A Very Disney Christmas! Nov/Dec 2010 PTR (Trip Drama & 2 Days! 11/24)

[BippityBoo]

Hi Becky!!! Are you home yet from Alabam? My hubby and I are planning for Disney tonight and I was thinking of you I think we are both very lucky to marry Disney people like ourselves! Chris is super pumped about our trip and even suggested we add 2 more days!!!

 

[ladybugmom]

We are probably going to pass each other on the interstate this weekend. We are headed up from Alabama to Nashville and then to John's parent's in Paducah, KY. Have fun at Beauty and the Beast. I have seen it twice and it was amazing both times!

Too funny!! We had a great time at Beauty and the Beast! The girls LOVED it!! Brent and I had seen it when it came to Memphis years ago before kids. We loved it the 2nd time around!!

Beautiful pictures from the girls' dance recital!!! So cute!

Love the new living room furniture! Have fun seeing Toy Story 3 and Beauty and the Beast this weekend!

Thank you Jackie!! We had a great time seeing TS3 AND B&B!!

So many fun things going on for you - dancing, new furniture, a movie, and a play. Thanks for sharing.

Claire's little bracelet is cute, and so are the puppies.
It's neat to see the big girls and little girls working together. Good experience for both.

Enjoy your weekend!

Aww--thank you!! Yes, lots of fun things for sure!!

Oh my goodness, those dance recital pictures are beyond adorable! That makes me so excited to put Lily in a dance class, but she has to be 3years old before she is allowed to start. I hope she likes it! Those Jessie tshirts are so cute! Have you been stocking up at the Disney store sale this week? I have to say I definitely got a few things there for Lily.

Thanks Ann! I haven't gotten too much at the Disney Store but I did get Claire a new Tinkerbell backpack for only $4.99!! She REALLY needed a new one as her old Minnie backpack was pretty filthy!

 

[ladybugmom]

Great recital pictures! At our recitals, no one is allowed to take pictures or videotape. We're actually quite strict and if an usher sees so much as a cell phone, they will escort them out of the auditorium! However, parents can take as many pics at dress rehersal as they want.

We have a professional guy who comes in and tapes both of our recitals. He also takes candid pics throughout dress rehersal and put them on the disc with the shows! They are always great pictures.

Love your new furniture! What an exciting weekend! I can't wait to hear all about "Beauty and the Beast". It's a fabulous show!

We're seeing Toy Story 3 tonight and I'm so excited!!!

Thanks Meghan!! We aren't allowed to videotape at the recital either and we can only take pics WITHOUT a flash! At dress rehearsal we can, though. Thankfully I know what settings to use on my camera to get shots without a flash! We also have a professional videographer who tapes the recital and we can purchase a DVD. I've already ordered mine!!

Beauty and the Beast was wonderful!! As was TS3!!!!

BTW--I was able to find the girls those Jessie shirts at ON on Friday!! Thanks for the heads up!! They were sooo excited!!

First of all congrats on getting your story published. It is such a sweet memory.

Second the girls look adorable at their recital. I am actually going back to help out at mt old dance studio's recital this weekend and can't wait to see all of the girls dances.

Have fun at TS3. I am so excited to see the movie as well.

Thank you!! We enjoyed TS3 soooo much!! I ended up crying like a baby!!

Becky, great job on the recital pictures - its so hard to get good shots in the dark like that. I think its really sweet that they had the little ones dance with a big girl. They looked adorable together! Sweet sweet sweet!

Thank you Rebecca!! Yes, thankfully Brent helped me put my camera on the settings it needed to take decent pics without a flash!

Becky,

The recital pictures are awesome! My DD16 has been Irish Step dancing for 11 years now and I still cry at every recital! My DD17 and a bunch(5) of her friends are taking my DS and my niece and nephew to Toy Story tomorrow morning. I am not sure who is more excited; the teenagers or my 4 year old! Enjoy your fun-filled weekend.

Kelly

Thank you Kelly!! Oh--we all LOVED TS3!! It was such a great movie!! Did you get to see it?!

 

[ladybugmom]

The recital pictures are adorbable. Your girls are so cute!

Love the Toy Story 3 pictures. I can't wait to go see the movie this weekend.

I love your living room. Don't you love Ashley furniture?

Thank you!! We LOVED the movie!! How did you like it?! I ended up crying like a baby!! Yes!! We LOVE Ashley Furniture!!

What beautiful recital pictures and adorable costumes! I just love the girls matching brown print dresses (Gymboree, right?)

Thank you Renee!! Yes, the dresses are from Gymboree!! So glad you added me on FB!!

I love the recital pictures! I would have loved the wizard of oz ballet. Ally and Claire look just adorable in both their dance costumes. I bet they had so much fun! Have fun at Beauty and the Beast! You will love it, I have seen it 3 times. Once on Broadway and the other two when they were traveling through Pittsburgh. It is one of my all time favorite musicals to see!

Thank you!! The girls had a BLAST dancing on stage!! This was our 2nd time to see B&B and the girls 1st time--their first Broadway show and they LOVED it!! We saw it when it came to Memphis before the girls were born.

Beautifull recital pictures!! It looks like the girls had tons of fun! My girls have their recital this weekend!!

Love the furniture too!!!!

Have fun at Toy Story and Beauty & the Beast!!

Have a great weekend!!

Laura

Thank you Laura!! How did your girl's recital go?!

 

[ladybugmom]

Great pics from the dance recital! Your girls are so adorable, I bet you were one proud mama!

Have fun at Toy Story 3 today, I've got tickets for Jared and I to go too - can't wait!

Thank you Michelle!! Yes!! I was very proud of both of them!!

Girl--we LOVED TS3!! What about ya'll?!?!

Your girls are adorable and I love your new living room furniture

Thank you!!

The pictures from the recital are so adorable... have fun this weekend !! I can not wait for Toy Story 3 either.....

Thanks Lulu!! Did you see TS3 yet?!

Adorable dance pictures!! I can't wait until Peyton is old enough to start taking dance. Cute furniture as well.

Thank you so much!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi Becky.... Congratulations on your story getting published.... what a great keepsake!

Too funny you were 'found' in another TR. There are a few people going at the same time as I am... it'll be fun to look for my family in the pictures

We're hopefully seeing Toy Story 3 tonite. We've been counting down the days but my younger two have come down with colds and aren't feeling great. They're determined to see it though so we'll see.

Have fun at Beauty and the Beast!

Hi Tracy!! Thank you!! Too funny, huh?! I would not have known if Sara hadn't have pointed it out to me!!

So did you get to see TS3?! We loved it!! I ended up crying like a baby!!

Simply adorable!!! I bet it was a wonderful evening!

Thank you!! It WAS a wonderful evening!!

Love the furniture Becky!!! Woo Hoo for Toy Story 3!!! We are heading to the movies to see it in a few hours

Thank you!! Did you like TS3?! We thought it was fabulous!!

Hey Becky...

love the pictures of the girls...too sweet. I wish my eyelashes looked that good

Wiz of Oz is like my ultimate fav movie...that would have been so fun to see. Love the girls shirts for TS3...Nathan will be wearing his themed shirt too when he & I see it tomorrow.

Have a wonderful weekend, sounds super busy but fun!

J~

Hey Julie!! Thank you!! Yeah--all 3 of us girls AND Brent have really long eyelashes!!

So did you love TS3?! We did!! I cried like a baby!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Becky,

I have a Bibbity Bobbity Boutique question for you. First off, sorry that your pictures didn't turn out from your recent trip. That totally stinks.

I've noticed that you always book BBB 1st thing in the morning, at 8 am. How do you keep Ally in those clothes all day? My daughter complains that the costumes are itchy and uncomfortable after about 30 minutes. Even the original Disney ones purchased from Disney. For her Snow White dress she had to wear a tshirt under it just so it wouldn't annoy her as much.

Do you have a secret tip?

THANKS!

Thanks! I hate it, too but am thankful that we get to do it again in Dec!! Actually Ally doesn't end up wearing her princess dress all day long--nor does Claire. They both put them on first thing in the morning and wear them to the BBB. Then after the photo shoot they change into normal clothes. This year they changed back into their princess dresses right before our dinner at 1900 Park Fare and then after the dinner--back into their clothes!! I hope this helps!

Cute dance pictures, Becky! I always love going to the recitals. Looks like the girls did a great job! You must be a proud mommy.
So sweet of Claire to name her dogs after her and her big girl. Love the bracelets.
The furniture looks great in your house! I love what you picked out. I've been on the lookout for a new kitchen table for a about a month now. Haven't found what I've been looking for yet.
Hope you enjoy TS3!! We're waiting for next week to see it.

Thanks Barbara!! Ya'll are going to LOVE TS3!!! It was sooo good!!

I already commented on FB, but your girls looked ADORABLE at their recital! I loved Ally's tap outfit! You must be one proud mama
Also, saw that you loved TS3 and that it was a tearjerker!! We're sooo excited to see it tonight-- I can't imagine how packed the theater will be. I'm still surprised that it wasn't crowded when you saw it!

Thank you Kylie!! Yes!! I cried like a baby at TS3!! So what did ya'll think of it!?

Awww, it looks like the girls had a great recital! You got some great pictures! It looks like it was a really well-done show!

And I love the new furniture! That's always so much fun - I'm currently wanting a new entertainment center for my family room, but I'm trying to talk myself out of it because I don't know what I would do with the one I have now!

Have a great weekend away! You're going to love Beauty and the Beast I'm sure. I saw it years ago on Broadway and it remains one of my favorite shows!

Thank you Courtney!! Yes, their studio always puts on a great show!!

Yes, Brent and I saw it back befor e had kids when it came to Memphis!! We LOVED it the 2nd time around!!

 

[ladybugmom]

First off - Sara...OMG!!! I can't believe you spotted Becky in that photo!!! That is just unbelievable!!!

I scanned all photos the 1st time - didn't see her.

Then scanned all of them again - still didn't see her.

I thought perhaps you were referencing the people way in the background on the pool slide and couldn't figure out how you could have picked her out.

Then I went back to your post and saw that you referenced the 7th picture. I had to go back through the photos again, and....WOWZA!!! OMG - it's Becky!!!!

I couldn't believe it! Good spotting girl!!! That is too funny! I wonder how many of us are sitting in other people's albums right now in photos just like that!

Becky - what wonderful photos you have of the girls' recital! What a production!!! I am so envious of how first-rate children's dance productions are in the States. While we have a number of professional dance studios here, none of them can compete with what you guys have in the States. Everything from the costumes to the entire production sounded amazing!

Did you take any video? I would love to see it!

Hope you enjoy Toy Story! A couple months ago I had it in mind for Declan's Birthday Party next weekend, but I am so glad we switched our theme. Turns out we have been invited to THREE Toy Story B-Day parties over the next 2 weekends!

Enjoy your weekend away, and have a fantastic time at Beauty and the Beast! What a wonderful Mother's Day present!

Thank you Trish!! Well, not ALL productions here are 1st rate! You should have seen the recital where Ally took her 1st year of dance! It was horrible and very poorly done! That's why I ended up taking her out and putting her somewhere else! I did not take any video--you aren't allowed b/c they have a professional that does the video and then we can order a DVD of the recital.

WOW!! THREE TS3 birthday parties!! Sounds like you'll be seeing the movie several times!! It was sooo good, though--I doubt you'll mind the repeats!!

OMG! The girls' recital pics are fantastic! Those dances are too cute!

Have fun at B&TB and happy Father's day!

Thank you!! We had a great time at B&B!!!

Hi Becky, I've so enjoyed following along on your PTR, as we'll be staying at the Poly in December, and it's fun to hear what your plans will be for your November/December trip. Anxious to read your May trip report! The girls look beautiful at their recital; I'm so excited for my daughter to be old enough to start dance!

Thank you soo much!! What are your dates for Dec?!

Your girl's dance picture are too cute! They both look like they really enjoy it so much. I miss my DD taking dance. She took ballet and tap last year and they did the most precious dance to "A Whole New World" from Aladdin at the recital. The problem was that we got to see the older girls dance at the recital as well and I was shocked and disgusted at their skimpy/trashy costumes, the music and dancing styles. Even the 7 year old girls danced to "She's a Brick House" in a way that just made me sick. I had no idea that the older girls were being taught those sorts of dances, so I didn't let my DD return this year (she would have been going into that 7 year old class). One of the groups of teenage girls also danced to "Baby Got Back" and I honestly thought a stripper pole was going to descend down from the ceiling at any moment! It was the most unbelieveable thing I have ever witnessed. Thank God my DD was in the back waiting for her song and didn't see that freak show! After seeing your pictures though and remembering how much we enjoyed it otherwise, I'm wondering if we should look into another dance studio.

Loved the house pictures too. It is all very pretty! Love that wood flooring.

Thank you!! Oh my!! Those dances sound horrible!! YIKES! I don't blame you--that's certainly not anything I'd want my girls to be a part of either!!

 

[ladybugmom]

I have to wait to see pictures from home, so I've just now seen the girls recital pictures. They are so incredibly adorable!

Aww! Thanks!! i'm so g lad you liked them!!

How did you like Toy Story 3? We saw it tonight and I just loved it! It was so cute and then ending was just perfect. A great way to end the trilogy.

We LOVED it!!! I agree--a great way to end the trilogy!! Did you cry?! I sure did!!

Hi Becky,
I loved the girls recital pictures, they are so adorable! Looks like they love dance so far . Your new furniture looks great too! I guess your new home is coming along. We are still waiting for our dining room set( back ordered) and new sofa for the bonus room. Will be delivered in July. I hope you have a great Father's day weekend with your family and enjoy Beauty and the Beast. We loved it so much when we saw it in NYC that we had to see it twice. Your family will love it too I'm sure.

Thanks Nichole!! They really do love dance!! Yes, our house is coming along slowly but surely. We're getting things for the house little by little. We really enjoyed B&B!! It was our 2nd time to see it. We saw it back before kids came along when it came to Memphis. The girls LOVED it!! It was their 1st Broadway show!!

CUTE recital pictures!! Your girls are so adorable! I can't wait until Sarah Kate is old enough to start dance classes.

Love your new furniture!!

The girls TS3 outfits are really cute! Hope you guys enjoyed it!

I know that you are going to have a blast at Beauty and the Beast today! Have a good weekend with Brent's family!

Thanks Julia!! How old does Sarah Kate have to be before she starts?! We LOVED TS3!! Have you seen it yet?!

 

[ladybugmom]

The girls looked adorable at their recital I am sure it was so fun to watch BOTH of them this year!!

I love your furniture!!! I think it goes great in your living room. Also (we did it AGAIN) that is my screen saver too!!! I also changed my background on DIS to the Christmas Screen to get in the mood!

I am sure you had a blast at Beauty and the Beast! Hope you update about it soon!!

TS3 was GREAT, wasn't it? I just posted about our experience. I love the girl's outfits. I am sure you all loved the movie as much as we did.

Thank you Katie!! It WAS fun to watch both--a little more hectic with costume changes--but sooo much fun!!

No way!! You have the same wallpaper?! Ok--so I'm going to have to figure out how to change my background here on the DIS!! Too cool!!

We LOVED B&B and TS3!! Can't wait to read about your experience!! I'll post ours soon!!

Thank you for sharing the wonderful pictures of the girls at their recital. They are beautiful!!

Sounds like you are having a busy weekend! I can't wait to hear about it when you return.

Trish

Thank you Trish! I really enjoyed taking the pics!! I will be sharing about our weekend very soon!

All caught up here now too. I hope you are having a great time with your family this weekend! Great pictures at the recital - the Wizard of Oz ballet looked amazing!!

We just heard of Ashley furniture and are considering buying a couch from them as well for our new place - there is one fairly close to our new house. Did you like your experience with them? How is the price versus quality? It looks really beautiful, so just seeing your pictures makes me even more apt to go check them out!

We had a wonderful weekend with Brent's family, thanks Brook!! Our experience was GREAT! The set we bought ended up being a "Tonight" special which meant it could be delivered the next day--so we got it VERY quickly!! I was impressed with the sales girl. There was a sale going on--the more you buy, the more money you save. She was able to work things out to where she added on a 5 year warranty and it ended up saving us $500!! Their prices are some of the best I've seen!! And the quality seems to be great from what I can tell so far!! We LOVE our new furniture!!

First off, Becky, Ally and Claire look adorable in their dance costumes. I'm sure it was a fun night.

Secondly, I just have to share a funny coincidence (since it always seems we have something in common). Kevin actually worked for Ashley Furniture as their HR manager about ten years ago. We had several pieces of their furniture!

Thanks Michelle!! No way! Too funny!! I'm not at all surprised there was a connection there, though!! We are loving our new furniture!!

Just repeating that DH worked for the company from '98-2000. We had a sofa and two oversized chairs w/ottomans, which we later sold. We still eat off our Ashley kitchen table and dining room table, too.

It sounds like furniture that lasts--for sure!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Congrats on being published, Becky! That's awesome and a special way to preserve a special memory for your family for sure!

Cute cute recital pictures....and your new furniture looks great in that room! I'm sure you guys were ready to have some real furniture in there!

Thanks!! Girl--you don't even know!! We were THRILLED to get furniture where everyone would have a place to sit comfortably!! It's been wonderful!

The girls are so pretty in their recital pics Becky! Congrats on the new furniture too.

Thank you Leanne!!

Hi Becky!!! Are you home yet from Alabam? My hubby and I are planning for Disney tonight and I was thinking of you I think we are both very lucky to marry Disney people like ourselves! Chris is super pumped about our trip and even suggested we add 2 more days!!!

Hi Katie!! Yes, we are home from Alabama! We got home around midnight last night! So we ended up sleeping LATE today--we all slept until 10! Well, except Brent--he got up at 5 to go to work and then flew to Brazil. He'll be there until Saturday morning.

Oooh--2 more nights!! NICE!!! So you added on to the end of your trip?! Yes, we are very blessed to be married to guys that love Disney as much as we do!!

 

[ag98]

Thank you, Becky for the info about BBB! I hadn't thought of all that changing! I scheduled our BBB experience in the afternoon so DD would be princessed up before our dinner with Cindy. Now I think we can change clothes a couple of times so she's not uncomfortable.

 

[DisneyFanDC]

Thank you soo much!! What are your dates for Dec?!

Right now, we are planning to be there December 4-11th (as long as our new baby boy is healthy enough to travel then, which we pray he will be)!

 

[cdotla]

Hi Katie!! Yes, we are home from Alabama! We got home around midnight last night! So we ended up sleeping LATE today--we all slept until 10! Well, except Brent--he got up at 5 to go to work and then flew to Brazil. He'll be there until Saturday morning.

Oooh--2 more nights!! NICE!!! So you added on to the end of your trip?! Yes, we are very blessed to be married to guys that love Disney as much as we do!!

Becky & Katie - you girls have no idea how envious I am about this!!!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Hi Tracy!! Thank you!! Too funny, huh?! I would not have known if Sara hadn't have pointed it out to me!!

So did you get to see TS3?! We loved it!! I ended up crying like a baby!!

We did! We absolutely LOVED it. Demetri was belly laughing at Mr. Tortilla Head and I was crying at the end too. Just a fabulous movie and I can't wait until it's out on DVD.

 

[ladybugmom]

Thank you, Becky for the info about BBB! I hadn't thought of all that changing! I scheduled our BBB experience in the afternoon so DD would be princessed up before our dinner with Cindy. Now I think we can change clothes a couple of times so she's not uncomfortable.

You are very welcome!! Glad I could help!!

Right now, we are planning to be there December 4-11th (as long as our new baby boy is healthy enough to travel then, which we pray he will be)!

Oh--ok!! I just noticed in your siggy that your baby boy was born 14 weeks early--how is he doing?!

Becky & Katie - you girls have no idea how envious I am about this!!!

Oh Trish--I'm sorry. There's always hope! Miracles do happen!!

We did! We absolutely LOVED it. Demetri was belly laughing at Mr. Tortilla Head and I was crying at the end too. Just a fabulous movie and I can't wait until it's out on DVD.

YAY!! So happy to hear it!! I cried several times throughout but definitely the hardest at the end!! GREAT movie!

 

[ladybugmom]

Before I get into all of our fun weekend happenings, I wanted to share with you the girl's dance portraits from this year! I just scanned them in!! And I LOVE how they turned out! These are some of the best pictures I've had taken of Claire!! Claire is sooo much harder to photograph than Ally. But she's come a long way!! Check them out!!

Next post--TS3, Beauty and the Beast, and Father's Day!!

 

[ladybugmom]

So as you know, we went to see Toy Story 3 in 3D on Friday!! We went to the very first showing here in Memphis at noon. I bought our tickets as soon as they were available on Wednesday just in case it sold out--that was not the case. It was busy but definitely not as crowded as I had expected! We were the only ones seated on our row!! Well, as many of you know, the movie did not disappoint! We laughed, we cried, laughed some more and cried some more!! The end was the part where I especially got emotional. I cried like a baby!! And would you believe that I turned to look at my family and low and behold BRENT was crying, too?! This may not shock any of you but if you knew Brent in real life--he NEVER cries!! I've only seen him cry ONE other time--EVER! No joke! Well, I didn't say a thing b/c I didn't want to embarass him--so he still has no idea that I saw tears streaming down his face. But he kept saying what an emotional ending it had and how much more emotional he thought it was than the movie Up! WOW!

Anywho, the plot was so well written--and I must say how SHOCKED I was when Lotso ended up being so evil!! YIKES!!! My first thought was why in the world did they choose him as the character meet and greet at HS?! When we saw him in May he was portrayed as this sweet, huggable bear and that was just not the case!! Brent gave the example of how I let the girls meet Captain Hook without any problem--that there are villains that do meet and greets all the time. My point was that we KNEW that they were villains and weren't posing as something they weren't--anywho just my observations!! We did LOVE the movie--all 4 of us--and we'll definitely own the movie when it comes out on DVD!! So if you haven't seen it--GO SEE IT!!! But take lots of tissues!!

Here are some pics of the girls at home wearing their Jessie shirts before we headed to the movies!

And here is one once we got to the theater (Claire is mad b/c she wants to be by herself in the picture--ugh!)!

I wanted to share this great article with you about TS3--it was posted on my Memphis Mommies board! It's about all of the hidden facts and movie references in TS3!! Sooo cool!! http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-toy-story-3-easter-eggs.html

So after the movie Brent had to go back to work and I went home to pack for our trip to Nashville! We ended up not getting on the road as soon as we had hoped but we were on our way! Claire fell asleep soon after we hit the road!

We spent the night at a really nice Hyatt Place near one of the nicer malls in Nashville (Cool Springs Galleria). The next morning we got up, had breakfast at Cracker Barrell, and spent some time shopping at the mall. Then we headed downtown to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

We ate a quick snack and took our seats to see Beauty and the Beast! (the girls are posing like Mrs. Potts)

It was the girl's very 1st Broadway show and the LOVED it!! This was the 2nd time Brent and I had seen B&B--we had seen it before the girls were born when it came to Memphis. The show was wonderful!! We hadn't remembered the role of the Beast being so comedic--not necessarily his lines but his intonation and body language were just hysterical!! And the actor who played Gaston was spot on!! Just great!! The only role that I was disappointed in was the girl who played Belle. She was the understudy and at times I found her voice going sharp and at times felt like she was yelling/pushing too hard. I doubt that many people noticed--but Brent and I sure did! YIKES! Not all songs were bad--just some. And it certainly didn't ruin the show for us. The "Be Our Guest" number was definitely my favorite!! The staging, the costumes, the choreography--soooo well done!!

After the show was over we made our way to Alabama for the rest of the weekend to spend Father's Day with Brent's family. Here are some pics I took before church on Sunday!

So we went to church and then ate at a Mexican restaurant for lunch.

waiting to be seated

Back at home the Dad's opened presents! (remember that I had already given Brent his Father's Day gift--tickets to Star Wars in Concert)

Ally posing

Brent and his girls

watching Pop open his gift

a shirt from Brooks Brothers

Super Ally

Ally and her cousin Garrett

Garrett's birthday was back in April but we were unable to come down for his party. So we had his birthday present for him to open! Toy Story 3 Legos!!

We had spent Mother's Day with my mom this year so we had a gift for Brent's mom to open--framed pictures of the girls!

Then Garrett insisted on putting together his TS3 Legos! So everyone else gathered 'round to watch!

Later that day we went to the mall and found this TS3 cutout in K-Mart! Ally is pretending to be scared!!

We ended up staying pretty late in AL and didn't get home Sunday night until midnight!! We were all worn out and slept late on Monday--except Brent who had to be at work at the crack of dawn!! Then he flew to Brazil for the week! Missing him LOTS!!

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

Looks like you all had a great weekend. I agree with you on Lotso I knew he was the bad guy but didn't realize how evil he was going to be. My Mom couldn't figure out why he was at HS either. I pointed out that they already have all the main characters in the parks and Lotso is just another villain. We asked Brooklynn if she wanted to see him next week when we are there and she said "No way! He is a bad guy!"

Sadly Cool Springs closed their Disney Store in January. Not a big deal for those of you in Memphis with your own Disney Store, but very sad for those of us in (or who frequent) Nashville to lose all our Disney Stores in such a short time.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Great recital pictures of the girls!

We feel the same way about Lotso -- I am very surprised he is a Meet and Greet AND has a plush! I love the picture of Claire asleep on her way to Memphis holding her Jessie doll -- too cute!

Looks like you had a lot of fun at Beauty and the Beast and in Alabama!