A Hop, NO Skip, and Many Mishaps to a Disney Dream!

[mom2rtk]

She gets mad if I don't tell her when Claire's pictures are up. She doesn't read along with all my sub threads, just yours, Janet's (who wouldn't ) and one other one (teenage girl who loves princesses and characters and has tons of pics)

The only part of her looking is went I post, I have to hide my signature form her. So far ,so good!

Awwww..........Thanks Carey. Tell Kadence I'm honored!

I better not wait as long for the next update, huh?

 

[Caretames1]

Awwww..........Thanks Carey. Tell Kadence I'm honored!

I better not wait as long for the next update, huh?

You're welcome! Kadence loves looking at Katie's outfits, and has asked me where she gets them I told her you make them for her and Kadence wants me to sew one for her Good Luck kiddo!

 

[mom2rtk]

You're welcome! Kadence loves looking at Katie's outfits, and has asked me where she gets them I told her you make them for her and Kadence wants me to sew one for her Good Luck kiddo!

So what's holding you up? September is only a month away and you have customs to make!

 

[Caretames1]

So what's holding you up? September is only a month away and you have customs to make!

You are a funny lady! The only custom thing I'm making for this trip is her autograph book! Which I finished last night! When I have some more time alone, I'll take some pics and put them up!

 

[jenseib]

Wow, I had forgotten that this was still your first day in WDW and that you had just gotten off the Dream that morning - what a full day!! I need a fainting smilie

Loved the pictures of Claire trying to get the sword out of the stone - too funny!

It was a long day. But very fun.
It was hysterical watching her try to work it out with all her might. That is probably where she used her last bit of energy at and then konked out.

She gets mad if I don't tell her when Claire's pictures are up. She doesn't read along with all my sub threads, just yours, Janet's (who wouldn't ) and one other one (teenage girl who loves princesses and characters and has tons of pics)

The only part of her looking is went I post, I have to hide my signature form her. So far ,so good!

Thats so cute. Tell her to go find Marie, some pictures coming up either today or tomorrow will have Claire holding heres. LOL!

 

[jenseib]

Day 6 ~ April 4th, 2011, Monday

Another early day for me. I don’t know why I can’t sleep, but why try and fight it. I believe I didn’t actually lie down till 4 AM the night before.
I didn’t write down what time I got up, but I know my first picture was taken by 8:30. I am pretty sure when I got up I showered before going out, so I would say I had to be up no later than 8. Yeah, that would equal about 4 hours of sleep.
I grabbed my mug and went up to get a refill. I took pictures along the way, and also called Skip to see how things were going at home.

And a look across the lake at Art of Animation.

I then headed back to the room to make sure the family was starting to stir. Also we had to be packed AGAIN! We were moving over to Residence Inn near Sea World today. In the future, I don’t know if the money we saved going there (it was free with my Moms rewards points) is worth the moving. It became tiresome. And I have just found that I really like being immersed in all things Disney while staying on property.
My Dad got up and tried tip toeing around so Claire could sleep longer. My Mom let him know that a bomb could go off and Claire wasn’t going to budge. LOL!
As I packed I plugged in my camera battery into the outlet under the table. I had 2 batteries for my SLR and one was pretty low, so I thought I would give it a quick charge so it would be ready when needed. I also gave my phone a little extra charging as well. My phone seems to love to eat the power! I charge the heck out of it and it seems to die fairly quickly when you use it a lot.

 

[dekkerdisneydreamer]

Sleep in....you fool! We're on vacation! I did do a lot of sleeping when we got home though.

Well, I could only hope for you anyway!

That is a bummer about having to switch properties. Were you beginning to feel like nomads?

 

[jenseib]

Well, I could only hope for you anyway!

That is a bummer about having to switch properties. Were you beginning to feel like nomads?

The worst part about moving was that we were going off Disney property. But it was OK. Just a lot of work with our zillion suitcases

 

[bubba's mom]

You were right...a long day!

off the ship, to the parks....

altho, I'm kinda sad you didn't make it till the 2:45am meet/greet

After a long day like that, why not? I mean, I know you's were tired (that was obvious from poor Claire), but c'mon...what's 15 more minutes?...at DISNEY nonetheless.

Look forward to more.... I've never been to SW. (on bucket list tho)

 

[jenseib]

You were right...a long day!

off the ship, to the parks....

altho, I'm kinda sad you didn't make it till the 2:45am meet/greet

After a long day like that, why not? I mean, I know you's were tired (that was obvious from poor Claire), but c'mon...what's 15 more minutes?...at DISNEY nonetheless.

Look forward to more.... I've never been to SW. (on bucket list tho)

I know, I know. I keep kicking myself for not staying. And I now probably won't ever have that chance again. But oh well, nothing I can do about it now.(except kick myself harder) Live and learn!

 

[jenseib]

It finally came time to start getting Claire up. My plan was to wash her hair this morning. She had all that gel in it from the day before. Claire had other ideas about waking up, and I have to say, I don’t blame her. She was up very late the night before.
I would’ve let her sleep longer, but we had a very important breakfast to attend. I knew when I made this ADR, that it was going to be really pushing it to get there, but I also knew it was going to be well worth it.
We were going to 1900 Park Fare. A breakfast with characters….and not just any characters, one we REALLY wanted to see…..Mary Poppins!
Claire finally got moving and it was now getting late. Dad was loading the van with everything not needed at the moment as I got Claire moving. It was now too late for a bath or hair wash. That would just have to wait till tonight.
Claire was cranky and actually complained when I put her dress on. She didn’t understand how special her dress is and thought she would rather go in just regular clothes today. I am pretty easy going when she wants to change out of costumes, but this time I didn’t give in to her way. She ONLY had to wear this dress to breakfast and then she could take it off…forever if she wanted to.
I kept watching the clock and started to get a little panicky. I struggled with putting on Claire’s boots and I think the sweat was pouring off me at this point. Sometimes getting a 6 year old dressed is a major workout.
I did a VERY quick look around the room as I stood to leave and rushed out the door. That is NOT how I usually leave anywhere. I am one of those people who usually looks under the beds, under tables in drawers, in the shower, etc. before I leave. I just didn’t have the time and I soon regretted not taking that extra look around.
My Dad has a sarcastic since of humor and soon was joking with Claire on the way over to Grand Floridian. Claire, not being in a chipper mood at the moment, was NOT happy with is comments. I don’t think he understood the deal with dressing up for a breakfast at all either, nor just how special her dress was.
As we approached Magic Kingdom, I got confused about which lane I was supposed to be in for the resorts. I asked at the booth and they told me to cut ALL the way across and follow that road on the other side. That was a treat, but I did it!
Soon the Grand Floridian was in sight and Mom Oohed and Ahhed at the sight of it. She declared this was a place she most definitely wanted to stay at someday.
We still had time to spare for our 10:45 ADR. Yes, we made it!!!
I pulled to the gate and the CM working was kind of snooty. I gave him our name and told him where we were going. He acted like we just weren’t good enough or something. He asked if we wanted to Valet park. I said no, just the regular lot would be fine. He told me to follow the signs then. I did. DUMB mistake. I strongly suggest paying the extra money and using the Valet parking. We kept driving and driving and soon came back around to the road. We saw that regular parking was across the street. We almost went back around to Valet, but we didn’t want to deal with Mr. Snooty again.
Now on this day, my body ached the worst! It hurt to even think, that’s how sore I was.
So this walk to 1900PF seemed like 100 miles away. Plus with the walk, I started to worry once again that we would be late.
As we walked up to the entrance one of the CM’s standing there told Claire that she was the most beautiful girl he had seen all day. My Dad started to eat this up. I told Dad then that the dress Claire was wearing was a creation of mine. This dress was not sold at any stores and a very rare thing to see at Disney.
Claire on the other hand scowled. I think she was a bit embarrassed by the attention, but she soon got over that.
We made it! And checked in right on time. We asked if we could add a 4th to our table. (Remember I had only made ADR’s for 3 people, because it was supposed to be Skip, Claire and I) They said yes, gave us a pager and we went out to the lobby. Mom looked the place over and again ooh and ahhed. I wanted some pictures of Claire.
She kept giving me silly faces and poses.

Soon our buzzer went off and we went back to the check in area.
We had some pictures taken before going in. They really liked Claire’s dress and made such a big deal over it. They did say there was another girl as Mary Poppins inside already too. What are the chances that we show up wearing a Mary dress and someone else is too. LOL!
I did buy the pictures. I just had to have them. And then we had photopass access to all they took.

We were then led back to our table and guess what? We were seated right next to the other little Mary Poppins. And I have to say her dress was very cute as well. I think I like Claire’s better, but I might be bias. Claire’s was full, while the other girls was more straight lined, but still very cute.

I don’t know what it is about 1900 PF, but we always seem to have the worse service here. Nothing super terrible, but just SLOW. If you need something, it seems to take forever to find your waitress. We had slow service again this time around, but we still had a great meal.
Claire got her autograph book out and waited for someone to come see her.

I went and got her some food so she could get started and warned her to be careful and not spill on herself.

Soon our first friend came around.. One of my all time favorites…Winnie the Pooh!

Alice was next!

 

[petals]

Loving the pop pictures and Claire's Mary Poppins dress

 

[Caretames1]

I would have bought the picture too! Those are nice photopass shots Is the first one in the folder they give you? It fits with Claire's dress so nicely.



I hear you about getting a kid dressed When Kadence gets it in her head that her outfit itches or doesn't feel right, I want to run away!



Kadence want Claire to know that Marie is her favorite( right now) and they must be twins!

 

[jenseib]

Loving the pop pictures and Claire's Mary Poppins dress

I LOVE this dress. I was so happy to be able to take it to Disney to wear before she outgrew it. She had worn it for Halloween in 2009 and it was long, so I had my friend hem it. This trip I took the hem out and it still fit. I doubt we wil ltake it on another trip, but you never know, if it fits, it's going!

I would have bought the picture too! Those are nice photopass shots Is the first one in the folder they give you? It fits with Claire's dress so nicely.



I hear you about getting a kid dressed When Kadence gets it in her head that her outfit itches or doesn't feel right, I want to run away!



Kadence want Claire to know that Marie is her favorite( right now) and they must be twins!

I liked the pictures too, and yes, that was the folder it came it, which was cute too.
Claire can be a devil to dress at times. Most days she does it herself and is fine, but when she's cranky, wow, what a work out!
Claire has sooo many animals. Marie takes her turn as being a favorite. Some days she's not improtant and other nights she can't sleep with out her. I am thinking of buying her the baby Dumbo this trip to bring back for her. I think it is so cute.

 

[Caretames1]

I am thinking of buying her the baby Dumbo this trip to bring back for her. I think it is so cute.

My favorite animal Kadence got was Baby Dumbo It's so soft and adorable!

 

[Woth2982]

I cannot believe Claire is almost as tall as Alice! She has to be off the charts height wise! Did you make the Mary Poppins dress yourself? I absolutely love that dress! Mary Poppins was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

 

[rndmr2]

Getting caught up on the latest couple of updates. I got a chuckle out of Claire with her knee up on the Stone trying to get the sword out

I have been hoping to try 1900 Park Fair (for any meal) sometime soon. Maybe on the next trip (whenever that is). I LOVE that Mary Poppins dress!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Love Claire's Mary Poppins dress, it's absolutely adorable!

I'm worried that you maybe left your charging camera batteries and cell phone in your room.......

 

[jenseib]

My favorite animal Kadence got was Baby Dumbo It's so soft and adorable!

I know, it looks so cute and I was surprised it didn't come home with us last trip.

I cannot believe Claire is almost as tall as Alice! She has to be off the charts height wise! Did you make the Mary Poppins dress yourself? I absolutely love that dress! Mary Poppins was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

She is very tall. I think there is only 1 other kid in her class as tall as her (a boy). I didn't make the dress. I got it from our dance stuido. She ordered it for me. It's a ballet dress actually. And hten I added to it and turned an old Easter hat into a Mary Poppins hat and bought the parrosel from Michaels and added to that as well.

Getting caught up on the latest couple of updates. I got a chuckle out of Claire with her knee up on the Stone trying to get the sword out

I have been hoping to try 1900 Park Fair (for any meal) sometime soon. Maybe on the next trip (whenever that is). I LOVE that Mary Poppins dress!

She really was working at it.
I have had dinner there twice and we always have enjoyed it, but service is slow when it comes to refills and getting anything extra. The step sisters are a riot there though.

Love Claire's Mary Poppins dress, it's absolutely adorable!

I'm worried that you maybe left your charging camera batteries and cell phone in your room.......

You are right! about one of those things!

 

[bubba's mom]

She's a great kid...she doesn't LOOK tired in her dress pix.

What a trooper.

I'm guessin you forgot a plug/charger?