a little late to the party but love your plans so far! What a sweet surprise from your husband! I can feel your excitement thru your posts!!! Oh love your autograph books
They were a lot of fun to make. I really can't wait 'till this trip. We seriously need a vacation! 
Super cute autograph books!!! I just love the Disney Star Wars characters, so adorable!!
Toy Story dinner & movie night looked fun. Those cupcakes...love them!
Yea for Mickey mail...awesome Mickey mail at that! Cant believe your trip is right around the corner
He has NO IDEA! 
Oh em gee. This movie is SOOOO good! We loved it. It made both me & DH cry buckets. We LOVED it! 
Everyone should go see it. Its a movie for everyone but especially moms... and teenagers... and moms of kindergarteners who think they're teenagers. 
AND Raisinets!
I also made some Scottish shortbread. I had NO IDEA how ridiculously easy this stuff is to make. Holy guacamole. Its so easy, its dangerous. And delicious 
We also made mini bow and arrows and held a tournament at the dinner table. Not quite sure of the final score, but I'm sure I won. 
at the worst question is who is this? Google has helped me with that too
I think he will like Pirate League and the pirate room. I'm so impressed that your DH researched that. My DH had no idea what a pirate room was!
I wanted to hop over!
Ok in my best Rapunzel voice, Best Mother's Day Ever! How sweet of your DH to plan all that out for you!
Your children are absolutely precious. I definitely think our sons would get along! I was
Your daughter is so cute. I love that she's a girly girl. Tessa is not, at least not yet. I hope she likes her haircut!
Ok, that's all I have time to read now but I will get caught up soon.
I have been considering getting that Star Wars Encyclopedia for MYSELF Last Christmas we got DS one of those Lego Star Wars advent calendars and of course, I had no idea what most of the figures were. We finally found this woman's blog who had taken it all apart before hand and figured out what they all were. Genius! Our morning routine became: open the advent calendar, put together the figure, speculate as to what it is ("is it a droid?... No, its a weapon!... ") Then check the blog... ("OOOHHH! Its a... chair? Okaaayy" 
) Anyhow, it would be awesome to someday go to Disney during Star Wars Weekend.
I LOVE my home city! Seattle is just an amazing city to visit. Its so beautiful and there's so much to do. If anyone gets a chance to visit, go for it! You won't be disappointed!
There were probably a couple of reasons that contributed to that. One was my own error. I miscalculated where the port was. It was leaving out of Pier 91 which is not really anywhere close to the waterfront and I was thinking that it was going out of Pier 66 which is pretty much at the heart of the waterfront. I was thinking we would be able to spend the day down there, grab some fish & chips and watch it sail away. Anyway once I looked at a map I knew I was way off in my thinking. The other reason was that no one else was interested in the sail away except for me! My family all thought I had gone nuts. ("You want to watch a cruise ship sail away that we're not on?") It just wasn't worth the extra effort at that point. Hopefully I WILL get to see it sail away someday but WITH ME on it! 
So naive. So, so naive. How could I have POSSIBLY thought that the kids would allow me to go through the McDonalds drive through without stopping when there was a PLAY LAND in perfect view? Yah. That wasn't happening. 
Now, with KIDS, it took me 6 hours!!! My how times have changed. We finally arrived at my parents house around 3:30. The cool thing was that one of the neighborhood churches had a little block party going on so we got to get out of the car and go straight to some fun! There were bouncy castles, face painting, snow cones, cotton candy, games, prizes and TONS of food. And all of it was free! Thats the great thing about Seattle. It seems like there's always something like that going on. Especially in the summer. After stuffing ourselves silly with sweets, we went back to my mom's house to have a delicious home-cooked meal. And I didn't skip dessert. 
A compromise was made and we decided that we would pick him up in Auburn, have lunch together then he would teach for an hour then we would head to show. It was a bit of a mess but we figured it out. We got to the school where they were staying around noon. The kids were really happy to see daddy! We ate lunch at this little Mexican place then watched the corps practice for a while before heading to the show.
As much as I live to plan a head, make lists and do spreadsheets, Eric loves spontaneity. At home, if there's something we can't figure out... "I bet Uncle Austin could do it." If there's something we can't reach... "I bet Uncle Austin could reach it." If there's something we don't know... "I bet Uncle Austin knows it." And if there's a very, very close second in the favorite-family-member-department, is my stepdad, "Papa". Josh was just thrilled to spend the whole day doing crazy boy stuff and I think the big boys were just as thrilled! 
This time he bought us Mariner's tickets for that evening's game! 
Told you he's spontaneous That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Oh well! Its still good! Its a little walkup fish & chips counter outside The Crab Pot, for anyone who might be looking for good, fresh, fish. They have cod, halibut and salmon. They have burgers too and really good ice-cream. Unfortunately Josh had used up all my battery life in the aquarium so I didn't get any pictures of the food. 
And yes, I totally know I'm completely nuts. 
My. Worst. Nightmare. THAT, my friends, is why I HATE GUM. Blaugh! I would just love to get a cheese danish (mmmmmm... cheeeeeese daaaanish) and a lemon aid and sit in a hammock on the beach! 
Today, its Morocco. I'm pretty sure I could convince DH to go there with the lure of sliders and there's always chicken strips for the kiddos. I'm just not sold on dessert.... however Karmel Kuche is just a hop and a skip away. Just saying'. I am also pretty curious about the American Dream frozen slushy thing at the American pavilion. I am certain I could convince DS to get one so I could have a sip or three. I would like DS to see The American Adventure. He's going into Kindergarten in the fall... do you think it will go over his head? Or is it family oriented? I've seen it before but its been soooooooooo long ago that I don't remember a thing about it. Oh well. I guess, we'll find out, won't we?! The kids will love Farmer Mickey. Heck, I'll love Farmer Mickey! And I'm already having dreams about that berry cobbler. I think this is one of our later ADR's so I am not sure that we'll be able to stay for IllumiNations but I hope we get to see it a second time. After that we'll have to get back to CBR and start the unthinkable... packing! 
Hi Megan! I am so glad you made it over to my PTR! Isn't it nuts with those Star Wars characters?! There's just so MANY of them!
I was so nervous about Harmony and how good the actual haircut would be. I am so glad I saw your pictures! Tessa looks so cute with her new do! Its good to know that they are experienced with kids who may not want their hair cut. I have no idea how DD will do with a stranger touching her hair. I was picturing leaving with only half of her hair done! I'm excited though! So I guess we'll see!
That is too funny about the Advent Calendar! Anthony wanted that sooo bad but we never ended up getting it. Maybe this year. I bought him a Lego Star Wars sticker book last year that had all the characters in it. It was very informative! I can't wait to try the Red Velvet Cupcake!
Your trip is right around the corner!!!
Seattle looks like fun. I have never been there, but I would like to go there someday.
You are doing Epcot the same way we are, our 1st day there will be focused on FW and the 2nd day we will focus on WS. We didnt spend nearly enough time in Epcot a few years ago when we were there last.
The day we left, it was in the 80's! So, yes, the weather is pretty fickle. However, IMHO, there is absolutely no other city more beautiful than Seattle on a gorgeous day. Especially when the mountain is out!
I think your DD will be fine at Harmony. Just let them know before hand that she may be scared. One of the barbers does not allow children to sit on a parent's lap so I would just make them aware that she may need to do that. Thanks we love Tessa's hair cut! It's so much easier than all that hair. I was afraid about having half a hair cut too! If we hadn't found those bubbles it may have been a possibility!
Okay, I have read through your ADR post! You must get to Starring Rolls! Can you believe I did not get there in May?
We ate lunch at H&V this trip and like you I could find NOTHING on it! We all enjoyed it. It wasn't real crowded and I really liked the salmon and turkey sandwiches they had. Anthony ate 3 plates!
Flametree BBQ is my favorite CS place in Disney World. I did not make it there this trip either! What was wrong with me?!?
We did Crystal Palace breakfast last year and I loved it! Very, very good. As for MK CS we have eaten at Cosmic Rays and Columbia Harbour House. Both are really good. I have eaten at the Moroccan CS place in Epcot and it's really good too. Sunshine Seasons looks like it has a lot of variety but we have never been.
Ok back to read more!
I really want to try the Moroccan place now. It sounds delicious!
Normally, I am not the sort of person who would plan a park day on our travel day. I get way too nervous about being on time and all the little what-ifs that go into travel. But I didn't plan this trip, did I? Eric planned it and he bought park tickets for it! Actually, I'm really glad he did. Our flight isn't until 5:30 that evening so we'll have one more half day to enjoy the Magic Kingdom. 
is done because I really, really want to focus on attractions for our final hours in Disney. There's just so much to do before heading back to Main Street! Eric is anxious for this. Her hair is kind of a mess. It really needs to be cut but I am so nervous on how it will turn out! Her hair isn't very long and I have just been able to pull it back into a single pony. I don't want them to cut off a ton of length and I don't want them to cut bangs. For some reason, even though I know they do hundreds of kids a day, I don't really have high expectations for the hair cut. Eric says, of course they'll do a good job. They don't want a person leaving with a bad hair cut and saying "Oh, I got it at Disney World." But do they really take their time to do a good hair cut? Or is it an assembly line, get-em-in-get-em-out kind of thing? Anyway, mix it in with the fact that Ev has some serious stranger-danger issues, like I said, I don't have high expectations. I am planning getting the extra "Colored Hair Gel and Pixie Dust" for both kids for the plane ride home though. I thought it would be a nice little souvenir. Once we get home we will go straight to bed but we'll have all our wonderful Disney memories to keep us company. *sigh*
Why oh why do WDW trips ever have to come to an end??!!
Your last day in the world sounds perfect! I'm sure they will do a great job at Harmony
Last meal at WDW at CP...awesome! We have actually never eaten there, but we are having bkfst there in Dec. Love those character meals
Single digit dance for your trip
I wish it would never end!You had H&V lunch too?! I think instead of doing a TR, I'm just going to copy & paste yours!
I wish Josh was as an adventurous eater as Anthony. I was looking through your TR again last night and I was getting so jealous! Josh would never want to go to Les Chefs or Katsura grill with me! Oh well, maybe he'll grow into it.
Too funny! Well they say great minds think alike so we must have great minds! I hope Josh will fight Vader this year, I think he will. Anthony spent quite a bit of money in the Star Wars store. We have a few of those BYO Lightsabers and Droid. It's fun though!
