3rd Times a Charm! Mar. 8-14..lots of pics

[thelittlemermaid83]

How beautiful does Claire look in her Belle dress.

 

[smithpack]

I can not wait to see Claire in her BBB pictures. She already looks so darn cute in that dress. I bet she will be a true princess when she is through, oh wait she already is. Tell her not to wear that dress to milk the cows!!

 

[jenseib]

That belle dress on her is too cute!!! I really want another child, a girl this time.. just to dress her up now.. too cute!!

Those are great shots of the parade. . what camera are you using? oh, which parade was it and where did you sit?'

Can't wait to see more..

It's the Move it shake it celebarate it street party. It stops in the hub and they sing and dance, then when they are done they proceed down maistreet towards the entrance and keep singing. We were just on mainstreet close to the hub.
I was using my Canon Rebel XTi that day.

 

[serene56]

Thank you. It was a big hit. Lots of little girls wanted that dress.

Great-- I am all caught up now.

After Halloween these past few years I go to the Disney Store and get a princess dress for 50% (i get the medium with hoping that is the size she will be when we go to Disney)

she loved the cinderella dress that we try it on each month-- its still huge on here and she loves loves loves the little gloves I got.
Last year I scored a belle yellow fancy dress...She hates it- its got all that crinoline itchy material on it--- I am hoping she changes her mind before we go because that dress is simply beautiful.
My grand daughter is NOT a prissy missy though so by the time we go the cinderella dress might not be going. (sigh)

 

[jenseib]

We got the Jasmine outfit on clearance this past Halloween. It was $29 for the outfit, shoes, neckalce/earings, and a set of stickers. LOL!

 

[jenseib]

ok , I took my camera in to get looked at today. It has a bent pin in the card slot. It will cost $250 to repair it! I can try to do it myself the guy said. I need to get a thin eyeglass type screwdriver and see if I can tick it back ever so slightly. UGH! MNot sure what I am going to do now. I don't know if I should fix it or look at a new one. $250 is alot for a repair I think. I'll probably try myslef, and then see if it works. If not, I don;t know what I am going to do.

 

[that's nice]

ok , I took my camera in to get looked at today. It has a bent pin in the card slot. It will cost $250 to repair it! I can try to do it myself the guy said. I need to get a thin eyeglass type screwdriver and see if I can tick it back ever so slightly. UGH! MNot sure what I am going to do now. I don't know if I should fix it or look at a new one. $250 is alot for a repair I think. I'll probably try myslef, and then see if it works. If not, I don;t know what I am going to do.

maybe try it yourself.. if that doesn't work take that $250 and put it towards a new camera. The prices of cameras are coming way down, you should be able to get a really nice camera for a good price!

 

[jenseib]

After the photopass shots we then went around to the back of the castle and parked the stroller and got inline to check in at BBB. We got checked in at 1:10 and I told them Claire would also like the red Belle crown and they handed one to us.
I had forgot something in the stroller, so we went back out real quick since we still had time before our actual appointment at 1:30.

I took a picture of her with her new crown on, and of course she makes a dorky face.

Claire did NOT want to wait outside, She was worried we would miss them calling us. I tried to explain we had time, but she insisted we go back in. I really didn’t want to go back in because the waiting are is small and there were a lot lf people. Oh well, we went back in.

A little background…
Last year we had this booked at the DTD location. We had it for our last day. The day before is the day that Claire had gotten sick. She still wanted to go, so we got up early t hat day and headed over to DTD. Once we got there though she started crying. I think she was still not feeling well (she did A LOT of crying that day) and over tired as well. The FGIT tried to talk her into it, but it was a no go, and we ended up not doing it.
Last summer we went to the Mall Of America and after being there most of the day, I asked her in the evening if she would like to try out Libby Lu and she did, and loved it. And since then has asked several times when do we get to go back to BBB.

So today was that day!

I clicked pictures inside while we waited. Claire asked about every 30 seconds when it would be her turn. LOL!

 

[jenseib]

maybe try it yourself.. if that doesn't work take that $250 and put it towards a new camera. The prices of cameras are coming way down, you should be able to get a really nice camera for a good price!

Thats what I'm thinking. I might look into a Canon 40d or 50d. Probably the 40d. It runs alot cheaper now that the 50d came out.

 

[jenseib]

More pictures while waiting.
It was next to impossible to get any of the dresses. People were hoarding around them and it was a tight squeeze in there, so I kind of gave up.

Waiting impatiently.

I was secretly a little impatient too. LOL!

DH called close to 1:30 asking if we were in yet, and I told him we were still waiting. He said he went for a drive and then drove over to the Richard Petty’s driving experience and was thinking about doing the ride along. I told him to go for it. But he said it wasn;t until 2 and he wasn’t sure he wanted to wait. He did and he did it. He said it was super cool, but didn’t really tell me too much about it, except that he could feel the rubber blowing on him as they went around the track.

About 1:35ish we were called back. Lauren was our FGIT.
She was just OK. I saw others with peppier attitudes and talked more, but I saw worse ones too. Claire picked out the Diva do. I asked her if instead of making the hair look like a bubble (like I had seen in many photos) could she make it more spikey, and she basically said no. She said they had to do it a certain way and if others saw it different then all would ask for that. I was kind of mad about that. I just hate the bubble look. She did say she would try not to bubble it as much. (which I think she totally forgot).

She asked Claire what color of hair extension she wanted, and what does my kid pick….PINK! I said I didn’t think they had pink, but sure enough the do! UGH!

We also met the photopass guy and I let him know we had pre bought the CD. I think he kept confusing us with the people next to us though. He mentioned to them a couple of times about the CD, and they had no clue what he was talking about, so each time I reminded him it was me. LOL! At the time I didn’t think he got that many of Claire and was a bit disappointed. But when I looked at the pictures online I see that he really did take a lot. Much more than what my sister got taken in January. He did miss a lot of the makeup shots though, so I am glad I was there too. His are MUCH better though.

 

[that's nice]

Those are cute pics in the BBB.

I'm sure my DD would have picked the pink ones too!!!! My wife can't wait to take our DD there when she gets a little older!!!!

Tim

 

[jenseib]

Those are cute pics in the BBB.

I'm sure my DD would have picked the pink ones too!!!! My wife can't wait to take our DD there when she gets a little older!!!!

Tim

It was such a fun experience.


Since your a camera guy, what would you do...if I can't fix this stupid camera on my own, which I doubt I can...Would you get the same modle but the newer version (I have a Canon Rebel XTi) the newest version is XSi, which I think I can get the body for about $500 or so. Or upgrade to a 40d which would run about $800. Now I really don;t want to spend ANY money. LOL! But I have read that the 40d and the XSi have alot of the same features.

 

[jenseib]

Lauren puts her cape on her and goes to town. Now Claire will scream and cry at home when I brush her hair, even when I barely touch it, but she sat quiet and still for Lauren. LOL!

 

[that's nice]

It was such a fun experience.


Since your a camera guy, what would you do...if I can't fix this stupid camera on my own, which I doubt I can...Would you get the same modle but the newer version (I have a Canon Rebel XTi) the newest version is XSi, which I think I can get the body for about $500 or so. Or upgrade to a 40d which would run about $800. Now I really don;t want to spend ANY money. LOL! But I have read that the 40d and the XSi have alot of the same features.

I wish I was the camera guy!!!LOL

I'm sure there would be someone more qualified to answer this question than I.

I don't know if you are a costco member, but on their website they have a 40D with 18-55 & 55-200 VR lenses for $599 with a 2gig memory card. They also have a D60 for $100 more with the same lenses. There is a Canon XSi with the 18-55 is lens for $699.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10604-Cat83&topnav=
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10604-Cat83&topnav=

I'm not trying to make you spend money.... i'm just saying!LOL

 

[Corjack]

Lauren puts her cape on her and goes to town. Now Claire will scream and cry at home when I brush her hair, even when I barely touch it, but she sat quiet and still for Lauren. LOL!

Amen sista!! I asked Grace about it and she said, "Mommy, that would have been embarrassing if I cried in front of all those people".

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

OMG I love this picture! Look at her dress spread out so nicely, just like a lady and the face fits perfectly too!! Again, I have to say your daughter is absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to see the after pictures with the pink hair!!

 

[jenseib]

She is just loving all the attention

Gotta test and see if those nails are still wet. LOL!

And there she goes….Starting the “bubble” process,

 

[jenseib]

Thanks everyone again!
She can make some strange faces. LOL!

And I swear anyone can brush her hair but me. But of course I am the one who does it everyday.

I will continue tomorrow. I need to get to sleep now. I was hoping to get to the reveal pics, but I keep getting sidetracked. LOL!

My pictures aren't that great either. I stupidly had my camera on autofocus and when I took "reveal" pic it focused on the back of her head instead of the mirror. Thank goodness the photopass guy knew what he was doing.

 

[joy13]

Great pictures! I think we discussed before your trip - I'm not big on the "bubble" either. I'm sorry she wouldn't do it more like in the brochure. Looks like Claire is loving it so far.

 

[Corjack]

when I took "reveal" pic it focused on the back of her head instead of the mirror. Thank goodness the photopass guy knew what he was doing.

I was really glad that our reveal picture come out so good. I think those photo pass people in there do a GREAT job! I had NO idea they took as many as they did!

jackie