Is 304 Days Too Soon to Start Planning??? (with chapter links!!!)

[tyandskyesmom]

 

[tyandskyesmom]

I know they are not in order. And I know I have a lot more from when she was little but I cannot find them...if I do, I'll add them.

By this time seven years ago I was holding my baby girl in my arms!

Happy Birthday Skye!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120, 120, 120, 120, 120!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And my ticker looks even better because 3 months and 28 days sounds a whole lot colser than 120 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I am so ready right NOW for a vacation it isn't funny!

Not much new going on here. I did consider for a while upgrading part one to the deluxe dining plan but I think I decided against it just because I don't know that we need 18 days of deluxe eating!!!! While there are enough restaurants to fill in the slots, I don't think we need to spend money on it for more. But while considering it, I did check if I would be able to get ADRs and I was able to pull up eligibility at all the places I wanted at the times I wanted...so, I hope that means lower crowds...cause I could deal woth the heat if it were not very crowded. I guess time will tell!!!!

Skye and I did take a couple of pics for you guys but I don't have the strip with me so I'll have to get back to you on that...

 

[mousetravel]

I gotta get caught back up!!! I've been in La-La land lately . Trying to get things ready for the cruise and everything. I've been going to the YMCA a lot, so I haven't been on here as much. Trying to lose some weight before our trip! I've lost 20 lbs so far (as of yesterday). My DD mentioned wanting to get the ole' ice cream maker out this weekend since our weather is getting hot. So I might gain a pound or two by the time the weekend is over!

I've been stressing and trying to find where we're going to stay for a few nights before our cruise. Planning to go to MK & Downtown Disney, and staying on-site is not happening (budget). So I've been researching hotels, reviews, etc. So hopefully I'll decide soon. Going to have to shop for myself later since I'm hoping to lose more weight. We've shopped for all my DD's stuff, so she's ready to go!!

I will probably do a TR when we get back but haven't decided if I'll do a PTR yet.

I've got go back & get caught up, but I did "back-track" a little and seen the Skylar pictures. She is SOOOOOOO cute!!!!!!!




ETA: I hear ya about the countdown ticker, notice how mine says 1 month and 4 weeks. It does sound a lot better than 2 months!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

I gotta get caught back up!!! I've been in La-La land lately . Trying to get things ready for the cruise and everything. I've been going to the YMCA a lot, so I haven't been on here as much. Trying to lose some weight before our trip! I've lost 20 lbs so far (as of yesterday). My DD mentioned wanting to get the ole' ice cream maker out this weekend since our weather is getting hot. So I might gain a pound or two by the time the weekend is over!

I've been stressing and trying to find where we're going to stay for a few nights before our cruise. Planning to go to MK & Downtown Disney, and staying on-site is not happening (budget). So I've been researching hotels, reviews, etc. So hopefully I'll decide soon. Going to have to shop for myself later since I'm hoping to lose more weight. We've shopped for all my DD's stuff, so she's ready to go!!

I will probably do a TR when we get back but haven't decided if I'll do a PTR yet.

I've got go back & get caught up, but I did "back-track" a little and seen the Skylar pictures. She is SOOOOOOO cute!!!!!!!




ETA: I hear ya about the countdown ticker, notice how mine says 1 month and 4 weeks. It does sound a lot better than 2 months!!!

Now I've got to get caught back up!

Congrats on the weight loss...that is ALWAYS on my "to-do list" and I never quite get around to it!

Skye is a cutie...and she knows it. She has been fixated on the musical "wicked" and she says her theme song is "Popular"...leave it to her!

 

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So now we've made it to 109 more days!!!! I can feel it getting closer...but we are really busy for the next couple of months!

Tonight is supposed to be opening day for baseball but it has been raining for days! So I am thinking it won't be happening...but that means there is football practice becasue they practice inside for Arena Football. And Lou is working so it's all on me!

Tomorrow is gymnasticss where Skye has been getting new things down pat everyday...I am so excited for her! And Lou is working again.

Thursday I am going to need to do some running for Skye's family birthday party.

Friday is dance and then I need to prep for the party and for the next day.

Saturday Skye has dance and then we are heading straight out to Great America for my mom's work "picnik" with three of our family friends. Lou ended up having to work so he is not going. Tyler is bringing his "girlfriend" so it is kinda like their first date. Her best friend is one of the other girls going and she goes to school with one of Tyler's best friends whose family is also going. So while we're gong. Lou is being left with things to do for the party.

Sunday is Ty's last Arena Football game for the season and then Skye's family party. She is having an Italian dinner party and she is making stuffed manacotti, sausage, meatballs, garlic bread, salad, fresh mozzarella and tomatoes, and lemonade. Yes, she intends to make the manacotti...she loves stuffing it. We'll have to see how time allows though.

Then we have gymnastics and dance and baseball and dance competition, and dress rehursal and dance pictures and recital and Skye's friend birthday party and gymnastics spring fling show and dancing at Great America and the end of school and Broadway Junior that starts while Skye is still in school for the last week so that may entail a lot of picking her up at school in the middle of the day and bringing her back after lunch so she can still go but not miss much and so on and so on....

We will definately need a vacation when all of that is done!!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

100
MORE
DAYS
!!!!!!!​

As exciting as it was just to know at 304 days that we were heading back, 100 days is a super exciting milestone!!!! Time is gonna fly like no one's business now!!!!

And well, I did not make my goal of 100 days to countdown...but I'll think of something. I have a few pictures for you guys but I have to find time to post them...

Me and the kids are all sick...Skye has strep, I have a sinus infection and Ty is having bad allergy symptoms...so we are trying to re-coup while still working and going to school, playing baseball (football just got over last weekend), dancing (competition in two weeks, recital in three, and dancing at Great America on June 12), and gymnastics...

We will be soooo ready for vacation by the time it comes around!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

96 more days!!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

88 more days...sounds much longer than 2 months and 27 days doesn't it???

Well, we are nearing recital time...and Skye cannot wait! The teen jazz number is Prom (theme this year is "Calendar Days") so they asked Skye if she wanted to do their intro...I guess she is going to go out on stage and a little boy is going to come out with a sign that says "will you go to prom with me?" and then they will walk off the stage. She loves it!!! So we have a busy week...Thursday is dress rehearsal, Friday is pictures, and Sunday is the recital...two shows this year (she has only ever been in one show before)!!! She is so excited. Last night she said the only thing that she would turn down the recital for would be Mickey's House...so I guess that puts it into perspective!!!

I am going to try to get the pics Skye and I took of some of our Disney related things up tonight. Tyler has the end of the season Arena Football party tonight but I don't think Skye and I are going to go...although that could change...because we still need ot do more trial runs on stage make-up (we did one but I did not like it too much!) so we should have time to get them up on here.

Other than that, pay off time is coming up and I am starting to stress a little but it will all work out in the end I am sure!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

That's a good numner right?!?!?!

Well, my plan to get things posted on Tuesday did not happen...Skye wanted to go to the football pizza party...so we did!

And you know what we did last night???

DRESS REHEARSAL...Skye had been waiting for this for ever! She had a great time. Everything looked really good...except ballet...where they just learned the end of the dance last week in their half hour class for 6 & 7 year olds...can you say "crash and burn"??? I hope they all do better on Sunday! But her other three dances looed really good! Hopefully, I will get some pics up soon...I love to look at pictures!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

Skye and Kendall



Skye's make-up we finally think we've decided on.



Sort of watching and sort of socializing. This was during the second show becasue that's when most of her friends showed up...



And this is the only pic I got with my iPhone...it's the beginning of "Singin' in the Rain", her competition dance. I was getting bad pics with the lights and all...gonna try mu big camera for the recital...

And soon I am off to do hair, nails, and make-up for pictures tonight!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

Well, today we went to order the cake for Skye's friend birthday party at Sam's Club. She's doing a Mickey Party and for the cake she ordered one that looks like a present. It has a red ribbon and bow with red, yellow, and black dots. Well, we asked for one of the balck dots to be made into a hidden Mickey...you know, just out three dots together. I would have understood if she had said she could not do that for some sort of copy rite issue, even though I dont' think this would violate that. But you know what that woman told me??? She said the cannot do that becasue it is graduation season and they are too busy....yep, that's what she said...they are too busy to place two of the many black dots they are going to put on the cake anyway around a larger black dot. Really...REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?! Please tell me how much more time it will take for that to happen, cause I just don't get it!

So then we went to Party City to order balloons. Well they discontinued all Mickey balloons except a huge one of Mickey driving a car (which is exactly not what she was looking for), a little one, and then we found (even the people working there did not know they had them) a huge singing Mickey that I think is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse but she was ok with it. SO we did the singin one (at $9.99 it better sing for a long time!) and four yellow, four red and four black regular balloons.

I just uploaded some pictures from what has been going on here lately...

Ty's Animal hat for vacation...

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Squid Dissection at the Aquarium field trip...



Ty's Mythological Giant project...



that went along with Poseidon (he got 130% on!!!)...



Our Minnie for Mickey's House box...







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Skye's Mickey DS case and stylus she got for her birthday...


Continued in the next post...

 

[tyandskyesmom]

We went to Great Amrrica with my mom's work private party...we took two other families of friends with us too!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

82 more days and guess what I did today...come on GUESS!!!!




I paid off part one and paid close to half of part two off too!!!! Woohoo!!!!

That's a huge step in the right direction!!!

With dance recital behind us and the crazy week we had leading up to it, we are so very much looking forward to vacation! The recital was great and I have a ton of pics to show you guys...just becasue I need to brag on my little mousey!!! I had so many people come up to me and tell me how great she did and even her competition instructor said she had so many compliments on Skyler! SHe is comparing her to some of the best "big girl" dancers...she said Skye is "the next Alex-Melanie-Tilly"...those are three of the older girls who have been dancing there since they were three! So that was a huge compliment! She had a ball and said she wishes she could do that everyday.

So now we are down to just gymnastics and baseball for a little while. Until summer dance camp starts. And swimming lessons. And diving lessons. And Tyler is happy to just have a pass for the pool so he can veg out with his buddies all day (he is old enough to go by himself, Skye needs an adult still).

All of that should keep us busy for the next 82 more days. Then add in a dance competition, dancing at Great America, another day at Great America using the Twickets from my mom's work party, and fun vacation things like packing and time should fly like no one's business!!!!

As soon as I get recital pics downloaded, I'll post a bunch!!!

I am so proud of my little Mousey!!!!

 

[mousetravel]

I LOVE the Minnie supply gift box. Was this a gift that you gave the kids or a vacation box to keep all your stuff in until vacation? That is so neat. I'm still trying to plan our trip plus my DD's (early) 16th birthday party before we leave. Just letting you know I'm still here. Love the pics. Still haven't got to do my own PTR. I may wait till we get back.

 

[tyandskyesmom]

The box was just a fun way to keep all our stuff together as we purchased it. You know, better than just throwing it in a plain old yucky looking box.

Skye and I just decided to wrap it one day. I think we have most of our things that we need for the trip so it is pretty full...as you can see!

Oooohhh, 16...I certainly can wait for that day...this weekend we are finally getting around to Skye's 7th birthday party. She had a party for our family already about a month ago but her birthday was about two months ago but finding a time to do it was the problem...that little girl is so busy...and then throw in her brother's activity and there just was not closer time to do it! Have fun planning!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

81 more days!!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

We're under 80!!!

It seems like every time you turn another 10 it's a big deal!!!!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

We're getting there!!!!

 

[mousetravel]

The box was just a fun way to keep all our stuff together as we purchased it. You know, better than just throwing it in a plain old yucky looking box.

Skye and I just decided to wrap it one day. I think we have most of our things that we need for the trip so it is pretty full...as you can see!

Oooohhh, 16...I certainly can wait for that day...this weekend we are finally getting around to Skye's 7th birthday party. She had a party for our family already about a month ago but her birthday was about two months ago but finding a time to do it was the problem...that little girl is so busy...and then throw in her brother's activity and there just was not closer time to do it! Have fun planning!

Yeah, I could have waited a little longer for her to turn 16!
It goes by so fast!

We are having DD's party early, so we can have it with family & friends before we leave. We're having it next wednesday night, then also leaving that night! We gonna be busy, since we haven't really done anything yet!!! This always happens, trying to rush at the last minute!

Your trip is getting closer!!!!!