Souvenirs
So why wait till the very end of the trip to tell you what we all got…let’s share it now…becuase I know that is what you all really want to know!
To keep tabs better on the souvie buying from us to the kids, the kids and Christmas/birthdays I made up little gift coupons for the 4 kids. One was for a trading pin (purchased) and the other $10 toward a purchase at Mouse Gear.
Plus I used my phone Word app and kept a running list of what we had hoped to buy and marked it DONE as I went along.
The other great thing was the kids all had g/c…the girls had $ for their birthdays and the twins had saved g/c they received from their birthday in the Spring plus got an early Christmas present from my parents in g/c too. And when traveling w/ Grandparents they are always willing to buy something too. (Nathan also had some of his own money)
I felt we did pretty good on keeping the buying down and still to what lists/funds we had…but you know you always spend more than you originally think…epecially since we were doing Christmas shopping too.
Let’s look at the piles:
Naomi-Ruth: she made out quite well
A Chinese parasol w/ her name on it
A set of Princess squeezies (which at first she didn’t want but plays w/ all the time)
A Pirate Mickey trading pin
A Minnie Plush
Ariel Pillow for her bed (she had been using a Cinderella one and this replaced it)
From the MP’s for her b-day a mini Ariel castle playset & the light up Mickey Mouse snowman wand
Her BBB gift bag w/ sash (see we got her a Birthday one), make-up, comb, stickers, crown and Mickey jeweled hair clip
Freebies tink pop up house and wand & wishing star from CRT
Rachel’s pile:
A Chinese parasol w/ her name on it
A Jasmine “dress-up” skirt
A Minnie stamp & note pad
A tink magic washcloth
Her BBB gift bag w/ sash, make-up, stickers, comb and the crown and Mickey jeweled hair clip
Some other freebies-a wand from CRT, a candy corn card set from the BLT pool party, a fairy pop up house from the Fairies meet and greet & a placemat from 1900 PF
From the MP’s for her birthday a Jessie doll
Trading pin from us
A few of her birthday goodies we bought there are pictured too: a Aurora bracelet, light up Tink pin/keychain and some silly bandz
Nathan’s booty:
His Pirate league loot-sash, pouch w/ treasure, eyepatch, bandana and medallion on chain
Slinky dog trading pin from us
Villains music CD
Vulture puppet from China
From MP’s Mr Pricklepants plush and the Muppets Star Wars figurine set (on sale BTW)
Donald Duck hat and you can see he got his signature on his hat
Freebie sword from CRT
And his lanyard full of his trading pins...he managed to get all of the Muppet characters in Mickey Mouse hats plus more
Bekah’s pile of fun:
Custom Mickey Mouse ears from MP’s and the MM red pop up brush
Blue Mickey Mouse scarf
Freebies-sword & wishing star from CRT, tink pop up house, Captain Jack crew certificate
BBB goodie bag w/ sash, make-up, stickets, comb, crown and Mickey jeweled hair clip
Magnets from us for her locker at school
Trading pins on her lanyard
A Chinese parasol w/ her name on it
My loot:
My splurge buy a lime green Dooney & Bourke wristlet (I love it!-used it for my Vegas weekend)
New Mickey frame for our collection
Little sticky notepads (look familiar Amy)
Holiday WDW stickers for scrapbooking
A DVC member exclusive pin (thanks to Matt)
Not pictured a white MM scarf (but you’ll see it in a ton of pictures)
2 new MM car toppers
A MM lanyard that I use for work and a pouch
Matt also got for himself a MM pancake mold and a light up toy
and we got matching MM Santa WDW shirts...you'll see those later in the trip
The
Christmas pile:
For myself-awesome Mickey patchwork jammie bottoms and a fun thermal pj top
For Matt-plaid Mickey pj shorts
For Bekah-Alice in Wonderland button messenger bag (she picked out)
For Nathan- TOT Clue game (which we got on sale)
For Naomi-Ruth-Cinderella “glass” slippers
For Rachel-Mulan “polly pocket” playset
For our home-Mickey Christmas frame and a bonus buy purchase of the fleece Cinderella Castle Icicle blanket
For the kids to share-new Mr. Potato Head parts
And some stocking stuffers: sticky notepads and some magic washcloths and a wind up toy from Japan for Nathan’s stocking
Not pictured we also bought a very nice headband from France for my sil, a reversible Guinness winter beanie cap for my brother (from UK), a MM Star Wars figure and card set for my nephew, the Darth Vader talking button for my cousin, a large plastic Minnie figure and a MM soccer ball for my girlfriends children. Plus we bought Matt’s Mom a Japanese Pagoda bell for the garden and a MM plastic “starbucks” to go like cup and a Santa MM trading pin for my Mom.
We also bought a bunch of Goofy’s Candy flavored suckers that came 10 to a pack for Rachel to use as her classroom b-day treats and something for Naomi-Ruth’s class but you have to wait for that story…
Well I hope you enjoyed all that fun stuff….
thanks for reading as always,
Up NEXT: Our Disney Thanksgiving and a HDDR Angel...
J~
now that is a silly question to ask on the DIS!
You can follow my May 2011 TR (when I do it) to see how Rachel and I do pin-trading! I think we will follow you and purchase in bulk on ebay.
I will have to get over there and read!
The girls did like their pins and other goodies. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness!
I feel so bad I don't remember her name...but she was so sweet to have the "guts" to ask me that. it was fun to just meet someone on the streets 
yeah right....
my bro and sil LOVE going there and are early expecting and wouldn't bring kids there.
....kwim
The Mom seemed to be helping him and then they just left…w/ truly no apparent telling any of the staff or even apologizing to the guests at the tables right next to them.
