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mousescrapper · 07-28-2010, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BrooklynnsMommy

I'm here! Taking a break from cleaning my house.

By the way where is your Mickey bar?

that was what I was thinking too....

so I am caught up...I got a bit freaked when I saw Heidi type in update on 56 I thought that was page

ok so it wasn't that far...

love all the Birthday fun and excitment...Bekah is back to her old ways of sleeping in since home from camp after complaining how will I wake up w/ out seeing the sunrise

I keep reminding everyone (and myself

) less than a month people and you'll be a tschool at 8 am...not waking up...

Great job on the cake..yes the double layer is a tricky feat! looks like she ahd a great day...good call on the gift

OMG...9 stops...you must all like getting out of the car...

but you made it. love crossing under that sign too...

I'd be doing a happy DANCE

to w/ Connor

can't wait for more

moparop · 07-28-2010, 10:43 AM

looks like Chelsea had a wonderful birthday. I have to say that I am a fan of sprinkles too so that cake looks great to me!I love Connor's little chicken! How thoughtful that grandma does a little something for the non birthday kid! I love that Chelsea taped her birthday song too!

we stayed at CBR on our last trip. I am curious to read about your impressions!

pooh'smate · 07-28-2010, 12:08 PM

I love all of Chelsea's pictures she did a good job documenting your drive down. I love Connor's dance. I will feel like dancing too when I get off the ME bus at POP (in exactly 4 months). I forgot to add last time that I too adore Connor's little polish chicken so cute. Your mom is so thoughtful.

Poolrat · 07-28-2010, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by wigdoutdismom

Speaking a certain CD, do I need to burn someone a copy?

I know I looked too and did not find a MSEP CD. Anita what do you have that we proabably all want?

I will get to look again in Sept and Oct

MeMom · 07-28-2010, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Poolrat

I know I looked too and did not find a MSEP CD. Anita what do you have that we proabably all want?

I will get to look again in Sept and Oct

I missed that. Wigd has it?
I looked and never saw a MSEP CD.

Part of it is on one of my other Disney CD's, though.

disney<333 · 07-28-2010, 09:28 PM

9 stops!?! WOW!! I have a feeling Charles and Mitch could become good friends. We have to stop twice on the three hour drive to Disney. Naturally, when we stop Amy doesn't have to go to the bathroom and as soon as we speed up she has to go! UGH!
At least traffic wasn't bad. I HATE Atlanta traffic.
Yay, for finally getting to Disney! You all look so excited. Let the fun begin.

Wicket's Mom · 07-28-2010, 09:29 PM

Conner is so cute with his toy animals, the chicken goes well with his pinata.
Our last trip to Florida took us 17 hours in the car. DH limited us to two stops per state. I think that we made it with 8 stops. That was such a grueling trip. It pretty much killed my like of long drives.

yinyanggirls · 07-28-2010, 11:50 PM

Okay, so next trip, I say you slip a little benadryl (or do you happen to have anything stronger?

) into the drink at the first stop....

Charleston Princess · 07-29-2010, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jenjolt

One of these trips we'll have to meet up and Connor and I can do some crazy dances LOL!! He's a great kid!!

The two of you would make great dance partners!!!

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Originally Posted by jenjolt

LOL...so the kids aren't letting you live down something...hmmm this is going to make for an interesting update!! I can't wait!!!

(This means you should update soon LOL)!!

It doesn't happen often that they are right and I am wrong, so they were enjoying it!

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Originally Posted by jenjolt

Teva Mushies...oh how I love thee...the greatest pair of flip flops Leslie ever introduced me too. I will be breaking in a new pair for my next trip...as long as the weather cooperates in January!

I have been wearing mine all summer -- it will be a hard adjustment to go back to work shoes in a little over a week!

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Originally Posted by mousescrapper

so I am caught up...I got a bit freaked when I saw Heidi type in update on 56 I thought that was page

ok so it wasn't that far...

Just me posting the wrong set of numbers. LOL!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mousescrapper

love all the Birthday fun and excitment...Bekah is back to her old ways of sleeping in since home from camp after complaining how will I wake up w/ out seeing the sunrise

I keep reminding everyone (and myself

) less than a month people and you'll be a tschool at 8 am...not waking up...

For us it will be about a week and a half before the kids have to start getting up at the crack of dawn again -- Connor is always the worst about having to get up and going early.

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Originally Posted by mousescrapper

Great job on the cake..yes the double layer is a tricky feat! looks like she ahd a great day...good call on the gift

Chelsea did have a great day!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mousescrapper

OMG...9 stops...you must all like getting out of the car...

but you made it. love crossing under that sign too...

I'd be doing a happy DANCE

to w/ Connor

can't wait for more

Charles apparently has a hard time sitting still for long periods of time.

Connor was the embodiment of how we all felt, for sure!

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Originally Posted by moparop

looks like Chelsea had a wonderful birthday. I have to say that I am a fan of sprinkles too so that cake looks great to me!I love Connor's little chicken! How thoughtful that grandma does a little something for the non birthday kid! I love that Chelsea taped her birthday song too!

we stayed at CBR on our last trip. I am curious to read about your impressions!

Chelsea had a lot of fun on her birthday, and Connor was very pleased with his gift.

We loved CBR! Lots of pictures and impressions to share!

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Originally Posted by pooh'smate

I love all of Chelsea's pictures she did a good job documenting your drive down. I love Connor's dance. I will feel like dancing too when I get off the ME bus at POP (in exactly 4 months). I forgot to add last time that I too adore Connor's little polish chicken so cute. Your mom is so thoughtful.

Thanks! Chelsea enjoyed putting her new camera to good use! Yeay for being only four months away from your trip!

I love that chicken, too -- she is just so cute!

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Originally Posted by Poolrat

I know I looked too and did not find a MSEP CD. Anita what do you have that we proabably all want?

I will get to look again in Sept and Oct

Wait -- you're going in September and October?

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeMom

I missed that. Wigd has it?
I looked and never saw a MSEP CD.

Part of it is on one of my other Disney CD's, though.

Yes, Wigd was able to find it when she was there at the beginning of July!

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Originally Posted by disney<333

9 stops!?! WOW!! I have a feeling Charles and Mitch could become good friends. We have to stop twice on the three hour drive to Disney. Naturally, when we stop Amy doesn't have to go to the bathroom and as soon as we speed up she has to go! UGH!
At least traffic wasn't bad. I HATE Atlanta traffic.
Yay, for finally getting to Disney! You all look so excited. Let the fun begin.

Hurray! There is another woman out there that feels my pain about multiple stops.

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Originally Posted by Wicket's Mom

Conner is so cute with his toy animals, the chicken goes well with his pinata.
Our last trip to Florida took us 17 hours in the car. DH limited us to two stops per state. I think that we made it with 8 stops. That was such a grueling trip. It pretty much killed my like of long drives.

Yes, Connor loves his animals and is always adding to his collection!

Ugh, two stops in 17 hours would kill me!

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Originally Posted by yinyanggirls

Okay, so next trip, I say you slip a little benadryl (or do you happen to have anything stronger?

) into the drink at the first stop....

I like your thinking!

Native NYer · 07-29-2010, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Charleston Princess

It does balance out, and we still made it in eight hours.

I personally don't want to fly to Orlando. I like being able to pack water, drinks, and snacks for the room, and not have to worry about leaving room in the suitcases for souvenirs.

That's an excellent reason not to fly to Orlando. We're renting a car so we can go pick up things for the room and be able to get around easily. If I lived closer, I'd drive too.

Charleston Princess · 07-29-2010, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Native NYer

That's an excellent reason not to fly to Orlando. We're renting a car so we can go pick up things for the room and be able to get around easily. If I lived closer, I'd drive too.

I think you will enjoy having a car down there!

Charleston Princess · 07-29-2010, 08:51 AM

July 18, 2010: Part Two

“Read the Directions and Directly You Will Be Directed in the Right Direction.”
--Doorknob
Alice in Wonderland

Much to our delight, our room was ready, so off to Aruba we went to find room 5124.

Charles always insists on unloading as much of the car as possible before making the trek to our room, although I would much prefer to find our room first without lugging lots of things with us.

However, we once again did things Charles’ way and grabbed as much as we could before venturing to our room.

The kids, reading the signs, said we should go to the right, I insisted we go left.

Guess whose directions we should have followed?

Winding our way completely around the building -- and it was definitely the long way around -- we finally ended up at our room. If we had followed the kids, we would have gone around just two corners. They were more than happy to point this out to us multiple times.

However, because we went in the wrong direction, we had an impromptu DIS meet. I just wish I hadn’t been quite as frazzled at the time! It was so nice meeting another family that recognized us from our trip reports.

Our room was perfect!!! A corner room on the ground floor right across from the bridge to the island and Old Port Royal. I couldn’t have been more pleased with the location except that we were forever away from both the Aruba and Jamaica bus stops.

We finished unloading the car, and I said to Charles, “We will need to leave in thirty minutes if we are going to Teppan Edo, but if you wanted to do Tutto Italia instead, you could take it easy for an hour and a half.”

Charles decided he didn’t want to rush, so Tutto Italia it would be! Chelsea was disappointed, and Charles tried to inform her that there would be cute waiters at the Italian restaurant.

While Charles enjoyed the coolness of the room, Chelsea, Connor, and I decided to explore the island and scope out Old Port Royal.

Chelsea brought her camera along.

Our view as we left the room.

Our view to the right.

Our view to the left.

Sheer happiness at being in Disney prompted a rarely seen display of sibling affection.

Views from the bridge.

Various shots around Caribbean Cay.

Arriving at Old Port Royal, Connor and Chelsea stalked a bird.

Views of the pool. Connor really wanted to go ahead and go swimming.

What could be hiding behind this door?

We also did a quick survey of the gift shop before heading back across the bridge to our room. While we were walking back, Chelsea asked me, “Are there really cute waiters at the Italian restaurant?” I assured her that there were, and she informed her daddy when we got back to the room that she was now okay with going to eat Italian instead of Teppan Edo because I had confirmed his statement about the waiters.

It was finally time to head to our first park of the trip!

UP NEXT: Could My Sense of Direction Be Any Worse?

mousescrapper · 07-29-2010, 09:16 AM

" Aruba, Jamaica, oooh I wanna take you..."

sorry couldn't resist

love all the pictures from CBR...we stayed there twice in the early/mid 90's it was actually my first Disney resort on property

Can't wait to see the cute Italian waiters and hear about the food too

SoonerGirl · 07-29-2010, 09:17 AM

My kids always seem to be more affectionate towards each other when we are in Disney too - just one more reason to go!

That's so funny that you guys took a wrong turn trying to find your room, Mom & I did the same thing - we were on the 2nd floor and walked all the way around the building before we found a set of stairs, we realized later that we had walked right passed a set earlier that was much closer to our room - I felt pretty stupid!

Love all your pics from your walk, CBR is so pretty. The pirate theme to the pool is new since we stayed there - looks cool

Lady Lallie · 07-29-2010, 09:22 AM

Charles really must have wanted that time to relax since he voluntarily pointed out cute waiters to his daughter.

07-28-2010, 10:43 AM	#197
moparop DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Cincinnati Posts: 2,213	looks like Chelsea had a wonderful birthday. I have to say that I am a fan of sprinkles too so that cake looks great to me!I love Connor's little chicken! How thoughtful that grandma does a little something for the non birthday kid! I love that Chelsea taped her birthday song too! we stayed at CBR on our last trip. I am curious to read about your impressions! __________________

07-28-2010, 12:08 PM	#198
pooh'smate My ticker is actually a day off Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,841	I love all of Chelsea's pictures she did a good job documenting your drive down. I love Connor's dance. I will feel like dancing too when I get off the ME bus at POP (in exactly 4 months). I forgot to add last time that I too adore Connor's little polish chicken so cute. Your mom is so thoughtful. __________________ DH- ME- DD-

07-28-2010, 09:28 PM	#201
disney<333 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: 3 hours from home Posts: 1,760	9 stops!?! WOW!! I have a feeling Charles and Mitch could become good friends. We have to stop twice on the three hour drive to Disney. Naturally, when we stop Amy doesn't have to go to the bathroom and as soon as we speed up she has to go! UGH! At least traffic wasn't bad. I HATE Atlanta traffic. Yay, for finally getting to Disney! You all look so excited. Let the fun begin. __________________ It's the Spirit of the Season! You Can Feel it in the Air!-CURRENT Christmas 2011 TR! Been There, Done That, and Yes, We're Going back! Magic In A Winter Wonder World with 1,648 pictures

07-28-2010, 09:29 PM	#202
Wicket's Mom DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,645	Conner is so cute with his toy animals, the chicken goes well with his pinata. Our last trip to Florida took us 17 hours in the car. DH limited us to two stops per state. I think that we made it with 8 stops. That was such a grueling trip. It pretty much killed my like of long drives. __________________ wicket's mom WDW-1975 thru 1985 offsite, stayed FW in '86 CSR '02, CB'06, CSR '09, CBR '11, AKL '12 Fast Passes, We Don't Need No Stinkin' Fast Passes (url)http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3050319 It Was the Best of Times & the Worst, But It Was the Best Trip Evah! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2811518

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07-29-2010, 08:51 AM	#207
Charleston Princess DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 21,603	“Read the Directions and Directly You Will Be Directed in the Right Direction.” July 18, 2010: Part Two “Read the Directions and Directly You Will Be Directed in the Right Direction.” --Doorknob Alice in Wonderland Much to our delight, our room was ready, so off to Aruba we went to find room 5124. Charles always insists on unloading as much of the car as possible before making the trek to our room, although I would much prefer to find our room first without lugging lots of things with us. However, we once again did things Charles’ way and grabbed as much as we could before venturing to our room. The kids, reading the signs, said we should go to the right, I insisted we go left. Guess whose directions we should have followed? Winding our way completely around the building -- and it was definitely the long way around -- we finally ended up at our room. If we had followed the kids, we would have gone around just two corners. They were more than happy to point this out to us multiple times. However, because we went in the wrong direction, we had an impromptu DIS meet. I just wish I hadn’t been quite as frazzled at the time! It was so nice meeting another family that recognized us from our trip reports. Our room was perfect!!! A corner room on the ground floor right across from the bridge to the island and Old Port Royal. I couldn’t have been more pleased with the location except that we were forever away from both the Aruba and Jamaica bus stops. We finished unloading the car, and I said to Charles, “We will need to leave in thirty minutes if we are going to Teppan Edo, but if you wanted to do Tutto Italia instead, you could take it easy for an hour and a half.” Charles decided he didn’t want to rush, so Tutto Italia it would be! Chelsea was disappointed, and Charles tried to inform her that there would be cute waiters at the Italian restaurant. While Charles enjoyed the coolness of the room, Chelsea, Connor, and I decided to explore the island and scope out Old Port Royal. Chelsea brought her camera along. Our view as we left the room. Our view to the right. Our view to the left. Sheer happiness at being in Disney prompted a rarely seen display of sibling affection. Views from the bridge. Various shots around Caribbean Cay. Arriving at Old Port Royal, Connor and Chelsea stalked a bird. Views of the pool. Connor really wanted to go ahead and go swimming. What could be hiding behind this door? We also did a quick survey of the gift shop before heading back across the bridge to our room. While we were walking back, Chelsea asked me, “Are there really cute waiters at the Italian restaurant?” I assured her that there were, and she informed her daddy when we got back to the room that she was now okay with going to eat Italian instead of Teppan Edo because I had confirmed his statement about the waiters. It was finally time to head to our first park of the trip! UP NEXT: Could My Sense of Direction Be Any Worse? __________________ Me (Jackie), Charles, Chelsea (15), Connor (13) 2012 TR: A Fourth of Pixie-Dust!2012 PTR: Does Pixie Dust Help with Decision-Making? May 2011 PTR: Sensing Pixie Dust I Am! July 2010 TR: Where Pixie-Dusted Birthday Dreams Come True! October 2009 TR: Shaken, Not Stirred, With a Twist of Pixie Dust! A Food and Wine Trip Report!June 2009 TR: Divas, Zebra Domes, and Pixie Dust! A Week in an African Paradise! Last edited by Charleston Princess; 08-21-2010 at 07:47 AM.

07-29-2010, 09:16 AM	#208
mousescrapper DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago Suburbs, IL Posts: 4,593	" Aruba, Jamaica, oooh I wanna take you..." sorry couldn't resist love all the pictures from CBR...we stayed there twice in the early/mid 90's it was actually my first Disney resort on property Can't wait to see the cute Italian waiters and hear about the food too __________________ MouseScrapper Visit my P/TR's: Jan 12 TR The Magic Happened Here... Cheers to Friendship Oct. 12 shared TRAnniversary Oct '11 TR Special Guidebooks for DS has ADHD & HFA Visit my BLOG Julie's Mickey Memories... Past Disney PTR/TR's: TR June 08 POLY TR March/April 09 CSR PTR:Thanksgiving 10 BLT TR: Thanksgiving 10 BLT PTR Mickey-versary Oct 11 PTR Jan 12 BLT

07-29-2010, 09:17 AM	#209
SoonerGirl DIS Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,853	My kids always seem to be more affectionate towards each other when we are in Disney too - just one more reason to go! That's so funny that you guys took a wrong turn trying to find your room, Mom & I did the same thing - we were on the 2nd floor and walked all the way around the building before we found a set of stairs, we realized later that we had walked right passed a set earlier that was much closer to our room - I felt pretty stupid! Love all your pics from your walk, CBR is so pretty. The pirate theme to the pool is new since we stayed there - looks cool __________________ Michelle (Me), Don, Justin (16) & Jared (12) CurrentTR: Grumpless in Orlando Sept 2012 PTR Leaving the Grump at Home June 2011 TRCould the Dream Turn the Grump into a Believer?June 2011 PTRGrump is taking me on a DREAM vacationMay 2010 TRFlowers, Segways & DIS Meets, Oh My! May 2010 PTR Flowers & Firsts Christmas 2009 TR The Disney Grump & Family Take on the World August 2008 TR Our Very Own California Adventure!

07-29-2010, 09:22 AM	#210
Lady Lallie DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 18,576	Charles really must have wanted that time to relax since he voluntarily pointed out cute waiters to his daughter. __________________ Jan. '13 PTR: Counting Our Nuts Like Chip & Dale, a Financially Aware PTR. Jan. '11: Down By The Boardwalk, Out By The Mouse. Sept. '10 Trip Report: We Invite You to Relax as the Dining Room Proudly Presents a Trip Report! Jan. '10 Trip Report: Dreams Do Come True in Port Orleans. May '09 Trip Report: Tut-Tut, it Looks Like Rain! Sept. '08 Trip Report: It's a Jolly Holiday with LL.

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