We love Sombrero Donald. I hope we get lucky and find him again too!
I always stop at Mexico, I think the outside is beautiful and the inside is a colorful explosion. One day I want to dine inside by the water, the only thing stopping me is the food. I'm not a huge mexican food fan.
I'm sure my DS will want to eat at the Cantina, so I'll think of you.
It would be hard to pick which animal to buy, they are all very neat.
I was hoping for a hidden
MeMom pic with maracas or something....
I like to find the characters in some of their unique outfits. I'd like to go to Donald's breakfast sometime just to get them in their safari wear.
Mexican food is just a little too much for some people in the heat of summer, but we've enjoyed our Cantina visits.
If I ever get an animal, it'll probably be based on price.
I wonder if he's ever carved an ant? I might be able to afford that!
Brooklyn is just so cute posing with the animals. I have a sudden urge to go to the zoo!
MeMom, that little porcupine is the cutest little thing!! I bet you could make one with toothpicks. Hehehe.
That sounds like a craft Brooklynn and I can do someday. We could have fun with Play-Doh and toothpicks!
Oh and MeMom/Jill....
when I woke up at 1AM to go potty, my first thought was about the surprise.
We are a pitiful bunch of people, aren't we?
When I get up at 1, I think about crazy things, too!
I guess we better be coming up with something really good with all this interest. I hope it doesn't disappoint.
The food at the Cantina is always so yummy! Love all your pictures from Mexico -- it is always so fun and colorful there!
about the lizard and the truck!!! I love it!!!
Jill, Brooklyn is so cute at the rehearsal, sitting on the steps and listening to instructions. My parents lived in Cleveland for a few years after I moved to Atlanta, and I remember only too well how cold it could be there in the summer compared to our southern temps!
We've always had good luck at the Cantina, too.
It's rather warm in the south today, I know that. The air is thick out there!
The picture of John and Brooklynn getting ready to go down the aisle is awesome.
I bet John was hating being dressed up as much as Brooklynn was loving it.
MeMom, I really tried to take some good pictures on the Grand Fiesta tour but ended up deleting most. Yours were awesome. "The Lizard that Ate Germany" was giggle worthy! You find the best photo ops!
Jill, It looks like you did well putting up with the in-laws. I'm so glad that your mother isn't like that.....
Like I always say, I just snap like crazy and get lucky sometimes.
John's mother and I have very different personalities, wouldn't you say, Jill? John's mom loves the spotlight, and you pretty much know where I stand on that idea.
If we had had an adjoining room with John's mom I would have switched hotels. John's dad is great but his mom is drama all the time! We had told her two times at breakfast that her khaki capris and black top were fine for the rehearsal then after heading to the room she kept walking down to our room and asking what I thought "was I sure this was okay?" If you want to get an image of my mother in law picture Marie Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond. That's her!
She did really well listening at the rehearsal and following directions. I was a little concerned since I was in charge and you know sometimes kids listen to strangers better than their parents. Potty at 1 am seems like I was doing that not so long ago, now it's feeding at 3 am!
Jill had the line in purple right after the Marie Barone quote, so I was reading it as John's mom did well listening and following directions at the rehearsal!
Jill,
Thanks for the mini trip report. It looks like a great weekend, and I am sure you were pretty tired when it was over. Brooklynn was beautiful in her flower girl dress. You had a good idea to get a new movie for Brooklynn so that you could get her hair curled. You did a great job with it, her hair looks really pretty. I love the pictures of Brooklynn in front of the rhino. What a difference two years makes!
She's a pretty good Mommy, I think! She didn't get to recuperate when she got home, because she had to get Bella to the doctor first thing Monday morning. She probably needs about a ten hour nap right now.
awwww, I had the biggest crush on Davy Jones when I was little!! I used to love to watch The Monkee's and then seeing him on The Brady Bunch....
How funny seeing him in re-runs and liking him!!
Jill, thank you for sharing the mini-wedding report!! Brooklyn looks like a little princess in her dress and curls in her hair!!
I was at the same hotel they (The Monkees) were staying at once a long time ago. We never saw them, but everyone was talking about it.
Haha...yeah we call it pop here and always laugh on our drive down as it turns to soda or coke.
AW! Brookie looks so cute all dressed up!
That would be interesting research to do - stop every few miles down the road and see where the drink terminology changes.
She looked so adorable Jill! I love all those curls! Bella's dress is totally cute too!
Like I said, we just did the family wedding thing last summer and to get the kids looking at the camera AND the sdults smiling was a real challenge. The only family pic that ended up turning out has Liam sitting in a stroller near the altar.
That picture of Bella is perfect. She's just always along for the ride, and usually is pretty content.
But aren't the pictures with the kids looking different ways or making funny faces sweet ones?!?!?
Brooklynn seems to have had a wonderful day, and her curls were still hanging in there at the end of the day. I love that picture of her with the bride and groom.
I'm surprised the curls held as well as they did, too.
Brooklyn's curls are so adorable and they held up well!
I can't stand weddings that are so unorganized, it drives me nuts. My husband was in one last month and it was like that, drove me up the wall!
Nearly every one of the last few days held surprises for the people involved. It was getting to be a
terrible joke at the end.
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I'm thinking that between all Jill's pictures and mine the last couple of days, I might have a dream tonight that involves hunting for Donald while riding a rhino through Mexico and then having a giant lizard trap me in a truck while I'm on my way to a wedding!
Poor little Bella!
and she's been texting me and sending me pictures, as Katie did, because I like living vicariously. 
DHS has EMH tonight, so that's where they are. I've so far gotten a picture of the hat and a picture looking down Sunset Blvd. towards the ToT. 
you can see at the very beginning of our wedding video, when the camera is panning the guests, that jamie is walking around and asking people to sign the guest book. i wasn't very happy!
