J's Wish Trip Dream Factory/GKTW October 1st-7th 2010

[J'sMum]

Part 2 ! I figured it would be easier to break the two days up then to try and fit everything all on one post

Here are Today's Big Gives

First one that the kids opened was from tnkrbells65
Oh My Goodness @ that card ! James laughed so good at that one Too cute and so perfect That one will go into a frame and be hung up on our entry room wall ( we have random pictures in that room of special moments and friends and anything that is meaningful to us) Thank you for the gift card as well, James was very excited

Next Big Give was sent to us from aboveH20/Cheryl , The kids loved your letter and wowwwwie @ the bags too cute and also so perfect. They were even talking about the uses of those for after the trip Atm James uses a makeup bag/purse as his medicine bag. So after the trip he wants to put his meds in that so when his friends are spending the night he can stop being teased about his “purse” and Katelynn is always heading out for overnighters with her best friends and she is always losing her toothbrush floss etc and meds so now she has this. So thoughtful and so creative. Thank you and everything inside will come into great use for the trip

LOL he loved the bandaids They sure will come in handy

Poor girl her braces still hurt but aww @ smiling

here is some closeups

When we were asked if we wanted to be part of the Big Give, I had no idea just how big it was and so generous. If I could hug each one of you I would but since I can not *hugsssss* and thank you so much for making the upcoming trip so special

 

[cajunfan]

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I absolutely LOVE this card!!! Great Big Give packages! Oh! Oh! It looks like Tigger & Eyeore are enjoying the Big Give too!


Lynn

 

[xanphylus]

I love them all! Great pics and I will tell Aleks and Davy tomorrow that their art graces your immaculate refrigerator! They will love it. My fridge is covered in crud from school notices, to art and all manner of other stuff.....

Glad you liked the kitty! I saw that and knew I had to get it for you. It was just too perfect. And my hubby is very happy James liked the gum. I think it made his day hearing that his gum actually made a kid happy. I told him on his way into work just now (he works nights) so it gave him a good feeling going in. That strawberry is a new flavor too- not sure if it is out yet or not.... if not, it will be soon.

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Popping in to say hi. I loved the cool Big Give stuff. The skirt and top is so cute. I love the family shirts.

 

[rcq925]

Wow look at all the Big Gives!! Woo Hoo! You got some super neat swag!!! I love the outfits, they look so cute!!

You guys are getting so close! I hope you have a wonderful time and cannot wait to hear all about it when you get back!

 

[J'sMum]

I love them all! Great pics and I will tell Aleks and Davy tomorrow that their art graces your immaculate refrigerator! They will love it. My fridge is covered in crud from school notices, to art and all manner of other stuff.....

Glad you liked the kitty! I saw that and knew I had to get it for you. It was just too perfect. And my hubby is very happy James liked the gum. I think it made his day hearing that his gum actually made a kid happy. I told him on his way into work just now (he works nights) so it gave him a good feeling going in. That strawberry is a new flavor too- not sure if it is out yet or not.... if not, it will be soon.

Oh I had to tell you again how much james is enjoying that gum ! he saved a few for the plane but i seriously doubt they will last hahaha

Popping in to say hi. I loved the cool Big Give stuff. The skirt and top is so cute. I love the family shirts.

hugssss, again Mom2mitokids I am so happy your home , hope things go well for you

Wow look at all the Big Gives!! Woo Hoo! You got some super neat swag!!! I love the outfits, they look so cute!!

You guys are getting so close! I hope you have a wonderful time and cannot wait to hear all about it when you get back!

Thank you , I agree Very cute outfits, the kids are sooo in awe at what everyone has done Katelynn has snuck a few shirts out to wear prior to trip hahaha she takes after me, no patience hehehe



Well, I have not been on as much past few days cause I am still feeling very tired. But I do pop in to try and keep up with everyones ptr's and tr's

another set of BIG GIves came in today but Katelynn is not at home today so they are on kitchen table waiting driving James crazy hehehe. Tomorrow is Tony's (DH) Birthday soo that will be a very busy evening with some family coming over it will be a 1/2 b-day 1/2 anniversary party as his brother was married day after dh's b-day. 2 birds 1 stone ? and I am being awful this round and buying a small cake from freezer isle vs makign one LOL.

My hope is this, Before the party kids will open thier Big Gives so we will have new pics from that, after the party/clean up I will post the pics up, might be late but I will make sure to get them up

I can not beleive how fast trip is coming ! we will be having meetings with both schools next week to set up homework criteria for while on trip and of course adjust thier 504 plans to keep up with current needs. again 2 birds 1 stone YAY

I am still going to wait on packing till towards last minute. If i try to pack early I will end up unpacking and repacking 20 times so i just have that area set up in entry room to store stuff.. My breakfast hutch is now known as the vacation hutch hahaha. I should toss a picture of that up too

so until tomorrow HUgssss and Thank you to everyone from the Big Give and to those following along

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Oh I had to tell you again how much james is enjoying that gum ! he saved a few for the plane but i seriously doubt they will last hahaha



hugssss, again Mom2mitokids I am so happy your home , hope things go well for you



Thank you , I agree Very cute outfits, the kids are sooo in awe at what everyone has done Katelynn has snuck a few shirts out to wear prior to trip hahaha she takes after me, no patience hehehe



Well, I have not been on as much past few days cause I am still feeling very tired. But I do pop in to try and keep up with everyones ptr's and tr's

another set of BIG GIves came in today but Katelynn is not at home today so they are on kitchen table waiting driving James crazy hehehe. Tomorrow is Tony's (DH) Birthday soo that will be a very busy evening with some family coming over it will be a 1/2 b-day 1/2 anniversary party as his brother was married day after dh's b-day. 2 birds 1 stone ? and I am being awful this round and buying a small cake from freezer isle vs makign one LOL.

My hope is this, Before the party kids will open thier Big Gives so we will have new pics from that, after the party/clean up I will post the pics up, might be late but I will make sure to get them up

I can not beleive how fast trip is coming ! we will be having meetings with both schools next week to set up homework criteria for while on trip and of course adjust thier 504 plans to keep up with current needs. again 2 birds 1 stone YAY

I am still going to wait on packing till towards last minute. If i try to pack early I will end up unpacking and repacking 20 times so i just have that area set up in entry room to store stuff.. My breakfast hutch is now known as the vacation hutch hahaha. I should toss a picture of that up too

so until tomorrow HUgssss and Thank you to everyone from the Big Give and to those following along

I can't wait to see what they get. Sorry you are tired. I know the feeling. I know it's hard, but try to rest up this weekend... I can't believe your trip is coming up so fast. I'm so jealous.

 

[JohnsonsLoveDisney]

next is the opening of the package from the Johnson's which is amazing autograph books with their names on it and James Just loved the pixar lamp on it ! Thank You soooo much I was thinking a few weeks ago that I needed to do something for the kids as far as that goes and you did it !!! I am so grateful

and here is a close up Thank you !

They made it!! Glad you like them!!

 

[ellenbenny]

and after disney she is hoping I can make her a quilt and i could use some of the skirt

I think making a quilt with the fabric after disney is a totally AWESOME idea!

 

[Mom2mitokids]

Happy Birthday Tony!!!

 

[J'sMum]

I think making a quilt with the fabric after disney is a totally AWESOME idea!

Thats what I was thinking, She is so excited to wear skirt in disney but she did say that going to her senior year in highschool it would not work hehehe, However she did mention that she will be volunteering at a gradeschool and may use skirt for that until it gets too cold. (CUTE IDEA !) so even though it is a kiddish skirt, she loves it so much and it will have so many uses Kateynn no longer has her childhood blankie due to long story I referred to at beginning of the ptr. So this trip and some of the items from it will come in handy to make her a new one and where I am new to sewing a quilt will be a good beginner item. and she can keep it for life perfect memory and willallow me to give kids something for xmas as well

Happy Birthday Tony!!!

Tony says thank you and smiled when he read it

 

[J'sMum]

Well kids finally opened thier Big Give package. Just to give you a heads up James has come down sick again. He's running some pretty good temps and just feeling not good at all. It's showing in his pictures.

They recieved 3 Big Gives and here is the first one is from pooh4me/Gail

Thank you so much ! kids were so excited about this !

Perfect frame to put Family picture in !!!

Awww even sick and with sniffles he was smiling Both the kiddos eyes widened when they saw these pins

here is a picture of everything ! and yes luggage tags come in handy and are already on the bags !! Thank you ! also, Thank you for my pin as well, so very sweet and meaningful,, I put it on this morning and have been wearing it since

Oh and thank you for the autographed postcard, kids were just a giggling over that one and it also is on the fridge !

Next one is from Adkinson ! Thank you so much for the shirts for kiddos, katelynn was very excited because the skirt she was wearing today will go absolutly perfect with it so she plans on packing it and james was also excited "I can wear this anywhere!" too cute and again so thoughtful

so sorry one of katelynn is so blurry, here is a close up of the shirts

Next package is from Snubie We love the shirts ! and we will definately say hello to mickey

James at this point was worn down and needed to go lay down so also did not try this one on yet, and My DH (Tony) was being camera shy and since it was his b-day I did not beg so I hope you can settle for a pic of kate and I trying ours on again I am not feeling completely up to par but here we are heheh

and here is a closeup of all 4

Love the colors ! and i love idea Katelynn n I get to match hehehe so did she Oh and thats the skirt that will match the mini head t-shirt

Again my goodness thank you to all of you, this has been amazing and so much fun, Kids have had some great pick me ups even when not feeling well like today, the extra smiles while waiting for trip to come has been a godsend.

 

[J'sMum]

Just a random babble about things inbetween.

James next remicade is soon approaching *Yuck* Hopefully this one will go smooth like the last one. One plus to it coming up means we are that much closer to the trip itself. so James has a little over a week to get himself back up to par so he can have his infusion.

Blood work for him will be this Thursday. So I have a very busy week Dr's wise but this time for me vs kids Blech. Monday is more blood work, Tuesday is an MRI and Friday I should have results. Only thing thats concerning to me is fact my WBC keeps rising each time I have blood done. But again anything at all can cause that. so yeah there is my random babbles on Dr stuff

Now here is my random babbles on the trip. Katelynn has already started packing for her trip, All the wonderful outfits/shirts sent to her is in her bag ready to go, pins that she wants to trade are in and OH OH OH OH OH Oh as Katelynn was packing her bag she was going through her travel bag that aboveH20/Cheryl sent. As katelynn was getting ready to put her toothbrush in the toothbrush holder there was a neat surprise ! so of course Katelynn ran and told James which made him take a peek and sure enough there was a surprise there for him too ! Thank you Cheryl for adding that extra pixie dust moment and hiding a bit of spending money for them. I only wish I had, had my camera on me when Katelynn made the discovery because it was too cute and she was in shock ! that will be a moment I will cherish forever.

so Anyways that will conclude my random babbles for the evening LOL now time to rest to everyone Thank you for making this trip extra special

 

[Mom2mitokids]

What cool shirts. I love them all. Cool pins too. Sorry to hear that James is sick. I hope he feels better tomorrow.

 

[p00h4me]

You're welcome! So glad that the big give gifts made James even though he's not feeling well today. Love the other big give shirts too!

Your trip is getting closer! I've been following your PTR and can't wait to hear about the Wish Flight, your experience at GKTW and the parks you'll be going to. Have a great wish trip!

 

[kissesbykim]

I just stumbled upon your PTR. You all will have an amazing time! Glad you all got your trip. We will be at GKTW the same time as you for my DS6 wish trip. Maybe we'll run into each other! Enjoy your time together!

www.caringbridge.org/visit/tylerarmstrong

 

[my*2*angels]

YAY!! So glad you got the mickey/minnie shirts and that they liked them!!! I hope you have a great trip!!

Mindy

 

[Mom2mitokids]

How is James feeling today? Keeping him in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[cajunfan]

Please let us know how everyone is doing...getting a little worried...you haven't posted in a whole day! ...seriously, I hope everyone is doing better!

Lynn

 

[Mom2mitokids]

I hope all is ok.