"Mommy, When Will It Be Our Turn?!"--May 16-23, 2009 PTR

[mom2mek]

Hey Becky! I love your concert pics - it looks like a wonderful night! Those Gaither harmonies are fabulous, aren't they? Love Marshall Hall - was he still with them?

The birthday party looks great! I ALMOST bought that castle for my girls for Christmas when I went down in December on a girls trip! Debated and debated.....finally decided not to get it! Now, I kinda wish I had!

Oh my - that bag is beautiful! I only have one VB bag and I love it - but I might have to look into the hipster style - very pretty!

Sara

 

[ladybugmom]

Morning Becky!
Great updates!!!! I'm not sure where to start!! Love the new crocs, adorable!! Did you get those through Crocs.com, I can't remember? They are too cute. I have the just plain brown Croc MJ's and LOVE them, I wore them on our 1st family trip to Disney, they needed no breaking in and I wore them all week long, without any issues, they were heavenly!! Just a word of caution though with the girls jibbitz....we bought our boys some Mickey crocs before out December vacation and thought while we were in DW, we would let them pick up some jibbitz as a little souvie, well, they did and each got like 3 of them....well, my middle son lost all of them! They come out VERY easily from the Mickey holes...they fit nicely but for whatever reason he kept losing them....and I wont even get into the amount of time we spent looking for them!!! I even asked a CM before buying them if they worked in Mickey crocs and she said yes, but I would never do it again....sorry to be the bearer of bad news, the big ones are probably perfect but watch your Minnie one for sure!!!!

Absolutely LOVE your pink cupcake VB bag!!!!!!!!! I've seen the green one and love that (my fav color is green!) but never saw the pink one, adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking forward to hearing more!! Have a nice day!!!!

ps- Ally's pictures are SO cute!! She's a nice little artist!!!! Too cute!!

Good morning Kristen!! Yes, the black, pink, and red crocs came from crocs.com. I LOVE them!! I've been wearing them everyday since I got them last week. Thanks for the heads up on the Jibbitz!! We'll keep an eye out for Minnie!

Off to take the girls to the mall to get their picture taken with the Easter bunny!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Hey Becky! I love your concert pics - it looks like a wonderful night! Those Gaither harmonies are fabulous, aren't they? Love Marshall Hall - was he still with them?

The birthday party looks great! I ALMOST bought that castle for my girls for Christmas when I went down in December on a girls trip! Debated and debated.....finally decided not to get it! Now, I kinda wish I had!

Oh my - that bag is beautiful! I only have one VB bag and I love it - but I might have to look into the hipster style - very pretty!

Sara

Sara--yes, their harmonies are INCREDIBLE!! I have never seen so much talent on one stage before!! Unfortunately Marshall is no longer in the group (Ally was so sad because one of her favorite songs is the song Marshall always sang When I Cry). Guy Penrod is also no longer in the group. But Mark Lowry, Michael English, and David Phelps are all back in the group now and all I can say is WOW!!

I was talking to the grandparents who bought the castle and they said that the castle was 35% off when they were down there and only $10 to ship. Wonder if Brent will let me get one for the girls?!

Thank you!! I LOVE my new bag and just ADORE pink so that bag was the perfect choice.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Awesome updates! So cool that Ally knows all the word to those songs!

I LOVE the new bag! I just bought my first VB hipster for my upcoming trip. I can't wait to use it in the parks!

The art gallery is too cute! She is very talented!

Here's a little dance for being paid in full...doesn't that feel good??

 

[pmama]

Wow, you are right our dates are the same but for seperate coasts. Your dates were our original but then we added one more day to the end. Are you nervous about the Star Wars crowd?

I think relaxing at your resort the first day is a perfect idea. Keeps you rested up to start your first day full of energy.

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Great updates!!!! The concert sounded like a lot of fun! And the princess party looked great!!!! How cute is a bunch of little girls running around in princess costumes.
Your daughter's drawings like look mine hanging around here. There too cute. She drew some really great princesses.

And we just finished paying for our trip a few days ago too Great feeling, huh.
We're at 41 Days out today!! Pretty soon we'll be getting our travel documents...I can't wait for those.

 

[lizet313]

Great update. the concert looks like fun glad you and your family enjoyed it. Your two princesses look abosolutely adorable. Cinderella castle is very pretty and the pictures Ally drew are amazing I like mickey minnie cinderella and little mermaid(Ariel) just precious you can tell she likes detail because she didn't forget cinderellas crown or mickey's and minnies circles.

 

[leamom2princesses]

Wow! Looks like you have been having lots of fun! Love your VB bag. I'm a VB fan too. I carry the backpacks though. Keeps both hands free for wrangling wiggly little girls...lol.

 

[courtney2702]

Im liking you pre-trip report. im going the week befor you. The crocs are so cute what style did you but i like crocs but im not crazy about the clog type?

 

[wlwilliams9]

Great updates! I love the VB bag! That is one of my favorite new patterns!

The princess party looked like fun! The Cinderella Castle may or may not be coming home with us this time! I wonder how much they charge to ship it home?

I love Ally's drawings! Too cute!! The Little Mermaid is my favorite!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

What a great time you have been having!!!

Don't you love the hipster style? I was leaning towards that same pattern, but then this week Vera Bradley released a new pattern called Bali Gold -- I think I am in love with it!

 

[IluvXU]

Love the Vera hipster. I have two, but I sure do love that new pattern! So cute.

As for the Castle.... we have one and the girls do love to play with it.

 

[colinsdad]

Subscribing.

Your PTR was in the #1 slot on the DIS front page. I saw you had the same travel dates as mine, so I clicked and read away.

Your plans and ADR's look great! My upcoming trip is a "boys only" trip with my DS4, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can take my DD1 (just turned 1 last Saturday) to the BBB in the castle like you're doing.

I noticed that you said your DH was a big Star Wars fan, so in case you didn't know, Star Wars Weekends starts on May 22 at DHS.

 

[MaryAz]

Great update! Love the VB bag-almost got one myself. Went with a Crocs sling bag. Got my sandals from Crocs-the brown amd pink ones-love them-so comfy!! That castle looks awesome!!

 

[my2disneyboys]

Great updates! I love vera bradley. I was torn with my maternity bag between that and the Kate Spade- but I ended up with the Kate Spade. Mother's day is coming up though!!
I LOVE the princess party and the castle is amazing.

The drawings are so cute- thanks for sharing them!!!

 

[my2disneyboys]

Subscribing.

Your PTR was in the #1 slot on the DIS front page. I saw you had the same travel dates as mine, so I clicked and read away.

Your plans and ADR's look great! My upcoming trip is a "boys only" trip with my DS4, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can take my DD1 (just turned 1 last Saturday) to the BBB in the castle like you're doing.

I noticed that you said your DH was a big Star Wars fan, so in case you didn't know, Star Wars Weekends starts on May 22 at DHS.

- We are neighbors! We live about 15 minutes south of North Reading. That is so sweet that you are taking a daddy and son trip!

 

[kaysmommie]

HI Becky,
Love your new bag. I have a few VB too. So do you think the hipster is roomy enough to carry most of your stuff for the park? I have a Baggalini and it fits everything but is not that comfortable for some reason. Love the girls all dressed up at the party, very cute! I agree on your arrival day I would definitely make it a relaxing resort day. I always do that especially when we stay at Poly .

 

[leamom2princesses]

Hi Becky! Just checking in. I haven't seen you on in a while. Hope all is well.

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi Becky! Just checking in. I haven't seen you on in a while. Hope all is well.

Thanks for checking in!! I have been SOOOO busy!! I have this HUGE festival coming up on April 25th and I have been busy making hundreds of bows. It's been crazy!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Yesterday was the start of our 30 day countdown!! Whoo hoo!! We made a Mickey countdown chain. Each day we will remove a link in the chain until we make it up to Mickey's head (the day we leave for WDW)!!

Ally wrote all of the numbers (1-30) on the links

I also used this time to teach Ally about patterns. I showed her how we were making a color pattern in our chain (red, yellow, black, red, yellow, black, etc.). As I added the links, she was able to tell me what color came next in our pattern.

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post the link to my family blog on here?! I have lots of pics, etc. of what we've been doing the past few weeks. PM me if you want the link!! I just haven't had the time to post it here and there.