May 2011 Yo Ho Ho! Let Down Your Hair! (New 10/9 Lessons Learned #550)

[mnmrmustard]

Hey Marsha! Getting close now

Your little cinderella looks so cute, I wish I had pics of my little ones with the real princesses, can't wait to see yours.

How's the checklists and pre-packing going?

 

[Marshay]

Elle looks so cute

She has grown p so fast

thanks!! yes, she is!

Marsha, Elie is just growing before our eyes!! She's tooooo cute with her crinkled nose!!!

Enjoy that, because before you know it she'll be the teenager who says "hey let me see that...no, take it again, my hair is all wrong."

I love her crinkle nose...she's always done that!

And then after the take it again, it'll be "mom, stop taking pictures!"

Single Digit Dance

8 days!!! It's sooooo close!!!!

My youngest son loves his princesses! They are the ones he usually wants to see the most. Rapunzel is a must do this time. He was a little disappointed we didn't get to meet her in January, just saw her from a distance. My 7 year old doesn't feel the need to see the characters.

This year I started digital scrapbooking, because I know that's the only way I'll get it done! I still haven't finished the album yet, or gotten halfway! Working on our January Disney trip, even though I got a photobook. Couldn't fit nearly all the pictures in the Photopass photobook without paying a fortune! I think it's the last time I get that package. I will still do traditional scrapbooking for all the older pictures I have... my youngest will be 5 this year, and I think I've only done an album for his first year.

We are staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort. I'll miss the Poly and the monnorail, but I think we'll like it. We are driving, so that's a first for us. I am trying to prepare myself mentally, expecting it to be hot and crowded. We are spoiled going in January with low crowd levels. We plan for rope drop and back to the pool in the afternoon. I'm hoping I don't feel the need to do it all since we were just there in January, but who am I kidding?

oh, yeah, what a difference January to July!!! At least you'll get to enjoy the pools in July and the later evening hours. Our next trip will be in Jan 2012...been in January for just a quick weekend trip...

Hey Marsha! Getting close now

Your little cinderella looks so cute, I wish I had pics of my little ones with the real princesses, can't wait to see yours.

How's the checklists and pre-packing going?

Thanks -- I really can't wait to see my girls with the characters. We went to a local fair and they had all sorts of characters (even a fake Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Tinkerbell) and Elie went right up to all of them. Woo Hoo!!

Nearly all of our clothes and toiletries are packed!!

Next is the food, toys and paperwork (tickets, schedule, LGMH).

I'm starting to get more excited. Woke up this morning thinking...gotta finish packing.

 

[Marshay]

Elle looks so cute

She has grown p so fast

thanks!! yes, she is!

Marsha, Elie is just growing before our eyes!! She's tooooo cute with her crinkled nose!!!

Enjoy that, because before you know it she'll be the teenager who says "hey let me see that...no, take it again, my hair is all wrong."

I love her crinkle nose...she's always done that!

And then after the take it again, it'll be "mom, stop taking pictures!"

Single Digit Dance

8 days!!! It's sooooo close!!!!

My youngest son loves his princesses! They are the ones he usually wants to see the most. Rapunzel is a must do this time. He was a little disappointed we didn't get to meet her in January, just saw her from a distance. My 7 year old doesn't feel the need to see the characters.

This year I started digital scrapbooking, because I know that's the only way I'll get it done! I still haven't finished the album yet, or gotten halfway! Working on our January Disney trip, even though I got a photobook. Couldn't fit nearly all the pictures in the Photopass photobook without paying a fortune! I think it's the last time I get that package. I will still do traditional scrapbooking for all the older pictures I have... my youngest will be 5 this year, and I think I've only done an album for his first year.

We are staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort. I'll miss the Poly and the monnorail, but I think we'll like it. We are driving, so that's a first for us. I am trying to prepare myself mentally, expecting it to be hot and crowded. We are spoiled going in January with low crowd levels. We plan for rope drop and back to the pool in the afternoon. I'm hoping I don't feel the need to do it all since we were just there in January, but who am I kidding?

oh, yeah, what a difference January to July!!! At least you'll get to enjoy the pools in July and the later evening hours. Our next trip will be in Jan 2012...been in January for just a quick weekend trip...

Hey Marsha! Getting close now

Your little cinderella looks so cute, I wish I had pics of my little ones with the real princesses, can't wait to see yours.

How's the checklists and pre-packing going?

Thanks -- I really can't wait to see my girls with the characters. We went to a local fair and they had all sorts of characters (even a fake Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Tinkerbell) and Elie went right up to all of them. Woo Hoo!!

Nearly all of our clothes and toiletries are packed!!

Next is the food, toys and paperwork (tickets, schedule, LGMH).

I'm starting to get more excited. Woke up this morning thinking...gotta finish packing.

 

[Marshay]

Ack!! I just checked the 15 day forecast (yes, I realize it could change...) and it's

Thunderstorms
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain




Oh, well, a rainy day at Disney can still be a lot of fun...guess it'll be Crocs and Ponchos for us!

 

[kaoden39]

Ack!! I just checked the 15 day forecast (yes, I realize it could change...) and it's

Thunderstorms
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain
Rain




Oh, well, a rainy day at Disney can still be a lot of fun...guess it'll be Crocs and Ponchos for us!

Have you seen the really cute Mickey and Minnie ponchos they are selling in the parks? I had to buy the Mickey one for me, I have a use during part of the bicycling year.

 

[sahm2two]

bummer! maybe that'll mean low crowds??

 

[Marshay]

Have you seen the really cute Mickey and Minnie ponchos they are selling in the parks? I had to buy the Mickey one for me, I have a use during part of the bicycling year.

Hmm, not sure...do you have a pic?

I have the castle ones (clear with blue writing) from a few years ago -- I love them. Also a bright yellow with Mickey on the back.

bummer! maybe that'll mean low crowds??

I know...I remember May last year or the year before had torrential downpours...my parents actually left early b/c they were just so tired of always being wet.

 

[kaoden39]

This is the Mickey one, I saw both Mickey and Minnie in the park. I had to have it.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hmmm, the forecast I looked at showed decent weather. My family will be there though and we do have that pesky rain curse so I apologize in advance!

 

[KigerKat]

I'll be crossing my fingers and praying for the rain to stay at a minimum!! NOT liking the forecast you found.

 

[Marshay]

This is the Mickey one, I saw both Mickey and Minnie in the park. I had to have it.

OMG -- that is wonderful!!! I will have to get one of those, too! You are right!!!!

 

[Marshay]

Hmmm, the forecast I looked at showed decent weather. My family will be there though and we do have that pesky rain curse so I apologize in advance!

I'll be crossing my fingers and praying for the rain to stay at a minimum!! NOT liking the forecast you found.

Well, today Accuweather is a little better..."rain rain, go away!"

Sat 5/14/2011 87° 65° Sunny intervals; less humid
Sun 5/15/2011 88° 64° Variable clouds with t-storms
Mon 5/16/2011 90° 68° Periods of rain
Tue 5/17/2011 90° 70° Rain
Wed 5/18/2011 92° 69° Warm with periods of rain
Thu 5/19/2011 91° 69° Afternoon rain
Fri 5/20/2011 91° 73° Partly sunny and less humid

 

[Marshay]

Tonight we have some more friends over to help us celebrate --- 1 week until Disney!!!

We'll have our Jake & the Neverland Pirates theme dinner :

Appetizer: Skully's Flying Fruit Salad

Entree: Captain Hook's Fresh-Hooked Fish

Sides: Izzy's Pixie Dusted (Parm cheese) mashed potatoes

Cubby's Flatbread Treasure Maps (flatbread with a black food dye "x" in the middle ...then we'll fold them up like a scroll)

Mr. Smee's seaweed (cooked greens)

Dessert: Decorate your own Gold Doubloons (sugar cookies w/icing)

Drink: Jake's Neverjuice Smoothies

Then we'll watch some J&NP shows.


I already have the "Walk the Plank" sign up to enter our house along with the "Everyone say the Pirate Password" (Yo Ho Ho) to enter.

I have paper pirate hats and telescopes and little paper figurines of the characters.

Will have to work on a few more things. Can't wait!!

 

[kaoden39]

OMG -- that is wonderful!!! I will have to get one of those, too! You are right!!!!

I think they make wearing ponchos fun.

Tonight we have some more friends over to help us celebrate --- 1 week until Disney!!!

We'll have our Jake & the Neverland Pirates theme dinner :

Appetizer: Skully's Flying Fruit Salad

Entree: Captain Hook's Fresh-Hooked Fish

Sides: Izzy's Pixie Dusted (Parm cheese) mashed potatoes

Cubby's Flatbread Treasure Maps (flatbread with a black food dye "x" in the middle ...then we'll fold them up like a scroll)

Mr. Smee's seaweed (cooked greens)

Dessert: Decorate your own Gold Doubloons (sugar cookies w/icing)

Drink: Jake's Neverjuice Smoothies

Then we'll watch some J&NP shows.


I already have the "Walk the Plank" sign up to enter our house along with the "Everyone say the Pirate Password" (Yo Ho Ho) to enter.

I have paper pirate hats and telescopes and little paper figurines of the characters.

Will have to work on a few more things. Can't wait!!

How fun! I can hardly wait to see pictures.

 

[mousescrapper]

Thanks!! I really love doing the dinners as themes ... we started this last year, thanks to your creativity in your countdown disney days for Thanksgiving, and I think we will continue it.




Yesterday, Rachel said she wants a Rapunzel party for her 6th birthday...up until now it has been Jake and the Neverland pirates.

remind me when her birthday is so I can make sure rachel send sher something special


And please let Rachel know that my Rachel made a "mini-book" for her. We put it in the mail this morning. Rachel was so proud of it -- she did it all by herself.

she got it just a few days ago and really did love it...showed it right away to matt when he got home from work!

I totally can't wait to see them both all dressed up meeting the real Cinderella!!! Can't you just see it??

she is so stinkin cute love it!

Tonight we have some more friends over to help us celebrate --- 1 week until Disney!!!

We'll have our Jake & the Neverland Pirates theme dinner :

Appetizer: Skully's Flying Fruit Salad

Entree: Captain Hook's Fresh-Hooked Fish

Sides: Izzy's Pixie Dusted (Parm cheese) mashed potatoes

Cubby's Flatbread Treasure Maps (flatbread with a black food dye "x" in the middle ...then we'll fold them up like a scroll)

Mr. Smee's seaweed (cooked greens)

Dessert: Decorate your own Gold Doubloons (sugar cookies w/icing)

Drink: Jake's Neverjuice Smoothies

Then we'll watch some J&NP shows.

sounds like another fab dinner and night we are celebrating part 1 of 3 for the twins 12th b-day (tomorrow is the actual day) but they picked a meal for me to make tonight and its my "famous Monkey-tail Salad"...you just have to wait and see the pix and ingredients complete w/ dragonfly wings, snail shells, and frog eyes

 

[Trentmom]

Glad weather looking better

LIke you said, a rainy day in Disney is better than being at home


Tonight sounds like it is going to be fun. Can't wait to see your pics

 

[kaoden39]

I am anxious to hear all about your party last night.

 

[Marshay]

she is so stinkin cute love it!

sounds like another fab dinner and night we are celebrating part 1 of 3 for the twins 12th b-day (tomorrow is the actual day) but they picked a meal for me to make tonight and its my "famous Monkey-tail Salad"...you just have to wait and see the pix and ingredients complete w/ dragonfly wings, snail shells, and frog eyes

Rachel (and I) were both born on July 13th!!

Oh, I can't wait to read about Monkey-tail Salad -- I already want to do that for a "jungle junction" disney theme dinner!!

Glad weather looking better

LIke you said, a rainy day in Disney is better than being at home

Tonight sounds like it is going to be fun. Can't wait to see your pics

Thanks! Weather is still icky but it is what it is. If it does rain a whole lot, then we will just take our time and explore more.

I am anxious to hear all about your party last night.

Uploading photos now!!

 

[cherbear]

This is the Mickey one, I saw both Mickey and Minnie in the park. I had to have it.

I don't think they have those in WDW?? That's so cute

 

[Marshay]

Here is our Jake & the Neverland Pirates Dinner party. It was a lot of fun.

Some decorations outside on our porch:

To enter you had to 'walk the plank' and say the pirate password (yo ho ho)

I dressed like a pirate.

Here is Jerry doing his best pirate raiding the house interpretation.

Here is his full outfit

We started the night by doing a pirate puzzle, then moved on to dressing up like pirates. The 2 girls we invited (5 and nearly 3 yo) were a bit hestitant to dress up at first. Here is the puzzle and more decorations.

Pirate Elizabeth with some of the pirate gear we made:

Pirate Natalie

Pirate Kaitlyn as captain hook

Pirate Rachel

All the pirate kids

I joined them

Then we each chose our pirate name, learned how to talk like pirates and colored.

We marched around the house singing one of the J&NP songs:

Yo Ho Mateys Away
There'll be treasure and adventure today

Yo Ho here we go together as a team
Jake and the Neverland pirates -- and Me!!

DINNER!!

YUM! Decorate your own Gold Doubloons (sugar cookies) were a big hit!

Rachel's edible doubloon

Natalie's cookie

Elie's cookie

My cookie (tried to do beach, water, seagull in the sky)

Jerry got fancy with a big wave

After dinner we went into the yard to play on "Bucky" the play set and then Jerry set off "cannons" (stomp rockets) which the girls had a blast chasing after.

Then it was time to go but the little buccanears weren't ready to leave yet. So I read them the story of "Peter Pan" and had then act out some parts.

It was a very fun night and I'm glad we got to enjoy with our friends. I think we'll try to do the friend disney dinners from now on -- it also kills 2 birds with one stone!! disney dinners and entertaining friends!