"Going Back To The Princess' House" ~ Trip Report,Pics, Updated 11/11

[Williamandmom]

HAHA It's still as good!!

Ok So I was thinking Tiff... I was reading on ALLearsnet.com that people who go to Epcot's World Showcase they do little challenge! Others that have been done are "Chocolate Around the World", "Drinking around the World Tour", "Fried Doughs around the World Tour" . Let me know what you think!

 

[IluvXU]

Love your scrapbooking stuff... after our trip I am pledged to get caught up... I am way behind. I am just going to take over a table and get caught up at night!

 

[bcbmom]

Getting Closer...soooo exciting. Wow you already have all of your planning done, good for you. Looking forward to your next installment!!

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Woooo Hoooo!!! Down to double-digits!!!

Thank you! As you can tell I am very excited

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

HAHA It's still as good!!

Ok So I was thinking Tiff... I was reading on ALLearsnet.com that people who go to Epcot's World Showcase they do little challenge! Others that have been done are "Chocolate Around the World", "Drinking around the World Tour", "Fried Doughs around the World Tour" . Let me know what you think!

That sounds like a great idea! I am sure we will figure out something.

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Love your scrapbooking stuff... after our trip I am pledged to get caught up... I am way behind. I am just going to take over a table and get caught up at night!

sounds great! I need to take over my table as well just to catch up on scrapbooking!!!

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Getting Closer...soooo exciting. Wow you already have all of your planning done, good for you. Looking forward to your next installment!!

I am extremely excited, I suppose that is the reason all my planning is finished. I am sure I will come up with something else to plan for the trip pretty soon, it is getting pretty boring waiting for the trip to come

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

I know it is a little early, but I think it is time for me to start thinking about a packing list (I absolutely love lists, Lists + Me = ) I also need to think of other lists to make-up, such as airport bags list, Disney bag list, A list of things I want to send to Disney before I get there, and so on. I will work on those tonight and hopefully have them to post soon

I must admit I am starting to get board of waiting for the trip to come, I wish I saved some things to plan but all is good because sooner than I know I will start to work on projects for Disney basically now I have to wait for DH to give me the okay to start shopping for the materials. So far here is what I have planned to make:

~ DD's Scrapbook/autograph book
~ Spiral Tie-Dye Mickey head shirts for the family (I am trying to everyone going to make & wear one, we will see how it goes)
~ DD's EPCOT World Showcase Passport
~ DD's Travel journal/ activity book

I would like to make more projects, but DH would rather I didn't, for example, I would like to make the cool neck ties, but DH would rather buy them. I guess we will see.

And now I leave you with a few pictures from our February 2004 trip:

DD started to love rides at a young age

Goofy is my favorite

I am not too sure what DH did to provoke the seagull, perhaps he was cawing at it it is a funny picture though!

Stay tunned for the next installment: Much Apologies & A Move

 

[Princesskeyblade]

I love lists too!!! But DBF looks at me like I am crazy when I make them.

I love the pictures too! The seagull one is priceless!

 

[Williamandmom]

I am not too sure what DH did to provoke the seagull, perhaps he was cawing at it it is a funny picture though!

Scott and Rob were tring to get the seagull to land on one of them! I think they got board waiting for someone on Big Thunder Mountin!

 

[bcbmom]

Well at least your dh will wear a Mickey tshirt
Dh still thinks there is no way he'll wear any Disney wear...but i'm thinking he'll change his mind once we get there. We were at the mall on the weekend he picked up a bunch of new summer clothes but nothing Disney ofcourse, lol. I guess as long as he matches with colour we'll be okay, lol.
Glad to hear things are still progressing...it seems so close somedays but so far away others don't you think??

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

I love lists too!!! But DBF looks at me like I am crazy when I make them.

I love the pictures too! The seagull one is priceless!

I get the crazy look as well from DH, but when he forgets to pack something and I already have it packed(because of the list) he loves them

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Well at least your dh will wear a Mickey tshirt
Dh still thinks there is no way he'll wear any Disney wear...but i'm thinking he'll change his mind once we get there. We were at the mall on the weekend he picked up a bunch of new summer clothes but nothing Disney ofcourse, lol. I guess as long as he matches with colour we'll be okay, lol.
Glad to hear things are still progressing...it seems so close somedays but so far away others don't you think??

Very true, I know many DHs that would not wear a Mickey shirt I think my DH is just comfortable in whatever he wears so he doesn't care. He is the type of guy that would wear things with holes in them until I find them and throw them out

Don't you just love shopping for a new season, well everything but the bill of course. There is just something so special about a new outfit, at least for me

To me it seems like my trip is progressively adding days on instead of taking them off I think once the 50 day mark is reached everything will just slide on by and it will be our turn ar Disney

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

First off I would like to say much apologies for leaving my pre-tripie for two weeks Some things have been going on that I am about to explain...

We went out of state to Minnesota for Memorial Day weekend everything was great and we had a wonderful time. Then DH drops the bomb:

DH: "Look dear, they have a Little Caesars here, we should move here"
(a little side note, we don't really care for the pizza options in MN, but DH likes Little Caesars)
Me: "Okay, you want to move here because of pizza? "
DH: "Well we have lived here and loved the area, there is so much to do here"

And so this is what started the conversation of moving from Illinois to Minnesota, I figured I would spare you all of the conversation. In the end we decided to move, the only problem now is DD school would be starting Sept. 2nd, the day we are suppose to arrive back from our trip. In Illinois DD would have started school Sept. 4th, so now we had a little bit of a problem.
1.) Our flights are out of Chicago and we would have to drive 5 1/2 hours to get to them
2.) If we kept the already set dates, DD would miss her 1st day of Kindergarten and when we landed at 9:30PM on the 2nd we would have to drive back to MN so she wouldn't miss he second day either.
3.) To change our flights it is about $250 per ticket DH didn't think we needed insurance on our tickets.

So you can now see why I have not been on the boards for 2 weeks... A) we are moving and now B) we are faced with rearranging our trip around.

What will we do??

Stay tunned for the next installment: The Big Decision

 

[bcbmom]

Wow that is a lot!!...like planning a disney vacation wasn't enough, lol.
I'm in Canada (which is my excuse to cover how awful I am in geography ) but i'm just wondering how far of a move you are making. Does your husband have to find a new job? Also is family closer to where you are at now, or where you'll be moving??

Sounds like it must be something you both want with coming to a decision to move so quickly, so it'll all work out
I wouldn't think it would be that big of a deal to keep the trip as planned and her to miss a day or two would it?

Hope everything with your trip works itself out

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Hi! I was just stopping by to say I'm now a fellow reader!! Sorry for all of your moving issues. That's funny that you are in IL and want to move to Minn, my one roommate in my disney college program lived in Minn and moved to Detroit and they hate it and want to move back to Minn, it must be very popular!!!

I love all the pictures you have such a beautiful family!! I'm very excited about your DVC..my parents are both now almost 50 and said when we first started staying on property in 1992 (I was 7) that they should have bought DVC..I tell them, it is never too late and my brother and I can share it in the future..we'll see..but I'm very glad for you. Our Disney home is WL. We have stayed there 6x...never the villas though but they look amazing!

Happy planning, I hope you can figure out your disney issues

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Wow that is a lot!!...like planning a disney vacation wasn't enough, lol.
I'm in Canada (which is my excuse to cover how awful I am in geography ) but i'm just wondering how far of a move you are making. Does your husband have to find a new job? Also is family closer to where you are at now, or where you'll be moving??

Sounds like it must be something you both want with coming to a decision to move so quickly, so it'll all work out
I wouldn't think it would be that big of a deal to keep the trip as planned and her to miss a day or two would it?

Hope everything with your trip works itself out

Yeah, tell me about it but so far it is all working out.
My husband did get a new job that pays better, hence the move, so I can not complain. Another added bonus is my mother lives up there along with a few cousins and my sister, so it's not like I am moving to somewhere I have never been before.
We currently live in northern Illinois and we are moving to southern Minnesota, so it's about 5 1/2 hours by car in the direction of NE, not too bad.
I am actually now thinking that DD is only starting Kindergarten so missing a couple of days shouldn't be that bad, beside we did already have the trip planned and paid for before we found out we were moving.

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Hi! I was just stopping by to say I'm now a fellow reader!! Sorry for all of your moving issues. That's funny that you are in IL and want to move to Minn, my one roommate in my disney college program lived in Minn and moved to Detroit and they hate it and want to move back to Minn, it must be very popular!!!

I love all the pictures you have such a beautiful family!! I'm very excited about your DVC..my parents are both now almost 50 and said when we first started staying on property in 1992 (I was 7) that they should have bought DVC..I tell them, it is never too late and my brother and I can share it in the future..we'll see..but I'm very glad for you. Our Disney home is WL. We have stayed there 6x...never the villas though but they look amazing!

Happy planning, I hope you can figure out your disney issues

Yeah, moving can be a pain in the butt, but I hear MN is just wonderful! Funny you mention that about your Disney College roomate, I hear a lot of stories about people who move from MN to IL and then move back to MN. I just can't wait to get away from all this traffic
Thank you! This will be our 1st DVC trip, but I am very excited to go. I went with my best friend in October 2007 and we stayed at her parents DVC and I loved it so much I just had to convince DH to get one. It is never too late to buy a DVC, your parent should get one In the long run it will save them money, plus you and your brother can use it... I see no wrong there.

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

Hello everyone I am proud to say all of the moving issues are over We have decided that we are not going to let moving interfere with our long awaited family vacation. Here are the added on plans:

Monday, August 25th, 2008 ~ Drive 5 1/2 hours from Minnesota to Illinois & spend the night at my DMIL & DFIL's house

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 - Tuseday, September 2nd, 2008 ~ Have a magical time at Disney

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 ~ Have DMIL pick us up from the airport, when we get to their house jump in our car and drive the 5 1/2 house from Illinois back to Minnesota at about 10pm

DH says he is up for the drive the same day we spend all day at MK and fly to O'hare so DD & I are up for it as well. DD will miss her first day of school, but DH & I talked about it and have decided that the first day of Kindergarten is really for the parents, not the children. Since September 2nd is her 1st day of school we will rush back in the PM so she will be there for day 2. My only concern is she may be tired for her first day. I know she will sleep on the flight and the car ride, I just hope it is a solid sleep.

Until I get my lists in order and take pictures of my recent projects, here is a picture from my February 2007 trip:

DNephew, William, Mickey, DD, Jaelynn at Donald's Breakfast.

Stay tunned for the next installment: Shopping Pictures

 

[IluvXU]

Nice to have it figured out!