Bringing the Princess to Her Castle for the 1st Time!

[shelbys mommy]

The shopping has offically begun! I bought me 2 shirts last night, which I will post pics of later. One of my friends so graciously offered to make Pillowcase dresses for Shelby for Disney as long as I bought the material & ribbon. So off to Hobby Lobby I went! There wasn't much of a selection to choose from with Disney material. I was not happy. But I managed to get 3 different ones with ribbons to match each. I was disappointed that I could not find any solid color ribbon also! So all of her ribbons has polka dots. I can't wait to bring them to her & have them made! Here are the pics of the material & ribbons!

Tinkerbell

Disney Princesses

Mickey heads, which in the pic you really can't see that well, but I fell in love with it!

And the best part is, Becky's bows will look perfect with these!!!

 

[BabyEeyore]

How fun that your friend is going to make those dresses for you! I LOVE the Mickey fabric with the polka dot ribbon.

 

[ladybugmom]

CUTE fabric!!! Pillowcase dresses are great--my girls wore them a lot on our last trip! Nice and cool and comfy!! I'm glad my bows will match so nicely!!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

I love the fabric and ribbon you've picked out! I can't wait to see how they turn out - Shelby will look adorable in them!

 

[shelbys mommy]

Thanks everyone! I'm super excited now! Now it's starting to seem real!

Today we took the kids to Audubon Zoo. After going to the Memphis Zoo, this zoo sucks! But we still had a great day. Here are 2 of the pics out of over 150 we took today.

I had to get Shelby prepared to ride Cinderella's Carousel & so she rode the Endangered Species Carousel. She didn't know what to think of it at first, but once it took off, this was her reaction:

My babies in the Petting Zoo:

Here is the link to the video of her on the carousel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluwNAqVcDc

 

[aharbin88]

So cute! I love the fabric you picked out, especially the Mickey head one. I am going to attempt to make a matching pillowcase dress for me and Caroline (Mine will be a top), and if it works out, I'm going to make several for our Disney trip.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I love the fabric you picked out for the dresses. I have some of the red Mickey fabric that I intended to make a tote bag out of but haven't got around to yet. Our local Wal-Mart has a few Disney print fabrics.

 

[shelbys mommy]

I love the fabric you picked out for the dresses. I have some of the red Mickey fabric that I intended to make a tote bag out of but haven't got around to yet. Our local Wal-Mart has a few Disney print fabrics.

We have 2 Wal-Marts & they both have gotten rid of that section!

 

[mickeystoontown]

We have 2 Wal-Marts & they both have gotten rid of that section!

Well shoot! Our fabric section has gotten smaller and smaller but at least they still have a few things.

 

[shelbys mommy]

Well shoot! Our fabric section has gotten smaller and smaller but at least they still have a few things.

That's why I had to go to Hobby Lobby for the fabric. I'm planning on going in a few days & see if they have gotten anything new, their entire section looked really bare.

 

[mickeystoontown]

There used to be a JoAnn's Crafts in Monroe and I loved it. They closed it a few years ago and I miss it.

 

[shelbys mommy]

There used to be a JoAnn's Crafts in Monroe and I loved it. They closed it a few years ago and I miss it.

We had one too & it got closed awhile back. There's really not much to choose from as far as fabric shopping in Houma.

 

[mickeystoontown]

We had one too & it got closed awhile back. There's really not much to choose from as far as fabric shopping in Houma.

There's not much to choose from here in West Monroe/Monroe either. We do have a Hancock's Fabrics but I always forget about it since it's way on the other side of town.

 

[shelbys mommy]

When we started the planning for this trip, I had asked Ben about the DDP. He said no. He said it cost too much money & we could bring our own snacks to eat. When we went in 07, Disney did not have the DDP, so we really wasn't missing out on anything. Well, Ben talked to a co worker today who told him that when they had went to Disney not that long ago, they did the DDP & it did save them money in the long run. So he comes home asking me about it. I pulled up everything I could find on it & read it all to him. I asked him if he wanted to do it & his reply was "We might as well. Sounds like it will be worth it." He wants to do the basic one since we are only doing one Character Dining. But I'm still happy about it!

On another note, I noticed in about 35 mins, the re-run of Cake Boss in WDW will play, so I have the tv set to remind me to change the channel!

I wish I could talk him into flying instead of driving. It's a 10+ hr drive. I'd love to fly & be there in less than 2 hours, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

It's not June 19th yet? I'm ready to go now!

 

[BabyEeyore]

I was so excited to see that the WDW episode of Cake Boss was on again last night. I could watch that over and over again!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Awww, those pictures from the zoo are so cute. I love how you are preparing Shelby for Cinderella's carousel!

And what great news about the dining plan! We had it for the first time on our recent trip and we loved it! It made things so convenient - it's a must have for us now!

 

[shelbys mommy]

I was so excited to see that the WDW episode of Cake Boss was on again last night. I could watch that over and over again!

Oh I was in tears from the 1st few minutes of the show!

 

[shelbys mommy]

Awww, those pictures from the zoo are so cute. I love how you are preparing Shelby for Cinderella's carousel!

And what great news about the dining plan! We had it for the first time on our recent trip and we loved it! It made things so convenient - it's a must have for us now!

Thanks!

So it really was worth it for you & your family? Ben told me to go ahead & call Disney & add it on, but I can tell he's still unsure about it. I told him it would save me on dragging tons of snacks to the parks everyday! I'm looking out for me & all the extras I would have to bring along!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Thanks!

So it really was worth it for you & your family? Ben told me to go ahead & call Disney & add it on, but I can tell he's still unsure about it. I told him it would save me on dragging tons of snacks to the parks everyday! I'm looking out for me & all the extras I would have to bring along!

It was definitely worth it! I haven't totaled all of our receipts up yet to find out how much we actually would have spent without the plan but I'm planning to do that soon so I can add in the information at the end of my TR.

For the two of us the DDP cost about $560 and we were there from Sun - Sun. I totaled our costs from Sun - Thurs afternoon and we were already at $460 so I definitely know we came out ahead because we had CRT reservations for Saturday and that alone was over $100. If nothing else I think it's worth it to have the meals taken care of ahead of time. That and not having to worry about taking a bunch of food and drinks into the park. We had planned on doing that on our trip two years ago and after about 2 days we gave up - it was such a hassle!

I hope all of that made sense

 

[shelbys mommy]

It was definitely worth it! I haven't totaled all of our receipts up yet to find out how much we actually would have spent without the plan but I'm planning to do that soon so I can add in the information at the end of my TR.

For the two of us the DDP cost about $560 and we were there from Sun - Sun. I totaled our costs from Sun - Thurs afternoon and we were already at $460 so I definitely know we came out ahead because we had CRT reservations for Saturday and that alone was over $100. If nothing else I think it's worth it to have the meals taken care of ahead of time. That and not having to worry about taking a bunch of food and drinks into the park. We had planned on doing that on our trip two years ago and after about 2 days we gave up - it was such a hassle!

I hope all of that made sense

Made perfect sense to me! That was a point I had made last night to Ben: we are pre-paying for our food. Less money we have to bring with us. Or in my case, extra money for spending

I will already have to have a diaper bag full of the things Shelby needs, along with extra snacks. I just didn't want to have to bring 2 bags of stuff! I plan on getting the biggest diaper bag I can find & cramming everything we need in that. I'm hoping to bring only 1 bag on the park.