Our Trick AND Treat- DD's Surprise Bday Trip! 11/4 Get Movin'

[Tnkrbelle565]

:wave: Hi All!!! I'm back again! :cool1:

I'm starting a PTR for my next Disney Adventure. This is my first surprise trip and because of that, it's the one I'm most excited about! We are surprising DD with a 5 day trip in October for her 6th bday. She is starting school this year and since we normally travel to Disney at the beginning of Sept, she has been told that we can't pull her out of school to go.

My biggest worry right now is HOW I am going to pull it off. You see, I'm a member of the Disboutiqers and it's really hard to hide custom clothes from your child...especially customs that need to be tried on and are CLEARLY Disney-oriented. But I'm going to try!

Our plan right now is to pick up at school on Oct 23rd and take the evening flight out of Boston. Her bday is the 24th. MNSSHP is scheduled for the 25th! The rest needs to be planned! I just can't wait! :banana: :banana: :banana:

If you are a new reader, I probably should introduce myself

:wave: Hi, I'm Kristine. I'm a 32 year old wife/mommy/social worker/scrapbooker/sewer from Boston!

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg269/ksc565/DisMeet/Rest%20of%20DHS/DHS2.jpg


I just returned from a DISmeet trip to Disney in February. If you would like to read about that adventure, check it out:

Sew Much Fun...13 of Cinderella's Mice Head to WDW! TR (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2091517)

If you care to read about my family's other Disney Adventures....check them out here:

The Smith's YES we are going to Disney AGAIN PTR! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1871410)

Does the Pixie Dust Count if You Don't KNOW about it? (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1960215)

Santa Got me A DISboarder Weekend to the Mouse! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2028861)


About about an intro to the rest of the gang?

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This is my DH and DD from our last Disney trip.


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This is DD's beloved Puppy. He comes EVERYWHERE with us and this trip I'm sure won't be an exception...so I better introduce him

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He likes to be photographed by the Photopass Photographers

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Use a DDP snack credit or two

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Flirt with Princesses

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He even got into the Halloween Spirit

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SOOOO, as you can see...he's as Disney loving as the rest of us!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Here is DD during some previous Bdays!

Actual Bday!

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Coming Home!

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1st Bday

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2nd Bday!

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3rd Bday!

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4th Bday!

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5th Bday!

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[jham]

I'm here! AHA! And I'm first! Now I'll go read...

Awww...lookit little Ash! So cute! I love the photos of photos! And that ghost photo is way cool! Don't all kindergarteners need a new Back to School Disney wardrobe?

[jessica52877]

Dang it! I wanted to be first! All you cheaters out there!

[Lady Lallie]

Awww, Ash is such an adorable little girl!! :lovestruc

I love the Halloween picture, it is so cute!

[Tnkrbelle565]

I'm here! AHA! And I'm first! Now I'll go read...

Awww...lookit little Ash! So cute! I love the photos of photos! And that ghost photo is way cool! Don't all kindergarteners need a new Back to School Disney wardrobe?

Nice job Jeanne!!! Love the Back to School wardrobe idea but she'll be in a uniform. I'm planning on telling her I'm making stuff for all the Disboutiquers girls right now...but I'm not sure how that is going to go over!

I originally took the pics of the pics because Stacy wanted to see them at one point. I think I was talking about how pathetic it is that those are the only "professional" pics I've had taken of her. :rolleyes1

Dang it! I wanted to be first! All you cheaters out there!


You were really close! And the first one to read first :thumbsup2 :rotfl2:

Awww, Ash is such an adorable little girl!! :lovestruc

I love the Halloween picture, it is so cute!


Thanks LL! She is a cutie...(thank goodness because sometimes that's her saving grace ;) )

[Tnkrbelle565]

Got to keep people entertained somehow! How about some pics from the zoo? I will warn you, if you are my friend on Facebook- these are repeats for this Sunday. Sorry!

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[Tnkrbelle565]

OOPS...sorry I forgot to resize these in Photobucket! They are huge!!! Sorry! But the cool thing is that blown up, I realized that you can see me taking the pics in DD's sunglasses! Proof that I was there! YIPPEE!!!!

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[karebear1]

I'm fourth?!?!? ... I thought I was third!! Oh well........! IF I have to follow anyone, I guess i can accept it being Jeanne and Jessica ;)

LadyLally..... nice to meet you!

Your daughter is adorable!!! Halloween is my favorite time- I'm stickin' with this TR!!

(Just want everyone to realize that the ad that's underneath my post right now.... the one that says "My Cellulite Is Gone - read how I did it on my blog".... THAT AD........... IS NOT MINE!!! My cellulite is alive and well right here with me thank you very much!!! LOL!)

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thanks for reading Karen!!!

[HeatherBelle614]

Just found you and subbied!

I read the other February trippie, but didn't comment. Sorry!! I am so jealous of all the cute little girl skirts. I'd so sport one, even if I am going to be 25 this year. I can't sew, at all, though. Sad story.

I love your zoo pictures; you guys looked like you had so much fun!

I'm planning a surprise trip right now, too. Don't tell DH, but I'm just as excited, if not a bit more, about planning this trip than I was our honeymoon. We've never been during Halloween, so I'm really looking forward to that, too!!

[karebear1]

Your welcome Kristine. Are you all going to MNSSHP???

[Tnkrbelle565]

Just found you and subbied!

I read the other February trippie, but didn't comment. Sorry!! I am so jealous of all the cute little girl skirts. I'd so sport one, even if I am going to be 25 this year. I can't sew, at all, though. Sad story.

I love your zoo pictures; you guys looked like you had so much fun!

I'm planning a surprise trip right now, too. Don't tell DH, but I'm just as excited, if not a bit more, about planning this trip than I was our honeymoon. We've never been during Halloween, so I'm really looking forward to that, too!!


:welcome: Thanks for reading both!!! I would love to find an occasion where I could pull of a petticoat but I don't know where that would be :rotfl2:

How fun about your surprise trip! You're going to love MNSSHP! It was the highlight of our last trip. If you click on my last full TR and skip to the end (page 17ish) you can see my report of last year's MNSSHP.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Your welcome Kristine. Are you all going to MNSSHP???

Absolutely. It works out well because it's scheduled for the day AFTER Aisling's bday. That way we can do the birthday thing completely on Sat and then do the Halloween thing on Sunday. I'm so excited! I do plan to get to the parks earlier this year though. We didn't get there until right before the party officially started last year and we spent a lot of the party riding rides. I want to get the rides done before 7pm so we have more time to do the party activities.

[karebear1]

Don't forget to mske your dinner ADR's asap- they fill up quickly for the evening!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Don't forget to mske your dinner ADR's asap- they fill up quickly for the evening!

Oh I will be up at 6:55am on the 90 day mark...ready to roll! I'm nutty like that!! Although I don't know if I want to do a sit down during MNSSHP. We might just do CS so DD has more ride time. She got a little spoiled with the 9 day trip last year. 5 days is a lot to try to squeeze things into!

[Lady Lallie]

So how are you writing this TR without her noticing?

[Tnkrbelle565]

So how are you writing this TR without her noticing?

She can't really read that well. Small words only so she won't try reading it. :thumbsup2

Notice that I don't have a real ticker in my siggie...just for that reason!

[Lady Lallie]

She can't really read that well. Small words only so she won't try reading it. :thumbsup2

Notice that I don't have a real ticker in my siggie...just for that reason!
Gotcha. Smart thinking about the ticker. :thumbsup2 So after this trip, will you join the masses for school vacation weeks?? If I remember correctly, the school she will be going too really doesn't like it when you take them out, right?

[Jennifer48]

I'm heeeeeeeeeeeeeere! :goodvibes

What zoo did you go to? Those photos are better than AK safari ones! :rotfl:

[Tnkrbelle565]

Gotcha. Smart thinking about the ticker. :thumbsup2 So after this trip, will you join the masses for school vacation weeks?? If I remember correctly, the school she will be going too really doesn't like it when you take them out, right?

You ARE remembering correctly! I don't know what I'm going to do. It saddens me to think about it. We might have to give up our trips for awhile :scared1: The Kindergarten teacher isn't as picky so I think we'll be okay taking her out for 2 days. I can't imagine anything more torturous than school vacation week though!

I'm heeeeeeeeeeeeeere! :goodvibes

What zoo did you go to? Those photos are better than AK safari ones! :rotfl:


Hi! The pics are from Franklin Park. Glad you enjoyed them!

[KathyRN137]

Hi Kristine! :wave2:

We'll be there in October, too (just a week later!) I can't wait to do MNSSHP; it'll be our first one!

Good luck with keeping the secret... here's some pixiedust to help! pixiedust:


Kathy

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi Kristine! :wave2:

We'll be there in October, too (just a week later!) I can't wait to do MNSSHP; it'll be our first one!

Good luck with keeping the secret... here's some pixiedust to help! pixiedust:


Kathy


:welcome: Thanks for reading! You are going to LOVE MNSSHP. It was soooo much fun! Check out my last TR (link in 1st page of this) if you want to see some pics!

[sohappy]

How come I didn't know about this pre-trippie? Don't I get to be in on the planning? I might just have to go off and pout!!!

[Tnkrbelle565]

How come I didn't know about this pre-trippie? Don't I get to be in on the planning? I might just have to go off and pout!!!

Oh you certainly do....especially since my child gave you a laundry list of things to make her ;) (can you imagine what she would have come up with if she actually KNEW she was going????) I was thinking yesterday that she really only left me traveling day outfit, an AK outfit, and CP outfit. Although I've bought way too much fabric so she'll definitely being getting some sundresses this summer.

[MouseTriper]

I'm here....count me in!!! How exciting you get to surprise her with a birthday trip!!! I wanna do that for my two sometime. I love all the pics when she was a baby. They grow up way too fast, don't they??

So what are your plans for her actual birthday? Are you ordering any special kind of Disney cake??? I want details....LOL.

:rotfl:

[Tnkrbelle565]

I'm here....count me in!!! How exciting you get to surprise her with a birthday trip!!! I wanna do that for my two sometime. I love all the pics when she was a baby. They grow up way too fast, don't they??

So what are your plans for her actual birthday? Are you ordering any special kind of Disney cake??? I want details....LOL.

:rotfl:


Good question! I have so much to look into. Does anyone know if you can get a cake at 1900 PF?

First, I have to figure out a final park schedule. This is what I'm thinking right now. Friday- just hang out at hotel. Sat- MK all day (BBB in the am, 1900 PF at night), Sunday- AK in am/MNSSHP for evening, Monday- Epcot all day for Food and Wine Festival (now I might lose my DH this day because he has a "thing" for chefs and cookbooks and all that- meeting a chef in person will be like a dream come true for him), Tues- I don't know.

I'm having such an issue with this. I would love to let her just chose what she wants to do but how can you do that and make ADRs. We asked her a hypothetical...if you could go to disney and only go to 2 parks what would you chose. She chose MK and Epcot so I got those covered. The thing with MK is that she could go on each ride 10 times and I think we spent 4 days there during our last trip. So Tuesday we could end up doing MK AGAIN or we could try to go to DHS. I'm betting that she would pick MK so I think I'll make an ADR for CP.

Decisions, Decisions...:confused3....Thank God I have awhile :rotfl2:

[jham]

Yes, you can order a cake from 1900 Park Fair. According to the cake thread, that is one of the best places to get one. But they may be surprised when you remind your waitress of the cake (you called ahead and ordered 2 weeks ago) as you are placing your order. :rolleyes1

[Tnkrbelle565]

Yes, you can order a cake from 1900 Park Fair. According to the cake thread, that is one of the best places to get one. But they may be surprised when you remind your waitress of the cake (you called ahead and ordered 2 weeks ago) as you are placing your order. :rolleyes1

Thanks Jeanne. I need to check out the cake thread. I don't venture out on the boards too often!!!

[KathyRN137]

:welcome: Thanks for reading! You are going to LOVE MNSSHP. It was soooo much fun! Check out my last TR (link in 1st page of this) if you want to see some pics!


Thanks! I'm having fun reading it right now! :goodvibes

Kathy

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thanks! I'm having fun reading it right now! :goodvibes

Kathy

I think MNSSHP is like page 17 or 18 maybe???

[MouseTriper]

Oh I have a friend who has ordered some AMAZING birthday cakes from the Grand Floridian. From what I have seen the pastry chefs there do an incredible job!! I think they are kinda pricey though. If you didn't want to do that you could always see about getting a special cake at the Bakery on the Boardwalk....I can't think of the name????

I agree...good thing you have a few months to decide!!:rotfl2:

[Tnkrbelle565]

So I checked out the cake thread. Looks like i have to go with that Mini-Castle cake. It just too pretty to pass up (even if it does costs as much as the meal ;):rotfl:)

[KathyRN137]

So I checked out the cake thread. Looks like i have to go with that Mini-Castle cake. It just too pretty to pass up (even if it does costs as much as the meal ;):rotfl:)

Pix, please!! :goodvibes


Kathy

[Tnkrbelle565]

Pix, please!! :goodvibes


Kathy

As you've requested....

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Isn't it so cute?!?!

[KathyRN137]

oooohhh!!

Is the Castle made of white chocolate??

Looks like Diabetes on a plate! :rotfl2:


Kathy

[Lady Lallie]

As you've requested....

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Isn't it so cute?!?!

That is so cute! How much does that cake cost? Is that one of the cakes that you can only get at the Grand Floridian??

[Tnkrbelle565]

oooohhh!!

Is the Castle made of white chocolate??

Looks like Diabetes on a plate! :rotfl2:


Kathy

The castle is made of white chocolate! They also write "Happy Birthday...." on the plate in dark chocolate drizzle to add to the sugar rush!

That is so cute! How much does that cake cost? Is that one of the cakes that you can only get at the Grand Floridian??

From what I've found online the cake is $25...or as much as my DD's meal! But I'm not a big dessert person (I'd rather snack on something later on when I'm hungry again!) and neither is DH so we really don't need a big cake!

But then I saw that they can do some Halloween themed cakes (including a HM one LL!!!) so I could always do that. But at Cindy's dinner at 1900 PF, I'm thinking that the castle would be perfect. AND since I'm hoping to skip the ACTUAL castle entirely this trip....maybe this would be a fun substitute??? :confused3

[Lady Lallie]

The castle is made of white chocolate! They also write "Happy Birthday...." on the plate in dark chocolate drizzle to add to the sugar rush!



From what I've found online the cake is $25...or as much as my DD's meal! But I'm not a big dessert person (I'd rather snack on something later on when I'm hungry again!) and neither is DH so we really don't need a big cake!

But then I saw that they can do some Halloween themed cakes (including a HM one LL!!!) so I could always do that. But at Cindy's dinner at 1900 PF, I'm thinking that the castle would be perfect. AND since I'm hoping to skip the ACTUAL castle entirely this trip....maybe this would be a fun substitute??? :confused3

WOW! A HM cake? Do they only do those around Halloween? I bet. Ooooh, I have to find a way to get Jen one!!

[Tnkrbelle565]

WOW! A HM cake? Do they only do those around Halloween? I bet. Ooooh, I have to find a way to get Jen one!!

I was thinking the exact same thing! I'll post a pic in a second when I find it again!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Here is one of the Halloween-themed cakes

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Here is the HM one

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Here is another pic of the castle one done up

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And here are a couple of other cute options from GF. The Castle cake is ONLY available at GF apparently

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[disneymomof1]

:wave: Hi All!!! I'm back again! :cool1:

I'm starting a PTR for my next Disney Adventure. This is my first surprise trip and because of that, it's the one I'm most excited about! We are surprising DD with a 5 day trip in October for her 6th bday. She is starting school this year and since we normally travel to Disney at the beginning of Sept, she has been told that we can't pull her out of school to go.

My biggest worry right now is HOW I am going to pull it off. You see, I'm a member of the Disboutiqers and it's really hard to hide custom clothes from your child...especially customs that need to be tried on and are CLEARLY Disney-oriented. But I'm going to try!

Our plan right now is to pick up at school on Oct 23rd and take the evening flight out of Boston. Her bday is the 24th. MNSSHP is scheduled for the 25th! The rest needs to be planned! I just can't wait! :banana: :banana: :banana:

If you are a new reader, I probably should introduce myself

:wave: Hi, I'm Kristine. I'm a 32 year old wife/mommy/social worker/scrapbooker/sewer from Boston!

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg269/ksc565/DisMeet/Rest%20of%20DHS/DHS2.jpg


I just returned from a DISmeet trip to Disney in February. If you would like to read about that adventure, check it out:

Sew Much Fun...13 of Cinderella's Mice Head to WDW! TR (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2091517)

If you care to read about my family's other Disney Adventures....check them out here:

The Smith's YES we are going to Disney AGAIN PTR! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1871410)

Does the Pixie Dust Count if You Don't KNOW about it? (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1960215)

Santa Got me A DISboarder Weekend to the Mouse! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2028861)


About about an intro to the rest of the gang?

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This is my DH and DD from our last Disney trip.


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This is DD's beloved Puppy. He comes EVERYWHERE with us and this trip I'm sure won't be an exception...so I better introduce him

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He likes to be photographed by the Photopass Photographers

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Use a DDP snack credit or two

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Flirt with Princesses

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He even got into the Halloween Spirit

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SOOOO, as you can see...he's as Disney loving as the rest of us!


Subbing to your PTR. Love all your pictures, what a sweet little girl, love the baby pics of your lil' pumpkin. I gotta ask about your ghost pic, what was your husband dressed up as, a tourist. :rotfl2:

[Tnkrbelle565]

Subbing to your PTR. Love all your pictures, what a sweet little girl, love the baby pics of your lil' pumpkin. I gotta ask about your ghost pic, what was your husband dressed up as, a tourist. :rotfl2:

:welcome: Thanks!

My DH was just wearing a MNSSHP tshirt I made for him. It was way too hot for him to wear anything fun. He had a Red Sox hat on so a lot of people asked if he was going as Kevin Youkilis (who is a player on the Sox). Here's a pic of him

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Do you love how he's wearing my Bagallinni because it didn't "go" with my costume :rotfl2:

[MouseTriper]

Oh those cakes look YUMMY!!! I want one for my birthday!

[jessica52877]

Okay, even I would splurge $25 for that cake. I know it is really small but I think you are right that a big one is not necessary. I want a volcano thing from TRex after seeing Jeanne's TR.

[autumnpalm]

Okay, so I promised myself no more PTRs... but then I clicked on yours... and I saw you are a social worker (I'm going to school for social work and early childhood education:goodvibes)... and then I noticed your adorable daughter... and then you got me with all those cakes....

Oh well, what's one more thread to keep up with?:rotfl:

I'm thinking of getting my DM a birthday cake for our trip (her 50th birthday) but I can't decide where to order it from yet. Last year for her birthday I ordered chocolate tuxedo strawberries from the GF and they were awesome!popcorn:: The Disney cake service does a great job.

[Diamondintheruff]

How did I not know about this report yet? Can't say I'm surprised to see you starting it. I was wondering how long you could hold off.

Speaking of cakes-I vote for the castle one too. I secretly wish that Dh would order one for me as a surprise. I've already spoken to my TA about my cake preferences should he call. I'm hoping he does. I keep leaving the TA's number out for him.

I love the Diabetes on a plate remark. Too funny!:rotfl2:

[Lady Lallie]

Those cakes are so awesome!! I have some thinking to do! :rolleyes1

Oh and in regards to Diamond about her husband ordering her a cake....I sent an email to my DH with the phone number and a picture of what I wanted for my birthday with the subject line "For My Birthday". ;):lmao::rotfl2:

[jham]

As you've requested....

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Isn't it so cute?!?!


Here's the cake I got at 1900 Park Fare. (and an awful picture of me). Honestly, we couldn't finish it. :rotfl: I got the chocolate cake and it was sooooo good. We passed it around our table and my sister's so 10 of us had a bite. It was really rich. :cloud9: One of my kids ate the castle, Jayden I think.

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[jessica52877]

Jeanne, you are so silly! You look so cute in that picture! Luke looks just like you.

[jham]

Okay, just one more...mmm...chocolate...

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[jessica52877]

Wow! That looks REALLY yummy!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Oh those cakes look YUMMY!!! I want one for my birthday!

Me too...think they would ship one to Boston ;)

Okay, even I would splurge $25 for that cake. I know it is really small but I think you are right that a big one is not necessary. I want a volcano thing from TRex after seeing Jeanne's TR.

The volcano thing did look tempting as well. But clearly too big for a family for 3.

Okay, so I promised myself no more PTRs... but then I clicked on yours... and I saw you are a social worker (I'm going to school for social work and early childhood education:goodvibes)... and then I noticed your adorable daughter... and then you got me with all those cakes....

Oh well, what's one more thread to keep up with?:rotfl:

I'm thinking of getting my DM a birthday cake for our trip (her 50th birthday) but I can't decide where to order it from yet. Last year for her birthday I ordered chocolate tuxedo strawberries from the GF and they were awesome!popcorn:: The Disney cake service does a great job.

:welcome: Thanks for giving in to a little temptation ;)

Good luck in school!

The cake thread has the number for all the individual bakeries to order something. There are some really cool cakes out there!

How did I not know about this report yet? Can't say I'm surprised to see you starting it. I was wondering how long you could hold off.

Speaking of cakes-I vote for the castle one too. I secretly wish that Dh would order one for me as a surprise. I've already spoken to my TA about my cake preferences should he call. I'm hoping he does. I keep leaving the TA's number out for him.

I love the Diabetes on a plate remark. Too funny!:rotfl2:

Do you want me to send a message to your DH and tell him to get going??? :rotfl:

Those cakes are so awesome!! I have some thinking to do! :rolleyes1

Oh and in regards to Diamond about her husband ordering her a cake....I sent an email to my DH with the phone number and a picture of what I wanted for my birthday with the subject line "For My Birthday". ;):lmao::rotfl2:

Smart woman!!!

Here's the cake I got at 1900 Park Fare. (and an awful picture of me). Honestly, we couldn't finish it. :rotfl: I got the chocolate cake and it was sooooo good. We passed it around our table and my sister's so 10 of us had a bite. It was really rich. :cloud9: One of my kids ate the castle, Jayden I think.

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Jeanne, you are so silly! You look so cute in that picture! Luke looks just like you.

Thanks for jumping ahead on your TR to show us this! You look great Bday Girl!!!

Okay, just one more...mmm...chocolate...

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OOOH yummy. That does look great. Did you order from the cake line or from 1900 PF directly?

Wow! That looks REALLY yummy!

2nd that! :thumbsup2

[jham]

I think I called 1900 Park Fare directly, about 2 weeks in advance, and when I got there they were like "oh, I don't know if we'll be able to have that ready in time" :scared1: apparently it was frozen? They managed to thaw one out in time but the communication was REALLY lacking. I would call in again the morning of to make sure they don't mess up.

[Jennifer48]

Mmmmmmmm cake!!


AND since I'm hoping to skip the ACTUAL castle entirely this trip....maybe this would be a fun substitute??? :confused3 What do you mean you are going to skip the castle?! Isn't that like un-Disney like?! :rotfl2:

And if you figure out how to ship one of those cakes up to Boston let me know. I'm just a drive away :lmao:

[Tnkrbelle565]

I think I called 1900 Park Fare directly, about 2 weeks in advance, and when I got there they were like "oh, I don't know if we'll be able to have that ready in time" :scared1: apparently it was frozen? They managed to thaw one out in time but the communication was REALLY lacking. I would call in again the morning of to make sure they don't mess up.

Thanks for the tip! If I pay $25 for a really small cake, I want it DEFROSTED!!!

Mmmmmmmm cake!!

What do you mean you are going to skip the castle?! Isn't that like un-Disney like?! :rotfl2:

And if you figure out how to ship one of those cakes up to Boston let me know. I'm just a drive away :lmao:

I really am done with paying $120 for the 3 of us to have eggs at the castle. We've done it a bunch of times and I'm hoping to avoid it all together this trip. But I certainly will GAZE at the castle, take 100 PICS of the castle, and watch fireworks from in FRONT of the castle!!!

[jessica52877]

I am with you on the castle. We haven't been since it became 2 credits. It was just never that great before. I miss the old days of disney. Not that the food was much better but you would walk up in the morning and get reservations for later on and the food and price was decent.

[Tnkrbelle565]

I am with you on the castle. We haven't been since it became 2 credits. It was just never that great before. I miss the old days of disney. Not that the food was much better but you would walk up in the morning and get reservations for later on and the food and price was decent.


I have to agree. For these fun surprise trips, the whole make ADRs 90 days out thing doesn't work too well. I would love to go down there and say to Ash we can do whatever you want whenever you want. But you can't if you want to have a sit down meal at some point.

[KathyRN137]

I think I called 1900 Park Fare directly, about 2 weeks in advance, and when I got there they were like "oh, I don't know if we'll be able to have that ready in time" :scared1: apparently it was frozen? They managed to thaw one out in time but the communication was REALLY lacking. I would call in again the morning of to make sure they don't mess up.

I read on different report that this same thing happened to another DISer! I think a follow-up confirmation call is an excellent idea! :thumbsup2

(Your son ate the chocolate castle by himself??) :sick:

Oh to have the stomach of a kid again!

Kathy

[Lady Lallie]

The inside of that cake looks delicious!!! Yummmmmm!!

What if we make a fake facebook quiz for you and we can ask Ash all of these questions? She was one of the little ones that answered the questions about her Mom, right? Heck, give me the questions and I will send it to you so it looks authentic! :thumbsup2

[Tnkrbelle565]

The inside of that cake looks delicious!!! Yummmmmm!!

What if we make a fake facebook quiz for you and we can ask Ash all of these questions? She was one of the little ones that answered the questions about her Mom, right? Heck, give me the questions and I will send it to you so it looks authentic! :thumbsup2

That's kinda what we've been doing. "Next time we go to BBB, what princess do you want to be?"...."if we ever went to MNSSHP again, what would you dress like" "If you were going to Disney only for two days, which two parks would you pick?" So we have some guidance from her. And it's not that weird because the kid talks about Disney every day just like her mother. She manages to work it into random conversations. So she isn't picking up anything from me asking her!

Here's the best part...she asked if she could have a PLAYDOH themed bday party for her 6th bday! I reminded her that she isn't having a regular party because we are doing something extra fun. SOOO she asked if her "something extra fun" could have something to do with Playdoh. We are staying at POP!!!!! :lmao: 4 times I've stayed at POP and I've always been in the Playdoh building w/o ever requesting it. You KNOW if I request it, we'll end up in a different building :headache:

[Lady Lallie]

That's kinda what we've been doing. "Next time we go to BBB, what princess do you want to be?"...."if we ever went to MNSSHP again, what would you dress like" "If you were going to Disney only for two days, which two parks would you pick?" So we have some guidance from her. And it's not that weird because the kid talks about Disney every day just like her mother. She manages to work it into random conversations. So she isn't picking up anything from me asking her!

Here's the best part...she asked if she could have a PLAYDOH themed bday party for her 6th bday! I reminded her that she isn't having a regular party because we are doing something extra fun. SOOO she asked if her "something extra fun" could have something to do with Playdoh. We are staying at POP!!!!! :lmao: 4 times I've stayed at POP and I've always been in the Playdoh building w/o ever requesting it. You KNOW if I request it, we'll end up in a different building :headache:

:rotfl2: Of course they will put you in a different building. That is just how it works.

At least she isn't picking up on your clues yet. I am dying to see what you will all dress as for MNSSHP!! :yay:

[Tnkrbelle565]

At least she isn't picking up on your clues yet. I am dying to see what you will all dress as for MNSSHP!! :yay:


Do you want me to ruin the surprise because I already know?!?!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Because I'm soooo kind and I don't want my readers to make any effort to look for it on their own, I've decided to repost my review of 2008's MNSSHP over here.

(okay it's really because I'm bored at work and have nothing better to do on a Friday afternoon :ssst:)

Well I’ve kept you in suspense enough….

We made it to MNSSHP just fine. When we got back to AKL from Epcot, I insisted that DD lay down and take a nap. I got the costumes ready and got dressed. We didn’t get to MK until 6pm. We did get a couple of stares at the bus stop from the people who clearly didn’t know that MNSSHP was happening at the MK…In early Sept!

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I couldn’t get over how fun the park was. I love that they manage to change things around in minutes! Like these guys…they aren’t there during the day!!!

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First order of business was a couple of pictures in front of the castle

Seriously don’t know who these people are…but kinda mad that they jumped in my picture!
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As you can see, I was Dorothy, DD was Princess Leia, and DH was wearing an iron-on MNSSHP shirt that I made him. Because of the Red Sox hat, he did have SEVERAL people ask him if he was Kevin Youkilis at Halloween. Now I realize that only makes sense to Red Sox fans. But I should mention how much it thrilled him because YOOOOK isn’t the biggest man in the world and DH has lost about 70lbs in the past year so he had a big ego from it all night!!!

Oh and don’t worry…I did have my homemade ruby slippers on

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Next order of business was dinner. We headed over to Cosmic Rays because it was close and convenient….and I could convince DD to get some “real” food in her belly before the candy started!!!

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DH went to get the food while we hung out. We started chatting to the nicest ladies next to us. They were locals and were wearing shirts that said “you better be nice to me or I’ll crop you out of my scrapbook”….I NEED that shirt. So cute! They complimented DD’s “Summer” Princess Leia outfit (it’s shortened with white bike shorts underneath and removable sleeves…I didn’t know what the weather situation was going to be)

As I mentioned, I worried all year about MNSSHP. I really, really wanted to go but the practical side of me said that I can’t spend $150 on 5 hours at the MK. It also said that I should purchase tickets ahead of time during Hurricane season because it might rain and completely ruin the party. DH told me to ignore the bad voices and just buy the dam# tickets! So I did. And I can truly say that I haven’t regretted it since. We had PERFECT weather, the entire evening was EXTREMELY fun, and those 5 hours flew by. I had also been nervous about keeping DD out so late and she absolutely would have stayed all night without a meltdown if we had let her. It was truly the highlight of our trip.

So how about some more pics???

Anyway, after dinner, the official party was just getting started. The fun “spooky” announcements started and lots of guest started showing up in costume (I don’t really mean “lots” of guests since we didn’t wait in a SINGLE line during the entire party other than for candy!). Since we were near Tomorrowland, we headed there. We rode the People Mover, Buzz, and did Monsters Inc again.

OH no…that’s just reminds me. I left out a WHOLE part of my last MK day report! I totally didn’t mention our journey into Tomorrowland. How could I have forgotten my baby’s first trip on Space Mountain….BAD MOMMY!!! Well, I recap it quickly. Back on the MK day that involved BBB, we also went to Tomorrowland. We rode the People Mover about 5 times as usual. During one of our trips we noticed that there was barely a line for Space Mountain. DD had been excited all year to ride Space Mountain and was really nervous that she wouldn’t be tall enough. At this point, we knew that she was since she was tall enough for Everest. So we headed in. DD was a little nervous but handled the ride like a champ. She got off of it and said that it was too scary for her…and then about 5 minutes later announced that she loved it. After the excitement of Space Mountain, mommy needed a little break (I had forgotten to take my Dramamine that morning and I was feeling it!). So we headed into the Carousel of Progress. I literally had not been in this attraction since I was little so I really didn’t remember it. DH and DD have never been in. Needless to say…we loved it and have had “It’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” stuck in our head ever since. After that, I still wanted to do something low-key so we went into the Laugh Floor…where AGAIN DD was picked as the “Princess” I was actually quite impressed with Marty for getting DD’s name right when she said it…nobody ever understands her. So again, this year, DH and I had the pleasure of escorting the Princess of Massachusetts around the park for the afternoon.

NOW…back to MNSSHP. After riding some Tomorrowland rides, we headed over to the first trick-or-treat stop

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We got our candy and decided to move on. While we were crossing the MK hub, we noticed that the Villians Mix and Mingle was going on. We stopped and watched it from the left of the Walt Statue. It was at this point that I realized that I was standing in a PRIME spot for BOO TO YOU. How I lucked out, I can not tell you. But we were standing to the left of the statue, directly across from the opening for Frontierland (AKA the parade route). So I set up my tripod and stood still. I told DH that he could take DD to get a snack but I wasn’t moving. So people actually came and asked if they could stand in front of me (I was on the curb with a tripod for cryin’ out loud…um NO). We only had about a 20 minute wait at that point for the parade so we just waited. DD played with some glow sticks in the mean time

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We also had the best CM Chelsea standing with us. Since we were on the corner, she had to make sure that nobody crossed the line or got off the curb. But she was so nice and made sure that nobody stood in front of my camera (several additional people came and tried). Here she is:

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The Castle was looking pretty neat at this point too

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Then, without warning…we saw this. The moment I had been waiting for and dreading I wouldn’t get to see….THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

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A few minutes later, the actual parade began.

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[Tnkrbelle565]

Here are some parade pictures (not in any particular order)

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After the parade, we decided to head off and do some more trick or treating and ride some more rides. My only must do was Haunted Mansion and it was WELL worth it. First off, they had the characters out around the ride itself. They were quite amusing. One character grabbed me and said “yes, Dorothy there IS a place like home” I loved it. Then when we got in the Mansion, all of the guests started chanting the lines to the opening “room-stretching” part. I don’t know who started it or why but everyone joined in and it was such a cool “only at Disney” experience. The CMs working the ride were particularly in character too which was fun. On the way out, they took your picture with the carriage

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After the Haunted Mansion, we stopped to get a drink and for a potty break and DD decided to practice her Jedi mind tricks on me

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By this time, it was time for HalloWishes to start. So we started heading back to Main St. As were were crossing the bridge from Frontierland I realized that this was actually a pretty cool vantage point (and nobody was there) so we stayed.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Get ready for too many HalloWishes pictures

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This is seriously the best fireworks display I’ve ever seen. I can’t rave more about it

After it was over, the 2nd parade was about to start up. We headed over to ride POTC. Another ride that is so much cooler at night! We might have ridden it a couple of times. We did yell out to George and manage to jam the boats! We also had our pics taken

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After that. we decided to go ride Splash Mountain….over and over and over again (they just let us stay on). It was quite neat because we were the only people on it and every time we went over the falls, you had such a gorgeous view of MK all lit up and the parade going past. I tried to take pictures but they just didn’t come out. I realized afterwards because I had the setting low for the fireworks and forgot to change it…oh well!
At this point, it was getting late and it was time for the Villians Mix and Mingle to have it’s last showing and we didn’t want to miss it. We literally got a spot RIGHT in front of the castle (which is key for you future MNSSHP goers because then you are right up front for the meet and greets afterwards).

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I’m really surprised DD wanted to meet these two. We gave her the choice (all the villains have separate lines) and she picked them. Seriously…nothing scares my kid! I would like to make a small request at this point. IF you have the time, please go do a meet and greet with Judge Claude Frollo. Seriously NOBODY went up to him. I feel really bad for him. I don’t think a lot of people knew who he was so they skipped over him. I know he’s villain but have a heart!!!

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At this point, it was almost midnight and we decided to call it a night. We were sad that we didn’t get a chance to do more during the party but it’s literally impossible to do it all in 5 hours.

So that’s it…our last night at Disney for 2008. But I do have one more day to write about so, as the ghosts like to say in Disney.

HURRY BAAAAACK, HURRY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

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[Lady Lallie]

Of course I want to know!

[karebear1]

:rotfl2: Of course they will put you in a different building. That is just how it works.

At least she isn't picking up on your clues yet. I am dying to see what you will all dress as for MNSSHP!! :yay:


I think they should dress up as play dough cans- all different colors , of course! ;)

LOVE your Halloween pics girlie! it's getting me in the halloweenie mood!

[autumnpalm]

Your MNSSHP pictures are awesome.:cool1: I'm dying to go to WDW in October someday, it looks like so much fun. I love your Dorothy costume, especially the red slippers!:goodvibes

[Tnkrbelle565]

Of course I want to know!

Well...as of right now I plan to wear Dorothy again. It was cool and very comfy to walk around in all night. Plus I loved having that basket to throw stuff in!!!

DH will probably have some kind of Tshirt made for him again. He's really fine with wearing a costume so if anyone can think of anthing fun for him to wear that he won't overheat in...let me know.

Aisling is going as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. Her "personal seamstress" Miss Stacy is making her a custom Sally outfit with a big applique of Sally on the front and sides/ruffles will be all the wonky sewed quilt pieces like Sally's real dress. If I'm feeling particularly crazy, I might let her spray her hair red for the night. I will definitely be drawing stitches on her with little makeup. I got red/white Minnie janes for her to wear with it.


What do you think??? :confused3

[Tnkrbelle565]

I think they should dress up as play dough cans- all different colors , of course! ;)

LOVE your Halloween pics girlie! it's getting me in the halloweenie mood!

Thank you!

I COULD make Randy a Playdoh shirt!!! You may be on to something there Kathy!

Your MNSSHP pictures are awesome.:cool1: I'm dying to go to WDW in October someday, it looks like so much fun. I love your Dorothy costume, especially the red slippers!:goodvibes


Thank you! The ruby slippers were a pair of American Eagle shoes that I found at Payless for $4 on clearance. I used scrapbooking spray glue and dumped glitter on them! It worked perfectly!!! And they were so comfy! I almost bought a pair of red crocs. This was way cheaper!

[Lady Lallie]

Well...as of right now I plan to wear Dorothy again. It was cool and very comfy to walk around in all night. Plus I loved having that basket to throw stuff in!!!

DH will probably have some kind of Tshirt made for him again. He's really fine with wearing a costume so if anyone can think of anthing fun for him to wear that he won't overheat in...let me know.

Aisling is going as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. Her "personal seamstress" Miss Stacy is making her a custom Sally outfit with a big applique of Sally on the front and sides/ruffles will be all the wonky sewed quilt pieces like Sally's real dress. If I'm feeling particularly crazy, I might let her spray her hair red for the night. I will definitely be drawing stitches on her with little makeup. I got red/white Minnie janes for her to wear with it.


What do you think??? :confused3

Can you please put a little ghost dog sheet on A's little puppy dog!?! How cute would that be? :rotfl2: Isn't the dog in Nightmare Before Christmas called ....Zero? What doesn't your DH wear some sort of Nightmare tee so they can be matchy matchy. I think Aisling's costume sounds adorable! :lovestruc

[Tnkrbelle565]

Can you please put a little ghost dog sheet on A's little puppy dog!?! How cute would that be? :rotfl2: Isn't the dog in Nightmare Before Christmas called ....Zero? What doesn't your DH wear some sort of Nightmare tee so they can be matchy matchy. I think Aisling's costume sounds adorable! :lovestruc

Great idea! I could make Puppy a sheet to be Zero!! He was my Toto last year! Worked out great. We never lost him because he was in my basket all night :rotfl:

You can't really tell but Randy is wearing a Nightmare Before Xmas MNSSHP tshirt. But it says MNSSHP 2008 so we'll have to make a new one for this year ;)

Yes, Stacy and I spent half our Feb trip planning outfits for the next trip! She's making her a Snow White custom too for BBB. Which means...Kristine only needs to make a traveling day outfit, AK outfit, and a Pooh-themed outfit for Crystal Palace. :yay: It also means that I have a rediculous amount of Disney fabric which is NOT going to be used for this trip :rolleyes1

[Lady Lallie]

Great idea! I could make Puppy a sheet to be Zero!! He was my Toto last year! Worked out great. We never lost him because he was in my basket all night :rotfl:

You can't really tell but Randy is wearing a Nightmare Before Xmas MNSSHP tshirt. But it says MNSSHP 2008 so we'll have to make a new one for this year ;)

Yes, Stacy and I spent half our Feb trip planning outfits for the next trip! She's making her a Snow White custom too for BBB. Which means...Kristine only needs to make a traveling day outfit, AK outfit, and a Pooh-themed outfit for Crystal Palace. :yay: It also means that I have a rediculous amount of Disney fabric which is NOT going to be used for this trip :rolleyes1
I should totally have you come over when we move and teach me how to sew. My sewing machine is still in the box....unopened. :rolleyes1

I think Zero would be super cute!! :thumbsup2

[Tnkrbelle565]

I should totally have you come over when we move and teach me how to sew. My sewing machine is still in the box....unopened. :rolleyes1

I think Zero would be super cute!! :thumbsup2


It's STILL in the box???? Oh LL!!! :sad2:

[MouseTriper]

That's kinda what we've been doing. "Next time we go to BBB, what princess do you want to be?"...."if we ever went to MNSSHP again, what would you dress like" "If you were going to Disney only for two days, which two parks would you pick?" So we have some guidance from her. And it's not that weird because the kid talks about Disney every day just like her mother. She manages to work it into random conversations. So she isn't picking up anything from me asking her!

Here's the best part...she asked if she could have a PLAYDOH themed bday party for her 6th bday! I reminded her that she isn't having a regular party because we are doing something extra fun. SOOO she asked if her "something extra fun" could have something to do with Playdoh. We are staying at POP!!!!! :lmao: 4 times I've stayed at POP and I've always been in the Playdoh building w/o ever requesting it. You KNOW if I request it, we'll end up in a different building :headache: Which building is the Playdoh building?

Also...you got some great shots of the headless horseman!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Which building is the Playdoh building?

Also...you got some great shots of the headless horseman!

Thank you!

60's to the right of the pool if you are walking out of the lobby building. There's a big PlayDoh Can in front of that building.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg269/ksc565/DisMeet/playdoh.jpg


Here is a better pic

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/pop-century-resort/

[KathyRN137]

Wow, Kristine!! Great pix! :thumbsup2

And thanks for the tip about the Villians' mixer... although I'm not sure if Billy will want to meet any of them! Oh well, I know I will! :maleficen


Kathy

[Lady Lallie]

It's STILL in the box???? Oh LL!!! :sad2:

I know! I'm so bad. :sad2:

[jenb1023]

I don't know how I missed you starting your PTR.

What a bummer about your school not wanting them to miss days! Jordan's (my dd's) school is okay with it as long as it is 5 days or less.

Could you tell Aisling that you started making customs for the big give? That would explain you making Disney themed clothes that aren't for her. Jordan knows that I sometimes make t-shirts for kids that are sick and are going to WDW. (BTW - your clothes are beautiful and any of the Big Give kids would be thrilled to receive them)

I really want to go to MNSSHP and your photos are not helping!!! We've been to P&PP and MVMCP. DH is refusing to step foot on Disney property for five years after we took 3 trips in 20 months. We are going to NYC in a few weeks and I am making him go to World of Disney and maybe a show - I figure I have to work him back into Disney slowly.

Love your photos, customs and costumes and am looking forward to the rest of your PTR and TR!

[Tnkrbelle565]

I don't know how I missed you starting your PTR.

What a bummer about your school not wanting them to miss days! Jordan's (my dd's) school is okay with it as long as it is 5 days or less.

Could you tell Aisling that you started making customs for the big give? That would explain you making Disney themed clothes that aren't for her. Jordan knows that I sometimes make t-shirts for kids that are sick and are going to WDW. (BTW - your clothes are beautiful and any of the Big Give kids would be thrilled to receive them)

I really want to go to MNSSHP and your photos are not helping!!! We've been to P&PP and MVMCP. DH is refusing to step foot on Disney property for five years after we took 3 trips in 20 months. We are going to NYC in a few weeks and I am making him go to World of Disney and maybe a show - I figure I have to work him back into Disney slowly.

Love your photos, customs and costumes and am looking forward to the rest of your PTR and TR!


Glad you made it over!

I think I am going to tell Aisling that the outfits are for the Big Give but I'm scared of having to deal with her when I tell her the outfits aren't for her :scared1:

You need to go to MNSSHP at some point. It was just SOOO much fun. I'd love to go to MVMCP next but unless we for a weekend trip :headache: I don't think that's going to happen. Aisling got into the school we applied for (we found out Thursday) and they are SUPER strict about missing any days at all. So this will probably be out last MNSSHP for awhile too :sad2:

When are you going to NY? We are going from the 29th-30th to see the Little Mermaid :woohoo:

[MouseTriper]

thank you!

60's to the right of the pool if you are walking out of the lobby building. There's a big playdoh can in front of that building.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg269/ksc565/dismeet/playdoh.jpg


here is a better pic

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/pop-century-resort/thank you!!!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Totally unrelated to Disney trips at all...

Today I saw Dirty Dancing (the stage show- not the movie- EVERYONE has seen the movie!!!). If you guys have a chance to check it out, you should. It was fabulous! There were 55 musical numbers. And the dancing was insane. Plus the set design and special effects were AMAZING...they did the "the best place to do lifts is the water" scene. ON STAGE. I still can't figure out how they did it (screens and LCD screens I think).

If you want to donate $25, they can take a picuture of you carrying a watermelon after the show :rotfl:- sadly I didn't stick around to do it so I don't have any pics. But it was a really fun show.

So there is my random recommendation of the day ;):rotfl2:

[jessica52877]

I love dirty dancing so this sounds right up my alley. Too bad Patrick Swayze isn't included in the show! I know he is sick and all but he is still one hot babe!

[autumnpalm]

I saw Dirty Dancing in when it came to Toronto and I really enjoyed it. The only thing I wasn't so crazy about was the lack of live music... but the dancing was great! The last musical I saw was Spring Awakening and I have to say, I wasn't a huge fan. The friend I saw it with loved it though, so maybe I'm just not educated enough when it comes to theater.;)

[Diamondintheruff]

When are you going to NY? We are going from the 29th-30th to see the Little Mermaid :woohoo:

I wish I could come too!

I've been trying to convince my family we need to do the big apple to see the little mermaid and of course to visit american girl.

[Tnkrbelle565]

I love dirty dancing so this sounds right up my alley. Too bad Patrick Swayze isn't included in the show! I know he is sick and all but he is still one hot babe!

Oh the guy who plays Johnny was still pretty hot. Not an ounce of fat on this guy. Wasn't the greatest actor in the world but he could move!

I saw Dirty Dancing in when it came to Toronto and I really enjoyed it. The only thing I wasn't so crazy about was the lack of live music... but the dancing was great! The last musical I saw was Spring Awakening and I have to say, I wasn't a huge fan. The friend I saw it with loved it though, so maybe I'm just not educated enough when it comes to theater.;)

I was surprised by the lack of live music too. I thought they were going to sing more for a musical! I think you had most of the same cast that we did. I wish I could move like that!

I wish I could come too!

I've been trying to convince my family we need to do the big apple to see the little mermaid and of course to visit american girl.

You should!!!

[jessica52877]

Kristine,

Was it you and Stacy who kept seeing the family followed around by the camera crew on the tea cups and then the next day at AK?

If so I saw your people on the TLC commercial thing. I am thinking it was during J&K plus 8 either last week or the week before (or atleast on monday night). It was a what is your family celebrating type promo and they highlighted the family a bit. I have seen a few but I know it was the family you saw! Atleast I am pretty darn sure!

[jenb1023]

When are you going to NY? We are going from the 29th-30th to see the Little Mermaid :woohoo:

We will miss you by a few days! We are going for the weekend 4/24 - 26.

We have been wanting to take DD on a weekend trip to NYC since she saw Enchanted and fell in love with NYC. I just didn't want to pay the same price for a weekend in NYC as I could for a week at WDW. With the economy right now, we got a good rate on a hotel right in the heart of everything. Plus, DD wants an American Girl doll and if we are going to pay $100+ for a doll I want her to pick it out in person and have the whole experience. So, the timing is perfect!

I think we are going to try to do a show last minute and get tickets at TKTS. With three Disney shows on Broadway, I am betting they won't all be sold out. DD says she wants to see Mary Poppins because she already saw the Little Mermaid Show and Lion King Show at WDW. :laughing:

Dirty Dancing was one of my favorite movies when I was younger! "I carried a watermelon." One of the best lines from the movie! Of course nothing beats, "Nobody puts baby in a corner."

[Tnkrbelle565]

Kristine,

Was it you and Stacy who kept seeing the family followed around by the camera crew on the tea cups and then the next day at AK?

If so I saw your people on the TLC commercial thing. I am thinking it was during J&K plus 8 either last week or the week before (or atleast on monday night). It was a what is your family celebrating type promo and they highlighted the family a bit. I have seen a few but I know it was the family you saw! Atleast I am pretty darn sure!

It was Heather. I knew it had to be something for TLC!

We will miss you by a few days! We are going for the weekend 4/24 - 26.

We have been wanting to take DD on a weekend trip to NYC since she saw Enchanted and fell in love with NYC. I just didn't want to pay the same price for a weekend in NYC as I could for a week at WDW. With the economy right now, we got a good rate on a hotel right in the heart of everything. Plus, DD wants an American Girl doll and if we are going to pay $100+ for a doll I want her to pick it out in person and have the whole experience. So, the timing is perfect!

I think we are going to try to do a show last minute and get tickets at TKTS. With three Disney shows on Broadway, I am betting they won't all be sold out. DD says she wants to see Mary Poppins because she already saw the Little Mermaid Show and Lion King Show at WDW. :laughing:

Dirty Dancing was one of my favorite movies when I was younger! "I carried a watermelon." One of the best lines from the movie! Of course nothing beats, "Nobody puts baby in a corner."

Oh you are going to have so much fun! We have done the TKTS booth a few times. I will warn you that MP will probably not be up there. Usually only the older long running musicals are available (they mostly have tickets for off-broadway plays). They did have Lion King tickets the last time I was there but they sold out REALLY quickly. If you really want to see MP, go on Mousesavers and see if there is a code and buy the tickets. I got my Little Mermaid tickets for a way better deal than I would have gotten at TKTS.

[Jennifer48]

Where did you see Dirty Dancing? I'm afraid to go and have it ruin the movie for me, its a classic!


When are you going to NY? We are going from the 29th-30th to see the Little Mermaid :woohoo: Wooooo I've been DYING to go see Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins. I was hoping that they'd come to Boston like the Lion King did but alas, it hasn't yet. What hotel are you staying in?

[Tnkrbelle565]

Where did you see Dirty Dancing? I'm afraid to go and have it ruin the movie for me, its a classic!

Wooooo I've been DYING to go see Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins. I was hoping that they'd come to Boston like the Lion King did but alas, it hasn't yet. What hotel are you staying in?


I saw Dirty Dancing at the Opera House. It won't ruin the movie. It literally was WORD for WORD the movie. I was laughing with my mom afterward that the cast must have had a really easy time learning their lines. I could have performed every role! Well minus the dancing parts :lmao: I could have played Baby when she was clueless at the beginning...well if I lost 60 pounds :lmao: Ok, forget it...I can't be in Dirty Dancing!

Ya, I don't know what the delay is with these two coming to Boston. We usually get them pretty quickly. So away to NY we go! I have to take a week off cuz Aisling's day care is closed so why not go to NY midweek. It's Randy's bday on the 29th and what man DOESN'T want to go to AG Place and Little Mermaid on their 33rd bday??? :lmao:

I haven't booked a hotel yet. I need to get on that. Randy and I usually stay on the outskirts somewhere to save money but since we are bringing Ash, we really need to stay in Midtown...which means lots of $$$! Got any suggestions? I've never stayed in Midtown. I was thinking the Hilton maybe??

[Lady Lallie]

I am patiently waiting for Mary Poppins and Little Mermaid to come to Boston too. I know that Mary Poppins just started their Nation tour this month. Fingers crossed that they come sooner rather then later!

[jenb1023]

Oh you are going to have so much fun! We have done the TKTS booth a few times. I will warn you that MP will probably not be up there. Usually only the older long running musicals are available (they mostly have tickets for off-broadway plays). They did have Lion King tickets the last time I was there but they sold out REALLY quickly. If you really want to see MP, go on Mousesavers and see if there is a code and buy the tickets. I got my Little Mermaid tickets for a way better deal than I would have gotten at TKTS.

Thanks for the tips! I need to talk to DH and DD to see what they want to do.


It's Randy's bday on the 29th and what man DOESN'T want to go to AG Place and Little Mermaid on their 33rd bday??? :lmao:

I haven't booked a hotel yet. I need to get on that. Randy and I usually stay on the outskirts somewhere to save money but since we are bringing Ash, we really need to stay in Midtown...which means lots of $$$! Got any suggestions? I've never stayed in Midtown. I was thinking the Hilton maybe??

When I told DH that the lady on the phone at AG said to allow three hours to tour, he said have fun I am not looking at dolls for three hours and then having dinner there! So I think he may wander around for awhile.

You should check out midtown hotels! We are staying at the Omni Berkshire at 52nd and Madison (3 block to AG, 9 blocks to Times Square) for $185 + tax a night using a discount code. Normal price is $335 + tax per night. When I looked last year, the cheapest hotel that wasn't super far away from the things we wanted to do was around $275 or so.

[autumnpalm]

Ahhh I REALLY hope Mary Poppins makes a stop in Toronto. I would just love to see that.:lovestruc

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thanks for the tips! I need to talk to DH and DD to see what they want to do.



When I told DH that the lady on the phone at AG said to allow three hours to tour, he said have fun I am not looking at dolls for three hours and then having dinner there! So I think he may wander around for awhile.

You should check out midtown hotels! We are staying at the Omni Berkshire at 52nd and Madison (3 block to AG, 9 blocks to Times Square) for $185 + tax a night using a discount code. Normal price is $335 + tax per night. When I looked last year, the cheapest hotel that wasn't super far away from the things we wanted to do was around $275 or so.


OOOh did you get a discount code offer in an email or google it? We got 2nd row center orchestra for Little Mermaid for $71/each with the Mousesavers code! I love codes!!!

We have an AG Place here in Boston so my DH is used to it...much to his dismay! He looks around with DD while I buy everything and sneak it back into the car!

[jenb1023]

OOOh did you get a discount code offer in an email or google it? We got 2nd row center orchestra for Little Mermaid for $71/each with the Mousesavers code! I love codes!!!

We have an AG Place here in Boston so my DH is used to it...much to his dismay! He looks around with DD while I buy everything and sneak it back into the car!

It was a special offer on travel zoo about two months ago. If you haven't been on their website, check it out and sign up for their newsletter. I get an e-mail from them every week with the 20 hottest internet travel deals for the week and the Omni deal was one of them.

I've been watching mousesavers for show deals but all the ones I have seen end at the beginning of April. I am hoping for a mousesaver or disney visa special offer. I also found a discount broadway site that I might try.

[Tnkrbelle565]

It was a special offer on travel zoo about two months ago. If you haven't been on their website, check it out and sign up for their newsletter. I get an e-mail from them every week with the 20 hottest internet travel deals for the week and the Omni deal was one of them.

I've been watching mousesavers for show deals but all the ones I have seen end at the beginning of April. I am hoping for a mousesaver or disney visa special offer. I also found a discount broadway site that I might try.

Thanks for the tip. I do get the travelzoo emails and end up deleting them. I checked it today. Nothing too tempting yet. I'll keep watching

Here is the link for Little Mermaid discount

http://www.mousesavers.com/littlemermaidbroadway.html

[Jennifer48]

I haven't booked a hotel yet. I need to get on that. Randy and I usually stay on the outskirts somewhere to save money but since we are bringing Ash, we really need to stay in Midtown...which means lots of $$$! Got any suggestions? I've never stayed in Midtown. I was thinking the Hilton maybe?? A friend stayed at the Westin Hotel in Times Square, right across from the Amsterdam theater. I don't know how much that costs though but you can check it out! :goodvibes

I am patiently waiting for Mary Poppins and Little Mermaid to come to Boston too. I know that Mary Poppins just started their Nation tour this month. Fingers crossed that they come sooner rather then later! I know! I super hope it does. DISmeet! :rotfl:

[Lady Lallie]

I know! I super hope it does. DISmeet! :rotfl:Sounds good to me!! :thumbsup2

[jenb1023]

Hey Kristine!

I just got this travel zoo special! Looks like it would be $169 plus tax for your date.


$149 -- NYC 4-Star Hotel in Times Square w/Upgrade*
New York City, NY


Top 20 deal - sells out quickly!
Travel dates: Select dates through July 7

Stay in the heart of Times Square at the Millennium Broadway Hotel for only $149 per night -- a savings of up to $150 OFF regular rates. Plus, this offer includes an upgrade to a Superior Room.

Rated 4 stars by Yahoo! Travel, the Millennium Broadway Hotel is in Midtown Manhattan, steps from the Theatre District. The Superior Rooms have flat-screen TVs, high-speed Internet access and floor-to-ceiling windows that offer amazing views of the city.

This special is valid over the following dates:

April 5, 12, 19, 26
May 3, 10, 17, 26, 31
June 7, 14, 21, 28
July 1-7
For $20 more, stay over these dates:

April 2-3, 6-7, 9, 20-25, 27-30
May 7-9, 21-22, 27, 29-30
June 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, 25-26
Click here to book online, or call the hotel at 800-622-5569 and mention promotion code ZOO. Book by April 11.

Millennium Broadway Hotel
44th & Broadway
phone: 800-622-5569

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hey Kristine!

I just got this travel zoo special! Looks like it would be $169 plus tax for your date.


$149 -- NYC 4-Star Hotel in Times Square w/Upgrade*
New York City, NY


Top 20 deal - sells out quickly!
Travel dates: Select dates through July 7

Stay in the heart of Times Square at the Millennium Broadway Hotel for only $149 per night -- a savings of up to $150 OFF regular rates. Plus, this offer includes an upgrade to a Superior Room.

Rated 4 stars by Yahoo! Travel, the Millennium Broadway Hotel is in Midtown Manhattan, steps from the Theatre District. The Superior Rooms have flat-screen TVs, high-speed Internet access and floor-to-ceiling windows that offer amazing views of the city.

This special is valid over the following dates:

April 5, 12, 19, 26
May 3, 10, 17, 26, 31
June 7, 14, 21, 28
July 1-7
For $20 more, stay over these dates:

April 2-3, 6-7, 9, 20-25, 27-30
May 7-9, 21-22, 27, 29-30
June 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, 25-26
Click here to book online, or call the hotel at 800-622-5569 and mention promotion code ZOO. Book by April 11.

Millennium Broadway Hotel
44th & Broadway
phone: 800-622-5569


Woo Hoo....I'm going to check it out!!!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Jen you are a genius!!!! I booked it...$174 including all the taxes!!!! Right by Times Square. Aisling is going to FLIP!!!!

[jenb1023]

Jen you are a genius!!!! I booked it...$174 including all the taxes!!!! Right by Times Square. Aisling is going to FLIP!!!!

Woo-hoo! :cool1: I am so glad it worked out and it was what you were looking for!

It is funny when you "know" people over the internet. My first instinct for about two seconds was to call you so you didn't miss out on it and then it was like "duh" you don't know her personally and you can't call her.

I just got Little Mermaid tickets today for a decent price - I used the buy one get one for $15 promo but since I only needed three I had to pay full price for two of them and $15 for one. Still a good deal though. We are going to the matinee on Sat Apr. 25. We will have to compare notes after you go.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Woo-hoo! :cool1: I am so glad it worked out and it was what you were looking for!

It is funny when you "know" people over the internet. My first instinct for about two seconds was to call you so you didn't miss out on it and then it was like "duh" you don't know her personally and you can't call her.

I just got Little Mermaid tickets today for a decent price - I used the buy one get one for $15 promo but since I only needed three I had to pay full price for two of them and $15 for one. Still a good deal though. We are going to the matinee on Sat Apr. 25. We will have to compare notes after you go.

Now we only have to figure out which AG doll will be so lucky as to travel with us :rotfl:

Oh I'm so glad you got the LM tickets!

Thanks again for letting me know about the deal. I was going to book that Wyndham one that was on TravelZoo but with the taxes it still ended up being like $215 I knew I could do better than that!!!

You know what is really sad? Our Disney trip is going to be cheaper than one night in NY :headache:

I know what you mean about "internet" people. You should have seen us at the DisMeet...if anyone saw our group- they probably would have assumed we were HS/College friends reuniting or something. Definitely not a group of complete strangers meeting for the first time IRL! I called Stacy (SoHappy) last night and didn't even identify myself and then I realized DUH, you should have said your name...you've only met her once!

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Just found your TR and am loving it. We are going mid October this year for the first time with all the Halloween decorations and our first MNSSHP. Seeing your pics for that have really got me excited about it. Can't wait for more. By the way, those pics of your daughter on the first post are absolutely adorable! She's quite the cutie.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Just found your TR and am loving it. We are going mid October this year for the first time with all the Halloween decorations and our first MNSSHP. Seeing your pics for that have really got me excited about it. Can't wait for more. By the way, those pics of your daughter on the first post are absolutely adorable! She's quite the cutie.

Thank you! Heading over to check our your pre-trippie. Oh I'm excited for you!!! Have you started thinking about costumes???

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

I'm soooo excited too. I love seeing pics of it. I always seem to learn/see something new. For example, I didn't know that you could get your pic with a ghost until I saw yours. My boys will love that! I am starting to think about costumes. I think I would like to have them all be pirates because they do love pirates and we are doing the 3 night cruise at the end and would like to dress up for the pirate night on the cruise. Good way to kill 2 birds with one stone. Unfortunately I'm not at all talented like you all are on the disney boutiques site when it comes to sewing. My mom is REALLY good sewing and can do almost anything but I hate to ask her for 3 costumes. I'm hoping by some miracle I will find some for a good price and be able to afford them.

Thanks for coming over to my pretrippie!!!! Always glad to see new people over there, I love making new friends...especially disney obsessed people like me,lol.

[Tnkrbelle565]

I'm soooo excited too. I love seeing pics of it. I always seem to learn/see something new. For example, I didn't know that you could get your pic with a ghost until I saw yours. My boys will love that! I am starting to think about costumes. I think I would like to have them all be pirates because they do love pirates and we are doing the 3 night cruise at the end and would like to dress up for the pirate night on the cruise. Good way to kill 2 birds with one stone. Unfortunately I'm not at all talented like you all are on the disney boutiques site when it comes to sewing. My mom is REALLY good sewing and can do almost anything but I hate to ask her for 3 costumes. I'm hoping by some miracle I will find some for a good price and be able to afford them.

Thanks for coming over to my pretrippie!!!! Always glad to see new people over there, I love making new friends...especially disney obsessed people like me,lol.


Ask your mom NOW...that gives her almost 7 months to sew 3 cute pirate outfits!!! Pirates are good because they are lightweight and won't be too hot to wear for Halloween in Florida humidity!

You'll get a separate photopass card for attending MNSSHP. It will give you access all the Halloween borders you saw on my pics. I didn't know about the HM ghost either. I had no clue what it was going to look like until we got home :rotfl: We never made it over to Fantasyland during the party so they might have had some cute photo-ops over there too.

[KathyRN137]

Bummer! :rolleyes: We'll be missing you at the Little Mermaid...we're going May 3rd....

That would've been a fun DIS-on Broadway-Meet!!


Kathy

[Tnkrbelle565]

Bummer! :rolleyes: We'll be missing you at the Little Mermaid...we're going May 3rd....

That would've been a fun DIS-on Broadway-Meet!!


Kathy

My Mini-TR about NY should be up by then so at least you can see my pics and get excited!!!

[KathyRN137]

My Mini-TR about NY should be up by then so at least you can see my pics and get excited!!!

Woo-Hoo!! :banana:


Kathy

[jenb1023]

You know what is really sad? Our Disney trip is going to be cheaper than one night in NY :headache:


I know! We are going for the whole weekend and although I am excited it irritates me that this will cost close to the same as our 9 day FD trip to WDW! I keep telling myself that we will probably only go for the weekend once so let's make the most of it. When she gets older, we can do day trips which is how we usually go.

Bummer! :rolleyes: We'll be missing you at the Little Mermaid...we're going May 3rd....

That would've been a fun DIS-on Broadway-Meet!!

Kathy

How odd is it that three DISers posting on the same thread will be at Little Mermaid on Broadway within one week of each other? We'll be there 4/25, Kristine on 4/29 and Kathy on 5/3.

[Tnkrbelle565]

How odd is it that three DISers posting on the same thread will be at Little Mermaid on Broadway within one week of each other? We'll be there 4/25, Kristine on 4/29 and Kathy on 5/3.

It's not that odd. Great minds think alike :thumbsup2

[sohappy]

I saw an advertisment for Disney shows on broadway- for 15 days, if you buy a full price ticket, you get a ticket to another Disney show for $15.

[Tnkrbelle565]

I saw an advertisment for Disney shows on broadway- for 15 days, if you buy a full price ticket, you get a ticket to another Disney show for $15.

Yup...I think that's the deal that the other ladies got. Not a bad deal! I almost want to go for 2 night and see 2 shows now!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Have to share another "Non-Disney" story for the folks who aren't on Facebook. A couple of days ago, my mom invited me to come over tonight with my DD for a surprise. This morning I called her to ask if we were still on and she said that she thought so. She explained that my surprise was being "Fed-Exed" and should be there by 3pm. Um okay. All day long I was trying to figure out what kind of surprise she would have ordered!

So I get to her house at 7pm as planned and as I walk into her house- flashes start going off! My best friend and her daughter...WHO LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO...NOT BOSTON... were sitting in her living room!

Now this is a great surpise for several reasons. One- because my BFF and her husband are amazingly brilliant people who work a gazillion hours a week and normally plan "downtime" and any trips back East down to the second.

BUT it was mostly exciting because NOBODY has ever surprised me...EVER. It's so completely thrilling that I had to share with you all!!!

[Lady Lallie]

What a wonderful surprise! :goodvibes

[karebear1]

Awwwwww. that's a sweet surprise!! How much time do you have to spend with her??

[jenb1023]

What a nice surprise! I hope you have a nice visit. That was so sweet of your mom and friends to surprise you.

I will have to remember to friend you on FB the next time I am on. I can't access FB from work so I am not on very much - thank god the disboards aren't blocked!

[Tnkrbelle565]

What a wonderful surprise! :goodvibes

Awwwwww. that's a sweet surprise!! How much time do you have to spend with her??

What a nice surprise! I hope you have a nice visit. That was so sweet of your mom and friends to surprise you.

I will have to remember to friend you on FB the next time I am on. I can't access FB from work so I am not on very much - thank god the disboards aren't blocked!

Thanks ladies...it was a great surprise! Unfortunately I won't get to spend much time with her but that's okay. The surprise was worth it! She's actually here for work- not to visit me- but she thought it would be fun to surprise me that she was here. I saw her Friday and yesterday and won't see her again until next Friday. Her whole family still lives here so I can't monopolize all her time :rolleyes1

Now- I always have a gift for my "neice" when I see her. And of course I didn't have one. So I have until Friday to come up with something good. She's only 9 months old so it can't be anything too fun! Although I am buying her an AG doll for her 1st birthday...cuz I'm over the top like that! Her parents also HATE Disney so it's already planned that Auntie Kristine will be taking her...probably when she's 3 I thinking! Did I mention that I'm over the top :rolleyes1:rotfl2:

Jen- you can find me under the Disboutiquers group on FB or I can PM you my real name so you can find me!

[LuccaDrake]

What a great surprise to see your BFF! We totally spoil our neices and nephews as well and our friends keep telling us we just need to have our own kids! lol. Someday. I'm totally jealous that you are going to NYC! I've been trying to make it a tradition to go at Christmastime each year but a weekend does cost as much as one week at Disney so we've only been a couple of times. But I do have some friends that live there so I may go for the thanksgiving day parade this year and stay for free! You guys will have such a wonderful time. AG Place sounds so cool! I hope you'll do a mini-TR for that trip. Oh, and I love Ash's princess sunglasses. Tres chic!

~Beka~

[jessica52877]

How about a little taggie blanket (since I am making 3 right now they are on my mind). But it is something you could do and you probably just need to buy some ribbon to make it (most places sell it to cut also vs the whole spool). Easy enough to carry back with them on the plane also! Or how about an adorable little pillowcase dress (better yet matching blanket and dress). See, that was easy!

[Tnkrbelle565]

How about a little taggie blanket (since I am making 3 right now they are on my mind). But it is something you could do and you probably just need to buy some ribbon to make it (most places sell it to cut also vs the whole spool). Easy enough to carry back with them on the plane also! Or how about an adorable little pillowcase dress (better yet matching blanket and dress). See, that was easy!

Ooh I hadn't thought about the blankie! I could do that this week. I did think about trying to make a pillowcase dress since I can whip those up quickly but she's super tiny so I thought it might look odd. (She's only 18lbs).

This would require a trip to JoAnns...want me to pick up coupons for you Jessica?

[Tnkrbelle565]

What a great surprise to see your BFF! We totally spoil our neices and nephews as well and our friends keep telling us we just need to have our own kids! lol. Someday. I'm totally jealous that you are going to NYC! I've been trying to make it a tradition to go at Christmastime each year but a weekend does cost as much as one week at Disney so we've only been a couple of times. But I do have some friends that live there so I may go for the thanksgiving day parade this year and stay for free! You guys will have such a wonderful time. AG Place sounds so cool! I hope you'll do a mini-TR for that trip. Oh, I love Ash's princess sunglasses. Tres chic!

~Beka~

We went to NYC for a couple of days in December 2 years ago. It was the coldest i think I've ever been. We went to a show at night and looked like idiots because we stayed all bundled up because we never warmed up :scared1:

I will definitely being doing a mini-TR...what else am I going to talk about for the next 6 months?!?!

[jessica52877]

Yes, please. I would love a couple. I totally forgot to answer you didn't I! I would make the dress to be more like a shirt and think it would be super cute! Of course that is because I like them better that way! LOL!

[karebear1]

I think Jessica's idea of a taggie blankie is a GREAT idea!! post it when you're done with it! We all gotta see it ya know..... just because we're like that!

[KathyRN137]

It's not that odd. Great minds think alike :thumbsup2

:lmao: How true!!

So happy for you on the BFF surprise!! How thrilling!

Kathy

[Tnkrbelle565]

Who's ready for a good laugh????


Today I start training for the 2011 Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon!!! :lmao: LL gave me a rediculously slow training program that I think even I can follow! So I need you all to hold me accountable and make sure that I do it. Deal??? :thumbsup2. I was hoping to start tonight OUTSIDE but looks like I am actually going to be USING my gym membership since it's pouring out.

[Jennifer48]

Thats not funny!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

In fact, can you PM me that training program? I have to get into my gown in September and I don't have much time left :rotfl:

BTW, I'm totally bummed about the rain. I wanted to watch the Sox game! At least its ppd to tomorrow for 4:05 and I'll be able to watch when I get out of work at 5pm :thumbsup2

[Diamondintheruff]

You Go Girl! Get to that Gym! I'v got a date with my treadmill this afternoon.

[jessica52877]

I'll train along with you if you send me the info! That way you can hold me accountable!

[Lady Lallie]

Who's ready for a good laugh????


Today I start training for the 2011 Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon!!! :lmao: LL gave me a rediculously slow training program that I think even I can follow! So I need you all to hold me accountable and make sure that I do it. Deal??? :thumbsup2. I was hoping to start tonight OUTSIDE but looks like I am actually going to be USING my gym membership since it's pouring out.

You can do it!! I am starting tomorrow. I need another recovery day from the big move this weekend. If I start a WISH thread will you join in so we can keep each other motivated?? In fact, anyone can hop on there and keep us motivated! :thumbsup2

[jenb1023]

Who's ready for a good laugh????


Today I start training for the 2011 Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon!!! :lmao: LL gave me a rediculously slow training program that I think even I can follow! So I need you all to hold me accountable and make sure that I do it. Deal??? :thumbsup2. I was hoping to start tonight OUTSIDE but looks like I am actually going to be USING my gym membership since it's pouring out.

You can do it! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

You know - we have too many of the same ideas. I did not decide to start training for a half marathon but I did decide that today is the day I am getting serious about losing weight and getting healthy. I have been trying on and off since DD was born and my weight keeps going up! So now is the time to get serious! We can all cheer each other on and hold each other accountable.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thats not funny!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

In fact, can you PM me that training program? I have to get into my gown in September and I don't have much time left :rotfl:

BTW, I'm totally bummed about the rain. I wanted to watch the Sox game! At least its ppd to tomorrow for 4:05 and I'll be able to watch when I get out of work at 5pm :thumbsup2

You Go Girl! Get to that Gym! I'v got a date with my treadmill this afternoon.

I'll train along with you if you send me the info! That way you can hold me accountable!

You can do it!! I am starting tomorrow. I need another recovery day from the big move this weekend. If I start a WISH thread will you join in so we can keep each other motivated?? In fact, anyone can hop on there and keep us motivated! :thumbsup2

You can do it! :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

You know - we have too many of the same ideas. I did not decide to start training for a half marathon but I did decide that today is the day I am getting serious about losing weight and getting healthy. I have been trying on and off since DD was born and my weight keeps going up! So now is the time to get serious! We can all cheer each other on and hold each other accountable.

Thanks for all the encouragement ladies! Here is the program for those who wanted it: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Here is the Disney Running website: http://disneyrunning.com/

LL- I'm absolutely in for WISH thread...as long as I can b&tch about my hatred of organized exercise in general! :lmao: I wear a Pedometer at Disney and we typically walk about 10-11 miles a day and I do that without an issue. Get me in a gym and it becomes torture! I also plan to start my South Beach diet in full force again. Not this week though. Jogging and giving up carbs in one week is just NUTS :rotfl2: I'm trying to figure out a good start day for the South Beach thing.

Red Sox fans: I'm hoping to be able to watch the game at the gym tomorrow night but I thinking that it's going to get rained out again :headache:

[Lady Lallie]

Thanks for all the encouragement ladies! Here is the program for those who wanted it: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Here is the Disney Running website: http://disneyrunning.com/

LL- I'm absolutely in for WISH thread...as long as I can b&tch about my hatred of organized exercise in general! :lmao: I wear a Pedometer at Disney and we typically walk about 10-11 miles a day and I do that without an issue. Get me in a gym and it becomes torture! I also plan to start my South Beach diet in full force again. Not this week though. Jogging and giving up carbs in one week is just NUTS :rotfl2: I'm trying to figure out a good start day for the South Beach thing.

Red Sox fans: I'm hoping to be able to watch the game at the gym tomorrow night but I thinking that it's going to get rained out again :headache:

Okay, I will let you know when I start the thread! :thumbsup2

EDIT: I'm starting the even wimpier workout. The walking a 1/2 Marathon one. LOL.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Woo Hoo! Just realized that I'm down to 200 days!...it's Monday, pouring, the Red Sox cancelled...I got to dance about something :rotfl: :banana::banana::banana:

[jenb1023]

:banana::banana::banana: 200 days! :banana::banana::banana:

I am so sick of rain! I checked the forecast for here and it is showers or chance of showers every day this week until Sunday. Yuck! We were planning to go to Hersheypark on Friday and have two egg hunts on Saturday so I guess we will have to wait and see.

[Lady Lallie]

WOO HOO for 200 Days!

Isn't it just miserable out? Of course I wore slip on shoes today and they are not rain friendly. Who knows what I was thinking this morning when I left my house!? :confused3

[Jennifer48]

and dancing burns calories. I'll dance with you!

:cool1::woohoo::yay::dance3::cheer2::dancer:

[Tnkrbelle565]

Happy Easter Everyone!!!


That was such a tease wasn't it? You thought I put up an update didn't you?!??!

[Diamondintheruff]

Yes, I did think you were updating. You've been quiet lately. Busy with bunny stuff I suppose.

Happy Easter back at ya!

[Tnkrbelle565]

How about an Easter update? It's not that exciting...has nothing to do with Disney...but it does include pictures!!! Sorry, we just haven't been that exciting lately ;)

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Aisling is in her :scared1: store-bought :scared1: Easter Dress

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Our kitty Buttercup

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And the best Easter gift ever....to try and tie Disney into this somehow. It's a World of Disney globe showing all the characters where they would reside.


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[Diamondintheruff]

I'm still in shock.

A store bought Easter dress?!

Love the closeup pictures. Got to do that to my clan someday.

[Tnkrbelle565]

I'm still in shock.

A store bought Easter dress?!

Love the closeup pictures. Got to do that to my clan someday.

Can't believe that I wasn't kicked out of the Disboutiqers with THAT infraction!

[KathyRN137]

How about an Easter update? It's not that exciting...has nothing to do with Disney...

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Sure it does!! DD's wearing a Minnie t-shirt!! ;) :laughing:

Kathy

[Diamondintheruff]

Sure it does!! DD's wearing a Minnie t-shirt!! ;) :laughing:

Kathy

Good eyes! I missed that.

[karebear1]

Aisling is in her :scared1: store-bought :scared1: Easter Dress



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What?!!?!? WHAT?!?!? ST....ST.... (I don't think I can even type it!) STORE BOUGHT DRESS?!?!?! Are you feeling ok T??? I tend to scan posts, so maybe I missed something? If you are feelign ok..... LIE ABOUT IT!! You'll never live it down if ya don't!! :rotfl2:

That is one beautiful little girl you have there my friend. Such a sweet, precious little face.

[Lady Lallie]

Adorable Easter pics! :goodvibes

[jenb1023]

Considering how busy you were last week, I am impressed that you had time to buy an Easter dress. Welcome to the dark side! I did make DD's Easter hairbow that she thought was awesome and told everybody about. She will really be impressed once I try this sewing thing.

Great minds think alike! The Easter Bunny brought Jordan new Disney Crocs and Madagascar 2 too! We better be careful - we may get kicked off the DIS altogether for buying a non-Disney movie.

Love the pics! My Canon Rebel XT has been giving me trouble so I think I am going to bite the bullet and buy the XSI.

Jordan is in countdown for NYC - 9 days.

[Tnkrbelle565]

They should do this at all the parks...what a great idea

http://www.disunplugged.com/2009/04/14/picnic-in-the-park-at-animal-kingdom/

[Tnkrbelle565]

Sure it does!! DD's wearing a Minnie t-shirt!! ;) :laughing:

Kathy

She IS wearing a Minnie shirt. MY Minnie shirt! Adult tshirts work perfect for painting shirts for kiddos

What?!!?!? WHAT?!?!? ST....ST.... (I don't think I can even type it!) STORE BOUGHT DRESS?!?!?! Are you feeling ok T??? I tend to scan posts, so maybe I missed something? If you are feelign ok..... LIE ABOUT IT!! You'll never live it down if ya don't!! :rotfl2:

That is one beautiful little girl you have there my friend. Such a sweet, precious little face.

I know, I know! Can you imagine??? She was so mad that I had made her NOTHING to Easter. Bad bad Mommy! But it was soooooo hard to get anything done with the mono I'm suffering from ;):lmao:

Adorable Easter pics! :goodvibes

Thank you! Sorry that they were a repeat for you!

Considering how busy you were last week, I am impressed that you had time to buy an Easter dress. Welcome to the dark side! I did make DD's Easter hairbow that she thought was awesome and told everybody about. She will really be impressed once I try this sewing thing.

Great minds think alike! The Easter Bunny brought Jordan new Disney Crocs and Madagascar 2 too! We better be careful - we may get kicked off the DIS altogether for buying a non-Disney movie.

Love the pics! My Canon Rebel XT has been giving me trouble so I think I am going to bite the bullet and buy the XSI.

Jordan is in countdown for NYC - 9 days.

Don't be that impressed...I didn't buy it either :scared1: Her little friend from school got it for her for her bday in October. My issue with Easter is that every year I buy a frilly dress and every year it's FREEZING so the dress gets worn once for a couple of hours and it's covered up with a winter coat most of the time. So I decided to just have her wear a dress she already owns. I feel bad that I didn't make her SOMETHING though!

What good easter bunnies we have! As you can see, we don't really give her candy. So I might as well give her things like Crocs that I would have had to buy anyway ;)

What's up with your camera???

We still have 14 days until our NYC trip. Keeping my fingers crossed for good weather!!

I need pics of the hairbow btw!!!

[Jennifer48]

She is such a cutie patootie! :goodvibes

I've never seen that globe puzzle, nice one! :thumbsup2

[jenb1023]

Don't be that impressed...I didn't buy it either :scared1: Her little friend from school got it for her for her bday in October. My issue with Easter is that every year I buy a frilly dress and every year it's FREEZING so the dress gets worn once for a couple of hours and it's covered up with a winter coat most of the time. So I decided to just have her wear a dress she already owns. I feel bad that I didn't make her SOMETHING though!

What good easter bunnies we have! As you can see, we don't really give her candy. So I might as well give her things like Crocs that I would have had to buy anyway ;)

What's up with your camera???

We still have 14 days until our NYC trip. Keeping my fingers crossed for good weather!!

I need pics of the hairbow btw!!!


Thread hijack about to take place. If you are not Kristine, feel free to avert your eyes! :lmao:

It looked like an Eastery dress to me. Although I do buy Jordan new dresses for Easter, I don't buy really frilly ones. I always get ones that can be worn for other occasions.

Great minds think alike! I have been saving up stuff I would normally just buy her and am using it as gifts like the crocs, etc.

My camera is having focus issues which apparently is pretty common with Canons. Low-light and close up are hit or miss. I tried switching lenses to make sure it wasn't a lens issue.

Here is a photo of the hairbow per your request. It was my second bow (made right after the first one).

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6822.jpg

Since I know you are a scrapbooker, I also wanted to show you the autograph book I made for a Big Give. It is the first autograph book I have made. The pages of the book are adhesive cardstock so the mom can just cut off the holes and stick them in an album if she wants to.

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This photo is for you and Lady Lallie in keeping with your light fixture theme. These are the streetlights in Hershey, PA. They are wrapped and upwrapped Hershey's kisses. (I live about 20 minutes from Hershey.)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6679.jpg

Hijack over! Now back to your regularly scheduled PTR!

[Lady Lallie]

This photo is for you and Lady Lallie in keeping with your light fixture theme. These are the streetlights in Hershey, PA. They are wrapped and upwrapped Hershey's kisses. (I live about 20 minutes from Hershey.)

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Hijack over! Now back to your regularly scheduled PTR!

Oooh! I am glad I didn't avert my eyes. Hehehe. THanks for the awesome light fixtures! :goodvibes

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thread hijack about to take place. If you are not Kristine, feel free to avert your eyes! :lmao:

It looked like an Eastery dress to me. Although I do buy Jordan new dresses for Easter, I don't buy really frilly ones. I always get ones that can be worn for other occasions.

Great minds think alike! I have been saving up stuff I would normally just buy her and am using it as gifts like the crocs, etc.

My camera is having focus issues which apparently is pretty common with Canons. Low-light and close up are hit or miss. I tried switching lenses to make sure it wasn't a lens issue.

Here is a photo of the hairbow per your request. It was my second bow (made right after the first one).

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6822.jpg

Since I know you are a scrapbooker, I also wanted to show you the autograph book I made for a Big Give. It is the first autograph book I have made. The pages of the book are adhesive cardstock so the mom can just cut off the holes and stick them in an album if she wants to.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6714.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6716.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6717.jpg

This photo is for you and Lady Lallie in keeping with your light fixture theme. These are the streetlights in Hershey, PA. They are wrapped and upwrapped Hershey's kisses. (I live about 20 minutes from Hershey.)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/jenb1023/disimages/IMG_6679.jpg

Hijack over! Now back to your regularly scheduled PTR!


JEN!!! What a great job!!! I love the autograph book. What a great idea with the adhesive cardstock!

Those lights are still in Hershey??? We went there on vacation when I was a kid...you know, a couple of years ago ;) and they thrilled me back then! Does the town still smell of chocolate in the summer?

Sorry to hear about your camera. How long did you have it?

[Tnkrbelle565]

She is such a cutie patootie! :goodvibes

I've never seen that globe puzzle, nice one! :thumbsup2

Thank you! Globe puzzle is from Target. My brother- who is Aisling's godfather- made it for her. You know I'm not doing a 500 piece puzzle!!!

[sohappy]

Just popping in to say hi! In a TR update, I will start piecing the snow white applique this weekend! Fun times!

[jenb1023]

Oooh! I am glad I didn't avert my eyes. Hehehe. THanks for the awesome light fixtures! :goodvibes

Glad you didn't avert your eyes and that you liked the photo!

JEN!!! What a great job!!! I love the autograph book. What a great idea with the adhesive cardstock!

Those lights are still in Hershey??? We went there on vacation when I was a kid...you know, a couple of years ago ;) and they thrilled me back then! Does the town still smell of chocolate in the summer?

Sorry to hear about your camera. How long did you have it?

Thanks for the compliments on the autograph book! I was a nervous since they were my first ones but I am pretty happy with how they turned out.

Yes, Hershey still smells like chocolate!

I only had the camera about 2 1/2 years but it was used hard! It has taken over 6000 pictures and gone to WDW three times. I also take it everywhere and it gets banged up a lot, thrown in purses or bags, etc.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Just popping in to say hi! In a TR update, I will start piecing the snow white applique this weekend! Fun times!

So what you are saying is that I probably need to take her measurements soon huh?

Glad you didn't avert your eyes and that you liked the photo!

Thanks for the compliments on the autograph book! I was a nervous since they were my first ones but I am pretty happy with how they turned out.

Yes, Hershey still smells like chocolate!

I only had the camera about 2 1/2 years but it was used hard! It has taken over 6000 pictures and gone to WDW three times. I also take it everywhere and it gets banged up a lot, thrown in purses or bags, etc.


2 1/2 years??? Oh no! You are handling that WAY better than I would have. I need this camera to last more than another year!!! I'm house-hunting right now. I think Randy will divorce me if I tell him I need a new camera.

[jenb1023]

2 1/2 years??? Oh no! You are handling that WAY better than I would have. I need this camera to last more than another year!!! I'm house-hunting right now. I think Randy will divorce me if I tell him I need a new camera.

Well, my camera takes a lot of abuse and it still works I am just a photo snob and get irritated when I get out of focus photos. I ordered the XSi from Amazon and it will be here tomorrow. I only needed the body since I have a bunch of lenses so it was $575. I didn't want to spend the money but I refuse to go on our NYC trip at the end of the week and have some of my photos not turn out.

You just need to move to Central PA - houses are cheap here!

Is Aisling getting excited about NYC? Jordan is so excited - it is her first trip to NYC and she has wanted to go there since she saw Enchanted. We are taking the train in Friday morning and going to AG to buy her first doll and have dinner there. Saturday is Little Mermaid. Then, of course World of Disney somewhere in there and whatever else. Then we take the train home Sunday afternoon.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Well, my camera takes a lot of abuse and it still works I am just a photo snob and get irritated when I get out of focus photos. I ordered the XSi from Amazon and it will be here tomorrow. I only needed the body since I have a bunch of lenses so it was $575. I didn't want to spend the money but I refuse to go on our NYC trip at the end of the week and have some of my photos not turn out.

You just need to move to Central PA - houses are cheap here!

Is Aisling getting excited about NYC? Jordan is so excited - it is her first trip to NYC and she has wanted to go there since she saw Enchanted. We are taking the train in Friday morning and going to AG to buy her first doll and have dinner there. Saturday is Little Mermaid. Then, of course World of Disney somewhere in there and whatever else. Then we take the train home Sunday afternoon.


Oooh you must be getting so excited. Aisling isn't too excited yet because we still have another week and a half. Plus she still doesn't know that we are seeing Little Mermaid. She thinks we are just going to stay in a fancy hotel. I wish that we were going for two nights now. By the time we get there on Wed, we don't have a ton of time before the show after we check into the hotel, change, have dinner. We plan to go to AG Place on Thursday morning at opening. I would love to do the photo studio shoot. Now I have to pick out outfits for Aisling AND her doll!!! She is planning for bring Chrissa so far (the 2009 GOTY doll). She also has Kit and an Asian Just Like Me doll that she tells everyone she adopted from Korea! Miss Claudia has gotten to go to lots of places (including AG Place Boston a couple of times) and Kit got to go see Grinch the Musical so Chrissa gets to go to NY!!!

Don't forget to give me a review of the XSi!!!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Aisling had dance pics on Saturday. I took some photos while I was hanging around the studio. So here is another series of pictures that have nothing to do with Disney :lmao:

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[jessica52877]

Those are really cute! I wish I had more pictures of me when I was little doing different things. I know Aisling and Dallas won't have that issue.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Those are really cute! I wish I had more pictures of me when I was little doing different things. I know Aisling and Dallas won't have that issue.

Our parents didn't have digital cameras...they had to PAY for the crap pics!!!!

[jessica52877]

Our parents didn't have digital cameras...they had to PAY for the crap pics!!!!

I think about this all the time and I bet I would save a ton of money if we didn't have a digital camera! Now I take 5 or 6 of the same darn thing and take them just to take them but then I think I must print them out!

[jenb1023]

Love the dance photos! She is too cute!

[Tnkrbelle565]

I think about this all the time and I bet I would save a ton of money if we didn't have a digital camera! Now I take 5 or 6 of the same darn thing and take them just to take them but then I think I must print them out!

Oh see...I never print them out. I put them online for people to see and never print them until I'm ready to scrap them. Which means that I don't have any actual prints from the last 2 1/2 years!!!

[jessica52877]

YIKES! I am in need of printing some out right now. I only do it about 3-4 times a year but won't erase anything off of a card until I print them! That would be why I have about 7 cards sitting here and no room on any of them!

[Tnkrbelle565]

YIKES! I am in need of printing some out right now. I only do it about 3-4 times a year but won't erase anything off of a card until I print them! That would be why I have about 7 cards sitting here and no room on any of them!

I put mine on Kodak Gallery and I save them on a flash drive. Plus most of them are on Photobucket too!!! I figure I have them saved enough!

[Tnkrbelle565]

So Aisling knows that we are going to NY but doesn't know that we are going to see Little Mermaid. This morning she says to me. OH NO, MOMMY. Do you know what we forgot? BROADWAY is in NY! We should take Daddy to a show for his birthday!!! All I could say was: That sounds like a good idea ;)

[Lady Lallie]

So Aisling knows that we are going to NY but doesn't know that we are going to see Little Mermaid. This morning she says to me. OH NO, MOMMY. Do you know what we forgot? BROADWAY is in NY! We should take Daddy to a show for his birthday!!! All I could say was: That sounds like a good idea ;)

Oh, that is just so cute. Thinking of her Daddy on his Birthday. :goodvibes

[Diamondintheruff]

So sweet of her. Of course Daddy would want to go to broadway for his birthday. Not a football game or anything silly like that.

How great is it that your DD even knows what Broadway is?

Great colour for your dance outfit.

[Tnkrbelle565]

So sweet of her. Of course Daddy would want to go to broadway for his birthday. Not a football game or anything silly like that.

How great is it that your DD even knows what Broadway is?

Great colour for your dance outfit.

Actually :ssst: my football coaching husband has a secret love of Broadway shows!!! ;) I thought he was just humoring me when we were dating but he actually loves them. He WANTED to see Little Mermaid (probably for Ariel's assets but whatever!!!)

Aisling knows what Broadway is because we always tell her that she belongs there. Also her dance teacher is trying to get her into acting.

Glad you like the Vegas showgirl costumes. They are tapping to "I Want Candy" and holding fake bright pink cotton candy. Going to be interesting ;)

[Tracie]

Kristine I made it back over to your PTR! Love all the pixs. Will remember now since updates will pop up in my user CP!

Tracie

[jenb1023]

My XSi should be here today so I will let you know what I think.

I take tons of digital photos and download them onto my laptop. Then I sort through them and delete the duplicates or bad photos and upload the rest to get printed at Costco. Now getting around to scrapbooking them is a whole other story!

My DH actually likes musicals too but I don't think he is too excited about the Little Mermaid. Though Ariel's "Purple Bras" as Jordan calls them might sway his opinion. ;) I love that Aisling wants to take Daddy to a show for his birthday!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Kristine I made it back over to your PTR! Love all the pixs. Will remember now since updates will pop up in my user CP!

Tracie

Thanks for catching up Tracie!!!

My XSi should be here today so I will let you know what I think.

I take tons of digital photos and download them onto my laptop. Then I sort through them and delete the duplicates or bad photos and upload the rest to get printed at Costco. Now getting around to scrapbooking them is a whole other story!

My DH actually likes musicals too but I don't think he is too excited about the Little Mermaid. Though Ariel's "Purple Bras" as Jordan calls them might sway his opinion. ;) I love that Aisling wants to take Daddy to a show for his birthday!

Two more days for you right?!?! Getting excited?

[Tnkrbelle565]

I forgot to mention my other big news (which will only be truly understood by a select few)...my inlaws bought a new house. In 3 short weeks they will no longer be my next-door neighbors :banana::banana::banana:

I would make this my Facebook status but since my MIL friended me on FB, I no longer have that as an outlet for inlaw discussions ;):lmao: So I'm sharing it here!!!!

Now I have to figure out how many times I HAVE to bring Aisling over a week to visit????? :confused3

[Lady Lallie]

I forgot to mention my other big news (which will only be truly understood by a select few)...my inlaws bought a new house. In 3 short weeks they will no longer be my next-door neighbors :banana::banana::banana:

I would make this my Facebook status but since my MIL friended me on FB, I no longer have that as an outlet for inlaw discussions ;):lmao: So I'm sharing it here!!!!

Now I have to figure out how many times I HAVE to bring Aisling over a week to visit????? :confused3

WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am so excited for you! :rotfl2:

A week? Really? How about how many times a month? ;)

[jenb1023]

Two more days for you right?!?! Getting excited?

We are leaving tomorrow! Jordan is so excited she is telling everyone she sees that she is going to NYC tomorrow! Guess I won't be calling her off sick from school then. :lmao:

I forgot to mention my other big news (which will only be truly understood by a select few)...my inlaws bought a new house. In 3 short weeks they will no longer be my next-door neighbors :banana::banana::banana:

I would make this my Facebook status but since my MIL friended me on FB, I no longer have that as an outlet for inlaw discussions ;):lmao: So I'm sharing it here!!!!

Now I have to figure out how many times I HAVE to bring Aisling over a week to visit????? :confused3

Well, by the dancing bananas I am guessing this is very good news. So, congrats! I friended someone on FB before I knew how exactly it worked so now I can't complain about some of the issues she causes on my wall. Although my parents don't live next door, they watch Jordan every day M-F for me since she was 5 weeks old. Next year, she will be in school all day so they won't need to watch her at all. I know they will want to see her at least once a week and probably more. I am thinking I now have free evening babysitters - woo-hoo! Good luck figuring out your visiting schedule!

[Jennifer48]

I forgot to mention my other big news (which will only be truly understood by a select few)...my inlaws bought a new house. In 3 short weeks they will no longer be my next-door neighbors :banana::banana::banana:

I would make this my Facebook status but since my MIL friended me on FB, I no longer have that as an outlet for inlaw discussions ;):lmao: So I'm sharing it here!!!!

Now I have to figure out how many times I HAVE to bring Aisling over a week to visit????? :confused3

Yay for you! :woohoo: now the question is, did their house sell? Because I'm looking to buy! LOL :rotfl:

Oooo I'm on FB too, you should friend me! :goodvibes

[Tnkrbelle565]

WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am so excited for you! :rotfl2:

A week? Really? How about how many times a month? ;)

Well since they now see her every day...I'm hoping that I can ease them into once a week then once a month...then just holidays ;):rotfl:

We are leaving tomorrow! Jordan is so excited she is telling everyone she sees that she is going to NYC tomorrow! Guess I won't be calling her off sick from school then. :lmao:



Well, by the dancing bananas I am guessing this is very good news. So, congrats! I friended someone on FB before I knew how exactly it worked so now I can't complain about some of the issues she causes on my wall. Although my parents don't live next door, they watch Jordan every day M-F for me since she was 5 weeks old. Next year, she will be in school all day so they won't need to watch her at all. I know they will want to see her at least once a week and probably more. I am thinking I now have free evening babysitters - woo-hoo! Good luck figuring out your visiting schedule!

I am so excited for you. I can't wait to hear if you liked it. Although if you truly hate it doesn't tell me ;)

The thing about my in-laws is very good news. Let me just put it this way. They just walk into my house whenever they feel like it- no calling, no knocking. They have a key to my house so if we try locking the door, they'll just use their key!!! And that's just the beginning of it.

Yay for you! :woohoo: now the question is, did their house sell? Because I'm looking to buy! LOL :rotfl:

Oooo I'm on FB too, you should friend me! :goodvibes

You guys are house hunting too? Isn't it awful? There are no good houses out there. We are looking if Methuen and there is crap!

They are not selling their house. My SIL and her boyfriend (and other couple :scared1:) are going to live there and pay the mortgage.

Are you friends with LL on FB? I could find you there.

[Jennifer48]

You guys are house hunting too? Isn't it awful? There are no good houses out there. We are looking if Methuen and there is crap!

They are not selling their house. My SIL and her boyfriend (and other couple :scared1:) are going to live there and pay the mortgage.

Are you friends with LL on FB? I could find you there.

We are. We are hoping to buy before the wedding but with the crap out there, I'm starting to get discouraged :( We are looking in the general 93/495 area which includes Methuen. How funny would it be if we ended up fighting for the same house :rotfl:
I'm not! Hmmm I'll have to go find LL. :surfweb:

[Lady Lallie]

Find me! Find me!

I can't go find you right now because it's blocked at work. :headache:

[jenb1023]

I am glad the inlaws will no longer be next door so you can get some privacy back. Will the SIL and the rest of the crew be okay as neighbors?

Another Hijack coming to you live from NYC. . .

This quick report and hijack is coming from the Omni Berkshire Place at 21 East 52nd St.

We are having a great trip! American Girl was fun - Jordan got Kit Kittredge and accessories. She is the doll that looks just like Jordan (none of the Just like me dolls were exactly right). We stumbled upon a fabulous personal shopper named Tom (personal shopping is a free service they offer there) and he was great since we are new to the AG thing. If you need help, ask for him because he was wonderful! Dinner at the AG Cafe was fun and little girl heaven. It is actually a good buy compared to NYC prices for food.

Now to the Disney portion of our trip. . .World of Disney was both great and disappointing. The great part was pin trading. Jordan just got into pin trading on our last trip. I knew you could pin trade at WOD NYC so I got some cheap pins on ebay for her to trade. She is working on a few hidden Mickey sets and was able to complete one by trading with the cm's. They also have a kids pin board behind the counter so be sure to ask about it. The disappointing part to me was the selection of merchandise. They just did not have a lot of the basics that I was hoping for.

Now on to the show - The Little Mermaid was great! All three of us really enjoyed it. The sets, staging and costumes were amazing (would you expect any less from Disney?). The actors and singing were very good too. Jordan thought Scuttle was hilarious and she keeps quoting one of Ursula's lines. I don't want to say too much for those that are going.

Then we had dinner at Ellens Starlight diner. It was recommended to me on the boards and I can see why. Jordan loved it!

We got so much done our first two days - AGP, Toys r Us, FAO Schwartz, WOD, St Patricks, Rockefeller Center and Top of the Rock, Central Park and a carriage ride, Times Square, etc. that I think we are going to spend a few hours tomorrow at the American Museum of Natural History before heading home.

[Tnkrbelle565]

I am glad the inlaws will no longer be next door so you can get some privacy back. Will the SIL and the rest of the crew be okay as neighbors?

Another Hijack coming to you live from NYC. . .

This quick report and hijack is coming from the Omni Berkshire Place at 21 East 52nd St.

We are having a great trip! American Girl was fun - Jordan got Kit Kittredge and accessories. She is the doll that looks just like Jordan (none of the Just like me dolls were exactly right). We stumbled upon a fabulous personal shopper named Tom (personal shopping is a free service they offer there) and he was great since we are new to the AG thing. If you need help, ask for him because he was wonderful! Dinner at the AG Cafe was fun and little girl heaven. It is actually a good buy compared to NYC prices for food.

Now to the Disney portion of our trip. . .World of Disney was both great and disappointing. The great part was pin trading. Jordan just got into pin trading on our last trip. I knew you could pin trade at WOD NYC so I got some cheap pins on ebay for her to trade. She is working on a few hidden Mickey sets and was able to complete one by trading with the cm's. They also have a kids pin board behind the counter so be sure to ask about it. The disappointing part to me was the selection of merchandise. They just did not have a lot of the basics that I was hoping for.

Now on to the show - The Little Mermaid was great! All three of us really enjoyed it. The sets, staging and costumes were amazing (would you expect any less from Disney?). The actors and singing were very good too. Jordan thought Scuttle was hilarious and she keeps quoting one of Ursula's lines. I don't want to say too much for those that are going.

Then we had dinner at Ellens Starlight diner. It was recommended to me on the boards and I can see why. Jordan loved it!

We got so much done our first two days - AGP, Toys r Us, FAO Schwartz, WOD, St Patricks, Rockefeller Center and Top of the Rock, Central Park and a carriage ride, Times Square, etc. that I think we are going to spend a few hours tomorrow at the American Museum of Natural History before heading home.

WOW!!!! Thanks for the live report!!! I loved it!!! I hope you have a great end to your trip and can't wait to see some pics :)

Kristine

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi All

I'm checking in before our trip to NY. I'm trying to finish packing and of course I'm having bag issues. I ave going to carry my bagallinni because it works well for my camera and other stuff but I know that I'm going to feel stupid dragging that into a show!!! I'm just going to have to get over it!!!

[jessica52877]

Have a great time! You'll be fine with your bag!

[Lady Lallie]

Hi All

I'm checking in before our trip to NY. I'm trying to finish packing and of course I'm having bag issues. I ave going to carry my bagallinni because it works well for my camera and other stuff but I know that I'm going to feel stupid dragging that into a show!!! I'm just going to have to get over it!!!

Have a wonderful time!! :goodvibes

I think your bagallinni will be just fine!

[jenb1023]

Hi All

I'm checking in before our trip to NY. I'm trying to finish packing and of course I'm having bag issues. I ave going to carry my bagallinni because it works well for my camera and other stuff but I know that I'm going to feel stupid dragging that into a show!!! I'm just going to have to get over it!!!


Have a wonderful trip!!!!! I hope you enjoy the show as much as we did! I carried a bag into the show and lots of people were dragging more stuff than me. Can't wait to hear all about it! Make sure you get a picture of Aisling's face when she finds out you are going to the show.

[Jennifer48]

Have a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about it! :goodvibes

[KathyRN137]

Now on to the show - The Little Mermaid was great! All three of us really enjoyed it. The sets, staging and costumes were amazing (would you expect any less from Disney?). The actors and singing were very good too. Jordan thought Scuttle was hilarious and she keeps quoting one of Ursula's lines. I don't want to say too much for those that are going.




Thanks, that's very sweet and thoughtful of you!!

So glad your trip is going along "swimmingly!"


Kristine, Have a fabulous time... can't wait to hear all about it!!

Kathy

[Tnkrbelle565]

Have a great time! You'll be fine with your bag!

Have a wonderful time!! :goodvibes

I think your bagallinni will be just fine!

Have a wonderful trip!!!!! I hope you enjoy the show as much as we did! I carried a bag into the show and lots of people were dragging more stuff than me. Can't wait to hear all about it! Make sure you get a picture of Aisling's face when she finds out you are going to the show.

Have a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about it! :goodvibes

Thanks, that's very sweet and thoughtful of you!!

So glad your trip is going along "swimmingly!"


Kristine, Have a fabulous time... can't wait to hear all about it!!

Kathy


Thanks all!!! I'm glad that it was 90 degrees today and not tomorrow. All set with being on a bus for 4 hours in 90 degree heat!!!

Unfortunately my day care providers ruined the surprise last week so she knows where we are going :headache: BUT, the theatre people will only give tickets to people who behave themselves on the bus :rolleyes1

We tried telling her that we only got 2 tickets so she's going to have to go onstage and perform. Now I wish I had my camera for the look on her face then ;):lmao:

[Diamondintheruff]

Have a great time!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Have a great time!

Are you already home???? Did you have a great bday trip????

[Diamondintheruff]

Are you already home???? Did you have a great bday trip????

I had a great birthday and an even better trip with Dh. Thanks for asking. Come by and check out my report.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Live update from Broadway!!! We are in the intermission for Little Mermaid. We are having a fab time and I'm sure the skimpy mermaid costumes are a great bday present for my DH!!!

I know that you won't be surprised that I've already taken a ton of pics!!!

[jessica52877]

I love all the live updates from NY this week!

[KathyRN137]

Live update from Broadway!!! We are in the intermission for Little Mermaid....I know that you won't be surprised that I've already taken a ton of pics!!!


Should I look? Or should I wait? Should I look? Or... oh, the suspense is killing me!!


Kathy

[Lady Lallie]

Live update from Broadway!!! We are in the intermission for Little Mermaid. We are having a fab time and I'm sure the skimpy mermaid costumes are a great bday present for my DH!!!

I know that you won't be surprised that I've already taken a ton of pics!!!

Oooh, I am so jealous!! I can't wait to see the pictures! :goodvibes

[jenb1023]

Glad you are having a great time! I was just going through all the photos I took last night and deleting and uploading to order. Can't wait to hear all about it!

[Tnkrbelle565]

We had a great trip to NY. Can’t wait to take Aisling back and see more of the touristy things. She was just in awe of everything.

Part of the adventure was getting there. I’ve developed both carsickness AND anxiety about other cars hitting me when I’m a passenger (ya, I get it…I have control issues). I was NOT looking forward to driving 4 hours each way to NYC. I looked into flying- which we’ve done before. I looked into Amtrak which was more expensive than flying. I just couldn’t justify the cost of either. So I was talking to a foster mother I work with who’s daughter lives in NYC and she suggested taking a bus. This originally turned me off because apparently, I’m a public transportation snob. The prospect of a bus kinda grossed me out. But not as much as the thought of driving both ways myself.

So we decided to take Bolt Bus. And let me tell you…I would do it again in a minute. It was extremely clean, on-time, had free Wi-Fi, and plugs in all the seats. Plus it was $66 RT for the 3 of us. I figured gas would have cost about $60 and parking at our hotel was $55/night. Needless to say $66 was a way better option. BUT to take a bus from my house means driving to the commuter rail, parking at the commuter rail station, taking the commuter rail to North Station (The Boston Garden for you out-of-towners), walking across the street to jump on the Green Line, Green Line to Red Line, walk out of Red Line station into South Station, walking next door to the bus terminal, and then hopping on the Bolt. Ya…little bit of a process with a 5 year old and all her necessities in tow!!

I only took a pic on the first leg…the commuter rail

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I would have taken pics on the bus but I was so sick that I forgot. Totally forgot to take my Dramamine BEFORE we got on the bus. An hour later just doesn’t cut it. So I mostly just played on the computer and read a book- which I bought at the bus station when I realized that I didn’t have a book.

Aisling was so well behaved on the bus. She mostly just watched her DVD player which didn’t die after one movie due to the fab plugs in the seats. She had lunch and that was about it. She did NOT nap along the way as we had hoped because we knew that we’d be out late for the show. Instead she fell asleep the SECOND we pulled off the bridge into the city. Needless to say, she wasn’t happy when we had to wake her up a couple of minutes later to walk 11 blocks to the hotel with all our STUFF. She was especially upset that we were making her hold our hands!!! Too bad kid, this is the city!
As we were approaching Times Square and she could see that our hotel was literally next door to that huge Toys R Us, the mood immediately changed. A Toys R Us “in” your hotel (or so she thought!!!) This was like heaven on earth!

By the way, I must at this time give props to Jen (jen1023) for giving me such a great tip on the hotel rate :worship:. We stayed at the Millennium Broadway, which is right in Times Square for $173 including all the taxes. The room is normally about $350/night. I did point out to Randy that we are staying at POP for 4 nights in October and it’s not costing much more than one night in NY!!!

Here is the hotel

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And our room

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Aisling had to throw open the curtains and check out the view

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We could see right onto Times Square from our room. Aisling thought it would be fun later in the night to get completely undressed and stand in that window. I’m surprised we didn’t get arrested. :scared1:

The first order of business was getting freshened up and down to that Toys R Us to ride the Ferris Wheel. I was more than happy to be the photographer. Which reminds me, those photopass photographers like to take your pic but NY is insane. Seriously, they took a pic of us walking into the store. Why would anyone want a picture of them in a toy store??? :confused3

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Randy realizing up far up they were!!! :scared1:

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After the ride, Aisling had to check out the store. I reminded her that we had Toys R Us stores in Mass but she wasn’t hearing it. This one was “huge” and that’s all that mattered. I did enjoy the Barbie section

Overpriced Barbie anyone???

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I wanted that Elphaba Barbie but they were out of her

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After that, everyone was getting a bit hungry (read: cranky) so we headed back to the hotel to get changed for dinner and a show!

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(I’m going to photoshop those to make one picture of both of them looking at me!!!)

[Tnkrbelle565]

So back to hotel we went to get changed. Even Chrissa had to put on her finery

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We decided to go to Ellen’s Stardust Diner for Dinner. Jen had recommended that as well and she hadn’t steered us wrong with the hotel so away we went. I figured Aisling would love the singing waitstaff. At first she was terrified of them. She thought they were too loud. But get some chocolate milk into that girl and she was all about the show. She made me take pictures every time the waiters got on the tables to sing.

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The House Martini

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Here is our waiter…who was quite good. Apparently, he’s starting in the Lion King next week

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Aisling had pasta with butter. …which you will see all over her dress in the rest of the pictures for the night!!!

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Here is some Times Square action

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After dinner, Aisling had to ride on Daddy’s shoulders to get a closer view of those buildings. So glad that I don’t have the arm/back strength to hold her that way!!! ;)

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Look Ma, I’m on Broadway!!!

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Getting to meet a nice horse

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And finally…onto the show

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Aisling checking out the Theatre

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Ya, there’s that butter!!!

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For LL…had to get a light fixture in there somehow. Although I did get yelled at for using my camera inside!!!

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The show really was good. I loved it. We had 2nd row center orchestra so we were up close and personal with the cast. Aisling’s favorite characters were Flotsam and Jetsam. She thought they were hilarious. I was most impressed with that kid who plays Flounder. What a talented young man. That kid could sing. So then I was distracted for part of the show thinking what that kid’s life must be like.

After the show, I had a very tired little Mermaid to get to sleep. So a brief hop skip and a jump through Times Square back to the hotel and 30 minutes later, I had two sleeping babies next to me. I stayed up to watch something…couldn’t have been too good.

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[Tnkrbelle565]

Aisling was more excited about today than she was to go see Little Mermaid. AG Place NY!!! Now we have an AG Place here in “Boston” (nowhere near Boston but whatever). However, AG Place NY had a doll hospital. Aisling was so excited to see it that I was afraid that she might hurt Chrissa to check it out. (In reality, you can’t see anything…it’s a counter…all the “surgery” is done in the back so that mommies won’t worry!!!) ;)

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You like those nice clogs Chrissa is wearing??? Well enjoy them because they are gone. Or I should say 1 is gone! We got to the store and Aisling noticed it was missing. Randy jogged 5 blocks back to hotel but of course didn’t find it. In the meantime, I took some pics of Aisling and Chrissa outside the store

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Look Chrissa has her own billboard

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The store opened at 10am and we were there. First order of business was straight up to the photo studio. AG Boston doesn’t have this so we needed to check it out. I kept it as a surprise for Aisling. She was so excited when she saw it. We were the first people up there so we got right in. NOTE: if you are going to do this. Don’t dress your child/doll in green. They use green screen. They color-corrected our pics and you couldn’t tell at all but it would be easier just to wear something else.

The photographer kept commenting how much Aisling looks like Chrissa. Aisling being Aisling pointed out that their looks were not all they had in common- they also both like swimming, crafts, and sewing!!! The woman just cracked up!

Aisling is so excited that she’s on the cover a magazine (I won’t be the person who going to dash my child’s dream and point out that they just put another cover over the real magazine…I’ll leave that for my MIL- who did just that as soon as we got home) :headache:

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Next was running up and down all 4 floors 5 or 6 times to check out every last thing before we decided what to get. She ended up picking Chrissa’s swim team gear. Ironic purchase for a doll who can’t go in water. :rotfl2:

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Look mom…they have AG sewing machines!!!!!

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After only an hour, we were out of the store!

[Tnkrbelle565]

We were heading to the World of Disney Store when Aisling decided that she needed to eat and NOW.

And she knew exactly what she wanted. A hot dog from the vendors. I really think THIS is what impressed Aisling the most about New York. Hot dogs on every corner!!!

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She checked out some tall buildings while eating

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After that, she could care less about World of Disney- so we took her to Rockefeller Center instead and check out some more sights along the way. Plus as a person who’s husband works for GE and brother works for NBC, I feel that I should support this general area of NY!

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Cleaning up after the Today Show

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About this time, those of us who didn’t want to eat from hot dog vendors were getting pretty hungry. So we went to the little deli next to our hotel. Let me tell ya, this place had the most impressive salad bar I’ve ever seen. It had a hot and cold bar, fruit and yogurt bar, dessert bar, and a coffee bar. So if you are ever in Times Square and looking for something quick and NOT that overpriced…check out this place

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And that was about all for our trip. We headed back to the hotel to eat our lunch and pack up for the long journey back. Aisling immediately announced that next time we go to NY…we have to stay for at least 2 nights!!! And I agree!!!

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

Hi I just found your PTR and it looks like we'll be at WDW at the same time. Our dates are 10/24-10/31 staying at POFQ. We're planning on doing MNSSHP on either 10/25 or 10/27. I'm waiting for TGM to post his best days chart before we decide. So did you get your tickets yet?? It looks like they went on sale yesterday.

[KathyRN137]

Awesome photos...you've got me so excited for Sunday!! :woohoo:

Too bad you couldn't take pictues of the theater, if not the show.

I'm laughing that Aisling was thrilled with the "dirt water dog!"

Only an hour shopping at AG? LOL, my DD and her cousin kept us in there for the entire afternoon! :lmao:

Thanks for the mini-TR, it was so much fun!


Kathy

[jenb1023]

Just a quick drive-by post to say thanks for the shout-out and to say I am so glad that you liked the hotel and Ellen's. Sounds like a great trip!

[Lady Lallie]

Oh My! I really want to go to NYC now. I have never been and I really want to go see a show. Sigh. I think you should take me next time, I'd really like to go to AG too. :rolleyes1

[livndisney]

How did you get out of the AG store in a hour?:confused3

Aisling's magazine cover is adorable!!!!!!!

[Lady Lallie]

Oh and thank you for getting yelled at for that beautiful light picture! :hug:

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi I just found your PTR and it looks like we'll be at WDW at the same time. Our dates are 10/24-10/31 staying at POFQ. We're planning on doing MNSSHP on either 10/25 or 10/27. I'm waiting for TGM to post his best days chart before we decide. So did you get your tickets yet?? It looks like they went on sale yesterday.

:welcome: Thanks for reading. My DD's birthday is on the 24th! We arrive on the 23rd. We plan to go to MNSSHP on the 25th. I think the Sunday parties tend to be the least crowded because a lot of people end their trips on Sunday. But we went on a Friday night last year and it wasn't crowded at all! I haven't bought tickets yet. I need to get on that this weekend!

Awesome photos...you've got me so excited for Sunday!! :woohoo:

Too bad you couldn't take pictues of the theater, if not the show.

I'm laughing that Aisling was thrilled with the "dirt water dog!"

Only an hour shopping at AG? LOL, my DD and her cousin kept us in there for the entire afternoon! :lmao:

Thanks for the mini-TR, it was so much fun!


Kathy

Well since we had already done a lot of what AG has to offer an hour was a LOT. She kept changing what she wanted and then would decide she wanted something on a whole other floor!

I wish I could have taken pics of the show. I kept thinking "hey I have a DSLR and wouldn't be using a flash...why can't I take a couple!"

Just a quick drive-by post to say thanks for the shout-out and to say I am so glad that you liked the hotel and Ellen's. Sounds like a great trip!

Thanks again :worship:

Oh My! I really want to go to NYC now. I have never been and I really want to go see a show. Sigh. I think you should take me next time, I'd really like to go to AG too. :rolleyes1

You should come with us next time! Randy loved the show but it truly was a girly couple of days!!!

How did you get out of the AG store in a hour?:confused3

Aisling's magazine cover is adorable!!!!!!!

Again, she we've done the hair salon and cafe here, we didn't need to stay long. :ssst: got two little souvies for Morgan!!!

Oh and thank you for getting yelled at for that beautiful light picture! :hug:

No problem...I saw it and thought immediately that I had to take that pic for you.

[jessica52877]

I love the NY trip report. That is on my list to go to soon. I have alot of requirements for NY so I think it'll have to be a June/July trip. Maybe next year! I'll be coming to the experts for advice for sure!

[Tnkrbelle565]

I love the NY trip report. That is on my list to go to soon. I have alot of requirements for NY so I think it'll have to be a June/July trip. Maybe next year! I'll be coming to the experts for advice for sure!

You mean like touristy requirements? ya, we have to do that next time now we know that Aisling liked it.

[minnie2]

I need to go catch up with the PTR! I saw you where heading there 10/23 when are you leaving we will be there 11/1-11/7. I will be in Tampa a few days earlier with family but I may have to convince them we need to go to WDW a few days earlier. i just can't be THAT close and no be there!:rotfl2:

Ok going back to read:thumbsup2

Ok just read your NYC trip! How fun!!!!!! I am shocked you made it out of AG place in only an hour! Last time we went to the one in Chicago Nikki took 2 hours! Poor Pa and Kyle waited outside the whole time!

Great pictures! Did you guys at least get a NYC pretzel from a vendor? YUMMY!

Growing up in NJ going to NYC was no biggie but seeing it through your little girls eyes was so cute!!!!!!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Great pictures! Did you guys at least get a NYC pretzel from a vendor? YUMMY!


Aisling and I did split a pretzel too at some point. YUMMMMMMM!!!! Starting SouthBeach again on Monday so might as well got out with a bang!!! ;)

[Tnkrbelle565]

WOOO HOOOO just booked my airfare for October. SW finally went under $200 a person so I booked it!!!


:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana::banana:

[twob4him]

How come I didn't know about this pre-trippie? Don't I get to be in on the planning? I might just have to go off and pout!!!

Uhhhhh......I feel soooo bad....how did I miss this???? I just found this thread today....three months after you started....I have been following on facebook.....and I had no idea you were doing a pre-trippie?!

Soooo, I loved your trip with pics to NYC. I am too askeered to go to the city. But it looked like you had a great time!!!! I would have strangled your MIL for ruining the cover page thingy...seriously....what's that point of saying such mean things...I vote for not visiting her at all! And when she asks why...tell her her rude comments hurt! Ok vent over...grrrrrr!

So congrats on your airfare!!! We booked a few weeks ago on a new carrier that is coming to our local airport. Well, the carrier isn't new, just that its now at our local airport.

So what else is on your to do list??? How are the customs coming along? I have to start again on mine. I stopped while completing the big give and birthday gifts. Oh and now we have the super secret sewing club outfit...but after that I will get going again.

Are you getting a stroller? Or do you just get one at the park? Or does Aisling walk the whole time? Where are you staying again??? Who are you meeting with??? Come on girl...we need details!!! :rotfl:;)

[Lady Lallie]

WOOO HOOOOO for flight!!

Do you always fly Southwest?

[Tnkrbelle565]

Uhhhhh......I feel soooo bad....how did I miss this???? I just found this thread today....three months after you started....I have been following on facebook.....and I had no idea you were doing a pre-trippie?!

Soooo, I loved your trip with pics to NYC. I am too askeered to go to the city. But it looked like you had a great time!!!! I would have strangled your MIL for ruining the cover page thingy...seriously....what's that point of saying such mean things...I vote for not visiting her at all! And when she asks why...tell her her rude comments hurt! Ok vent over...grrrrrr!

So congrats on your airfare!!! We booked a few weeks ago on a new carrier that is coming to our local airport. Well, the carrier isn't new, just that its now at our local airport.

So what else is on your to do list??? How are the customs coming along? I have to start again on mine. I stopped while completing the big give and birthday gifts. Oh and now we have the super secret sewing club outfit...but after that I will get going again.

Are you getting a stroller? Or do you just get one at the park? Or does Aisling walk the whole time? Where are you staying again??? Who are you meeting with??? Come on girl...we need details!!! :rotfl:;)

Guess I didn't advertise enough on the Disboutique that I was doing a PTR!! I haven't sewn a thing yet :scared1: But since are only going for 5 days and we are re-using two customs from last year, I really don't have a ton to do.

We have a Maclaren Triumph so we will bring that. Aisling will probably need it at night. I'd rather not deal with the meltdown if she gets too tired to walk. And I'm definitely not paying park rental prices.

I do have to put my list together again of everyone is going that week. Right now I know that Kathy (Kjbrown), Crystal (Tinka_Belle), Kelly (kstgelais), and Laura (abc123mom) are planning on going that week.

So why are you scared of the city? Just the number of people? Or getting lost?

WOOO HOOOOO for flight!!

Do you always fly Southwest?

We have been flying JetBlue for a couple of years now but when JetBlue got rid of their "no change fee" policy and started charging for baggage, I decided to do SW. I've flown SW a bunch of times, including to MCO in February. With Aisling it was nice to have the tvs and to be able to check in at the hotel but not at the additional costs. :rolleyes:

[Tnkrbelle565]

Another rediculous update!!!!!

Aisling is now over 48 inches which I think means that she can get on every ride at Disney :scared1::banana::scared1::banana::scared1::banana ::scared1:

See...I am both scared and excited.

[Jennifer48]

Holy updates!!

Randy = Youuuuuuuuuuuuk!! Man you need to bring him to a game, you might get in free! :rotfl:

Your hotel sounds great! I'll have to keep that in mind if/when I ever go.

So you didn't go in the World of Disney store at all? :confused3

Aisling looks so cute with her AG doll.

I want to go too now! :goodvibes

:woohoo: for SW flights!
:woohoo: for Aisling being tall enough to ride!

good news all around! :thumbsup2

[Tnkrbelle565]

Randy = Youuuuuuuuuuuuk!! Man you need to bring him to a game, you might get in free! :rotfl:

Your hotel sounds great! I'll have to keep that in mind if/when I ever go.

So you didn't go in the World of Disney store at all? :confused3



We've never gotten in free yet but there's always hope. ;) So funny you said that. Last year at MNSSHP, several people asked Randy if he was going as Youk for Halloween because he was only wearing a MNSSHP tshirt (with a Red Sox hat). And then this weekend, my MIL was going on and on and on about how ugly Youk is!!! I kept thinking: you better not let Randy hear you say that!!!

Hotel was fab! It was such a great spot. We walked EVERYWHERE. I thought we might need to take a couple of cab rides but we never did.

We didn't end up going to WOD. :sad2: Next time I guess.

[Diamondintheruff]

Your NY trip sounds great!

My DD would love to go to AG. In fact there are a bunch of Mom's I know that are talking about going down to Chicago (our closest one if you call a 10 hour drive close). So today I called a bus company about renting a bus. Don't know if I have $4,500 plus the drivers hotel to do it though. So back to the drawing board.

[Tnkrbelle565]

Your NY trip sounds great!

My DD would love to go to AG. In fact there are a bunch of Mom's I know that are talking about going down to Chicago (our closest one if you call a 10 hour drive close). So today I called a bus company about renting a bus. Don't know if I have $4,500 plus the drivers hotel to do it though. So back to the drawing board.

Well if you ever want me to pick something up for you (I'm sure AG's international shipping costs are insane)...just let me know. We have one here you know.

[tinytreasures]

I found you :lovestruc
what a lucky little girl to have a cool mom like you
I love all the pictures :love:

[Tnkrbelle565]

I found you :lovestruc
what a lucky little girl to have a cool mom like you
I love all the pictures :love:

Thank you!!!!


How is your crew????


Done any solo trip planning ???

[tinytreasures]

Thank you!!!!


How is your crew????


Done any solo trip planning ???

the crew is good
Ella is talking up a storm (for Avy which is not a good thing :rotfl: and the little turkey is going potty in the potty chair I have not been diaper free in over 11 yrs
what am I am going do :sad1:

no planning going on just looking at everything yet :rolleyes1

[KathyRN137]

Congrats on scoring that airfare!! Feels good, doesn't it? :woohoo: :lmao:


Kathy

[minnie2]

Aisling and I did split a pretzel too at some point. YUMMMMMMM!!!! Starting SouthBeach again on Monday so might as well got out with a bang!!! ;) Good glad you had one! Now I want one!

WOOO HOOOO just booked my airfare for October. SW finally went under $200 a person so I booked it!!!


:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana::banana:
YAY! I need to check about flights for me now but last time SW didn't have dates that far out:confused3

[jenb1023]

I have decided to grace your PTR with my

1000th post!

Aren't you excited that you were selected for this honor? :lmao:

I owe you a long post with comments on your NYC trip. This is the first day I have spent much time on the DIS in a week. (Don't you hate when life gets in the way of the DIS?)

I have a few quick comments . . .

Your MIL makes me go :headache:! How dare she ruin Aisling's AG cover, just walk into your house, and everything else she does.

I can't believe Aisling is 48"!!!! That is so great that she can ride everything! I think Aisling and Jordan are only about 6 weeks or so apart in age (Jordan will turn 6 on Sept 10th). Jordan is only about 43" - maybe 44". Thanks for the FB congrats on her first lost tooth. The second is about to go any day now.

More comments to come later on your NYC mini-tr and photos (try to contain your excitement) and I may hijack your thread again and post a few of my photos (if you don't mind).

[Tnkrbelle565]

the crew is good
Ella is talking up a storm (for Avy which is not a good thing :rotfl: and the little turkey is going potty in the potty chair I have not been diaper free in over 11 yrs
what am I am going do :sad1:

no planning going on just looking at everything yet :rolleyes1

No diapers???? Oh that is just so exciting!!! Think of all the money you'll save and be able to put into the Disney account!!!

Congrats on scoring that airfare!! Feels good, doesn't it? :woohoo: :lmao:


Kathy

it does feel good. I keep checking because I'm nutty like that :rotfl2:

Good glad you had one! Now I want one!


YAY! I need to check about flights for me now but last time SW didn't have dates that far out:confused3

They go through Halloween I think right now.

I have decided to grace your PTR with my

1000th post!

Aren't you excited that you were selected for this honor? :lmao:

I owe you a long post with comments on your NYC trip. This is the first day I have spent much time on the DIS in a week. (Don't you hate when life gets in the way of the DIS?)

I have a few quick comments . . .

Your MIL makes me go :headache:! How dare she ruin Aisling's AG cover, just walk into your house, and everything else she does.

I can't believe Aisling is 48"!!!! That is so great that she can ride everything! I think Aisling and Jordan are only about 6 weeks or so apart in age (Jordan will turn 6 on Sept 10th). Jordan is only about 43" - maybe 44". Thanks for the FB congrats on her first lost tooth. The second is about to go any day now.

More comments to come later on your NYC mini-tr and photos (try to contain your excitement) and I may hijack your thread again and post a few of my photos (if you don't mind).


1000th post on my little ol' trip report!?!? :worship::worship::worship: Why thank you!

Aisling is very big for her age. She was born 6 weeks premature too (and was still 6 lbs 4 ozs!!!) I can't' keep up with her. Her school uniform runs 6-8 or 10-12 for next year. I think I'm going to have to order 10-12 tops or they'll be belly shirts by the end of the year!!! She has a tooth that has been loose for like 2 months. No action yet though! I hope she loses it here and not at summer camp.

Post away with pics. I welcome all pics and comments :thumbsup2

[Tnkrbelle565]

I'm a bad, bad, bad PTR writer!!! Sorry folks. Life has gotten in the way! I've been sick with some kind of broncchial thing for almost two weeks. I sound a lot worse than I feel but it's finally starting to get better. Still can't exert too much energy or I sound like I have asthma.

We've also been stepping up the house hunt and I've been going to viewings after work. I don't wish this process on my worst enemy. What a big pain! It was fun at first but now I'm just frustrated that I'm never going to find a house I like.

Saturday is Aisling's recital so I'll be boring you with more pics of my little ballerina soon!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Here are yet more pictures of my child like I promised!!! Recital went really well. Aisling is very proud of herself most importantly. The rest of the weekend I was completely consumed with house-hunting stuff. Keep your fingers crossed for us everyone! We may need it ;)

Aisling being a ham...

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Backing up...I decided to put her hair in rollers the night before instead of curling it all with a curling iron. It worked. I still needed to touch up but it took me much less time. This is what her hair looked like just from the curlers

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The Dress Rehearsal:

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Watching the big girls rehearse

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The 3 Musketeers from Aisling's class (twirling their tutus)

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This one is blurry but so cute!

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Aisling's BFF

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The Day of the Show

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The Crash!

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[KathyRN137]

So precious!! princess:


Kathy

[Jennifer48]

cutie patootie! :thumbsup2 If I ever have a daughter, I'd love to have her do some kind of dance class. Does Aisling love it??

[Lady Lallie]

She is such a cutie!! :lovestruc

[jenb1023]

Hey Kristine!

Love the new dance photos and those smiles! I am sure there are more on facebook but I can't access that from work so I figured I would comment here. I am glad to hear it went well and Aisling was proud of herself!

Hope you are finally feeling better. Crossing my fingers for your house hunting! We are looking for a new house. I don't mind looking for houses but am dreading selling ours. Keep us posted!

[Tnkrbelle565]

So precious!! princess:


Kathy

Thank you!

cutie patootie! :thumbsup2 If I ever have a daughter, I'd love to have her do some kind of dance class. Does Aisling love it??

Aisling does love it. She has take tap and ballet since 2 and will be starting jazz in September in addition to the other two.

She is such a cutie!! :lovestruc

Thanks LL

Hey Kristine!

Love the new dance photos and those smiles! I am sure there are more on facebook but I can't access that from work so I figured I would comment here. I am glad to hear it went well and Aisling was proud of herself!

Hope you are finally feeling better. Crossing my fingers for your house hunting! We are looking for a new house. I don't mind looking for houses but am dreading selling ours. Keep us posted!


Oh you are trying to sell and buy? What a nightmare. I can't imagine the rollercoaster of that. We rent our house right now so we don't have anything to sell but of course now that we found a house we love...so do 2 other buyers :rolleyes1

[Diamondintheruff]

Still loving those costumes! Very vibrant.

Glad to hear the recital went well. Ours isn't until the first weekend in June. I haven't even seen the costumes yet.

As I type, Eeoyre is dancing around the living room to the music from Cirque we bought last trip. He doesn't like me watching so he has set up a sheet in the doorway. He thinks I can't see him anymore with it up. But I can see his shadow when he's against the picture window. Anyhow my point is, (you didn't think I had one did you?) that it doesn't really matter what they are wearing, or where they are it's just amazing to watch your own child dance. It takes my breath away each time.

[jenb1023]

Oh you are trying to sell and buy? What a nightmare. I can't imagine the rollercoaster of that. We rent our house right now so we don't have anything to sell but of course now that we found a house we love...so do 2 other buyers :rolleyes1

So glad to hear that you found a house you love! Crossing fingers that you get it! You will have to keep us posted on your progress! We are not actively looking - just started the process. I do not look forward to keeping my house perfect and having to get us and the dog out of the house for showings.

So did you survive the drive today okay?

I posted this on the Boutiquers thread but my Michaels had all of their Disney ribbon on clearance for $1.00 a spool (it is normally $3.99). Just a heads up in case any of you are interested.

Time for me to get off the pc and chill! DD is sleeping over at her grandparents so I have been working like crazy on getting stuff done here since I got home from work.

[minnie2]

Love the recital pictures!

[Tnkrbelle565]

So glad to hear that you found a house you love! Crossing fingers that you get it! You will have to keep us posted on your progress! We are not actively looking - just started the process. I do not look forward to keeping my house perfect and having to get us and the dog out of the house for showings.

So did you survive the drive today okay?

I posted this on the Boutiquers thread but my Michaels had all of their Disney ribbon on clearance for $1.00 a spool (it is normally $3.99). Just a heads up in case any of you are interested.

Time for me to get off the pc and chill! DD is sleeping over at her grandparents so I have been working like crazy on getting stuff done here since I got home from work.

Thanks Jen! How nice to have a break from the grandparents. My mom is fabulous about that! She has a place in Maine for the summer so she takes Aisling for a couple of weekends and for the whole first week of August.

I did survive the drive. It was a little rough. I'm so anxious, I can't eat so the no food didn't help! Plus I drove all the way to the Cape and my client didn't show up for her visit with her son! Fabulous. We were meeting at a restaurant and since she didn't show...you know who got stuck with the bill. You know how much a 19 year old boy can eat :scared1: So I drove all the way there, didn't show, and it cost me $30 for feed her son lunch!


Love the recital pictures!

Thank you!

[Tnkrbelle565]

Our offer was accepted on the house!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana:


Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well with the inspection!!!

[jenb1023]

Our offer was accepted on the house!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana:

Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well with the inspection!!!

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::banana::banana::banana:CO NGRATULATIONS!!! That is great news! Sending pixie dust and crossing my fingers for a good inspection!!!

Thanks Jen! How nice to have a break from the grandparents. My mom is fabulous about that! She has a place in Maine for the summer so she takes Aisling for a couple of weekends and for the whole first week of August.

I did survive the drive. It was a little rough. I'm so anxious, I can't eat so the no food didn't help! Plus I drove all the way to the Cape and my client didn't show up for her visit with her son! Fabulous. We were meeting at a restaurant and since she didn't show...you know who got stuck with the bill. You know how much a 19 year old boy can eat :scared1: So I drove all the way there, didn't show, and it cost me $30 for feed her son lunch!

I remember reading that you have issues with motion sickness so that really stinks that you had to drive all of that way for nothing! I can't believe the mom stood her son up!

[Lady Lallie]

Congrats! I hope everything goes smoothly!! :goodvibes

[Jennifer48]

**fingers crossed** and pixiedust:pixiedust:

we put an offer in on one and waiting to hear back

[Diamondintheruff]

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Those are my fingers crossed for you.


Still playing with the NYC weekend thing. Where did you get your discount codes for little mermaid from?

[Tnkrbelle565]

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Those are my fingers crossed for you.


Still playing with the NYC weekend thing. Where did you get your discount codes for little mermaid from?

Mousesavers had the coupon code for the tickets. The hotel discount was through TravelZoo.com

You should go! We got 2nd row center orchestra with that code for $71. Fantastic seats!

[Tnkrbelle565]

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::banana::banana::banana:CO NGRATULATIONS!!! That is great news! Sending pixie dust and crossing my fingers for a good inspection!!!

I remember reading that you have issues with motion sickness so that really stinks that you had to drive all of that way for nothing! I can't believe the mom stood her son up!

Wow....good memory! I do have motion sickness issues but not when I'm driving. Thank goodness because I drive over a 1000 miles a month for work!

Congrats! I hope everything goes smoothly!! :goodvibes

Thanks LL!!!

**fingers crossed** and pixiedust:pixiedust:

we put an offer in on one and waiting to hear back

OOOH oooh...tell me more! Where??? Definitely keeping my fingers crossed for you!