Fun Crazy: I made it - I can't believe it's really here!

[passthepixiedust]

Ooooh! I like the hot version of the Queen of Hearts WAY more than the Disney one...

I haven't gotten to try the Beaver's tails at any of the places you listed (I am in Vancouver) but on the rest of the list! I was trying to explain the Canadian "vibe" to an American once and the best visual I could come up with was the old Molson beer commercial... you know, My name is Joe and I am Canadian.

I know, I was blown away when my 10 year old consented to wear a nightdress and a top hat! I don't think that it would have the same effect without a "Wendy" though.... apparently, 16 is so cool that wearing a costume is almost unspeakable. Now I am thinking the guys could be Lost Boys. (Can you tell Peter Pan is my favourite?). I love that your DH consented to be Shang! That is so sweet!

 

[Tosha]

Hi Alysa! I'm here and I'm SO in!

You have a beautiful family! Just so sweet! I want to thank you again for all your kind words in my PTR especially during this trying time right now

That video of your daughter meeting tig had me BAWLING with tears of joy. BOY I hope I can keep my composure in Disney or else I'm in for some embarrasment!

But the way she was so excited.... She kept showring tigger with kissies and huggies and then just so excited. Can I show the video to my dh and children? They would love it!

 

[Alysa]

Tosha!
I am so excited you come by! I have been thinking of you a lot lately. You and Kendyl are still in my prayers.
I cry over that video too - all the time! If you are a crier like me, look out. You'll never make it at Disney! My son comes over all the time and says "Mummy, what wrong, Mummy, you crying?" "They are happy tears baby boy". I cry when I have to put away clothes for them that are too small, when my daughter goes to kindergarten, Christmas, birthdays, when my son hits a ball with his bat, when he got his big boy bed, when the Prince danced with my girl at 1900 Park Faire, any time I see the Castle. I'm just a big baby. God has blessed me so!

I'd love it if you showed your kids! I'll post my slide show from the same trip. It was her first trip and I am SOOOO excited for you! I wish I could come and see you guys all see the castle for the first time. I think you sound like a wonderful family. Sending more prayers for Kendyl. Less than two weeks left - you are going to have the BEST time!

 

[Alysa]

So here is a little slide show of our girl's first trip. We went to Vero for a week for Mother's day, then spent three wonderful days at the Animal Kingdom. We just lazed around and took it easy. It was a wonderful relaxing and happy trip. My tips for moms with babies? Return to the room for naps, get a kitchenette stocked with groceries so you don't have to take a hot tired baby to restaurants, spend lots of time cooling down at the pool, rent a crib from ABBF.com and bring baby's bumper, sheet and quilt from home.
This is a sniffy one for me. I think it is the song which always makes me ball.

Our DD's first trip - She was such a sweet little bunny. Still is!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

AZMickeyfans
Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by! How many of you are going?

We've got just the 4 of us going.

And I did not know Canada invented Duct Tape. If I tell dh this he will move north.

 

[Alysa]

So on DD's second trip we went to the Beach Club for a week and it was so much fun! She was so much more aware of what was going one. That first trip with her was really for us to enjoy watching her be a baby, but this one she really got a kick out of experiencing everything and she ADORED the characters. She thought it was so nice of them to show up to give her some loving. First trip her favourite was Tigger, this time it was Belle at story time, hands down. Sorry it is so rushed. I tried to fit too many pictures in.
I've got our marathon video done. Now I feel like I need to go and get our other two trips with DS done so that he doesn't feel left out. Bad Mummy, neglecting the second child's photos! Two kids are definitely busier than one!

Our DD's Second Trip - our first stay at the Beach Club, sniff!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

GREAT slideshows!

You'll be in my heart was my daughters lyrical song for dance this year. I bawled each time those girls danced to it so I understand and wanted to cry during your slideshow too!

I love the second one. how much she had grown!

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I cry when I have to put away clothes for them that are too small,

How I hate going through their closets each season to sort through clothes that are too small. Each piece of clothing reminds me of something they did, or said and it takes a good wad of tissues for me to make it through it.

 

[Alysa]

Okay, so I'm catching up! Here is my son's first trip in March 2006. We had been planning a big family trip with my parents, my sister and her family, and my aunt and her family for about a year. Then, my sister comes to me and says "I'm pregnant!". Her baby would be 4 months and she and her family didn't want to cancel the trip. My niece would be bit younger than we would ordinarily go but the trip was still do-able.

Then, da, da, da, da! I found out that we were going to have a big surprise too! And if this baby was as late as his sister I didn't think I could go. I talked to my doctor and she said "You're going to a luxury resort? So sit back and let everyone pamper you. Breast feed a LOT to keep the baby hydrated, drink water all the time. Keep cool, stay out of the sun and don't overdo it. Have lots of naps and go with blessings!"

I hated to disappoint everyone by cancelling the trip, so we went. I was nervous about everything, I even worried about being able to find summer clothes for him in January, and I did not want to go shopping with a newborn, so I bought him 7 little gymboree 0-3 month outfits in the fall before he was born. When he was born he was so small he wore premie clothes for a while, and when we tried these adorable little outfits on him right before we left, of course they were miles too big. I remember putting the sandals and swimsuit on him and when I lifted him up the swimsuit dropped right down to the huge boats on the end of his feet. These massive sandals that had looked so tiny before he was born were twice the size of his feet and were the only thing holding the swimsuit on. My sister laughed when I told her and said "You thought you would take him SWIMMING?!"

Of course she was right, to keep cool he was always either in a onsie or just a diaper and we drapped thin white blankets over his car seat to reflect the sun so we didn't need to put sunscreen on him. I guess I forgot that 6 week old babies aren't going to be doing a lot of walking so they don't really need SHOES! They were super cute outfits though. He would have been styling! I think I was nervous about going so I focused on silly things I could do beforehand. But the trip was great!

I spent a LOT of time in the baby centres breastfeeding. I went into the one at Epcot and fell asleep one afternoon and came out an HOUR later.
I really do feel like if you are recovering from childbirth, a deluxe resort at Disney is a great place to do it. We ordered a bassinet, baby bath and a toddler bead for my DD from ABBF.com, and we had a full kitchen this time stocked with lots of juice, water and healthy groceries so we never had to go out to eat if we were too tired. DH took lots of photos of DD enjoying the parks for me so I wouldn't feel like I was missing out on too much and every evening at the hotel we watched little slide shows of her. I went to the parks for maybe two hours a day and skipped them entirely a couple of days.

We used Garden Grocer to deliver the food and they were great! However, when the delivery guy from there knocked to deliver the groceries I was breastfeeding on the living room couch. I was all covered up but he was an older guy and seemed so embarrassed. You never saw someone bring in a weeks worth of groceries so fast! Anyway, I guess he had a lot of deliveries for the hotel because I went over to my parents and sister's two bedroom suite on another floor about an hour later and my DS was still hungry so I covered up and started feeding him again. Then there was a knock at the door and you guessed it, it was the Garden Grocer man with my parent's order! He looked over and saw me on the sofa again and I thought he was going to pass out right there.

All in all it was a wonderful trip. While we were at Chef Mickey's we caught my DS's first smile on film and I'll treasure that memory forever. Sure it was a different and much slower trip than any of the others have been, but I wouldn't have missed it for anything. I think as long as you listen to your doctor, take it easy, drink at least 3 liters of water a day and be good to yourself, that a trip with a baby can be magical!

DS's first trip - I still can't believe how little he was!

 

[Tosha]

Tosha!
I am so excited you come by! I have been thinking of you a lot lately. You and Kendyl are still in my prayers.
I cry over that video too - all the time! If you are a crier like me, look out. You'll never make it at Disney! My son comes over all the time and says "Mummy, what wrong, Mummy, you crying?" "They are happy tears baby boy". I cry when I have to put away clothes for them that are too small, when my daughter goes to kindergarten, Christmas, birthdays, when my son hits a ball with his bat, when he got his big boy bed, when the Prince danced with my girl at 1900 Park Faire, any time I see the Castle. I'm just a big baby. God has blessed me so!

I'd love it if you showed your kids! I'll post my slide show from the same trip. It was her first trip and I am SOOOO excited for you! I wish I could come and see you guys all see the castle for the first time. I think you sound like a wonderful family. Sending more prayers for Kendyl. Less than two weeks left - you are going to have the BEST time!

Thank you SO much! Thank you for keeping us in your prayers

OMGoodness! I showed the family and my girls are totally in love with the baby. I told them the baby is now a big girl

My dh said " Awww that's SO sweet. How was she not afraid of him?"

That's because Dominique, yeah the same dd of ours who will be TEN in October, is still afraid of Chuck E Cheese I told her on this trip she will NOT deprive the others from enjoying the characters, so if she's afraid she will have to close her eyes She is SURE she will love all the Dis characters and said Chuck E Cheese is different because he's a rat But we shall see.


Oh and I have to make a mental note to self....want to have a good cry? View Alysas slideshows and videos So cute!

 

[Diamondintheruff]

Very sweet videos. I've got to start playing around and making some of those. I'm going to add it to my list. You know that list of things that you really do want to get around to doing as soon as you have some free time.

Noticing from the times on your posts that you are quite the night owl.

 

[Alysa]

OMGoodness! I showed the family and my girls are totally in love with the baby. I told them the baby is now a big girl

I know - sniff!

My dh said " Awww that's SO sweet. How was she not afraid of him?"
That's because Dominique, yeah the same dd of ours who will be TEN in October, is still afraid of Chuck E Cheese I told her on this trip she will NOT deprive the others from enjoying the characters, so if she's afraid she will have to close her eyes She is SURE she will love all the Dis characters and said Chuck E Cheese is different because he's a rat But we shall see.

It's funny and it might be because they have seen them all along growing up but the kids have no fear of them. They were afraid of other non-disney characters thought. It may be because the Disney ones look so much more non-menacing? Not sure but Dominique may be right. Plus she knows them and their stories, right? Whereas with Chuck E she might have been thinking "Who is this freaky rat and what is he going to do to me?" She just has good taste, that's all!

Hi Diamondinthefuff. I do know that list - I still have to finish updating my son's memory book, put his second trip video together and I bought albums for the kids baby pictures but have yet to select, print and assemble them. I'm not really a night owl, I just work freelance so I do most of my work after the kids have gone to bed and to reward myself I tell myself I can go do some DIS-ing after I am finished.

Thanks for reading!

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I totally agree-Chuck E Cheese IS scary and a RAT!

So as long as we can avoid the rats from ratatouille all should be well. Where are they anyway? France in Epcot? Or have they disapeared?

 

[Alysa]

Oh, my goodness - I had to edit this out - too whiney! Ignore me, I'm just a bit sleep deprived that's all. Instead I'm posting something to cheer me up: a link to some clips from my FAVOURITE B&W series. Hope you like!

Nick and Nora

I went shopping on the weekend at Gymboree and I got DD some summer clothes on sale and the cutest little dresses for the trip ; the shop girl told me that DD will stop wanting to wear them in a year or two which made me buy 3.
DS has lots of cute hand me downs from my nephew so I just have to pick up some white polos for him and find some sandals in a size 8 and he is pretty good to go. I feel a bit guilty because I don't get him very much.

I am so excited about the things I bought for a craft I am going to do with DD. I planned out a pattern and now all I have to do is cut it out and assemble. It's an advent calendar for Disney! Each day the kids open a new pocket (the little black mickey head) where there will be a special Disney themed treat inside. Here is a jpg of what it is supposed to look like (about 80 cm?), I hope to post soon with an actual photo. I'm going to glue the pieces on first then sew with a really wide stitch "for extra beauty", to quote Lilo. I've got a dowel I can hang it on. I'm so keen to do this with DD. I can't wait until I have the time to do it. Maybe over the weekend? It will be a 25 days out countdown - right now we are at 62!

Have a great night everyone!

 

[Tosha]

Tell the gymbo lady that's NOT true! My daughter Dominique will be 10 in October and and when I post pics from my trip report, you will see that she LOVES her gymbo.....in fact I have had to stop buying anything else because she loves gymbo so much.


Ms. Ice Cream Social herself......

 

[Alysa]

Oh my goodness! Another Gymboree fan! Did you go to the sale this week? I love the ice cream social! Your daughter looks sooo pretty!
We stopped going anywhere else either. They just look so nice in the clothes, then my niece will re-wear all DD's things so I want them to last. I'm so glad to hear you say DD will keep wearing them. DD's a girly girl so I have some hope. We got DD the prep school line for school plus some petite Mademoiselle dresses. Plus some extreme animals bear shirts for DS. I couldn't resist - so cute!

 

[Tosha]

Oh my goodness! Another Gymboree fan! Did you go to the sale this week? I love the ice cream social! Your daughter looks sooo pretty!
We stopped going anywhere else either. They just look so nice in the clothes, then my niece will re-wear all DD's things so I want them to last. I'm so glad to hear you say DD will keep wearing them. DD's a girly girl so I have some hope. We got DD the prep school line for school plus some petite Mademoiselle dresses. Plus some extreme animals bear shirts for DS. I couldn't resist - so cute!

No I purposely skipped the sale. The Petite Mademoiselle will be marked down realllllly nicely wthin the next couple weeks, so I'll place an online order. I tend to do alot of damage at Gymboree and even MORE damage at Janie and Jack ( gymboree's boutique type stores). But the sad thing is we only get to really enjoy gymbo in the summer as they wear uniforms to school But we still get to getcutesy for church I just don't buy as much for the fall. But I MUST have some of that PM....if not the whole line.

What has been your favorite lines? For me it has been Bon Voyage, followed by Cupcake cutie then Candy Apple

 

[Alysa]

I'll try to find some pics. I have a beautiful black velvet dress with a sash and a matching wool coat for her. I noticed going through her stuff recently that it is a size 4 so I'll have to pack it up this winter. Then there is this dear little white dress with lavender flowers we got at Easter. I really love their school lines - we got the set last year as well. And we have a Bon voyage dress! Was there one called Ice Princess - the pink and pale blue skating/snowflake line? Lots of that too. And really any raincoat with matching boots that they sell at all.
And for DS I LOVE the whale watching line, and anything with a bear on it. He has a wilderness lodge type room theme so anything like that just makes me want to cuddle him.
It's a big day for you guys today. Kendyl is in my prayers!

 

[Diamondintheruff]

While my DD7 (almost 8) doesn't wear everything out of gymboree anymore there are some things she will still wear. She still loves to wear dresses. At one point in her life (JK I think) she would only wear dresses with patterned tights. But now she wears it all. I think it depends on your daughters personality.

I haven't had time to check out Nick and Nora yet. But I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Alysa]

At one point in her life (JK I think) she would only wear dresses with patterned tights.

DD is just going into senior kindergarten. I got her the cutest little tights from gymboree, white with little black kittens on them - she LOVES them! Now I just have to find a skirt that matches!