Before I get to any other posts I thought I would post about my husband's Disney pin addiction. He will not mind as he is fully aware of this addiction and is actually quite proud of it. It started in Sept. 2001, if I remember correctly it was because I saw a cute little piglet pin (at the time I really liked Pooh, but this piglet pin was pretty tiny and really cute) on a lanyard that was hanging around the neck of a mannequin. I wanted to see if I could buy it and found out that I had to buy another pin and trade for it. So then my DH started asking all kinds of questions about it and the cast member was explaining about limited edition pins, cast member only lanyard pins, etc. So innocently enough, this is how the obsession started. Here is a pic of the pin that started it all
See that cute little piglet pin...who knew something so small could start an obsession so big that has my husband chasing down CM's in parades!!!
So the other night I found all of our lanyards since this pin business started and took a picture for you to see...now grant it...I know there are serious pin enthusiasts who have thousands of these and we are no where near the volume as said enthusiasts but it won't be long if this continues. Which I'm not saying I would mind because then maybe we would go back to the World more than once a year
, say for a pin trading event maybe......I don't care how I get there and am willing to admit that I would prey on DH's vulnerability when it comes to pins....
The funny thing is if you knew my DH you would NEVER in a million years imagine this weakness for pins!
Seriously though it has become a fun family tradition when we go to Disney to hunt down those special CM only pins or Hidden Mickey pins, etc. My big boys are already talking about the pins they want to collect or look for on this trip. I must admit we do have fun in it the only bad part is that those lanyards can get heavy!!
Now as I mentioned, and as you can see I got out all of our pins and DH and I sat down and went through all of them and decided to pick ones that we didn't care about or had duplicates of (we bought so many of the starter sets or the boxed pin sets since they are cheaper for trading) to take back with us so we already had a collection of pins ready for trading. We have about 30 or so and when we were done sorting through and reminiscing about certain ones, my DH said..."Well that should get us through the first day or two".
Well I gotta go get the boys from school and take them to the orthodontist. I'll post some picks of few of my favorite pins later!
. So its his term of endearment for me!
I think your Dad is a Prince of a guy!
he perked up quite a bit when I told him that he got a sword...hmmm, maybe its not so bad after all! He also scrunched his nose up when I mentioned Tepan Edo (which he had no clue what he was scrunching his nose at, just likes to be disagreeable at times) but then I told him what it was and he said "O Yeah....I liked that place" We didn't get to finish because we got off track just talking and explaining all the places we were going to eat at and I had to hurry to get dressed to get out to do an Uppercase Living show and David was heading to a men's Bible study at our church. I guess I'll find out tomorrow where everyone is most excited to eat while we are gone. 
another reader...YAY.....going over to check out your pre-trippie to get your details (I think I saw a link in your siggy line!) Well know actual packing has taken place but I'm going to definitely get started very soon. Next week has a whole lot of craziness in it. Not too much on my part but DH apparently has a crazy busy week of work, being a business owner he has to make sure all his ducks are in a row before heading out and he has a whole bunch of new stuff starting up which is awesome but hectic right before we leave! It can't be quite as bad as our trip in 2005 when he was gone for 4 days for a golf trip the week we left. He got home on Wed. night and we left Friday morning...crazy I tell ya, just crazy. Had to pack EVERYONE by myself. Looking like it may play out a little like that again this time. I'm usually the one that packs all the clothes (except for his) anyway, but at least when he's around he can keep the kidlets in line so I can get things done! TOTALLY not complaining though because after all I am packing for DISNEY!!!!!
The countdown to our trip is only one week away. I bought a spare battery for my video camera and eight new blank digital video tapes. Want to get them labeled before we leave so that I can just pop them out of the container and insert into the camera. 
