2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 2

[Diana Lyn]

OMG, that is hilarious!!!

Walker has a set of those teeth someplace. We should have them wear them on the cruise!

They actually came in a pack of 4. The Easter Bunny dropped them off for us.

I have the one with the gold tooth in the front. I wear em when I'm singing my Eminem and Kid Rock songs.

Emma has the old hag pair.

Julia and Bruce have ones with giant spaces in between the front teeth and nasty fillings and chips in them. I call those redneck with no dental coverage teeth.

I'm thinking I need to break those out for the Christmas card pics.

 

[cgcw]

It sure is!! It's a Cinderella Pontiac Solstice Power Wheels, Santa brought it for Christmas and we've just had a ton of fun with it. It's funny because Julia can't really steer it yet, so Emma gets to drive her around the yard in it. Julia gets to control the radio. But Emma isn't thrilled about her music selections. I think I'm in for it when they get older.

For those of you keeping inventory, yes my 2 1/2 yr old and 18 month old has her own Princess car and bouncy bounce. My house has a Toys R Us sign on the front lawn.

Okay, which bouncy bounce do you have? We have the Little Tikes version with the slide exit. The kids absolutely love it. They used it Thursday and Friday but now it needs to dry out as it's outside. That should be fun as it doesn't take much rain for it to become a swimming pool. Good thing the motor is in the garage.

Toys R Us --- you haven't seen my house. Mary, did I show you the inside of my garage when you were here?

 

[WDWLVR]

Diana - trust me Cindy definately has the edge when it comes to TRU. Yes I saw the inside of the garage and if you were to sell what is in there, and in your backyard you most likely wouldn't have to work for a year or more!

I think Cindy has at least one (and sometimes more) of every little tikes item.

 

[Diana Lyn]

Okay, which bouncy bounce do you have? We have the Little Tikes version with the slide exit. The kids absolutely love it. They used it Thursday and Friday but now it needs to dry out as it's outside. That should be fun as it doesn't take much rain for it to become a swimming pool. Good thing the motor is in the garage.

Toys R Us --- you haven't seen my house. Mary, did I show you the inside of my garage when you were here?

I can't even begin to imagine how many toys you have!!

This is the bouncy bounce we got. Right now it's set up in the basement (Bruce the Shark is THRILLED about that!) but my long term goal is to get it out in the yard. We are expecting the lawn service chemical dude to come any day now, so after that we'll bring it outside. Bruce also hates things on his precious lawn, but you guys know who always wins with him right?

 

[alikat99]

I can't even begin to imagine how many toys you have!!

This is the bouncy bounce we got. Right now it's set up in the basement (Bruce the Shark is THRILLED about that!) but my long term goal is to get it out in the yard. We are expecting the lawn service chemical dude to come any day now, so after that we'll bring it outside. Bruce also hates things on his precious lawn, but you guys know who always wins with him right?

Ok, we need to get one of those. How big is it??? Since we have a pretty large pool, we don't have much of a back yard.

 

[MarkRG]

That bouncy thing is VERY cute!

 

[Diana Lyn]

Ok, we need to get one of those. How big is it??? Since we have a pretty large pool, we don't have much of a back yard.

It's small enough to fit in my basement and we have a pool table. I'd say the outside dimensions are maybe 10ft x 10ft? It's about as tall as I am so less than 6 ft high. It inflates in under a minute and deflates and folds into a duffel bag. I got it on clearance at ToysrUs for $149. It's worth it for me just because I don't have to pay $20 for the day to get them into the bouncy places here.

 

[alikat99]

It's small enough to fit in my basement and we have a pool table. I'd say the outside dimensions are maybe 10ft x 10ft? It's about as tall as I am so less than 6 ft high. It inflates in under a minute and deflates and folds into a duffel bag. I got it on clearance at ToysrUs for $149. It's worth it for me just because I don't have to pay $20 for the day to get them into the bouncy places here.

I see it online at toysrus, and it's $149, but it's $50 to ship it!!!

 

[Diana Lyn]

I see it online at toysrus, and it's $149, but it's $50 to ship it!!!

That's crazy! I just drove to my TRU and picked it up myself. It was really heavy, but not $50 heavy.

 

[cgcw]

I can't even begin to imagine how many toys you have!!

This is the bouncy bounce we got. Right now it's set up in the basement (Bruce the Shark is THRILLED about that!) but my long term goal is to get it out in the yard. We are expecting the lawn service chemical dude to come any day now, so after that we'll bring it outside. Bruce also hates things on his precious lawn, but you guys know who always wins with him right?

Very cute -- but somehow I don't think my boys would be thrilled to jump in there!

We put it up for a couple of days and then take it down to give the grass a chance to recover. I usually put it in a different spot so it's not always on the same patch of grass. And, it always comes down weekly because the lawn mower and weed wacker would be detrimental to it's use.

 

[alikat99]

That's crazy! I just drove to my TRU and picked it up myself. It was really heavy, but not $50 heavy.

When I checked online, all the Bounce 'Rounds all said "only available online".

 

[scrappy910]

CONGRATULATIONS CAROL ON YOUR 200 POSTS​

That's my big (ok, my older sister) sister for you -- always talking!

Hmmm, comparing my # of posts to others, I don't seem to be the chatty cathy here! Thanks for all for the congratulations. Who would ever think you could get congratulated just because of the # of times you have spoken. I don't remember my 6th grade teacher congratulating me???

Welcome back Steve. I know when Joe comes back from conferences/conventions it takes forever to go through all the "stuff" he comes back with. Unpacking the clothes is the easy part - just dump them all in the clothes hamper.

Well, need to get back to my scrap room. I seem to just keep moving things around. Guess it would help if I would just get those pictures into albums. Cindy, when I did crops I use to put out my tools for the customers to use. Of course, it helped them so they didn't have to buy everything until they got a chance to try things and see if it would be a worthwhile purchase. Me on the other hand am one of those people who has to have everything and now!

Carol

 

[cgcw]

Diana - trust me Cindy definately has the edge when it comes to TRU. Yes I saw the inside of the garage and if you were to sell what is in there, and in your backyard you most likely wouldn't have to work for a year or more!

I think Cindy has at least one (and sometimes more) of every little tikes item.

So, you did see inside there. But, I know you didn't get a peek at the inside of the shed.

Diana, you have no idea.

Right now, I can count in my yard and on my deck:

7 cozy coupes. The fire truck, pickup truck, police car, green camper, original, newer original and the green mini van
Three wheelbarrels
5 blue trikes -- not including the 6 red ones stored in the shed
3 scooters
6 Slides of various sizes - a castle, the 8-1, the little toddler size, the step2 treehouse, the fisher price tree house, the one attached to the playset/monkey bars
3 basketball hoops
3 shopping carts
1 playhouse
2 sandboxes
1 ball pit
2 grills
2 picnic tables
several little push toys
4 rocking horses
2 two wheelers


So, that my true motivation for selling on ebay is to cleanup around here some of the things that the kids don't play with much. In no way will they ever be lacking in items to chose from but eventually we just might be able to use our garage for what it was originally intended.

Do the girls want to come play? Wait, not today, it's raining

 

[cgcw]

That's crazy! I just drove to my TRU and picked it up myself. It was really heavy, but not $50 heavy.

We bought ours at TRU as well. A very little, very heavy box. While it's not the princess version, I'm sure it's pretty similar.

 

[Diana Lyn]

When I checked online, all the Bounce 'Rounds all said "only available online".

Maybe that's a ploy to get you to pay the $50 shipping charge! My TRU had the princesses, a Spongebob and 2 Little Tikes-- a $199 one and a $300 + one.

I was in Walmart today. GASP!! The HORROR!!! They had a cute Sesame Street one but it was $299 and I think that's way more than they are really worth.

 

[cgcw]

Amy, I've seen them in my Sam's Club too.

 

[rsschneck]

25 more weeks!

My new favorite number

 

[rsschneck]

Happy Anniversary

 

[alikat99]

So, you did see inside there. But, I know you didn't get a peek at the inside of the shed.

Diana, you have no idea.

Right now, I can count in my yard and on my deck:

7 cozy coupes. The fire truck, pickup truck, police car, green camper, original, newer original and the green mini van
Three wheelbarrels
5 blue trikes -- not including the 6 red ones stored in the shed
3 scooters
6 Slides of various sizes - a castle, the 8-1, the little toddler size, the step2 treehouse, the fisher price tree house, the one attached to the playset/monkey bars
3 basketball hoops
3 shopping carts
1 playhouse
2 sandboxes
1 ball pit
2 grills
2 picnic tables
several little push toys
4 rocking horses
2 two wheelers


So, that my true motivation for selling on ebay is to cleanup around here some of the things that the kids don't play with much. In no way will they ever be lacking in items to chose from but eventually we just might be able to use our garage for what it was originally intended.

Do the girls want to come play? Wait, not today, it's raining

Ok, when we come up to Chicago, the girls are DEFINITELY coming to your house to play!!!

 

[gometros]

Sorry to bounce this discussion to another topic, but I h ave a few quick questions about MNSHHP, now that I read Deb's site. We always like to take a late lunch reservation to take advantage of lunch prices at the parks and I made a PS for LTT the day of MNSHHP. Deb's site happens to mention LTT as a good place to eat before the party, but if we eat there lunchtime is that too soon or is dinner different? Also, does the party work like the E-Ride nights? In other words, if we're already in the park, do we go to CIty Hall and turn in our tickets for bracelets or something like that?