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

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

Boy can I relate to sweating up a storm trying to get my daughter dressed! It can absolutely be a workout, especially when they don't want to cooperate!

I love all the PP pics at PF. I don't think I have ever seen those before. Can you get the PP person to take the pics and add them to your card without buying the prints? We went to the dinner there before and they never took our picture????

Claire's dress is beautiful! You did a great job!

 

[annmarieda]

I love... love... LOVE that dress. You did an awesome job altering it!!! Claire looks so cute in it!

 

[cass'mom]

How beautiful Claire looked in the Mary Poppins dress! What a unique dress so I am sure she got a lot of attention!

Oh no! Did you really leave the charger in the room? I can't wait to read and find out!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I love how your mother ooh and ahh'ed over the Grand Floridian. I remember seeing it for the first time and doing the same thing. Claire looks absolutely adorable in her Mary Poppins dress and I am glad that she got over her being woke up to early grumpiness.

 

[jenseib]

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?

She did good once she got going and by the end of the day you would've never known we had been up late the night before. Yes, I do leave a charger...and I must say, what a pain to try and get it back.

Boy can I relate to sweating up a storm trying to get my daughter dressed! It can absolutely be a workout, especially when they don't want to cooperate!

I love all the PP pics at PF. I don't think I have ever seen those before. Can you get the PP person to take the pics and add them to your card without buying the prints? We went to the dinner there before and they never took our picture????

Claire's dress is beautiful! You did a great job!

They don't add them to your card. Only if you buy the picture can you access them all online. There is a code on the picture that you can type in like other photopass codes. Kind of like at CRT and Akerhaus does with their pictures, only you get them free there.

I love... love... LOVE that dress. You did an awesome job altering it!!! Claire looks so cute in it!

Thanks. I had this major obsession after seeing Janet's (Momrtk) DD's dress a fe years ago, Of course I couldn't afford the $300 plus she charges, (and worht every penny I am sure as they are GORGEOUS!!!) but I did spend close to $100 once all was said and done. It was the most expnsive Halolween costume I ever did. But I bought it in segemtns as i found what I needed. The dress was the most expensive. But buying the boots made it go way over the budget. LOL! But they REALLY make the outfit and I never have regretted it. I have gotten some great pictures of her in it and it has lasted 2 years now.

How beautiful Claire looked in the Mary Poppins dress! What a unique dress so I am sure she got a lot of attention!

Oh no! Did you really leave the charger in the room? I can't wait to read and find out!

She was shy at first, but soon started loving it, though she is sometimes quiet in the way she loves it.

yes, I do leave a charger. I could've really kicked myself too!

I love how your mother ooh and ahh'ed over the Grand Floridian. I remember seeing it for the first time and doing the same thing. Claire looks absolutely adorable in her Mary Poppins dress and I am glad that she got over her being woke up to early grumpiness.

It is such a pretty resort. I think since we have bee back my Mom has planned about 10 different trips for next year. 1st it was a RCCL cruise, then DCL with the whole family, then to GF for a couple of days and now she's talking California and possibly a day a DL. She won't make up her mind till probably Jan, so who knows where she'll end up.
Claire did great that day. a few times we had a few small crying spells and actually I was close to 1 a time ro two as well......but she made it pretty good. Nothing any different than any other kid who had a full nights sleep. Probably better than most of them.

 

[jenseib]

Tigger was next and he was great fun!

I almost felt we were slightly rushed with the characters. It wasn’t bad, but not the best we have had.

We had a little wait so I took a picture of Claires waffle. I guess it was too cute to eat.

Then came the lady we had been waiting for and interaction was great!

I was bummed this one came out so blurry.

Claire was very shy throughout the whole meet. She would nod her head. We couldn’t really hear what they were talking about, but it seemed they were enjoying themselves.

Claire had a lot of pictures with her mouth wide open.

Mary was so nice. She said they had a wonderful conversation and Claire just kept nodding, but she didn’t think Claire actually spoke at all. LOL!
Claire was over the moon with the meet. And my Dad thought Claire was so beautiful standing there with Mary.

 

[Wicket's Mom]

Those were great photos, good job on Claire's dress.

Do you buy the Photo Pass cd & if you do is it better to get it before you arrive?

 

[Caretames1]

It looks like they had a wonderful converstion! Love all the photos, Claire looked AWESOME I bet she was in awe, things like that can make you speechless.

I'm going to have to show Kadence these in the morning, she's been too naughty to stay up late tonight

 

[jenseib]

Those were great photos, good job on Claire's dress.

Do you buy the Photo Pass cd & if you do is it better to get it before you arrive?

Yes I do. I actually do a share...on facebook, and I lead it. I prebuy the CD because it is cheaper that way.

It looks like they had a wonderful converstion! Love all the photos, Claire looked AWESOME I bet she was in awe, things like that can make you speechless.

I'm going to have to show Kadence these in the morning, she's been too naughty to stay up late tonight

Some of Claires favorite times are when she hardly talks.
She just takes it all in.

Claire was NOT going to bed last night. I was about to fall over and she kept coming in my room and asking dumb questions. I think at one time I had a conversation with her while I was halfg asleep. She had some excuse why she didn't need to go to bed.

 

[dekkerdisneydreamer]

I remember seeing that dress somewhere.....

I'm sorry it was so hard to get Claire dressed, but in the end it was worth it for the beautiful shots you got! Not to mention how much fun Claire was having!

I don't want to know what it was that was left behing in the room. It doesn't sound good.

 

[marymac123]

So cute! My DD6does the same shy thing with the characters! We had the same Mary last Aug in the MK. Love the dress!!

 

[pjstevens]

Claire looked beautiful in her Mary dress! Your photos are great (as usual). Our first love is POP (before we bought DVC) and we still go back and 'visit' and take photos. So glad to see the work being done across the lake. They weren't doing much of anything in January (and we've watched it rust away over the past six years).

 

[annmarieda]

Thanks. I had this major obsession after seeing Janet's (Momrtk) DD's dress a fe years ago, Of course I couldn't afford the $300 plus she charges, (and worht every penny I am sure as they are GORGEOUS!!!) but I did spend close to $100 once all was said and done. It was the most expnsive Halolween costume I ever did. But I bought it in segemtns as i found what I needed. The dress was the most expensive. But buying the boots made it go way over the budget. LOL! But they REALLY make the outfit and I never have regretted it. I have gotten some great pictures of her in it and it has lasted 2 years now.

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I have been seeing her dresses too... They are truly amazing!!! But yes, can't afford the (worth every penny) cost. I had wondered if I might be able to alter something myself. After seeing what you did... I wonder more if I could. Then again though... you did such a good job putting it all together I am not so sure I could even come close to getting something like that done. Those boots, while they put it over the budget are WAY too cute.

 

[JKSWonder]

Some of Claires favorite times are when she hardly talks.
She just takes it all in.

Claire was NOT going to bed last night. I was about to fall over and she kept coming in my room and asking dumb questions. I think at one time I had a conversation with her while I was halfg asleep. She had some excuse why she didn't need to go to bed.

My Allison is EXACTLY the same. She just nods most of the time too.

The other night, I woke up to find Al standing thisclose to my face. I had a minor heart attack before I realized it was her. She then proceeded to state "I just blew my nose and it hurt when I did it". Great, Al. Thanks for that. Was it necessary to give me this all important info at 3:00 a.m.? I sent her back to her room.

 

[PrincessBetsy]

I love Claire's dress! It looks amazing. That picture with her and Mary is so cute!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

My Allison is EXACTLY the same. She just nods most of the time too.

The other night, I woke up to find Al standing thisclose to my face. I had a minor heart attack before I realized it was her. She then proceeded to state "I just blew my nose and it hurt when I did it". Great, Al. Thanks for that. Was it necessary to give me this all important info at 3:00 a.m.? I sent her back to her room.

This type of thing happens frequently at my house too with DD8. Usually she claims a bad dream or she can't sleep. She goes back and is asleep within minutes. Me, not so much. I lay awake for an hour.

 

[joy13]

I love that she got to see Mary Poppins in her Mary Poppins outfit - perfect!!!!! I'm glad your Park Fare went better than mine did 2 years ago. I don't think I ever got that far in my trip report! We woke Maddie up from a nap to get there and she freaked out and thought the stepsisters were going to rip her dress! Uggh! So I'm glad she woke up and enjoyed the experience.

So tell me more about photopass shares on Facebook?

 

[brookelizabeth]

Jen, your dark ride pictures are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! You use a different lens for those, right? You might need to give me a few pointers in a couple weeks!

Look at those grins! THAT'S what it's all about it! LOVE it!

And wow, you guys are amazing for staying that long at MK!!!! I have only been in the park that late once, during NYE - and it was fantastic. Zero lines everywhere!

Claire looks practically perfect in every way in her Mary Poppins dress!

 

[MickeyMouseCD524]

Your Mary Poppins dress is beautiful and the pictures of Claire and Mary are so cute.

 

[MEK]

I am pretty far behind on your TR, but I have to tell you that Claire's dress is gorgeous. Kudos to you for making that. I think she had to be, without a doubt, the prettiest girl at the GF that day.

How about that regular parking - that's a mistake I'll never make again.

Fun pictures of Pop.

Excellent, late night at MK.

Tomorrow I will go back and try to read some of what I've missed.

Gorgeous macro photography