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

[ladybugmom]

I'm all caught up. It sure looks like you had a great Father's Day weekend!! Your girls are so cute...especially in their matching outfits. My mother used to dress my sister and I in matching clothes when were very little.

I am looking forward to more updates.

Trish

We did!! Thanks Trish! One of my favorite things is dressing the girls alike. I'm not sure how long that will last, though.

I'm still checking out some dance schools, but the consensus around here seems to be that she needs to be 3 before she starts. I'm really hoping I can find a place that starts at 2, though. She already dances and sings ALL the time, lol! We saw TS3 yesterday and it was GREAT!

Love, love, LOVE the girls dance pictures!! The one of Claire in the ballerina pose is such a classic little girl picture! LOVE it! And I think Ally has the longest eyelashes I've ever seen! Both of your girls are just beautiful!

Glad that you all enjoyed B&B! I've seen it once before, too, and didn't remember the Beast being so comedic. Maybe that's a recent change? I have to say that Darren and I weren't really a fan of that. We loved Gaston, and I guess we got to see the regular Belle, because we thought she was wonderful!

What a wonderful Father's Day! The pictures of the girls with Brent are really good! Where did you find the girls' Jessie shirts? They are too cute!

Keep looking--there's got to be somewhere that takes them at 2! When Claire started she wasn't even 2 yet. Some places require them to be potty trained but not our studio--thank goodness b/c I'm not sure if Claire would ever be able to start!!

I found the Jessie shirts at Old Navy! They have a bunch of cute Disney shirts!!

Signing on to your TR! Your family is lovely and your girls are so cute! Can't wait to hear more about your plans!

Are you doing a TR for your may trip? I can't seem to find a link...

Hi and to my PTR!! I have not started my May TR yet--I've been comsumed with editing all of my Photopass pics--it has taken FOREVER!!!

I haven't been on my trip yet Becky - still working on the PTR, the link is in my Siggie if you want to read that. I am just about to update about Ambers Dance Recital. I will certainly let you know though when i start my TR. I expect it will be a long one - we are going for 3 weeks

Are you and the girls enjoying your summer break - only 3 and a half weeks until Amber starts hers!!

Sara xx

Yes, I knew that!! Just wanted to be sure you told me when you got back. I've been soo busy! It's hard to keep up with everyone's PTRs & TRs! I can barely keep up with mine! I need to check out your PTR! THREE weeks!! How wonderful!! NICE!!

We are enjoying our summer break!! But it is going by sooo fast! School starts back here on August 9th!!

 

[ladybugmom]

You're two girls are so cute. Luvin the clips you make btw!

Thank you so much!! You are too sweet!

Becky's bows are the best! Lilian loves the couple she has gotten and will be surprised when she gets some more for our trip! She has been asking for some of the others.

Thank you, Stephanie!! You are too kind!! I'm so happy that Lilian loves her bows!!

I have to agree! I love Becky's bows! Shelby worse quite a few of them when we went to Disney!

Thanks Joni!! I saw a bunch of pics with Shelby wearing my bows!! She was too cute!!

 

[shelbys mommy]

Thanks Joni!! I saw a bunch of pics with Shelby wearing my bows!! She was too cute!!

Ben made the comment, "Yeah I am sure they will notice that." He was eating those words after!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

Hi Becky! Sorry I have been MIA, we just got back from a trip to Southern California. My nephew graduated HS, so we went to Disneyland & to San Diego for over a week. It was wonderful, but we rarely had internet access. It's kinda nice while you are gone, but when you get back there is a lot to catch up on!

The dance pictures are so cute. It's so sweet that they give the little girls a "big" girl to dance with. What a memorable experience for Claire. I will have to check out all of them on FB.

My favorite picture from Father's Day is the one where the 3 of them are all together & they are all wearing blue. So cute! I never think about dressing us in similar colors. I should do that more often. It helps pictures turn out better!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Ben made the comment, "Yeah I am sure they will notice that." He was eating those words after!

Hee hee!!

Hi Becky! Sorry I have been MIA, we just got back from a trip to Southern California. My nephew graduated HS, so we went to Disneyland & to San Diego for over a week. It was wonderful, but we rarely had internet access. It's kinda nice while you are gone, but when you get back there is a lot to catch up on!

The dance pictures are so cute. It's so sweet that they give the little girls a "big" girl to dance with. What a memorable experience for Claire. I will have to check out all of them on FB.

My favorite picture from Father's Day is the one where the 3 of them are all together & they are all wearing blue. So cute! I never think about dressing us in similar colors. I should do that more often. It helps pictures turn out better!!

Hi Alison!! I'm so glad to see you back on the DIS!! Oh nice!! It sounds like an amazing trip!! Are you still planning on going to WDW in Nov/Dec?!

 

[shelbys mommy]

Hee hee!!

Girl after it was all said & done, I looked at him & said "So they won't notice the bows in her hair huh????" He just looked at me & said "shut up". He knew he was caught!

 

[exwdwcm]

hey there- i am signing back on! i had started reading, but life/work got in the way! doesn't work realize i have PTR's to read? anyhow- caught back up! the girls recital pics are too cute and i love the TSM review and their outfits for it. sounds like you had a good trip and father's day too! your family is simply the sweetest! I can't wait to see what other adventures await!

 

[ladybugmom]

hey there- i am signing back on! i had started reading, but life/work got in the way! doesn't work realize i have PTR's to read? anyhow- caught back up! the girls recital pics are too cute and i love the TSM review and their outfits for it. sounds like you had a good trip and father's day too! your family is simply the sweetest! I can't wait to see what other adventures await!

Hey girl!! How are you?! I haven't seen you around in awhile!! Glad to see you posting!!

 

[Charlefours]

Thank you, Stephanie!! You are too kind!! I'm so happy that Lilian loves her bows!!

Its true!! Several friends have commented on them and on the huge list I sent you, it included several bows for birthday presents.

 

[ladybugmom]

Its true!! Several friends have commented on them and on the huge list I sent you, it included several bows for birthday presents.

Well, thanks!! They make GREAT gifts!!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Hi! Becky
catching up...I'm so behind on everyone's reports...not being a very good disser lately.

First, I love the girls recital pictures they are beautiful!
sounds like you guys had a great FD weekend...I thought the same thing about Lotso being the character of choice at WDW once I had seen the movie; maybe would have been too unusal if they would have had a good guy along with him...but, it is a great character for pictures I loved the one you shared on FB of I believe Ally being swallowed up during ahug!

Connie

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi! Becky
catching up...I'm so behind on everyone's reports...not being a very good disser lately.

First, I love the girls recital pictures they are beautiful!
sounds like you guys had a great FD weekend...I thought the same thing about Lotso being the character of choice at WDW once I had seen the movie; maybe would have been too unusal if they would have had a good guy along with him...but, it is a great character for pictures I loved the one you shared on FB of I believe Ally being swallowed up during ahug!

Connie

Hi Connie!!! Thank you so much! Yes, one of the pictures of Ally hugging Lotso looked like she was being swallowed up by him!! I must admit--the pictures with him did turn out really cute!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Ally and Claire have been taking swim lessons the past 2 weeks and last Thursday was their show! The parents get to come and watch what their kids have learned over the 2 week period. It is always a lot of fun and both of my girls did a great job!! Here are a few pics from the show!

Claire went first!

And then Ally!

A picture with their teacher!!

Saturday Brent and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary!! (Where has the time gone?!) Brent had been in Brazil for business all last week and got home on Saturday morning--just in time! He surprised me with these!! 2 dozen red roses!!!

My parents were visiting and offered to watch the girls for us so we could go out! We ended up going to our favorite restaurant--Ruth's Chris!! YUMMY! For dinner I had the house salad, petite sirloin, sweet potato casserole, and creme brulee for dessert!! Brent had the lettuce wedge, some sort of a steak, sauteed mushrooms, and the chocolate explosion cake for dessert! By the time we were done I was stuffed! It was all soooo good! We drove around for awhile just talking and enjoying our time together--ALONE!! Once we got home we exchanged gifts. Here is the card Brent picked out for me (I just had to share it)!!

Brent got me 2 new Jim Shore figurines!!! LOVE them!!!!

I got Brent a clock radio that plays his Ipod Touch! They had one of these in our room at the Poly and he thought it was the coolest thing!! Needless to say he LOVED his gift!!

And just a few more random things! I wanted to show ya'll what my DISboards skin looks like now (thank you Katie--Bippity Boo--for the idea)!! I think it makes planning a Christmas trip that much more festive!!

If you want to change your skin just go to User CP, Edit Options, and then scroll all the way down to the bottom where it says Miscellaneous Options and Forum Skin. Use the arrow to scroll through the skin choices, choose your skin, and then click Save Changes!! Enjoy!!

How many of you have shopped the big Disney Store sale?! Gotten any good deals?! Well check out what I found at my store last Friday!! Disney Princess frames for only $7.99 (originally $24.95)!!!!!! At first I only got Ariel and Belle but decided that the price was just too good--I ended up going back and getting the other 3--Aurora, Cinderella, & Snow White. It was like I got 3 for the price of ONE!! And you can't find a frame like that any cheaper at Target. Plus I have a ton of pics I can use in them!! I was sooo excited!

Oh--and speaking of pictures!! I FINALLY finished editing all of my Photopass pictures last night!! Goodness it took forever! That site is soooo slow! And it kept logging me out and I had to wait for all of my pics to upload again! Uggh! So anyways--it's done and the cd is ordered!! I ended up with 990 pics!! I also found a $15 off code on their website and was able to order my parents their very own cd for only $5! If you are on Facebook you can see the pics in the slideshow I posted on my wall!! So now that I'm done with that, I plan on starting my May TR very soon!! I know--it's about time!!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

Hee hee!!



Hi Alison!! I'm so glad to see you back on the DIS!! Oh nice!! It sounds like an amazing trip!! Are you still planning on going to WDW in Nov/Dec?!

Yes, it is starting to be booked. In fact I think I'm going to start a PTR soon so I can start organizing all of the little details that are starting to fall into place.

I have already made a couple of ADR's just in case. In fact, I think I booked one of them at the same time & place that you did. I double-checked your schedule to see when you were going and I got almost the same time. Yay! I'll let you know what it is when I can figure out what I did. I was trying to get some stuff done before I left on our last trip, & I can't remember it all since I did it in a very short time. Hopefully I did it right (since I was rushing to get it done).

 

[ladybugmom]

Yes, it is starting to be booked. In fact I think I'm going to start a PTR soon so I can start organizing all of the little details that are starting to fall into place.

I have already made a couple of ADR's just in case. In fact, I think I booked one of them at the same time & place that you did. I double-checked your schedule to see when you were going and I got almost the same time. Yay! I'll let you know what it is when I can figure out what I did. I was trying to get some stuff done before I left on our last trip, & I can't remember it all since I did it in a very short time. Hopefully I did it right (since I was rushing to get it done).

Oooh--yay!! Please post here if/when you start a PTR!! And let me know what you booked!! That is so cool that you booked one of the same restaurants & times!! Then we could meetup!!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

Oooh--yay!! Please post here if/when you start a PTR!! And let me know what you booked!! That is so cool that you booked one of the same restaurants & times!! Then we could meetup!!

I will definitely let you know when I start the PTR. This is my last week of work before a little time off during the summer, so I'm going to start it this weekend. I will have time to plan then and I can put the time into a PTR.

I'm trying to remember which place it was. I think it was for WCC. Have you guys decided which days you are actually taking your trip yet? Wasn't that one of the ADR's that might switch for you depending on the day that you get there? I think I booked it for the Friday night...

 

[klacey1]

The girls look like they had fun swimming!! In home lessons is a great idea-- I feel like we don't have that sort of thing around here.
Those picture frames are GORGEOUS!! Our Disney store closed or I would be on my way there right now! I love beautiful frames that enhance a picture-- my frames are always my favorite trip (Disney or elsewhere) souvvie.

 

[Charleston Princess]

The girls look like they learned a lot at their swimming lessons! Those roses are beautiful, and I love that Brent found a Mickey and Minnie card! What a great deal on the Princess frames, and I will definitely be changing my DIS board skin!

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

It looks like the swim lessons went well. Congrats to the girls!

Your roses are beautiful. Love the figurines as well. Your husband did good!

Erika

 

[shelbys mommy]

I love the picture frames! Congrats on 11 years! And 990? Wow!!! I thought I had alot with 380-something! So very anxious to start reading your TR!!!