3 little boys, 2 new parks to explore & 1 first time onsite & ddp!

[princess&her4princes]

What a GREAT party!!! Cole looks like he had an awesome time!!! And what cool presents...I was checking out the fold n'go garage.....hmm, what kind is it? Where can I get one for my Cole? And woohoo about the Power wheels, so cool, he's stylin' now!!!!! That's awesome that you guys could put away and save for a big gift for each boy!!!! Still can't believe he's 2 though....that means mine is almost 2, too!!!!

Hope you're well!!!!

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

What a GREAT party!!! Cole looks like he had an awesome time!!! And what cool presents...I was checking out the fold n'go garage.....hmm, what kind is it? Where can I get one for my Cole? And woohoo about the Power wheels, so cool, he's stylin' now!!!!! That's awesome that you guys could put away and save for a big gift for each boy!!!! Still can't believe he's 2 though....that means mine is almost 2, too!!!!

Hope you're well!!!!

He did have a wonderful time and got a lot of neat presents. The fold n'go garage is from Tonka. It goes with those mini wheel pals. I'm not sure if you are familiar with them or not but they have them at Walmart, Kmart and Target to name a few. There are big ones and mini ones. Cole has a lot of each. I love them and so does he. Unfortunately he hasn't really played with the garage yet. My brother and his wife got it for him. I am hoping that as he gets a little bit older he will be more interested in it.

All is well here, just busy. How are things for you? I'm sure you are busy too. Any plans for your Coley's bday yet? It is crazy that my baby is 2 I always forget about it until someone asks how old he is, it is so sad to say he is 2.

 

[brookelizabeth]

WOW! What a great party! I have been thinking a "cars and trucks" theme for Henry's 2nd b-day too, but dogs are a close second. I love the colors and the cupcakes and cake are amazing.

I can't believe how big Cole is. I remember those sweet rolls from your last TR, and now he's a little boy! Same thing with my Henry though.

Sigh.

No prob on the advice I gave earlier - I hope it helps! Sunshine Seasons has lots of American choices - the chicken I've read is REALLY good.

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

WOW! What a great party! I have been thinking a "cars and trucks" theme for Henry's 2nd b-day too, but dogs are a close second. I love the colors and the cupcakes and cake are amazing.

I can't believe how big Cole is. I remember those sweet rolls from your last TR, and now he's a little boy! Same thing with my Henry though.

Sigh.

No prob on the advice I gave earlier - I hope it helps! Sunshine Seasons has lots of American choices - the chicken I've read is REALLY good.

Thanks, I also LOVE the colors. That was one of the selling points to me. Boys and Cars go hand in hand.

I know, I can't believe how big he is either. I don't know what happened to my little butterball

I will have to check out the chicken at Sunshine Seasons.

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Just wanted to throw in a little side note

Looks like next year we will be taking a 2 week road trip for vacation. We will be driving out to visit friends in Las Vegas. We will stop to visit family in Az for a day or two on the way and see the Grand Canyon and such. Then, while in Vegas we will head over to Calif. for a day or so and check out Disneyland one day and Legoland, etc.! It's not Disney World but I'm thrilled because according to my hubby we aren't doing disney every year so this will be my way of sneaking it in!

Anyone ever been to Disneyland??

 

[princess&her4princes]

Just wanted to throw in a little side note

Looks like next year we will be taking a 2 week road trip for vacation. We will be driving out to visit friends in Las Vegas. We will stop to visit family in Az for a day or two on the way and see the Grand Canyon and such. Then, while in Vegas we will head over to Calif. for a day or so and check out Disneyland one day and Legoland, etc.! It's not Disney World but I'm thrilled because according to my hubby we aren't doing disney every year so this will be my way of sneaking it in!

Anyone ever been to Disneyland??

Sounds great!!!!

 

[princess&her4princes]

Hey Tracy!
What's new? Hope you're well!!!! Thinking of you!!

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Just wanted to post a small update but it's big for me....about a week ago I got some mail....

Our MNSSHP tickets!!!!!

I was so excited to see them! It is the first time we've ever gotten tickets to anything special at Disney. It is making me even more excited for this trip.

I'm sorry I haven't been on in quite a while. I promise to try and get on here soon and do an update of some sort.

 

[princess&her4princes]

Just wanted to post a small update but it's big for me....about a week ago I got some mail....

Our MNSSHP tickets!!!!!

I was so excited to see them! It is the first time we've ever gotten tickets to anything special at Disney. It is making me even more excited for this trip.

I'm sorry I haven't been on in quite a while. I promise to try and get on here soon and do an update of some sort.

Yay, how fun!!!! That is VERY exciting!! Can't wait to hear/see more!!!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Just wanted to throw in a little side note

Looks like next year we will be taking a 2 week road trip for vacation. We will be driving out to visit friends in Las Vegas. We will stop to visit family in Az for a day or two on the way and see the Grand Canyon and such. Then, while in Vegas we will head over to Calif. for a day or so and check out Disneyland one day and Legoland, etc.! It's not Disney World but I'm thrilled because according to my hubby we aren't doing disney every year so this will be my way of sneaking it in!

Anyone ever been to Disneyland??

YAY! WAY TO SNEAK IT IN! Sounds like a really great trip overall too.

I've never been to Disneyland, except by reading various TRs!

And on the MNSSHP tickets!! That is very exciting!!!

 

[dspads]

Just found this, I'm planning our Oct trip and I am looking for inspiration! I am having so much trouble trying to plan our days between MNSSHP, the limited showings of Fantasmic, not wanting too many late nights, avoid/not avoid EMH, not getting hoppers...ack my head is about to explode.

This was fun to read, look forward to hearing more.

Your kids are adorable!

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Yay, how fun!!!! That is VERY exciting!! Can't wait to hear/see more!!!

I was rather thrilled by it, it's the little things that excite me..lol.

YAY! WAY TO SNEAK IT IN! Sounds like a really great trip overall too.

I've never been to Disneyland, except by reading various TRs!

And on the MNSSHP tickets!! That is very exciting!!!

Yeah, I am already looking forward to planning that one. It will be neat to go to a lot of different places.

Love the tickets.

Just found this, I'm planning our Oct trip and I am looking for inspiration! I am having so much trouble trying to plan our days between MNSSHP, the limited showings of Fantasmic, not wanting too many late nights, avoid/not avoid EMH, not getting hoppers...ack my head is about to explode.

This was fun to read, look forward to hearing more.

Your kids are adorable!

It sounds like you are having the same dilemas that I am facing. I know what you mean about your head feeling like it will explode. It is a lot to have to think about and plan.

Thanks for the compliments!

 

[DisneyFairy66]

Have a good Memorial Day Weekend!

 

[JAG2007]

Hi!

I am planning our first trip to Disney World for 9/27-10/02 - Great trip report -- been debating if I should start one as well, although I don't have any concrete plans - or ideas for that matter - yet.

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Have a good Memorial Day Weekend!

Thanks, I hope you...and everyone else had a great Memorial Day weekend as well.

Hi!

I am planning our first trip to Disney World for 9/27-10/02 - Great trip report -- been debating if I should start one as well, although I don't have any concrete plans - or ideas for that matter - yet.

Thanks for the comment. Wow, another one with the same start date. First trip huh? How exciting. I hope you have good luck getting ideas and plans for the trip. We don't have that much time left until we leave 4 months to go

 

[KennedyMcKenna]

Just wanted to post a small update but it's big for me....about a week ago I got some mail....

Our MNSSHP tickets!!!!!

I was so excited to see them! It is the first time we've ever gotten tickets to anything special at Disney. It is making me even more excited for this trip.

I'm sorry I haven't been on in quite a while. I promise to try and get on here soon and do an update of some sort.

Yippy skippy!!!! Did you go for the Oct. 2nd one?

 

[KennedyMcKenna]

Let me first apologize for being a bad hostess again. It seems as though life keeps getting in the way of my dis time,lol. Things have been crazy around here as they always are at this time of year. We had to plan and have Cole's bday. We are planning Dylan's bday the 13th of next month, we are doing field trips and all the other end of the year type things at the boys' schools. I will try to get some of Cole's bday pics up now though and will work on the rest soon..I promise.

In case you didn't know, the theme for Cole's bday was 'The Dog'. I wanted to do Cars (since this is his favorite thing in the world right now) but my best friend who's little boy will be 2 next month wanted to do that also and she didn't want them to have the same theme. Soooo, I decided to go with 'The Dog' because he loves dogs so much too. I'm sure he will still be into Cars for next year.

We held it at the park shelter house one block from our house.

The dessert table:

the cake and cupcakes I saw online and had my mom recreate:

some dog bone sugar cookies and puppy chow I made and put into dog bowls to serve. The hershey kisses have stickers on the bottom that say Cole's 2nd birthday with a picture of a dog. (don't mind the red cups..I know they don't match but we had forgot to get them)

the rest of the tables

close up of table

balloon bouqet that was on the dessert table but Cole had to have it

waiting for the fun to begin. Here is where you can tell mommy got carried away and accidentally cut his hair too short. He ended up with a buz cut for his bday,lol...oh well.

random shots of the party

Cole and my best friend's little boy Alex. We accidentally put them in the same jacket this day..makes it even harder to tell them apart from the back,lol.

Blake and my niece Madelyn being silly (and my mom)

Ok, I better go for now. I will return with the blowing out the candles and presents portion.

Soooooo adorable

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Thanks for the comments Kennedy!



Ok, so i don't have much in the way of Disney to update yet. I'm waiting on the park hours to be released and my 90 day ADR time. I would like to share a couple of pics though. First I will show you my binder and folders in it because I think it's cute.

see the shadow of Tink? the littlest things make me happy,lol.

Also, I have wanted to get this little guy on past trips but it just didn't seem like it was worth it off site. Now that we will be staying onsite and doing the ddp I was very excited to purchase this a while back. I have since read the entire thing

picture of some sandals I just thought were really cute.

AND, I have set a goal for myself to loose some weight and tone up by the time our trip comes (and hopefully for this summer also). My goal was to be able to be comfortable in a swimsuit and not embarrased (sp?) I also wanted to be able to wear a 'normal' bottom swimwuit. I have only been getting the ones with the shorts for as long as I remember because of not wanting to show my legs/butt. Well, so far in the last 2 months I have lost 7 1/2 pounds and am feeling better about myself. I only have a few more pounds to go and some toning to do to reach my goal. Soooo, I went swimsuit shopping a little early. I figured if I bought a suit I could hang it up for inspiration to continue working out.

Here is the one I found.

I LOVE it. Teal is my favorite color and I LOVE palm trees. It's perfect because it's as close to a bikini as you can get but with still covering the one area I don't think will ever be the same since I had my 3 boys (my belly button area). What do you think?

here are the shorts and tank top I got that match to go over it when I'm not in the water

Ok, that's all I have for right now. I might throw on some pics of what we have been up to lately (field trips and such) if anyone is interested.

 

[princess&her4princes]

OMG, Tracy, I LOVE the Passporter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm the proud owner of two and I just think they are the BEST book for Disney traveling and so handy, too!!!!!!

You go girl with that bathing suit!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so jealous, I will never get this Mommy of three boys in something like that again...Coley put me right over the edge in my mid section, as hard as I'm trying, not sure I will ever get there! But great goal and I'm sure Jerry will be psyched to see you in that bathing suit!!!

You're waiting for park hours like me.....it's getting SO close but the EMH are holding me back too!

 

[KennedyMcKenna]

You go girl!!! Those shoes are super cute, and of course we want to see more pics!!