Does Pixie Dust Help with Decision-Making? A 2012 PTR! NEW! 6/30 pg.85

[Charleston Princess]

I nearly just choked on my lunch, MeMom!!

I laughed out loud when I read MeMom's comment!

Yes! The DIS Boards definitely spurred more Disney trips on our end-- I remember the Dis convincing me in 2008 that onsite was the ONLY way to go!

Well, it is the only way to go, isn't it?

So true.

Not to mention so many other things I hold the DIS responsible for like Vera Bradley.

I have that same DISease....


Jackie

I found the DIS in 07 while getting ready to plan our 2nd family trip in the summer of 08...I still remember my first post: a question about strollers

since that time I have befriended some amazing and wonderful people I truly can't imagine my life w/out, became a DVC member and have gone on 4 trips, w/ 4 in the works


but yes the urge to go elsewhere has been penetrating in lately...but we'll always return to our HOME! it is the one place we can relax (in that strange DISNEY way)


looking forward to hearing more about Tybee Island and what is next for your family and Disney!


J~

PS borrow away

The friendships I have made on the DIS have been the greatest thing about it, in my opinion! Not to mention, it helps to hang out with people who really "get" the whole Disney World thing. Not many people do in the real world.

Look at how much those gorgeous kiddos have grown Jackie! I know I read the TR but would you suggest a 13th birthday trip? Our plans are for October with just the girls and I but I don't think that's going to happen. We have also have many "Real World" purchases. Ugh! I hate these!!!!!! So I was thinking about postponing until May 2012, which is when Morgs turns 13. Yay or nay?

I cannot wait to hear all about your beach trip! Bring it on!

Oh, definitely yay on a birthday trip! Chelsea's 13th birthday trip was so amazing! Disney makes such a big deal about birthdays, and I remember Charles saying to Chelsea after she essentially had a week of people telling her Happy Birthday that it was time to head home and be a regular person again.

Hey lady! Watch who you're talking about now! I hate to break it to ya, but YOU are the ringleader of this rabble of Disney gluttons! In fact, I would dare say that you have a chronic and incurable form of the DISease , unlike myself, who could quit at any time if I really wanted to.

LOL! Yeah, I don't know if any of us could ever truly quit Disney. It's a pretty strong addiction.

I've got it too! I had taken 7 trips to WDW prior to the DIS, but it took me 33 years! Since the DIS (2007) I have taken 7 more and have three new trips planned between now and the end of 2012!

But I can't complain... it's not a bad addiction to have! Just a little expensive...

I can't wait to hear more about Tybee & your future vacation plans.

I agree -- there are worse addictions out there, and I wouldn't be able to scrapbook those!

I have decided that you are the Miss Congeniality of the DIS. Look at how many readers you have, and we all know what a sweetheart you are!

Ah, thanks, TK! I will proudly wear my Miss Congeniality crown! I have always had a thing for tiaras. LOL!

I can't wait to hear about Tybee. In the car today, Nemo says to me, "Mama, one day this summer, we need to go to the beach." I thought, oh boy. You've seen our fair skin, savvy? We burn in that sun! But if the boy asks, it shall be so. Looking forward to hearing all about your family beach fun.

Oh, yes, we are a pretty fair-skinned lot ourselves, but it is fun to play on the beach.

I totally agree! And I totally need to get Charles on the DIS...maybe he'll catch the DISease and want to plan a trip together, or agree to honeymoon there. Can you believe he didn't believe me that people actually honeymoon there?!

What??? How could he not believe that??? Did you tell him he could wear groom's ears while he was there? Well, maybe that wouldn't convince him, but maybe the new Star Tours could lure him there...

I love the pics of the kids--little Connor and little Chelsea!!

I don't know that the Dis has caused me more trips...I think it is just fantasitc medicine for my DISease! (did mousescrapper coin that? )

Thanks! I do think the DIS exacerbates my DISease, but it is an awfully fun illness to have.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Hey Pot- leave the kettle be.

I do believe I have taken more trips since being on the Dis too! Go figure. I strarted looking for room configuations so we could find room for a blow up mattress for either DS or DD.

Isn't it funny how we all wandered onto the DIS for answers to questions and then, found we couldn't leave. It's like the Hotel California! LOL!

Jackie,I believe that you are on to something! I found the Dis when I was planning our '09 trip, joined after we got back. I started looking at TRs & got hooked! Now I'm here everyday & am planning a trip in Sept for my GDs & DH & I.

I will be going to Disney if I have to crawl my way around the parks.

I do like to go to other places, just not as well.
Doris

There is just something so special about Disney World. I haven't found anyplace quite like it!

Oh good grief! What is wrong with all of you? I for one AM going somewhere else .......

Chicago!!!

and yes I have checked and they do have a Disney store!

LOL! Chicago with its Disney Store and Vera outlet.

Are you still headed to Charleston for the Fourth?

LOL of course you checked LOL!!!! You do know that I have a Disney outlet like 5 minutes from my house and a Vera bradley outlet less than 45 minutes away...so I think Austin should be on your list!!!

I did a count and since joining the DIS I have gone back 8 times with 3 up coming trips in the works LOL

The DIS is a powerful enabler. Actually, I think it is the people on the DIS who are enablers, but you know what I mean. LOL!

Yikes Jackie...I am still catching up on the Dis and didn't even know your trip was cancelled for this year. In fact, I was thinking about you everytime I heard an update on Star Tours....I will have to get back over to your PTR to catch up, but I am totally game for hearing all about your plans for 2012!

And yes...you are so right. These boards definitely DO induce more trips. We are a complete bunch of enablers, aren't we?

Yes! Enablers Extraordinaire! Sadly, no Star Tours for us this year, but we will be back, I know.

Oh MeMom.....The pot calling the kettle black indeed!

I think my first post on the Dis was about the menu for Coral Reef and whether or not I could order from the children's menu!

I really wish I could remember why I was on the DIS to begin with...it is all a bit hazy now.

The DIS definitely feeds the DISease...

I've been to 3 times since joining (which from Seattle, is a lot), DCA once and now a cruise in August! So 5 trips in 3 years...

That is a lot from Seattle!!! Speaking of your cruise, I really can't wait to hear about your Alaskan adventure!

Hey, Wigd, thanks for letting me know this started!

Well, you know she has been a little busy. LOL! Glad you are here now, Shocker!

I'm here! I'll try to keep up! It's so hard to keep up with everyone's trip reports and actually get anything else done around the house, etc!!!
The Dis is definitely a disease!! With a bunch of enablers!!! I'm sure it has inspired me to take more Disney vacations!!!!
Can't wait to hear about Tybee!! My guys are beginning to want to go other places as well!!!!

I can't say I was super pleased about giving up my Disney trip this year, but I think it was good for everyone to try something new. Plus, I won't feel any guilt when I strong-arm them back to Disney next year.

I want to go other places, too, but I want to go in addition to our Disney trips, not instead of them. Therein lies a problem.

Jackie, do you let your friends get away with calling people names on your reports???
I've got some folks calling me black kettlepots or something...

P.S. Any more plans being made for an October weekend?

What? There's name calling going on?

Charles and I are really hoping we can get away in October for a trip for our anniversary. They are bringing back those Dragonberry Coladas for the Food and Wine Festival, and Charles' eyes lit up when I told him. I keep waiting for some fantastic room discount to help me decide.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Jackie, you have a rowdy bunch!

MeMom the ringleader!!
I still remember an innocent little thing planning her first trip to WDW in 2009. I happened across a little site called the Disboards and the rest is history!! I have now been 5 times since then!! I have informed my husband we will have two trips to WDW per year. No questions. What has happened to poor innocent me? Oh yeah, I have the DISease!!!

I must say that I blame my obsession in part on MeMom. If she did not go so often, then I would not constantly read her trip reports and want to go more!!

MeMom is the best at keeping the Magic alive with all her pictures! I love starting my morning off with her trip reports!

I know! And you would think that with all her years of experience teaching that Mrs. Jackie knows not to leave her classroom unattended while taking a bathroom break. If she doesn't get back in here soon, I think she's going to have a full fledged spitball fight on her hands! And since Mrs. J appointed me as name taker, I'm putting Memom's name on the board first, because SHE STARTED IT!

LOL! I am thinking it won't be a spitball fight, but I have no doubt I will walk back in and everyone will be wearing Mouse ears and singing "Who's the leader of the club?"

Exactly!

Looking forward to reading all about it Jackie! Both Tybee and the future Disney trip! I loved seeing pics of Chelsea and Connor through the years! It's hard to believe how much they have grown - where does the time go???

As for DIS-enabled trips...no, not me....and it didn't make me make a career change either. Nope.



Riiiiiiiiiight. Found the DIS prior to our honeymoon - our first trip.

Dum, dum, dum!

We bought DVC by our second trip! Didn't take too long to drink THAT Kool-Aid!

I did have about a year off the DIS when Henry was born - but, the seed had already been planted. When we got a PIN code in the mail I was back on the DIS like a flash and dove right in....the rest is history! (and despite our constant empty pocketbooks, it's okay-I love it!)

LOL! That Koolaid is certainly addictive!

Just trying to count the trips since joining the DIS in June 2008 makes my head spin! I'm thinking maybe a dozen?
Then there's the DIS induced DVC addonitis...

I'll just say joining the DIS has changed my life. Oh yes for the better! I have made some good friends. Perhaps I'm a bit "focused" on a certain topic, but we don't own a boat that we pour money into, or a cabin that we go to every weekend and spend countless hours working to maintain. We just have our love of a certain mouse, the magic and the attention to detail we find on every trip!

Yes, you have been on a lot of trips since you found the DIS. LOL!

I agree! My DIS friends are the best! Disney trips are way better than a boat or a lake cabin, in my opinion. The shopping is better, too.

You are all so hilarious......talk about a bunch of enablers....
it's a vicious circle and all of us are to blame!

I can blame Memom for my DISease!
She loored me in with all the shopping pics!
My immunity was down because I was at home sick that faithful day back in 2008 when I stumbled upon this site.

I havn't been able to make as many trips as y'all have but I am working on catching up...
One day I hope to be in the class of several trip a year!

You couldn't pay me enough for a cure and give up the DIS! I love all of the friends I have met on here!

Facebook seems to be trying to steal you away but I have faith y'all will stick around.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE TYBEE PICS!!!

Facebook is fun, but not nearly as fun as the DIS! I can't write nearly as much on there as I can here!

Whooo Hooo, this is going to be fun!!! Can;t wait to read about the beach!! We are going in 2 weeks but the beach in Oregon is not the same....... I am in the minority, I found the DIS and then went on my first cruise and then the World. I have been 5 times since May 2009 and own DVC

Here are some party nana's

Hi, Mary!!! Glad to have you here!!! I have never been to the beach on the west coast. Is it rocky?

EXACTLY! We have a lot of people here in MN that have cabins and boats (all those lakes you know) and spend every weekend working on them! That does not sound fun to me! When we go to WDW, DH says we're going to the cabin!
Plus we don't smoke, gamble or drink (well, DH doesn't drink) so we have more Disney money!!!

Now that DVC business - if DH had known about the resale market before last year, we'd have drank that kool-aid a long time ago!! DIS induced addonitis, indeed - Wigd, the queen of DVC addonitis enabling!!!

Now what I need is for someone to tell me about a nice cheap airline that will get me from MN to WDW for less than 200 RT with no luggage fees. Anyone???

I wish flying was more reasonable! The last hour of any car trip with my bunch about sends me over the edge. Flying would be so much easier.

Awww love the pictures of little Chelsea and Connor Adorable

Oh the Dis....the place of wonderful friendships, enabling and ticker envy

Tracy

LOL! Ticker envy can be very, very dangerous!

My name is micandminforever and I have DISease. I most go to Disney ever year, and crave to go more often. Plus I confess sometimes I have been know to be an enabler.

Thanks to Jackie I also have decided it is about time I visited my cousins that live on Tybee Island. They keep inviting us down, maybe I should visit.

Yes! You should definitely go visit your cousins in Tybee!!! It is a super easy drive as you will see in my next update!

 

[Charleston Princess]

That's my problem too

I have ticker envy right now - yours! I'm trying to work it out so that I can come then too, but I'm having trouble finding a roomie.........

Jackie, you wanna go?

I would be your roomie in a heartbeat, Michelle, but despite claiming he is not a Disney lover, Charles never wants to be left out of the fun. If we manage an October trip, he will insist on coming, too.

Hey Jackie! I'm here, finally! I'm really excited to hear about your time at Tybee and what plans you'll conjure up for next year!

Hi!!! I am always plotting.

If the shoe fits ..... then you are Cinderella.

Well said. I love a place that I can go to and feel safe and entertained. I can go alone or with friends, new or old and feel like I don't have a care in the world.

Yes, the feeling of safety and comfort at Disney is unparalleled. Not to mention, I always feel like a kid again when I am there.

nope I got it from RinkyTinkyTinky.... add ing it to my list of DIS-isms

The one in the city is a BIG one...and there are several more in the outlying malls plus (if still open) an outlet one too

You'll love the Windy city great stuff to do

I wish we had a Disney outlet here.

I love it! They should put that on a T-Shirt!

I agree!!!

Hi! This is the thread to be from the looks of it!


Looking forward to reading more

Welcome!!! Glad to have more readers!!!

Yes, you should know you can't step out into the hall on this bunch for very long, or we'll start acting up.

And I'm not sure why my name is on the board, either.
Everybody else was doing it.



You better take us to the island - quickly!

Heading to the island today!

Hmmm, where have I heard, "Everyone else was doing it!" before??? That, and my other favorite, "I was just trying to get everyone else to be quiet" seem to be popular phrases in my classroom.

Well you know what they say...teachers make the worst students!! We are just living up to that LOL!!!! I'm just glad MY name isn't on the board yet LOL!

Ha ha ha! Jen, you are too funny!

So true!
I always chuckle during staff meetings when the teachers talk about the kids not paying attention or listening to directions when we aren't listening to a thing the principal is saying.

It is the same at our school. You would think teachers all suffer from impulse control and ADD from the looks of things. LOL!

So true! But the difference there is that when I was teaching my kids, I actually knew what I was talking about and what I was saying to them had value! My principal... not so much!

I do have to say I love my admin. but they do like to get up in the front and talk and talk and talk...

 

[Charleston Princess]

And I get a prince with that, right?

Feeling safe is a big thing for us, especially because we go on so many girl trips.

Teachers are the worst. At workshops and meetings, we squirm in our seats, write notes, take unneeded bathroom breaks just to get out of the room, etc. Some teachers are really bad about sidebar conversations, too. I will say, I don't do that. I'm not just outright rude to the speaker. I pretend I am paying attention and write my conversations on paper. Sometimes I'll write some crazy something that I am thinking, and the whole table suddenly falls out laughing while I am totally focused on the teacher. People will be excusing themselves to make it out the door, others will be coughing through their laughs or composing themselves in some way, and I am just sitting there with my pen to the pad ready to take the next notes, acting like I don't have a clue what their problem is.

You are spot on about teachers during meetings. They are the same in graduate classes as well. I move and shift and doodle the whole time, and I am not the only one.

You need to come sit by me in meetings and keep me entertained. LOL!

Troublemaker! YOU were the kid in class that got all the others in trouble!

I want to know some of these comments she writes. LOL!

OKAY GANG......I log on this morning to get all caught up on the FOUR PAGES I have apparently missed on this TR over the past couple days---big mistake.....HUGE!!!! But why Jen you ask? Well I am in EXTREME abdominal pain right now, and spending the past 20 minutes laughing uncontrollably DOES NOT HELP!!!!!!
I am going to have to go take some more heavy duty drugs to get through this chitter chatter!!!!

But you know, since joining in March 2006 (I think???), I have had the BEST time on the DIS!!! I love this place....it has given me such wonderful DISfriends that I truly cherish, has taught me more than I could have ever imagined about my favorite place, and YES, definitely helped "cajole" me into taking as many trips to WDW as we have taken. I got on here in hopes of renting points for our first stay as our little family of 3 for our September 2006 trip, and haven't left since!!! My dream come true would be to actually get to meet all my lovely DISfriends at some point, but just know this, you are thought of DAILY and sent much love and "pixie dust" from my heart!!!

And YES, it is because of all you wonderful people that I am already plotting WHEN we will be buying into DVC...not IF!!! As soon as we get the BIG MOVE taken care of, DVC will be my next "to do!"

Ah, Jen!!! What a sweet post!!! I want us to take a trip at the same time! I am still kicking myself that we didn't meet up in 2008.

Oh and one more thing about us teachers........

I have often heard that you can tell what grade levels teachers teach just by observing their behavior--apparently we "tend" to begin behaving like the children we teach. Well, I am sure there is some truth in this, but my question is what does that say about me if I am moving DOWN to go back to teaching 8th graders from the high schoolers I have taught for the past many years?!?!?!?! Am I "IM-maturing?!?!?!?"

Oh, I am right there with you about teachers acting like the grades we teach. I have always said that! Which, since I teach middle school, you can just imagine what I am like at times -- that whole wanting to be treated like an adult but still acting like a kid at times. LOL!

I'm very late, but I'm here!

Yeay! Julie's here!!!

Do you think the fact that I get really annoyed with line cutters goes back to the fact that I teach 2nd grade?

"They cut me" in my best whiney voice.....

LOL! You may have something there, Wigd!

I can check if Naveen has dumped Tiana yet.

I can travel alone, be alone at a bus stop or just walk around alone and feel perfectly safe. I even talk to strangers.
A very big part of why I love it.

When I go to my annual conference in other cities I am very aware of travelling in groups and don't go out alone. Always looking for the well travelled and well lit route.

Instigator!!!! I have taught teachers and I do agree they exhibit the very behavior they are trying to stop in their classroom. I have had to tease them about it several times.

Yes, I don't talk to strangers nearly as much in other places as I do at Disney. LOL!

MegansMom- your post was so great. It is really how I feel about the Dis. I can come here and learn about everyone's lives, talk about my kiddos, and plan more Disney trips!
Your point about teachers is true. My DH is staying home with our kids till they get to school age, but before he was a middle school teacher. He fit right in with his sarcastic attitude. It will be interesting to see what he picks when he goes back to work in a year.

Yep, I have that sarcastic attitude as well, but I think I had that before I taught middle school. LOL!

Wonderful start. Loved the pictures of Chelsea and Connor through the years. They grow up so fast!

I have a DISease too. Not sure where I caught it.

They are growing up too, too fast! Before I know it, they will be all adult-looking.

I don't even want to think about what I must act like if Jen is right LOL My freshman are a special brand all to themselves!! I love them dearly but WOW LOL!! Oh well I wouldn't have it any other way I bow down to those teachers who teach younger kids!!!!

I think I may need your expertise on how to deal with my own freshman!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Thanks for the shout out, Jackie!!!

Anytime! I really cannot put into words how excited I am that you have another Disney trip in the works! I adore your PTRs/TRs!

Thanks Jackie!

You're welcome, Julie! I am so looking forward to reading about Claire's first trip!

Great to see you survived another weekend of leadership training. We have had a blast while in have been out in the hall, so hurry back before we get to out of control.

Thanks for the heads up on the new reports.

I am glad that leadership class is finished. It was fun but ten-hour days are very long --especially since we were outside "playing" for most of it.

Hi Ya Jackie!!! I am back on land with the living! I loved that cruise, and I hope you get to do one too! GREAT time!!! But Vero is totally where it is at. WOW SO much fun! So beautiful! I can't wait to share!

Hi, HD!!! Glad to see you back on land! So, what you're saying is that I am going to want to go to Vero now? LOL! Do you like it better than Hilton Head?

I am loving all of your "distraction" posts on the DIS and Facebook btw!!! You are a classic GT student who is bored out of her yonkers in a class with a teacher who isn't the slightest bit engaging!!!! Where or where are her diferentiation skills??!!

Keep up the hard work!!!

You are so right about that class and my distraction! It is Models of Teaching and the textbook is the WORST. Then, when we get in class, the instructor talks and talks and talks and then gives us time to work on our presentations and projects. I am just too ADHD to get real work done in a room with a bunch of other people. It does not make for productivity.

The ironic thing is the instructor is the same one I had for my gifted endorsement, and she is always talking about the need to differentiate.

Thanks for the heads-up on the reports! Heading over there right now!!

You will love both of them!

LOL!!! Good luck with your portfolio!! I wish we lived closer so we could go see that movie together...wouldn't that be fun!!!!

Thanks! I made a 104 on my final exam for the leadership class (when I told the family what I made, Chelsea said, "You are such a nerd," LOL -- like they didn't know that before), but the portfolio is going to take some work.

Yes, I wish we lived closer, too, so we could head to the movies.

So what's the next class up!!! I am going to email you soon and ask you some questions!! I definitely see the specialist degree in my future!!!!!

I am still doing the Monday/Wednesday one which is Models of Teaching. It goes until July 22. In the fall, I will be taking two classes -- Advanced Academic Assessment and Leadership in Diverse Schools. Sounds like fun, don't they?

I hope you are having a good summer so far....how is the rain situation over in your guys area?

Turns out no fireworks for us this year, almost the entire state of TX is under a fireworks ban LOL!

We have had rain every day the past couple of weeks -- those big afternoon thunderstorms. It's like being in Florida...only not. LOL!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Our original plan for our summer trip was a Disney World trip with Free Dining and the new Star Tours, but with other expenses on the radar and my darling daughter declaring, “I don’t want to go to Disney World. We go every year. I want to go someplace different,” and Charles saying, “I’ll go wherever you want,” it was left to me to make the final decision.

The more I looked at that price tag on a Disney trip, the more I felt we needed something a little less expensive.

So, where to go?

Chelsea wanted a beach trip. I wasn’t opposed to a beach trip, but I had very definite opinions about what kind of beach trip it would have to be.

I wanted a beach cottage. If we weren’t going to Disney, then I wanted someplace where we felt like we had enough space.

It would have to be in the Lowcountry. I grew up in Charleston, so I am very prejudiced about being on the Atlantic Ocean.

I didn’t want to do Hilton Head again. I felt like we had been enough times that I didn’t want to go again.

I wanted a beach town with quaint, cutesy charm where we could walk to most things.

Would I find something to fit all that criteria?

Back in 2006 I read Savannah Breeze by one of my favorite authors, Mary Kay Andrews. It is set in Tybee Island which is a small island off the coast of Savannah. On her blog, she had raved about a rental company called Mermaid Cottages. I had fallen in love with the cottages they rent, so Tybee Island and Mermaid Cottages had been on my radar for awhile.

I headed to their site to see what they had available for our dates.

I found Fish Camp Cottage…

Built in 1924 as a fish camp, it has been renovated and was just what I was looking for…three beds, screened-in porch, one street over from the marshes, a short walk to the beach…

Only $160 a night and they offer an educator’s discount.

Sign us up!

To Tybee Island we were headed for five nights/six days.

Finally, the morning of May 30 dawned, and it was time to hit the road. Since check-in time was 4:00, and Tybee Island is only five hours away, I figured we would try to get going by 10:00.

You know Charles. He can’t help but throw a kink into any plans I have for leaving.

Suddenly, at 9:15 he was all, “Go! Go! Go! I want to get going!”

Really?

Because you are ruining all my carefully laid plans.

We were on the road by 9:45 after RUSHING to get the car loaded. Which, let me just say, we took twice as much stuff with us on this trip as we do when we head to Disney -- a lot of it was food (I planned on breakfasts and lunches at the cottage) and beach paraphernalia.

Charles was all about this trip and even pulled the camera out to take pictures.

Chelsea being silly. No matter how old she gets, she still likes being goofy.

I had bought the kids books they had wanted for awhile. Chelsea had Sarah Dessen’s new one, and Connor was thrilled to pieces when he discovered Rick Riordan’s new one, The Throne of Fire, sitting in his seat. He immediately started reading and read all the way to the beach.

Even Charles was super excited. (That’s his excited face, by the way.)

Even stopping twice for drinks and lunch, we were driving through Savannah by 2:30. Seeing a Piggly Wiggly, palm trees, and Spanish moss hanging off the trees made me feel like I was home -- such a feeling of peace and contentment. Thank goodness I didn’t have to drive over that suspension bridge crossing the Savannah River, though. Just seeing it from a distance made me ill! Really and truly! My stomach dived at the sight of it. The bridges connecting Savannah and the islands are much more manageable.

Since it was still so early, we stopped at Publix and Walmart to pick up eggs, milk, creamer, orange juice, a boogie board for Connor (Chelsea still had hers), and a couple of beach chairs.

We reached Tybee about 3:30, and the minute we drove onto the island, we fell in love -- it is truly all kitschy charm and bright colors. We hadn’t even reached the cottage before Charles declared, “This is my favorite beach town ever!”

Really? Because we hadn’t even stopped anywhere yet. LOL! At least you couldn’t fault his enthusiasm.

We finally arrived at Fish Camp Cottage…

Just as darling as the pictures! In fact, it was cuter than the pictures.

Charles was in love and before we even had the car unloaded, he was telling me he wanted to move to Tybee Island.

The kids explored, and Connor quickly found a stick.

Chelsea found the screened-in porch.

And Charles amused himself with the camera while I was trying to get things organized.

Around 6:00, it was time to head to dinner…

UP NEXT: The best shrimp on the island…

Now, I am off to get my presentation ready for tomorrow's class on the Picture-Inductive Model. Fun stuff. I am using a picture from Disney for it, though.

 

[DWGal210]

It looks so lovely & quaint!! How darling!! What a great start to your trip!!

 

[pooh'smate]

I have to laugh about Connor finding a stick. Lexi is the same way. While we were in Disney I would find rocks and leaves in her pockets at the end of the day. She would also put sicks in the stroller since they didn't fit in her pocket. Tybee Island looks beautiful. I keep trying to tell my DH we need to move South pronto.

 

[eandesmom]

It is SO adorable!!!! I want to move in there right now, it's just perfect.

 

[micandminforever]

We just made reservation for two nights on Tybee, to visit cousins, DH nephew(he lives north of Savannah) and SIL who is visiting son. Where is the best shrimp on the island?

The pictures of the cottage are adorable. I look forward to reading about all of the beach fun.

I have saved reading Mary Kay Andrews new book to read on the ride down to Tybee and on the beach. I felt Tybee would be a good place to read the book.

If all works out OK we might try a week at Tybee in the fall instead of Amelia Island. I promise DH a beach trip this fall instead of Disney. It was a hard decision, but we did go to Disney in March.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Your cottage is adorable!!

I think for your next trip you should just let Charles decide when to leave, it seems he's always making adjustments to your plans!

 

[MeMom]

Even though you are not at Disney, you are still representing your true Disney colors.

Very cute cottage, and as I told you a long time ago, I would have been staking my claim to the screened in porch. I really would love to have one of those going out to my backyard.

I'd love to taking a walking tour of that area and go in so many of those cottages to see the decor.

 

[swwake]

Loving the trip so far, and I saw the cottage pics on FB, but I still love it! We did a beach house in Port Aransas, TX this year, and it sounds like a similar place and town to Tybee. We loved it! Quite a different, lower-key vacation than Disney, don'tcha think?

Question - what is the meaning behind Chelsea's bracelet?

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Such an adorable cottage!!! I think i want to move there too!

By the way, I think the return of the dragonberry colada is clearly a sign from the universe that you and Charles are meant to go to F&W!

 

[manntra]

I just love that cottage So cute that Charles decided what time to go and that it is his favorite beach town ever upon first look

Sooo looking forward to the best shrimp ever


Tracy

 

[SoonerGirl]

Ahhhhh, the ever elusive stick - so glad Connor was able to find one so quickly

I have that same Mickey shirt that you are wearing, you must have good taste

That cottage is too cute!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Tybee has just made my short list! I can't wait to read more. Was the $160 before or after the educator discount?

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

What a sweet little cottage! Sounds like yall had a great start to a wonderful vacation!

 

[Happy Elf]

The cottage is adorable! Looks like a relaxing place to stay. The screened in porch looks like heaven!

Can't wait to hear about the yummy shrimp!