The boys looked cute in their Christmas gear!
You have some fantastic pictures of your family in front of the castle and I love the pick of your boys holding up the napkin. In all our trips I honestly do not recall ever eating in Casey's (which seems odd since both DS were such baseball fans) and I know we have never done the jungle cruise at night.
My DH would have been overjoyed at the cold had we went , he loves it, whereas I on the otherhand would not have been so thrilled. Maybe the cold held the crowds down a bit? I know I read a couple of threads on there and people said the party on Thurs the 11th and Fri the 12th were packed.
I would have been expecting a cookie in the shape of Mickey, round must be cheaper to bake?
I can not wait till Christmas Day to watch the parade and get my Mickey fix.
We use to get out of school early, I remember the year my favorite Aunt passed away it was the 19th and the 20th was our school party that I had to miss, but my Mom insisted we had to go drop of the candy canes for the party on our way to Pa , I remember being so mad that I had to miss the party because of our spur of the moment trip to Pa for my Aunts wake and funeral, I was about 10 and boy did I ever get a lecture from my Mom about being selfish..........I have to agree kids could drive you nuts if they were home too many days before the holiday, having another "old age" moment I can not recall with my own DS when they got out for Christmas break
Maybe that's why all the people were still hanging out there. . .
But it kind of made it seem more Christmas-like! 
HI!!!
I soooo loved your TR from last year and am very excited I found this one! I remember reading yours right up to when we left for our January trip, and it looks like it will be the same this year!
Very glad I found you! I have always wanted to visit the Boardwalk, and this year we have reservations at Kouzzina, so we are looking forward to it.
Can't wait to keep reading!
Yesterday was very productive for me...on DIS at least. For work, not so much.
I'm getting there!! Read through all of the PTR (I admit I skimmed some...but read through the important stuff!) AND I read your BWI review. That sucks about the first room, but at least you were able to switch to a fantastic one!!
Off to read your TR
Wonderful reports and pictures Shelly.
All caught up, just thought I'd chime in to say how much I'm enjoying it.
Love the looks of Boardwalk. We've never really been in that area (the closest we got was Yacht Club), but I think we'll have to check it out next year. Tempted to look into changing resorts too
There are too many wonderful choices!I wasn't too fond of Casey's hotdogs either but I thought the nuggets were pretty yummy. It's an easy meal at least.
I love productive days on the DIS!!
I'm glad you made it through the PTR and the BWI review. Yeah that whole room things was quite unpleasant, but I am so glad it was taken care of.
In my second post on this TR there are links to all the updates. That might help you get caught up faster!
I didn't even have to use the links!!
in it - does anybody want me to post it on here? There's a bunch of other recipes that look good (off the top of my head I can remember the Cheddar Cheese Soup from Le Cellier being in there). 
I chose one oyster, and wound up with coloured twins! Two pearls, one was more of a very pinky colour, and the other was a very light bluey colour. I put both on a nice chain with the simple "rabbit ears" thingy-that-holds-the-pearl (totally blanking on the word now), kept one for myself and gave the other to my mom. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that they guarantee a pearl in every oyster, and that you can pick a second if there's no pearl. However, I remember watching for close to 45 minutes waiting for my turn, and never once was there not a pearl inside. In my opinion, definitely something to try at least once!! 
in 2009 to give DH and Ddil for Christmas, they came today 
the only bad thing I proof read thru each page before I hit to print them and don't you know as I am reading them today I found one typo and I inadvertinly refered to my Ddil Uncle as her cousin. I am so mad 
other than that I love how they came out and can not wait to give them the book on Christmas Day.
All caught up!!
Some quick comments while I've got them in my head, then will go back and quote properly, etc...
I have the "Cooking with the Disney Chefs" cookbook which has the recipe for Tonga Toast
Someone (sorry - forget who!!) asked about variety with Pick-a-Pearl. It seems to be luck of the draw - and boy did I get lucky when I did it!!
I have heard of getting twins. How neat!
Awwww I love the pic of your DH on the carousel.
The Dance Party for the kids looked like they had fun and now I am jealous you rode the carousel. You know that was my favorite ride as a lil girl and since our first trip to Disney I have wanted to ride it but felt a lil silly so I never have and I guess probally never wil, yep I am definately jealous now
On a side note, I had photo books printed up of our last vacation with my DS
Chip and Dale were even there!!
I really want a picture with Dale - that's my dad's name!
MVMCP looks like so much fun! We loved it when we went in 2006. The boys look like they had a blast dancing with Chip and Dale!
I saw these two once. And then when I was about two people away, they had to go a rest
I'm excited to hear about the parade - for the MNSSHP, the parade was the best part.
There were people everywhere! Main Street was out of the question. So we just walked the parade route until I spotted a small opening. We were in Liberty Square. Never watched a parade from there before! We probably had about a 30 minute wait once we found our spot. The kids complained as usual. They don't like to wait for anything! It was getting colder by the minute. 
) Your boys sure looked like they were enjoying the dance party! But are we surprised at that? Nah....
I am blind in one eye and can not see in the other ----nice pic btw 
