeps up with dance for a long time, but I'm sure a day will come and she won't like it.

Yep, we can be pretty red neck around here too. Paige thought at first he was getting a Camo jacket, so she was happy it was just the vest and tie. LOL!

[Later_Mater2009]

I think the prom pics turned out good...:) Thanks for sharing :)

[jenseib]

I think the prom pics turned out good...:) Thanks for sharing :)


Thanks!

[dischic89]

Just found your trip report and read the whole thing today! I love it and your pictures are great! I'm sure Claire's surgery will go smoothly. I had the same thing done when I was about five years older than Claire and it was definitely the right solution! I went from snoring as loud or louder than any adult to not snoring AT ALL! I sleep much better and I've honestly never come done with anything like Strep since then. It did take a good two weeks to recover and I found that even icecream was too dificult to eat at first. Applesauce went down easier if Claire likes that!

I'm here for the rest of the ride! :goodvibes

Alex

[princesscate]

[QUOTE=jenseib;31643254]I was happy, but I hope next time to find more. LOL! There are alot of ones with graphics that I totally missed. I hope we go next year, and I hope they bring back the Pirates and Princess party so we can do a special event and maybe find some different ones for that. LOL! Or someday be able to go in Oct.


I hope that they bring back the P&P party too! I was so bummed that they didn't do that last year! Let's hope they bring it back soon!

[jenseib]

Just found your trip report and read the whole thing today! I love it and your pictures are great! I'm sure Claire's surgery will go smoothly. I had the same thing done when I was about five years older than Claire and it was definitely the right solution! I went from snoring as loud or louder than any adult to not snoring AT ALL! I sleep much better and I've honestly never come done with anything like Strep since then. It did take a good two weeks to recover and I found that even icecream was too dificult to eat at first. Applesauce went down easier if Claire likes that!

I'm here for the rest of the ride! :goodvibes

Alex

Thanks for reading. I'm glad you are enjoying it!

[abbadabbadoo]

Claire looks so cute in her dance costume! Chloe is starting dance in the fall, I think I am more excited about it than she is!! LOL

Paige looks SO MUCH like you! Her dress is really pretty, too. She looks like she was having fun.

I was wondering if you could send me the info for Mrs. B for costumes on ebay. I tried to find her info myself, but haven't so far.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of your TR!

[KatGarcia]

Whew I got threw it all! GREAT report! You guys had a wonderful trip, Claire is one lucky and adorable kiddo!

[jenseib]

Claire looks so cute in her dance costume! Chloe is starting dance in the fall, I think I am more excited about it than she is!! LOL

Paige looks SO MUCH like you! Her dress is really pretty, too. She looks like she was having fun.

I was wondering if you could send me the info for Mrs. B for costumes on ebay. I tried to find her info myself, but haven't so far.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of your TR!

I was excited when Claire started dance too. She had just turned two. We went to the first class and she did great. It was in Feb. Then the next class it had snowed that day alot and all she did was cry becuase she wanted to go out and play in the snow. The next week the snow was pretty much melted and when we got to class she remembered that it had snowed the week before and said she wanted to play in the snow again, so instead of fighting with her each week to go into the class, we dropped out for the time. We started back in the fall and she loved it and is excited to go every week now, and cries if we have to miss it. (which we only have due to Disney trips.LOL)

Whew I got threw it all! GREAT report! You guys had a wonderful trip, Claire is one lucky and adorable kiddo!


Thanks for reading. You really read fast! LOL!

[jenseib]

I was going to post more prom pictures next, but I still never loaded anymore. LOL! Paige was on the computer lastr night for a long time looking at all her friends prom pictures on facebook and posting the ones she took, so I only had a little time last night, and I just got caught up on DIS.

I'll post my next TR installment, and then maybe later get those other Prom pictures up.

[jenseib]

Next on the agenda was Minnie’s house.
It was pretty busy in there, and of course we had to wait our turn for everything. We had one of those rude families behind us, who feel they don’t have to wait. :snooty: They kept pushing the kids ahead of us, and then I would tell them it’s not your turn or just block there way and they would go back. The mom would keep telling them to go ahead, and then each time they “didn’t” succeed, she would say “oh wait for that girls turn first.” :sad2: I don’t know why she did it every time, because I wasn’t letting them ahead of us. LOL! :confused3 We had to wait too.

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This picture came out really bad and dark so I decided to play with it and gave it a funky look.
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[Disneychix]

Wow, Claire looks so much like Paige!

We tried to do Goofy's Barnstormer in March but DS was just a hair to short. We'll have to try it again in November :)

[lizet313]

Great pics. I think she almost blends in with Minnie's house (pink hair and pink dress) lol she is so adorable. :lovestruc

[ladybugmom]

What cute pictures of Claire in Minne's House!! She is just precious in her Aurora dress!! princess:

[shebaxric]

Isn't it funny what kids remember, "I didn't have to wait with Daddy??":rotfl2:
Paige is a beautiful girl! And those tuxes, woah, I never thought I'd see that.:lmao:

Miss Claire posed so nice for you in Minnie's House. I really need to get back to Toontown, for some reason we never get back there. . .:confused3 I guess it's because DH says it's for kids and it's not a ride.

[MagicShell]

I have been gone for a week and had a lot to catch up on. Sorry to hear that Claire has to have surgery, but when the bad part is over she will be better off. I know it must be hard to put her through that.

[that's nice]

I need to get myself a cammo vest. I'm sure my brides would be loving that!!! :lmao:

[jenseib]

Wow, Claire looks so much like Paige!

We tried to do Goofy's Barnstormer in March but DS was just a hair to short. We'll have to try it again in November :)

The we went when Claire was 2 she was just barely there. On CM wouldn't let her on, but all the others did.

Great pics. I think she almost blends in with Minnie's house (pink hair and pink dress) lol she is so adorable. :lovestruc

LOL! :lmao:

Isn't it funny what kids remember, "I didn't have to wait with Daddy??":rotfl2:
Paige is a beautiful girl! And those tuxes, woah, I never thought I'd see that.:lmao:

Miss Claire posed so nice for you in Minnie's House. I really need to get back to Toontown, for some reason we never get back there. . .:confused3 I guess it's because DH says it's for kids and it's not a ride.

I almost still forget about toontown. It was just never the place I HAD to go too. But Claire remembers it.

I have been gone for a week and had a lot to catch up on. Sorry to hear that Claire has to have surgery, but when the bad part is over she will be better off. I know it must be hard to put her through that.


Glad you're back. I've actually been going really slow on the trip report, so it could've been worse. LOL!

I got my new camera today, so now I'm gonna go open the blox and check it out, so it still may be longer yet before I get my butt in gear and post more. LOL!

[jenseib]

I need to get myself a cammo vest. I'm sure my brides would be loving that!!! :lmao:

It would be sexy. LOL! :rotfl2:

[that's nice]

It would be sexy. LOL! :rotfl2:


It might be.... but then again they might not even be able to see me:confused3

[jenseib]

It might be.... but then again they might not even be able to see me:confused3

:lmao: When we were taking pictures, that joke was going on alot.like "will he show up on film or on the camera?" LOL!

[that's nice]

:lmao: When we were taking pictures, that joke was going on alot.like "will he show up on film or on the camera?" LOL!

LOL thats funny.

Your daughters dress was very nice & 'classy'. You should see some of the dresses I see every year. I have my 1st 2 proms of the year this weekend. I'm sure I'll see plenty of _______ (insert your own word here) dresses. I don't know how some of these girls parents let them out of the house.:confused3

[jenseib]

Thank you. I am surprised at how some dress too. I don;t think any were supre bad, but later on we went to another house and took group pictures and I had to wonder how some of the girls weren't popping out of the sides of there tops. paige said one girl was using two sided tape to hold the top in place. I guess fashions change too. Because some of the dresses I would never consider a prom dress.

[jcmc]

popcorn::Love your report!

[jenseib]

popcorn::Love your report!

Thanks for reading!

[hopeandtink]

I am finally caught up! I love the prom pictures. I really don't want your report to end! Hope and I love to see what Claire is up to and now Hope really thinks she needs to join Claire's dance class because the dresses are way cuter!

[jenseib]

I am finally caught up! I love the prom pictures. I really don't want your report to end! Hope and I love to see what Claire is up to and now Hope really thinks she needs to join Claire's dance class because the dresses are way cuter!


Aw, thats so cute. Claire would be glad to have her in her class,I'm sure.

[heathere3]

I absolutely love the look of pure excitement on Claire's face in the one photo. How fabulous is that?

Edited to add: In reference to seeing Cinderella coming at the Askerhaus dinner, it didn't put my post near the one I was responding to!

I'm slowly working my way through the report and loving it! No work reading for me though so it's only when I snatch some time in the evenings. Your photos are lovely.

Heather

CSR Sept 07 1st trip and I was hooked!
POP Sept 08 A full week isn't long enough
POP Sept 09 9 Days + Dining, what could be better?

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Oh wow! The Prom pics are nice...she chose a beautiful dress didn't she? She looks so happy. :goodvibes

I love the pics from Minnie's house too. There's so many great photo ops in there.

[jenseib]

I absolutely love the look of pure excitement on Claire's face in the one photo. How fabulous is that?

Edited to add: In reference to seeing Cinderella coming at the Askerhaus dinner, it didn't put my post near the one I was responding to!

I'm slowly working my way through the report and loving it! No work reading for me though so it's only when I snatch some time in the evenings. Your photos are lovely.

Heather

CSR Sept 07 1st trip and I was hooked!
POP Sept 08 A full week isn't long enough
POP Sept 09 9 Days + Dining, what could be better?

Thanks for reading! I bet you're up coming trip is going to be wondeful. I would love to do more days, but DH is always trying to go shorter because he hates being away from the farm too long. Plus we always seem to have problems when we are gone. I swear someone "up there" just wants to drive me crazy. LOL!



Oh wow! The Prom pics are nice...she chose a beautiful dress didn't she? She looks so happy. :goodvibes

I love the pics from Minnie's house too. There's so many great photo ops in there.

Thanks. I thought her dress was nice too. Late on when I post a big group photo you will notice one other girl has the same dress. LOL! I wore a black and white dress to Prom when I went too, many years ago. maybe if I can locate the picture, I'll post that too, just for giggles.

[jenseib]

I have a busy day today, so I'll try to post more prom pictures lateer. Claire has school, and I want to finish mowing the grass and take a walk, since I've been laxing in the exercise department. She also dances at some center for Cinco De Mayo tonight, so we have to leave here by 5:30. If it stays nice, I'll be doing yard work as well.
I am still working on my next installment too, but it just seems like not enough time in the day lately!

[shebaxric]

Sounds like a busy day!:laundy: I hope it's a good one!

[lizet313]

Have a great workout :thumbsup2 and a great day. Goodluck in Claire's performance. We will be waiting patiently :lovestruc

[william4192]

I realize that when we all were kids we wore stuff where when we look back we are embarrassed.


I hope you take this the right way, but the camo tux vest might take the cake lol I spit my drink all over my desk and my boss was staring at me like I was crazy. Camo and Tux? Who would have thunk they would ever go together ? LOL

I'm from KY (live in Orlando), so I know styles are different, but I just didn't know they made this.

[jenseib]

I realize that when we all were kids we wore stuff where when we look back we are embarrassed.


I hope you take this the right way, but the camo tux vest might take the cake lol I spit my drink all over my desk and my boss was staring at me like I was crazy. Camo and Tux? Who would have thunk they would ever go together ? LOL

I'm from KY (live in Orlando), so I know styles are different, but I just didn't know they made this.


LOL! I never knew they made such a thing either.

Have a great workout :thumbsup2 and a great day. Goodluck in Claire's performance. We will be waiting patiently :lovestruc

I'm popping on. I think I broke the lawnmower. LOL! I hit two stones and kept going, but later on I got off of it to move some stuff and then turned the blade back on and it died. I tried to restart it and it won't even try to turn over. DH looked at it and he has no clue either, but commented on how he heard me grinding a couple of times. (oops he hear me hit the stones) Claire decided to watch Camp Rock, so I jumped on here to try and do some catching up. I should be uploading pictures.

Sounds like a busy day!:laundy: I hope it's a good one!

I hope to get some more done, but I'm having a lazy moment now too!

[shebaxric]

LOL! I never knew they made such a thing either.


I hope to get some more done, but I'm having a lazy moment now too!


Don't think of it as a "lazy moment", it's essentially multi-tasking!:laughing:

[lizet313]

I'm popping on. I think I broke the lawnmower. LOL! I hit two stones and kept going, but later on I got off of it to move some stuff and then turned the blade back on and it died. I tried to restart it and it won't even try to turn over. DH looked at it and he has no clue either, but commented on how he heard me grinding a couple of times. (oops he hear me hit the stones) Claire decided to watch Camp Rock, so I jumped on here to try and do some catching up. I should be uploading pictures.





Oh wow he heard you lol. I think you are getting strong then if you broke your lawnmower. (Don't think of the stones lol) Camp Rock is a cool movie.

[jenseib]

It's a riding mower. We live on a big farm and I was on the back side of the pond going into really tall weeds that I probably should've stayed out of. LOL! He was by a barn working on the planter and I was hoping he couldn't hear the grinding. LOL! I'm sure when he sees where I mowed he'll say something. :rolleyes1

[that's nice]

If only I could get my DW to mow the lawn.. that would be great!:)

My mowing time is my alone time. LOL:rotfl2:

[jenseib]

I love mowing. I won't allow DH to do our yard. He goes in any random way, and I like a pattern. LOL! And he blows grass all over my flower beds.

[mickeystoontown]

I a few pages behind and just caught up. I saw the pictures of the camo vest and the comments. There were several guys at my daughter's senior prom who made duct tapes vests, yep, duct tape vests! Yes, it was on a dare but they did end up making the newspaper.;)

[tinkerbells mum]

i love the photo's in minnie's house they are so cute xx

[jenseib]

Here are some more prom pictures.

Paige loves these of her and her friend..


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/LMAO.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/groovybaby.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/Marilyn.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/fancydance.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/posing-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/showingsomeleg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/biggroup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/PaigeBrad.jpg

[jenseib]

I a few pages behind and just caught up. I saw the pictures of the camo vest and the comments. There were several guys at my daughter's senior prom who made duct tapes vests, yep, duct tape vests! Yes, it was on a dare but they did end up making the newspaper.;)

When I went to Prom, A kid I knew who went to a different school made his own tux in sewing class (home ec of some sorts) He made it out of jean. LOL! He did get an A on that project though.

i love the photo's in minnie's house they are so cute xx


Thanks you! :lovestruc

[lizet313]

Paige looks very beautiful in her dress. Did one of her friends have the same dress? It looks better on Paige :thumbsup2 I think it is because your daughter stands straight and the other girl didn't I dont know. All the girls look nice and the guys do too. Aww I remember those days. You are a great photographer I can't say that enough but you really know how to capture emotions through pictures. I like the ones where Paige is with her friend too.

[jenseib]

And here I am. The guy was just a good friend. He is actually Michale Godfather. LOL!

This was way back in 1987.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/04-06-2006075422PM.jpg

[lizet313]

WOW Paige looks like you :)

[Cinderelly5507]

Love the prom pics!! I'm originally from WV and live in TN now, so a camo tux wouldn't suprise me at all! Now a camo dress, that would be funny! :rotfl: Paige does look a lot like you in the prom pics!

[meanmom121]

I love the pics of Paige and her girlfriend. What fun:banana:.
okay If you look at the pic of you and then of Paige. - It's like a time warp:darth::rotfl:

[Stephanie VanMeter]

I realize that when we all were kids we wore stuff where when we look back we are embarrassed.


I hope you take this the right way, but the camo tux vest might take the cake lol I spit my drink all over my desk and my boss was staring at me like I was crazy. Camo and Tux? Who would have thunk they would ever go together ? LOL

I'm from KY (live in Orlando), so I know styles are different, but I just didn't know they made this.

Well you would have loved to have been at my son's prom a couple weeks ago. There was a girl with a camo dress and it had a bright orange belt. BTW check out where I am from!!!:rotfl2:

[jenseib]

Well you would have loved to have been at my son's prom a couple weeks ago. There was a girl with a camo dress and it had a bright orange belt. BTW check out where I am from!!!:rotfl2:


LOL!:lmao:

Love the prom pics!! I'm originally from WV and live in TN now, so a camo tux wouldn't suprise me at all! Now a camo dress, that would be funny! :rotfl: Paige does look a lot like you in the prom pics!



WOW Paige looks like you :)

I love the pics of Paige and her girlfriend. What fun:banana:.
okay If you look at the pic of you and then of Paige. - It's like a time warp:darth::rotfl:

See I don't see us loking much alike there. I thin kshe looks more like present day me. But when I went to my 20th class reunion 2 summers ago, Paige ogt out of the car (it was a family aftrernoon) and a couple of people thought it was me till I got out. LOL!

[jenseib]

Back to the TR!


After Minnie’s house we went into the big store there in Toontown and looked around. I looked at the wait time for the Fairies…60 minutes :rolleyes:, no thank you…...and we strolled around the store. Claire found a toy. It was a Minnie Mouse spin toy. When you press the button the skirt spins and lights up. I noticed a CM gathering kids to dance, and aksed Claire if she wanted to join them. But she declined and said she already danced at the parade. :sad2:
They did some dances and I noticed the kids who danced got a certificate…a “year of a million dreams” certificate. Evidently they have a lot left over and are trying to sue them up. LOL! :laughing:

As we left I checked the Fairy wait again. It was now up to 75 minutes! :scared:

We next took a potty break at Pete’s Garage.
Claire was impressed that his garage was the bathroom. LOL! :banana:

After using Pete’s garage, we headed over to Mickey’s house. This house was far less crowded. In fact hardly anyone was in there.

You will notice that Claire keeps posing her new Minnie in a lot of the shots. :love:LOL!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/mickeysbike.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/mickeysbedroom.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/mickeyskitchen-1.jpg

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[shebaxric]

I haven't seen the Fairies, they are new since I've been there, but I don't think I'd wait 60 minutes for it!!! I love the picture of Claire and that other little girl looking at Mickey's bed, it looks like she made another new friend!:goodvibes

[thelittlemermaid83]

Being a sad person that i am i would probably wait 90+ minutes to meet the Fairies :lmao:

[shebaxric]

Being a sad person that i am i would probably wait 90+ minutes to meet the Fairies :lmao:

That's not sad, that's just dedicated!:goodvibes

[jenseib]

I haven't seen the Fairies, they are new since I've been there, but I don't think I'd wait 60 minutes for it!!! I love the picture of Claire and that other little girl looking at Mickey's bed, it looks like she made another new friend!:goodvibes

I just can't see waiting that longeither, especailly since Claire didn;t care if we saw them.

Being a sad person that i am i would probably wait 90+ minutes to meet the Fairies :lmao:

Lots of people do!

[meanmom121]

Mickey needs to do a little straightening up at hs place.:rotfl2:

[jenseib]

Mickey needs to do a little straightening up at hs place.:rotfl2:

The story is that Donald and Goofy are remodeling the kitchen for him and thats why it's such a diaster. LOL!

[lizet313]

See I don't see us loking much alike there. I thin kshe looks more like present day me. But when I went to my 20th class reunion 2 summers ago, Paige ogt out of the car (it was a family aftrernoon) and a couple of people thought it was me till I got out. LOL!


:lmao::rotfl2:

[LazyKat]

Just wanted to say that your's is the first trip report I've read all the way through and I absolutely loved all the details and photos, really got me in the Disney spirit! I loved how real you are, it's very refreshing. You've inspired me to bring a journal and write about my experience and perhaps start my own TR.
Thanks!

[thelittlemermaid83]

Mickey needs to do a little straightening up at hs place.:rotfl2:

:rotfl2::rotfl2:

[jenseib]

Just wanted to say that your's is the first trip report I've read all the way through and I absolutely loved all the details and photos, really got me in the Disney spirit! I loved how real you are, it's very refreshing. You've inspired me to bring a journal and write about my experience and perhaps start my own TR.
Thanks!


Thanks for reading! Please do do a report. I would love to read it.

[Jenvenza]

I don't think I hav ever enjoyed a TR this much!! Claire is such a cutie and I got a little teary at some of her pictures! My DD will be 2 this year and they grow too fast! I cannot wait to take Gianna again after reading this report and seeing what a wonderful time Claire had!

[MagicShell]

After hearing about the line for the Fairies, I am glad that my daughter is too old to want to see them. At least I hope she is.

[jenseib]

I don't think I hav ever enjoyed a TR this much!! Claire is such a cutie and I got a little teary at some of her pictures! My DD will be 2 this year and they grow too fast! I cannot wait to take Gianna again after reading this report and seeing what a wonderful time Claire had!


Thank you so much. They do grow fast. I can;t beleive how much she has changed in her pictures from each year.

[jenseib]

After hearing about the line for the Fairies, I am glad that my daughter is too old to want to see them. At least I hope she is.

LOL! I just can't do those lines anymore like I could when I was younger.

[jenseib]

When we left Mickey’s house I called DH and asked what was up. He said “he just got back and took some ibuprofen and was going to sit a little while”. I took this as he was back at the park and was sitting up front. I was wrong, as I later find out. He meant he was back at the hotel and was going to take a nap. LOL! OOPS! :flower3: :rolleyes1

Claire and I headed over to Fantasyland then to fight the crowds.
We got a fast pass for Peter Pan. :tinker: I actually had to wait a few minutes as the first time I was about a minute too soon. The CM told me that the computers in the machines weren’t always on the same time as the clock up above.
We kind of wandered a bit and then I decided to do the Philharmagic. :smickey: I called DH and told him we were there and he was a bit grumpy about me calling, and he told me he was resting… OK then! :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/philharmagic.jpg


I thought the fast pass entrance wasn’t anything special. We still wait in line and then we are let into the next room first, but the standby guests come in after us, and they were put closer to the door to the theater. :crowded:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/3Dglasses.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/coolglasses.jpg

Claire seemed to enjoy the show much more this year than last year. I just think it’s OK.

Claire had to potty then, so as we were looking for one we asked a CM when the Belle Storytime was going to start. He said in just a few minutes and directed us to the closest bathroom near there. We RAN! LOL! ::yes:: We went potty and then headed off to storytime. It was full and they weren’t letting anyone else in, but they did allow Claire to stand in the entrance to watch. Claire didn’t mind and loved the show. :love:

I thought this was Belle actually reading a story, but NOPE! Again it was a small version being acted out with some of the audience members of the Beauty and the Beast story.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/storytimewithBelle.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/bellestorytime1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/bellesstorytime2.jpg

Claire really enjoyed this. I thought I took pictures of her watching, but I guess I didn’t. :confused3

Next we went over to use our FP for Pooh. pooh:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/adventuresofpooh.jpg

We enjoyed it a lot. It did stop twice and the lights came on, but nothing major and then we would go again. Kind of a neat “different” experience really. LOL!

[lizet313]

Claire looks so cool with her Phillermagic glasses. I didnt understand the fast passes either. I also went to get the fast passes at Pooh's ride I think and got the Phillermagic fast passes also I was excited I didn't know what that was. I enjoyed the show. Great day so far.

[thelittlemermaid83]

I love Philarmagic, its one of my fave attractions.

[Jenvenza]

Thank you so much. They do grow fast. I can;t beleive how much she has changed in her pictures from each year.

I know! I look back to my TR from September and Gianna has changed SO MUCH since then!

[mousetravel]

I meant to reply back when you were discussing Claire's hairdo from the BBB.
I love the way you have it spikey at the top. I like it a lot better than the poofy look.

[KatGarcia]

I'm one of those people who waited 90 minutes for the fairies! But only because Tink is my all time fav! Honestly it was worth every stinkin minute once you get in there- it was GREAT. The wait is so long because the personal interaction is wonderful. BUT my advice is just be there as soon as it opens or you will wait that long.

Great updates, LOL @ DH napping. I almost pictured him napping on a bench somewhere in MK.

[meanmom121]

what happens at the phiharmagic?:confused3

[jenseib]

I'm one of those people who waited 90 minutes for the fairies! But only because Tink is my all time fav! Honestly it was worth every stinkin minute once you get in there- it was GREAT. The wait is so long because the personal interaction is wonderful. BUT my advice is just be there as soon as it opens or you will wait that long.

Great updates, LOL @ DH napping. I almost pictured him napping on a bench somewhere in MK.

He love to nap. LOL! He is actually taking one as we speak. :confused3

I meant to reply back when you were discussing Claire's hairdo from the BBB.
I love the way you have it spikey at the top. I like it a lot better than the poofy look.


I so much prefer the spikey. They used to do it that way. I know becuase I saw the pictures. LOL!

[jenseib]

what happens at the phiharmagic?:confused3


It's a 3D movie. It shows alot of the Disney characters in it.

[jenseib]

Heres a few shots from the new camera.
I was just playing around with some of them and didn't really concentrate on exposure. More like getting a feel for the camera itself.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/ducks.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/reeds.jpg

I was impressed with this one. I had the ISO at 3200 and it doesn;t really seem to grainy at all.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/atgrandmas.jpg

I really like this one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/infrontofGrandmas.jpg

And this was just on Auto, one of the first I took when I putthe battery in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/autopicture.jpg

[Cinderelly5507]

awww, those are some really good pics of Claire! The dance costume is too cute!

Have you been working on your DH to let you go on an all girls trip for Free Dining? :laughing:

[jenseib]

awww, those are some really good pics of Claire! The dance costume is too cute!

Have you been working on your DH to let you go on an all girls trip for Free Dining? :laughing:

Thanks. I am reading some books about photography (agin, I need to freshen up my memory now that I'm 40. LOL) and hope to improve it.

I haven;t even asked DH. I just know he'll say no. Though today on the way to dance class Claire asked me "are we going to go to Disney again" and i siad "I sure hope so, if dad says we can" and she said, "well you better check with him tonight" LOL! How cute is that?

I also just don;t know how much Paige would enjoy it. When I show her my pics, she always says how she would rather be laying by the pool. And I told her I bet she would have fun with me, rahtehr than her dad and hsi family, and she did agree. But I know I would want to be on the go, and she would probably get bored fast. Thats just how she is. I want to fanitisize that she would love it, but I don;t know if she really would when it comes down to it.

[KatGarcia]

I really need to figure out hwo to use my camera, it has the ISO settings and all that and I don't have a clue how to use it! LOL.

[jenseib]

I really need to figure out hwo to use my camera, it has the ISO settings and all that and I don't have a clue how to use it! LOL.

Reading the manual is a really good way. I never did in the past, but then wen I got my first point and shoot that had manual settings I read it and learned so much. Also finding a basic book on photography helped alot as well.

[that's nice]

The pictures look really good! You went with the Cannon 50D right?? I need to buy a camera for this other business that I own. I keep coming back to the Nikon and the Cannon. The pictures of Claire are great!!!!princess:

[jenseib]

The pictures look really good! You went with the Cannon 50D right?? I need to buy a camera for this other business that I own. I keep coming back to the Nikon and the Cannon. The pictures of Claire are great!!!!princess:

Yes. I'm still doing alot of play with it. I'm not sure about the lens. Some pictures are fantastic and others aren'tso great. But then again that could just be me. LOL!

I will need to put on one of my other lenses tomorrow and give it a try.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

How did I miss so many updates!? I'm going backwards here....I just posted neighborhood pics too....that's so funny. We're one in the same. LOL I see you got your new camera! You like it I see. That's awesome! Can't wait 'til the next trip! It'll be hard to top this report but you will!

Wow. That was a huge group of prom peeps at one time. I see how it was hard now for you to get your shot. I bet it looked like the papparazi over there. Paige looks beautiful. Love her dress. I think I told you that already. THANKS for adding your prom pic too. You know I love old pics! (And you know I love your hair!)

Baby DS picked out that same Minnie toy. Yep, he wanted the pink girly one.

I don't know why I'm not getting your updates. That's just weird. I'll just check it every day. You're always adding something like me. We should have hung out...I regret it now. We would have gotten along so well.

[jenseib]

I should've ditched DH and hung out with you! LOL! I love that Baby DS loved the Minnie toy too. LOL!
I gotta go catch back up on yours again. I keep falling behind on eerything lately.

[that's nice]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/infrontofGrandmas.jpg


This is a great picture!!!!! This is a modeling pic!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[jenseib]

OK, a few more off topic pictures.

Claire was jumping on the trampoline tonight and she has become quite the wild woman doing all these flips.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/trampoline1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/trampoline2.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/trampoline5.jpg

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I should've ditched DH and hung out with you! LOL! I love that Baby DS loved the Minnie toy too. LOL!
I gotta go catch back up on yours again. I keep falling behind on eerything lately.

For real...we could have taken the girls out to do Princess things together. They would have liked that! We were at the same resort most of the stay too. :headache: Smack. Next year ya'll plan to go during free dining. If there's a bounceback I'll give you the dates as soon as we book.

* Cute trampoline pics! :thumbsup2

[jenseib]

For real...we could have taken the girls out to do Princess things together. They would have liked that! We were at the same resort most of the stay too. :headache: Smack. Next year ya'll plan to go during free dining. If there's a bounceback I'll give you the dates as soon as we book.

* Cute trampoline pics! :thumbsup2

I know, it would've been fun!

[MaryAz]

Great new pics. Really like the trampoline ones!!

[thelittlemermaid83]

Love them trampoline pics.

I have a Sony Cybershot camera, it has a iso setting but i have no clue what it does :lmao: just like most of the functions on my camera lol.

[lizet313]

Great pics

[meanmom121]

Those are excellent pics. I have never been much of a photographer but I really want to improve. I just got a Cannon digital - Powershot sx110 I think. you can manually set the iso and I so want to understand this. Is there a basic photography book you can suggest. I would love to take a class but trying to find the time for me would be hard. My work schedule varies from week to week and I'm in a small Nursing administration office (believe me that sounds a lot better than it pays:rotfl:) so I'm on call a lot. Plus my DS is dyslexic so homework is very time consuming for us everyday. So for now I guess I'll have to settle for educating myself through reading and trial and error. :hippie:

[jenseib]

I would just go to your library and pick out something. Thats what I did. I read it when I had a chance here and there.

[brookelizabeth]

I love Claire's spinning toy! Very cute.

Congrats on the new camera, it takes beautiful pictures. For an ISO 3200 that isn't too shabby at all!! I like the light in that one.

The trampoline pics are so fun!

[shebaxric]

I'm not a mom (yet), but I think I would be a total worry wart! Those flips that Claire was doing would've scared me to death!! She looks like she was having so much fun! Congrats on the new camera!

[jenseib]

By the time you have your third child you kind of get more relaxed. LOL!

Thanks for the comments everyone.
I've been super behind on reading trip reports and posting on mine.
I, of course, am playing with my camera a bit and reading bits of the manual. Plus my computer seems extra slow today.
I also need to get some pictures copied to Cd, so hopefully by tomorrow I can get another installment up.
I'm sorry I am taking so long on this day.

[jenseib]

After the Pooh ride, Claire declared she needed something to eat. I didn’t want to get her too much because we would be eating in the not so far future. We decided on a pretzel. This sucker was huge too. But I snatched a few bites for myself as well. LOL!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/pretzel.jpg

As we were eating the pretzel we walked passed a bathroom, and I decide I should go. So we went in and Claire said she had to go again. I was surprised since she really had just gone not too long ago. So we went and I went to pull her pants up and UH OH! She didn’t pull her underwear down far enough before going and they got wet!
So I took them off, and put them in a bag I had in my purse. (thank goodness I brought along little bags, something I learned to do after the two previous trips of her getting sick…always have a bag on hand just in case), and we went out and washed out hands. Marched out to the stroller ,her with nothing on under her dress, LOL! And pulled out that extra pair of underwear I just happened to pack that morning! Yay Me! We went back in the bathroom, pulled them on, her giggling the whole time about it and we were just fine and dandy then.

She had decided she would like to see Jasmine again today, so we headed off in that direction. The parade had started and boy was it hard getting through. We squeezed our way and went against the flow, but we finally saw light at the end of the tunnel.

The pirate Tutorial was going on again when we went by so I stopped to watch. Claire was just not impressed with it, so after I snapped some pictures we went on our merry way.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/JackSparrow-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/jacksparrow1.jpg

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[KatGarcia]

Even tho I don't have kids I carry zip lock bags with me in WDW all the time. We used them for our mugs once we were done with them, I put mostly everything in my park bag in them too, in case of rain. And good job packing those extra underwear!!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

If she were a little bit older she would have been impressed with that Jack! :rolleyes1

[joy13]

If she were a little bit older she would have been impressed with that Jack! :rolleyes1

I was thinking that too - it was the hot one! :thumbsup2

[lizet313]

I agree he is hot.. Ggreat job on the bags and extra underwear.:thumbsup2 I see that she still has her Simba :cloud9:

[jenseib]

Even tho I don't have kids I carry zip lock bags with me in WDW all the time. We used them for our mugs once we were done with them, I put mostly everything in my park bag in them too, in case of rain. And good job packing those extra underwear!!

Yes, after last year with throwing up I keep them with me at all times. LOL! I would normally keep them in my bag, but the bag sits in the stroller alot , so I found putting them in my purse was much better as it was with me always. I use the small kind like I used to used when she was in diapers and we were out. I just had these small bags to disposed of them in then. I think they are called handi sacks or something. I much rather use them for the purpose we did this year, than as a barf bag though. LOL!

If she were a little bit older she would have been impressed with that Jack! :rolleyes1

I was thinking that too - it was the hot one! :thumbsup2

I agree he is hot.. Ggreat job on the bags and extra underwear.:thumbsup2 I see that she still has her Simba :cloud9:


Yes he was pretty goodlooking. I wanted to stay, but not with someone whining about it being boring. LOL! I think he was a bit "scary" for her too this year. She seemed to be scared of more things at this age.

[lizet313]

Cherish these moments then they are only little for a short period of time. Although my mom and my dad always tell me that when they look at me they still see me as their little girl:cloud9::hug:. I know some teens(kids) try to stay away from their parents when they are older. So have fun with her build lots of memories which of course you are great at :thumbsup2. Aww now I really want to take my family. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful and all the bumps in the road from your trip. It looks like the magic those exist even for those who are about to hit Disney depression lol (including me):lmao:


Thanks.

Lizet

[shebaxric]

I can't wait to see the Pirate Tutorial!! The "Jack" looks very authentic. Do they do this right outside of POTC?

[meanmom121]

Is it possible to sign up for private pirate tutorials?:lmao:
No panties hee hee hee:rotfl:
Yesterday I took my dog to the vet in the next town over from us and there was a large banner advertising an upcoming 'Antique tractor Pull" It immediately made me think of you Jen:lmao:

[jenseib]

Is it possible to sign up for private pirate tutorials?:lmao:
No panties hee hee hee:rotfl:
Yesterday I took my dog to the vet in the next town over from us and there was a large banner advertising an upcoming 'Antique tractor Pull" It immediately made me think of you Jen:lmao:


LOL! Maybe I'll post some pictures of DH's tractor.

Shame on you! :rolleyes1

[jenseib]

I can't wait to see the Pirate Tutorial!! The "Jack" looks very authentic. Do they do this right outside of POTC?

Yes

[MagicShell]

Claire is a brave little girl. I never would flip on a trampoline. My younger brother was the brave one in my family. He flipped all over our trampoline, I just jumped.

[jenseib]

Claire is a brave little girl. I never would flip on a trampoline. My younger brother was the brave one in my family. He flipped all over our trampoline, I just jumped.

Paige will flip every so often. I think she inspired Claire to do it. LOL!:rolleyes1

[jenseib]

I'm going through my photobucket account to find pics of DH's tractor. I also tried looking on my imageshack account, but that site is meesed up and it won't let me see the pictures for some reason, so I gave up on that one...but anyways I have found some old pics of CVlaire and thought I would post some of those too.


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Here she is with Skips tractor

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/posingwithtractor.jpg

watching daddy pull

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/Sunpull.jpg

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[jenseib]

Here she is real little sitting on Skips old frame which was orange then.

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Her first Halloween. Yes she is about 10 months old here and walking. She walked at 8 1/2 months.

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Her 1st b-day. Still follically challenged.

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She likes to drive Daddy's tractors.

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It's always fun to put a panty liner on your face.

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2nd Halloween

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Look at those fat cheeks

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2nd b-day

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[thelittlemermaid83]

That peacock outfit is adorable, Claire looks so cute in it.

[lizet313]

Oh wow she looks like she is a model so many beautiful picstures. She walked at 8 1/2 months :woohoo: wow my niece walked a week after her 1st bday. All your pictures are wonderful. Complete little princess and diva too.

[jenseib]

That peacock outfit is adorable, Claire looks so cute in it.

Thanks. People kept saying "look at that turkey". Come on, how many BLUE turkeys have you seen?

[jenseib]

Oh wow she looks like she is a model so many beautiful picstures. She walked at 8 1/2 months :woohoo: wow my niece walked a week after her 1st bday. All your pictures are wonderful. Complete little princess and diva too.

Skip walked at like 6 or 7 months, and he walked funny so that is where his nickname came in.

[ladybugmom]

Oh my word!! Those picture are just PRECIOUS!! I see a bunch of Gymboree! We LOVE Gymboree!! :lovestruc

[that's nice]

Great Pictures!!!!!!!!!:worship:

You just gave me an idea for my PTR!!!!! LOL
(hope you don't mind):goodvibes

[jenseib]

Oh my word!! Those picture are just PRECIOUS!! I see a bunch of Gymboree! We LOVE Gymboree!! :lovestruc


We LOVE Gymboree too. I am trying not to buy so much this year though. She always get so much from my neice and then she has more clothes than she can wear, so I'm waiting to see what all is handed down this year.
Great Pictures!!!!!!!!!:worship:

You just gave me an idea for my PTR!!!!! LOL
(hope you don't mind):goodvibes

Go for it! :thumbsup2

[shebaxric]

Love the Peacock Costume! Did you make that or have it made? And the one where she's smiling so big you can see the two bottom teeth coming in (she's got the red and white checkered scarf on).:goodvibes:goodvibes She was such a happy looking baby!

[jenseib]

Love the Peacock Costume! Did you make that or have it made? And the one where she's smiling so big you can see the two bottom teeth coming in (she's got the red and white checkered scarf on).:goodvibes:goodvibes She was such a happy looking baby!

I bought it online. I saw it and just had to have it.

[WrightFamily06]

Well you are there now! I hope it is sunny and you are having a blast!


Yeah we sure were there :laughing: It was sunny our whole trip and we did have a blast , can't wait to tell everyone about :)

Well where to start , I was so far behind on your trip report but for a good reason :lmao:

Your window decorations were adorable , we also did this on our trip but I forgot to take a pic . LOL

All the MK pictures are adorable :cutie:

Clarie looks adorable in her dance recital costume , if I think about it I will have to post one of my DD in her's , she has her ballet recital at the end of May .

The Prom pictures of Paige are beautiful , she looks so much like you did in your prom picture :thumbsup2

Love the older photo's of Claire and the peacock costume is to die for :love:

Looks like your having a lot of fun with your new camera and the pic's are great :thumbsup2

[lizet313]

Skip walked at like 6 or 7 months, and he walked funny so that is where his nickname came in.

wow my niece wobbles when she walks but no nickname yet.

[meanmom121]

I love those pics of Claire - that girl has attitude:thumbsup2. Both those Halloween costumes were adorable.
I can certainlay appreciate her fingers in her ears at the tractor pull - those puppies are loud:scared:
My guys are all into the monster trucks right now but I refuse to go watch them because they always hold them indoors here and the noise level is unbearable for me even with earplugs:scared1:
p.s got to wish you (early I know)
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

[meanmom121]

Love those pics of Claire. That little lady has attitude:thumbsup2. She was too cute in both those Halloween costumes - Good Job picking those out mom.
I can certainly appreciate her little fingers in her ears at the tractor pull - those puppies are loud. - My guys are all into the monster trucks right now; but I refuse to go watch with them because they are always indoors here. The noise level is unbearable even with earplugs.
p.s.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

[KatGarcia]

You are gonna be in some trouble when that cutie pie gets older! She is so adorable!

[jenseib]

You are gonna be in some trouble when that cutie pie gets older! She is so adorable!

I know! LOL!

[brookelizabeth]

Aw! I love all the pics! Claire is such a beautiful little girl.

I have to comment on Skip's tractor too. The racing cows on the front of it made me giggle a bit... :goodvibes I love the pics of Claire all glammed out with her fingers in her ears, reminds me of rich ladies who go to the horse tracks or something!

[jenseib]

I forgot to mention that I had periodically beeped DH and told him what we were doing. The last time he was very grumpy, and I asked why, :headache: and he said because he was trying to sleep. LOL! Well that’s when I found out that he was back at the hotel and not sitting on some random bench, LOL! :flower3: OOPS! :rolleyes1

So our mission was Jasmine. She was not out. I asked a CM in a nearby store and they said she would be out at 4. Well we had dinner at 4:20, so I told Claire we would try again after dinner. :lovestruc

We kind of worked our way towards Crystal Palace and then took a sit down break. Well Claire jumped out of the stroller and ran around while I rested. LOL! :banana: I took this picture. The screen is missing. :scared1: We took pictures here previous years and there was a basket of fake apples and a screen.

Here is 2007

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/claire2007.jpg

2008


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And this year. I wish I would’ve made Claire stand there.


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When we sat down, I beeped Skip but he didn’t answer. The parade was going down Main street at this time, so I figured if he was in the park he couldn’t hear anyways.

Not long after he beeped me and said he was in front of Crystal Palace. I told him where we were, which was just over the bridge basically and he came over and sat with us. We told him what we did, and what we still wanted to do.

For Claire that was swimming and Jasmine!

We headed over to CP and I checked us in and then we waited.

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I think we got called in a few minutes before our scheduled time. When you walk in they have these cute topiaries.

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We were seated by the window and had a nice view.

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We saw that we had JUST missed Eeyore, so I knew it would be awhile till he got around. The good thing was that the place was not full at this point.

Pooh was just about 2 tables away and then the “march” started up. Claire joined in the fun.

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[jenseib]

Aw! I love all the pics! Claire is such a beautiful little girl.

I have to comment on Skip's tractor too. The racing cows on the front of it made me giggle a bit... :goodvibes I love the pics of Claire all glammed out with her fingers in her ears, reminds me of rich ladies who go to the horse tracks or something!

She has those big head phone things to cover her ears, but I'm not sure if they were sitting next to her, or if we had left them back at the truck. LOL! She usually will wear them, but maybe it was messing up her do, so she decided to do the fingers. I can't remember anymore.
We were in Tomah Wisconsin for a pull and the day before Sjip had a break, so Claire and I drove 2 1/2 hours over to Minnisota and went to the mall of america. We met a girl there who I talk to online on a different forume and spent the afternoon with her. It was so fun. And then later on Claire went to Libby Lu and got dolled up. Of course she wanted to wear it day after day after day! LOL! :cloud9:

[jenseib]

Pop Goes the Bubble

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[OneTreeHillAddict]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/marchingfun.jpg



Chimere would LOVE this picture! She loves to see those kids on leashes. :rotfl2: This one is even funnier because he has on Mickey ears too. I wish they made a leash that could hold baby DS in. :lmao: I hate CP but it looks like ya'll had fun! The topiairies are my favorite thing of all.

[bhwhiz]

Enjoying this TR so much! :yay:

[jenseib]

Enjoying this TR so much! :yay:

Thanks so much. I will finish it, I promise. I am trying to work out more, because I am just becoming a major computer potatoe. I've rod the exercise bike 20 mintues today and walked 3 miles on the tread mill, so I got a start at least today.

[DisneyFreak06]

Thanks so much. I will finish it, I promise. I am trying to work out more, because I am just becoming a major computer potatoe. I've rod the exercise bike 20 mintues today and walked 3 miles on the tread mill, so I got a start at least today.

Good for you! I've been meaning to do the same thing, hoping to get started this weekend, but I've come down with something and I have no energy. I'll just have to put it off again! ;) Hopefully I'll get working out again soon. Good luck to you!

[jenseib]

So Pooh was at our table soon after the March was over. He was a big hit. I have always had a soft spot for Pooh, which I think I have mentioned before. He was my favorite as a kid and the one character I saw when we came when I was little. :love:

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I ran up and got some food between Pooh had Piglet. I gave strict instructions to Skip to beep me on the Nextel when he was 2 tables away. LOL! But I got back in time.

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Look at this sly bugger here! LOL!

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We set up spinning Minnie so she could view all the action too.

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Skip kept telling me to look at the guy at the table across from us. This guy looked like the banjo player at the Hoop Dee Doo review. Exactly like him. So I finally asked if he was “him” and he wasn’t. LOL! They were from Pennsylvania so I doubt he would travel daily for that gig. LOL!

They were a really nice family though and the banjo player look alike offered to take our picture.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/jenseib/thefamilyatCP.jpg

[WrightFamily06]

Great Crystal Palace Pictures:thumbsup2 and I love:love: that twirling Minnie joined in sooo cute :cutie:

[souda]

Great trip report. Counting down the days til our next trip. Claire is adorable. :cheer2:

A little off topic: What program do you use to enhance your pictures? They are great, especially the ones that the color is muted.