So, today we went to church and it is now raining so I figured what better thing to do before we go to my mom's for my b-day dinner but upload pics for you guys : )
I decided to go ahead and give the DVC online check in system a whirl for our AKL portion of our stay since I didn't have a room request with it (I've heard it cancels out previous room requests, but we don't have any so no harm no foul). It went smoothly and we should be set to go.
Tomorrow I will go online to order our 2 cases of Costco water.
Here are the promised packing progress pictures:
Here is Tim's suitcase (he says his is ready to go), mine is next to his still open because I have some more laundry to do and items to add into my suitcase still:
Here is the beloved snack/juice box bag. As you can see it is JAMMED packed with Welch's juices, juice boxes, baked cheeto's/baked dorritos (trying to have SOME healthy snack alternatives for the kids while we're away), fruit chewies, poncho's, sunscreen,tide to go pens, bandaids, medicines, extra anti bacterials wipes, etc.
I put it on our bathroom scale because it is BY FAR the heaviest and from what I can tell it is around 45 pounds. I figure worse case scenerio if it goes over we can shift some of it's contents into another suitcase.
Here is Luke's suitcase:
Luckily he has a lot of extra room (even with his huge stuffed Pluto inside) so I put two gallon sized baggies of our toiletries (shampoo, mousse, etc.) inside of his bag. I wanted to be sure put those in bags so if they leaked he wouldn't have yucky clothes.
Here is Lauren's bag:
She still has more clothes (that are dirty currently) to be added. That huge thing on top is the new Cinderella dress we got her on clearance at Disney Shopping.com (great deal!) it is such a pretty dress but boy does it take up a lot of room in her suitcase:
Then come all the carry on's. I had to put a lot of thought into how I wanted to handle this. We're staying a night in Indy the night before so we need stuff for the hotel and then for the next day which will be our first day in the parks. So the kids have a carry on with one nights/days essentials (including swimsuits incase our luggage is delayed):
And Tim and I have the same (I still need to add big stuff like my hair dryer, flat iron, defuser, etc. to this one):
As you can see each of these has a quart size baggie (per airline rules) with toiletries such as hairspray, mousse, lotion, mouth wash, shampoo, toothpaste - all travel size of course)
Then there are our two backpacks. Here are my thoughts on these. The Tinkerbell one is loaded with snacks and activitity books for the plan for the kids and the CARS backpack will have the park stuff that we'll keep in the stroller like spray fans, autograph books, throw away poncho's:
So that's it in a nutshell. Not too shabby huh?
Now I should probably be worried because Lauren (who has been complaining of a sore throat) is STILL napping after 2 1/2 hours (and she NEVER naps anymore), AUGH, hope she isn't getting sick, that WOULD figure, wouldn't it
Lesley
Too funny that we will both be at Sci Fi on Father's Day (different meals though) Hey, maybe we will bump into you guys!
I'm so excited for you all!! We didn't get to do DHS on our last trip, so give out an extra scream for us on Tower of Terror! Love the "this time next week" updates - doesn't it feel GREAT to say that?
It's crazy how fast the time flew by! I'm so excited for you guys and can't wait to read all about the trip (although I hope those two weeks go by very slowly for you Your new room looks gorgeous, btw!
if she is though better now then once you get there!!!
before we leave but really he is bursting at the seams
So true....
