I love that I have two little girls and can match their clothes. I got all their matching outfits from Target for $3 each. And while I think they are adorable dressed alike the reason was two fold. They looked cute but most importantly if Brooklynn wandered off I could just hold Isabella up and say she looks like this only taller, with blond hair and she probably hasn't stopped talking to whoever found her!
She would most likely be giving them a tour of WDW...
and doing it quite well.
so she is a talkitive little one aww
She is a very smart little girl and asks lots of questions. She forgets nothing, so if you don't plan to follow through, don't bother to say it.
Sarah likes the Mickey Mouse and the Little Green Man from Toy Story. Maggie would prefer a Princess one, but will settle for Minnie. I better make sure I write this down...
Denise
Those would be great souvenirs! I wonder if the quality is better than the ones in the packs. I love those pens because they bring me Disney happiness in faculty meetings as I am writing notes about mundane things, but they definitely aren't very good quality. They are a little weak. I may go for a kooky pen next time and see if they are better. My teachers pals would love it.
Pretty much the majority of us are staying there! I know we are gonna have a night at Pop where the ones who arent' staying there, will come and visit! I am super excited!
I am even more excited about going to the mountains in 2 weeks! I am gonna take lots of pictures to share with everyone on the Polar Express! We love that movie so we know we will enjoy it! Getting our hot chocolate, cookies, and wearing our Christmas pajamas! Of course, my dad, Chad, and BIL said they WILL NOT wear theres. I hate to differ...because If I have my way, and I WILL
they will wear at least a Christmas shirt! Well, I know my dad and Chad will. There is nothing I can do about the BIL..I will let my sister deal with him!
Then the next day we get to see a Smoky Mountain Christmas at Dollywood! That park is so nice and I am excited to show it to everyone who hasn't been there before. Only Chad and I have!
I would love to see Dollywood at Christmas! I am thinking maybe next year we could do Disney World in the summer and in October or November, then all go up to Dollywood and try that out during Christmas break. It'll all depend on the money, of course. Take lots of pictures of that for us!
Ahhhh, love the walk around Pop! A perfect way to start my morning with a cup of coffee.
I am guessing this is your BIRTHDAY morning, correct? 4 parks, 1 birthday? I'm REALLY looking forward to this adventure!!!
And, as always, I as a few updates behind....
LL's mention of not being able to look at My Little Ponies reminded me of a nutty fear I have.
Dolls that talk/move completely freak me out! (I am pretty certain it is related to the "Chucky" horror movies...) In Target there is a whole section of moving dolls/babies that kinda cry and they all go off at once if you walk past. If I accidentally go down that aisle, I end up screaming when they go off. Never fails.
And Joe finds it HILARIOUS, so he tries to get me down that aisle without noticing the dolls..
As usual, I was a bit behind:
I know a whole slew of people commented about how cute this picture was, but I just have to as well. Adorable! I recall her just sitting on the pony last time, so glad she got to ride this trip!!!
And, I have to ask - is it free? If not, how much is this activity?
Love this MeMom. I love fall as well - for all the same reasons you listed. I wish fall hadn't come quite so quickly this year in Minnesota, as we had such a cool summer as well - but it's here, in full force - and it's a cool fall too, coats and hats required already, but at least it's still pretty! And we haven't gotten snow again since early October, so that is a relief.
Last night I was up wayyyyy too late doing December planning. I'm getting so, so, so excited! I have not put up a "DIS Meet" type thread on the DIS at all for the NYE fireworks. I started to do it last night, but realized I do not have the time to commit to the thread/planning anything/organizing if it turns into that. I don't want to put up a thread planning the meet, and then disappear off the thread! So, if you'd like to, please feel free-it would be much fun to have a mega DIS meet! Otherwise, just the crew that we know will be there works for me too! I really hope my in-laws can stay up that late and watch the fireworks with us all, they are early to bed, early to rise people. I think my Mom-in-law would really enjoy meeting you, and the girls, and enjoy the whole event! We'll see....!
Planning in Spectro, Wishes, NYE, etc. is proving difficult for me this trip! Much tweaking to the schedule is being done.
Everyone commented on this picture too, but again....I just have to! So stinkin' cute! I just cannot believe how quickly time has gone by and how Bella is already. Both girls are just beautiful Jill!
And holy cows.... LOVE the booty story!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have been laughing to the point of snorting if I were in that bathroom. Kids say the funniest things!
I have silly teeth as well. Henry sees them and says "Mommy's teeth!" I'm certainly glad my real teeth do not look as bad as the silly ones! Henry refuses to wear them yet, but I keep trying to convince him. Perhaps if I bribed him with chocolate...
Good for Brooklynn on being cavity free!!!!
That is one of the things I enjoy about being in WDW, because I will get up and walk. I don't get up and walk here, because it's not nearly as exciting.
Four Parks, One Day has begun!
If you don't like the dolls, you better stay away from
Heather's house! Did you see her Chucky dolls?
The horseback riding did cost money. I'm not sure - maybe ten bucks? I'll ask Jill.
Hope your in-laws can join us on NYE!
You guys are going to make fun of our southern accents, I already know! You'll leave thinking you have met real Clampett relatives!
We like to go in the slowwwww months. Usually Jan. maybe Feb., early May, late August, Sept., Nov. and early Dec. I should say just about any month except June or July
This year we renewed our passes in August, went twice in Sept. (this included a one day trip for my BD) Going next week and twice in Dec. (one day trip for DD's birthday) We usually only go for two nights to make long weekends. But if I can get Pop for $54 a night I'll pretty much go anytime
I sure wish I could get Pop for $54 a night in the summer! I would love to go more often for long weekends, but flying is just too much and it takes too long to drive for just a weekend.
Makes sense! Wow! $3!! Why can't I ever find the good discounts!!
Jill grew up rather poor, so she knows how to smell a sale from miles away.
Hi, sorry I've been a miss on here!
I missed you all, and the wonderful updates!
I just had the best time catching up on all your pics.
The girls are just too cute for words...
Bella looks so grown up. Love Brooklynn's long blonde hair. It reminds me of mine as a child.
Glad to see Halloween was fun, great pics at the pumpkin patch.
Lexi wasn't going to go out for Trick or treat but decided she wanted to go out with her 'new' neighbourhood friends.
She was a dark fairy....not very Disney like.....but it made her happy....
Oh, she did carry the Mickey pumpkin bucket....so that counts for something...
It rained here but luckily stopped for the evening. It was very windy though.
I got home from work to find one of my inflateables was submurged in the pond, still blown up but full of water. I had to go in and try to turn it to unzip it to drain the water out. I wish I had taken pics, it was very comical. Imagine a huge pumpkin half underwater....
I was just glad it wasn't my brand new Mickey pumpkin inflatable. That would have been disasterous!
**I just wanted to say I was so moved by your comments about the changing seasons and God's special touches. I sometimes forget how blessed I am to have 4 different seasons here. On my way to work today I will marvel at his fine work!
Please say a prayer for my boss and his family, he lost his father in a plane accident last week and it is always sad to loose a loved one so suddenly.
Take Care
We've missed you, too. Stop working so much!
Glad you had some Halloween fun, but sorry about your pumpkin.
Prayers will go out for your boss and his family. That is certainly unexpected and sad.
Don't be a stranger. Our Canadian friends have all been too busy to DIS lately.
declansdad finally had time to update on his own report and put up some good pictures.
Great Souvenirs ! Love the shirt Jill bought , I almost bought that myself back in May . Love all the early morning POP pictures and the detailed pictures from the gift shop ! The last picture of Brooklyn and Bella is just too cute
Early morning Pop is certainly nothing like all day long Pop, is it? When it comes to life, it stays alive until very late!
The four parks day! Hooray! I know that my kids would love POP, it is just so fun.
Your kids would like it. They'd like the kiddie pool and the shapes of the pools, and the gift shop has a really good toy section. I bet Hannah would like all the little stationery type stuff - pens, stickers, stampers, and notebooks and all kinds of fun little girlie stuff.
I know why the girls are so excited! They can't wait for all the birthday fun to begin!
I dressed my boys identically on our last trip to Disney for the same reason Jill! It made them easy to spot and was good if you had a missing kid.
Brooklynn knew we were on our way to have breakfast with some of her best friends!
Next time, you'll have to get creative as you add girl outfits into your clothing plans.
You'll have to check out the DISign board and get some big brother, little sister iron-ons.
Great morning pictures. My girls love the Kookie pins too. Emily got her first nemo one in May. Since then at the WOD the pluto and goofy one came home with us. It sure is nice to write to with Disney. I like the bracelets also.
I'm sorry you won't be going for thanksgiving. I'll be thinking of you while I'm there.
Have a good day.
I talked to Brooklynn on the phone last night. She was coloring a picture and had gotten a balloon at Wendy's. I could hear Bella chattering in the background. I wanted to jump through the phone and smooch them both.
Since you have some, are those pens better than the ones that are like 6-8 in a pack?
Yes, send me good Thanksgiving thoughts from Disney World - pleeeeeez! I would be happy if we got another full Thanksgiving week off of school next year, because I really liked being there during that time. December is already so full of excitement, so going to Disney World in November and then still having Christmas to look forward to is a good set-up for me.
I almost bought the 2009 stuffed Mickey and Minnie while we were there, but I fought it off. I was determined to go budget, and I did. I will be thinking of them at Thanksgiving and wishing I had bought them probably. I have some from a year or two ago, though. Maybe I'll bring them home some cousins in 2010 or 2011 if we can do a family Thanksgiving again.
I had lots of fun with Kazin yesterday!!! I fed him for the first time Applesauce and some banana orange stuff...Looked a lot better than most baby food...And he didn't spit on me or hit the spoon or anything
I was holding him on the couch for a couple minutes and then put him down so he could crawl around, and I sat on the floor a few feet away and he smiled(he has the cutest smile!) and crawled over and climbed into my lap
Wow Pop has a lot of emergency stuff! I bought that Chip n' Dale shirt when I was there in February
I thought about you having family fun.
Just little things like that make life very happy.
I guess since Pop had so many guests, they had best keep things well-supplied.
You'll have to show us a picture of you wearing that shirt!
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Happy Friday, everyone! Have a great end of the week and a fantabulous weekend!
) and they had a teenie tiny medical section.
Next year, our trip will be over and we'll be back home before you go back to school. I have to be back and ready for church camp on the 18th, so we're going around the 1st.
