Celebrations Galore & Free Dining too! A Sept 2012 PTR (TR started!)

[Disney Mommy 3]

well, at least you have a 3 day weekend now! I am sure Mr. Tony will help you an extra smudge with the kids this weekend so you can get more crossed off your list!! And I think Cole will be fine on the plane,...my younger two were only 17 and 18 months old on their first trips to Disney and they did great...we just brought some little containers with Cheerios and I read their favorite books until my throat was sore!! other than that it was a breeze!!! LOL!!
I love Madi's new shoes!!!!!

 

[BearcatsFan]

Love the shoes and of course, the Vera. Can't believe our trips are THIS MONTH!

Don't even want to discuss Photobucket. Aren't the DISigners fantastic? I still haven't gotten around to matting the wonderful window signs they made for me. Guess I better get to it, no?

 

[Dancegrl624]

well, at least you have a 3 day weekend now! I am sure Mr. Tony will help you an extra smudge with the kids this weekend so you can get more crossed off your list!! And I think Cole will be fine on the plane,...my younger two were only 17 and 18 months old on their first trips to Disney and they did great...we just brought some little containers with Cheerios and I read their favorite books until my throat was sore!! other than that it was a breeze!!! LOL!!
I love Madi's new shoes!!!!!

I'm very happy to have a 3 day weekend, but today was not as productive as I would have liked. The garage needs to get cleaned up from Tony and Madison's garage sale they had in July (I'd really like to park in the garage again). I wanted to get the house cleaned, but that didn't happen either. Tomorrow might be better, but I don't remember what we have planned. Monday we're going to my sister & BIL's house for Labor Day. Not sure how much I'll get done then!

I think he'll be fine too. We're going to bring some of his favorite board books and some new little toys I bought him (need pics of those!). I'm sure he'll fall asleep after the "newness" of the plane wears off. We'll have snacks too of course!

Thanks! She picked them out herself.

Love the shoes and of course, the Vera. Can't believe our trips are THIS MONTH!

Don't even want to discuss Photobucket. Aren't the DISigners fantastic? I still haven't gotten around to matting the wonderful window signs they made for me. Guess I better get to it, no?

Thanks! You can never have enough Vera! I can't believe it either....crazy! It's exciting but makes me sad too. It's like I don't want the trip to get here because then it will end!

I love the DISigners! They always make such wonderful things. I usually just cut everything out....nothing fancy.

 

[princess_momma]

Hooray for Disney this month!!



And I love your Vera stuff!!

Love the DISigners. They are the best. I really only used them for my first trip, but I really should use them more. You should post pics of it if you can!! (I totally understand the pain of Photobucket though! UGH!)

 

[BearcatsFan]

It's like I don't want the trip to get here because then it will end!

My thoughts exactly. I want it to get here ... but I don't.

 

[cfw213]

My thoughts exactly. I want it to get here ... but I don't.

I feel the same way. I am SO excited for our trip but then it'll be over and I won't have it to plan/look forward to. Maybe we're all just crazy.

 

[Dancegrl624]

Hooray for Disney this month!!



And I love your Vera stuff!!

Love the DISigners. They are the best. I really only used them for my first trip, but I really should use them more. You should post pics of it if you can!! (I totally understand the pain of Photobucket though! UGH!)

I am SOOOO excited!!!! We drive past the airport exit every Sunday on the way to church and it always gets me giddy.

Thanks! I definately have an obsession with all things Disney and Vera.

They are so talented! I'll try to take pics once I have everything set. I need to cut out our new name fills. I also have all of our outfits planned and will take pics today. I tried to last night, but it was late and I kept getting my own shadow in the pics.

My thoughts exactly. I want it to get here ... but I don't.

I just love all of the planning leadying up to my trips. Especially the last month or so. As crazy as I feel lately, it is a lot of fun!

I feel the same way. I am SO excited for our trip but then it'll be over and I won't have it to plan/look forward to. Maybe we're all just crazy.

I hate when trips are over. Even just thinking about our last day makes me sad and the trip hasn't even happened yet.

 

[disneyshakeygirl]

The ending of trips are always the worst, aren't they - especially when it's been a really, really good trip!

 

[Dancegrl624]

The ending of trips are always the worst, aren't they - especially when it's been a really, really good trip!

The last day is horrible! I really wish we could have gotten a later flight home. I would have loved a half day at a park like we were able to do on our last trip. I have no clue what we're going to do that last morning.

 

[Dancegrl624]

Outfit posts are finally here! Before I get into that, I just wanted to post a few photos.

This is the Disney box. I desperately need a larger one! This one is full to the brim and I also have 2 Target bags full of stuff. Crazy!

Bought these adorable cars for Cole at Target. I wanted to get a few new toys for him for the plane. He loves playing with cars!

Madison's new Crocs...I had to buy her women's ones! This is our second set of these shoes because the first set was too big. These ones are a tad large, but she'll have to make do I guess. I just don't want to go through the whole return/purchase new ones again.

Ok, moving on to our daily plans and outfits!!!

Day One-Tuesday, Sept 18th

We'll be waking up bright and early for our 6:10am flight. We're flying Southwest and it's a nonstop flight to MCO....we're landing at 8:45am!!!! We'll head straight down to Magical Express (I'm sure we'll stop at the bathroom first) and hopefully will get right on a bus. I would love it if we're the first stop! After we check-in at POFQ we'll freshen up, pick up our rental stroller, drop off our carry-ons and head to......Animal Kingdom!

We'd love to try and see both FOTLK and Nemo. FOTLK is my favorite show and we haven't seen the Nemo show since 2009. I really think Cole will enjoy the shows....he loves music! I know he'll love KS too. Madison will want to go on Dinosaur, so we'll have to utilize the rider swap there. Or, we could grab FP's and I'll ride with Maddie and Tony can ride alone. Madison is thinking about trying EE and I really hope she does! If she doesn't want to, Tony and I will use the single rider line instead. Tony & Maddie also want to ride Kali River Rapids, but I'm against it. I don't like getting wet from head to toe. We will be going back to POFQ to freshen up for dinner, but who wants to ride on a bus soaking wet? We've never seen the AK parade, so it would be nice to try and catch some of it. We'll also try to do both the Pangani and Maharajah trails too. Love seeing the gorialls and the tigers! Another must do is to get a frozen chai....so yummy!

We'll be eating dinner at Raglan Road this evening and we're all very excited to eat there. Madison really wants to be able to dance with their dancers....maybe I'll tell our waiter/waitress that she's an Irish dancer. After dinner we might do some shopping....we love going to DTD on our first day. We'll take the boat back to POFQ and try to get to bed at a good time. I'm sure Madison and Tony will want a quick dip in the pool first though. They love to swim!!

Ok, moving on to our outifts!!!

AK outfits for me and Madison....this is probably what we'll wear on the plane too.

Cole's outfit for the plane. I'll probably put him to bed in this outfit....that way I'll only have to change his diaper when we wake him up.

Animal Kingdom outfits for Cole. I'm leaning towards the onepiece outfit....less space in my carry-on! We'll probably change him at the hotel before we head out to AK.

My outfit for Raglan Road....gotta go with the green!

Madison's Raglan Road outfit....if I can shrink the shirt! I'm so happy I had her try everything on the other night...we found out a few of her shirts are a little big. Thankfully, they're 100% cotton!

If I can't shrink the above shirt, she'll wear this one to Raglan Road. It will definately be coming with us...she always gets cold in restaurants.

I might change Cole into this outfit for Raglan Road. He gets pretty sweaty in his stroller and it will be nice to have a fresh outfit for dinner. I bought so many shirts for him for this trip and I'm determined to have him wear them all!

SO happy I finally got my outfit planning done! It took awhile but I'm pretty happy with the outfits. I'm still not thrilled with how my tye dye Mickey tanks look on me, but I'm probably stuck with them now. I've been browsing the racks whenever I go shopping to see if something else catches my eye, but so far I haven't had any luck. I can't believe we leave in 15 days!!! Two weeks from today I'll be packing like a maniac!!!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Love Coles little clothes! I miss little boy clothes!!! My boys haven't been that size in a looooong time! LOL!! I have a big shopping bag I got at the Disney store in Houston that I started using as my disney box. It's open topped, but it's got characters on the bag, so I like it better!!!! Girl...your first day is going to be packed!! I can't do that much on the first day~ but we have to drive so much farther to the airport than y'all do...we are tired the time we get there! We just stroll around the resorts or ride the monorails... And I love her little crocs!!!

 

[Dancegrl624]

Love Coles little clothes! I miss little boy clothes!!! My boys haven't been that size in a looooong time! LOL!! I have a big shopping bag I got at the Disney store in Houston that I started using as my disney box. It's open topped, but it's got characters on the bag, so I like it better!!!! Girl...your first day is going to be packed!! I can't do that much on the first day~ but we have to drive so much farther to the airport than y'all do...we are tired the time we get there! We just stroll around the resorts or ride the monorails... And I love her little crocs!!!

I love little boy clothes too! They are just so sweet.

I wish my Disney box was decorated. It's full of Disney stuff, so that makes me happy.

Our first day will be a bit packed, but it shouldn't be too bad. I think we'll be able to get a lot done at AK in not a lot of time. We'll definately try and take it easy! We're very lucky that we only live 20 minutes from the airport. I just checked our airport's website to see what time security officially opens.....4am! I don't think we'll get there that early, but it's nice to know what time it opens.

The crocs are very cute on her. She needs to transfer over all of her jibbitz now.

 

[disneyshakeygirl]

Cole's clothes are absolutely adorable. The cars with Buzz and Woody are so sweet - I wish they had them here in Canada, my charges would love them! Reading what you're planning to do each day makes me really want to go to Disney! I've got a feeling you're going to have an amazing time

 

[cfw213]

Love the outfits - I agree, Cole's clothes are sooo cute! Day 1 sounds fun!

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

Love it!! You definitely have to get a bigger Disney Box! We actually have two huge tubs sitting in our room right now in the middle of packing chaos, but I think by the time I'm all packed we'll just be down to one...at least that's the plan!
You can never have too many outfits for a toddler--Cole will probably end up using them all!
I hope Madison gets to dance at Raglan Road; that would be such a special memory for her.

 

[BearcatsFan]

LOVE the outfits! The cars for Cole are so cute, too! Sounds like you have a great first day planned.

 

[pinkpixie0920]

Hey Meghan!!!

I'm all caught up. I feel the same as you, I feel very behind on my trip planning as well. I love Madison and Cole's Woody and Jessie costumes! I might have to run to target to pick up those Mickey soaps for our trip too. Can't wait to read about day 2!

 

[Disneychix]

Busy and fun first day! We are leaving only 1 week after you and I have nothing done!

I like your box. My stuff is scattered everywhere. I have most of the boys shirts (the matching ones) in zip lock bags already but all the bathroom stuff and 'extras' are all over the house. Doesn't help that the house is half packed up too and I'm not even sure where our suitcases are!
I still have to write out my ADRs and park day plans. We just got our DME info over the weekend! AAA, getting close!

 

[Dancegrl624]

Cole's clothes are absolutely adorable. The cars with Buzz and Woody are so sweet - I wish they had them here in Canada, my charges would love them! Reading what you're planning to do each day makes me really want to go to Disney! I've got a feeling you're going to have an amazing time

Thank you! I had so much fun buying all his clothes for this trip.

Reading PTR/TR's is always so exciting to me. Makes me miss Disney though when I don't have a trip planned.

Love the outfits - I agree, Cole's clothes are sooo cute! Day 1 sounds fun!

Thank you! We're always so hyped up that first day that we don't usually feel tired.

Love it!! You definitely have to get a bigger Disney Box! We actually have two huge tubs sitting in our room right now in the middle of packing chaos, but I think by the time I'm all packed we'll just be down to one...at least that's the plan!
You can never have too many outfits for a toddler--Cole will probably end up using them all!
I hope Madison gets to dance at Raglan Road; that would be such a special memory for her.

I really do need a larger box for my stuff. I see yet another trip to Target in my future. By the time I'm done packing I should have nothing left in that box!

Cole will probably use all of the outfits...he gets so sweaty!

I hope so too. She would be on !

LOVE the outfits! The cars for Cole are so cute, too! Sounds like you have a great first day planned.

Thank you! I hope he likes the cars and they will keep him happy on the plane.

Hey Meghan!!!

I'm all caught up. I feel the same as you, I feel very behind on my trip planning as well. I love Madison and Cole's Woody and Jessie costumes! I might have to run to target to pick up those Mickey soaps for our trip too. Can't wait to read about day 2!

Hi Nancy!

I have felt so behind lately, but I'm finally starting to feel better about things. I reorganized my to do list by date. It's much easier to see what needs to be done!

Go get the Mickey soaps!!! They are so cute!

Busy and fun first day! We are leaving only 1 week after you and I have nothing done!

I like your box. My stuff is scattered everywhere. I have most of the boys shirts (the matching ones) in zip lock bags already but all the bathroom stuff and 'extras' are all over the house. Doesn't help that the house is half packed up too and I'm not even sure where our suitcases are!
I still have to write out my ADRs and park day plans. We just got our DME info over the weekend! AAA, getting close!

It will be busy, but we'll just be so excited to be there that we should be ok.

AH!!! You have so much going on..I don't know how you're able to keep it all together! I can't imagine trying to move and get ready for a Disney trip.

I have a few days where things are kind of up in the air. That's ok though. I can ask Tony & Madison what they feel like doing on those afternoon/evenings.

Yay for Mickey mail!

 

[disprincessesmom1012]

Love the clothes!!! too cute