mom2pixies
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Some very exciting news around here! 
In fact, I've known about it for awhile now, and was near bursting with excitement to tell someone. Seems like I have been keeping a lot of secrets lately! Ha!
Well, Brooke and Avie were selected by the wonderful people at the Big Give to take part in their amazing, volunteer-based program. I couldn't have been more delighted--as I've seen many of your PTRs and seen the amazing work that these women (and I suppose, some men!) do in the craft-department and the adorable trinkets that the kids get pixiedusted with. Just amazing--both the gifties and the hearts of these amazingly, kind and generous strangers who just hope to make a magical time for our family all the more magical. Truly breathtaking.
So, of course I kept it quiet from the girls, but I did tell my husband about our family being selected for the Big Give--and he was gobsmacked. ''But they don't know us?!'' he said.
That's just the point. We are amazed by you--all of you--for sharing in our wish trip even though you've never even laid eyes on us--whether it's taking the time to comment on a posting or sending my girls a little magic in the mail, we just appreciate all of you so much!
On that note--onto the Give!
We live in the country, so we receive most packages at our local post office. On Thursday night, I came home to a slip in the mail box, telling me there was something waiting there for the girls. I didn't even pull into the driveway, I just climbed back into the car and headed straight to the post office, arriving with just two minutes to spare before they closed. And, what did I find? A big red box with Mickey heads covering it for ''Miss Brooke's Underwater MAW Adventure." I just smiled all the way back home.
When I opened the front door, Brooke came running up to me shouting ''A delivery man was here, Mommy! We got a package!'' Only then, did she realize that I was also carrying a parcel. She was wondering what it was--especially intrigued by the Mickey heads. My mother-in-law (who is babysitting the girls this summer) explained that UPS was here. She winked at me. She was in on the surprise.
So two packages on the same day! What fun!
Pascal was in Toronto on business and wasn't going to be back until the girls were in bed, so he wasn't there to open the packages with us. We considered waiting until today, but the girls were just too excited, so I let them open them before he came home.
I'm lucky I even got pictures! They were ravenous beasts--Brooke was tearing into tissue paper faster than I could snap photos and shrieking about the surprises she found inside. Avery was into everything and shrieking about anything--the paper, the box, something she snatched from Brooke's hands. It was a little crazy!
The first package was the red box, as Brooke wouldn't put it down. The red box opened up into a Princess gift box with a cute little green ribbon.
It was from Angie (aka Angeque143), Carissa, Anthony and Eva. 
In it were several tissue-paper wrapped packages--a few for Avie and a few for Brooke. Now, here's where it got chaotic. The kids were ripping open packages faster than I could figure out what belonged to whom. (A lesson learned for sure! At Christmas, we actually practice patience and everyone gets one gift to open each, waiting for the next until the other person is done. I think we'll have to adopt this for the next Give package.)
Brooke's packages included (I think!) a box of Disney Princess crayons, a cute little Princess pen with sparkles and pompoms and geegaw, a small Princess notebook to write all of her secrets in, a great white sun hat (with an adorable monkey on it), and a Tigger Pez Dispenser. There were also some glow bracelets for both girls.
Avie's included (and again, this is just an assumption!), some pink and purple Princess hair clips (or maybe they were for Brooke and the hat was for Avie?!?), some Minnie Mouse socks and the softest bibs I've ever felt. The bibs are in a Minnie and a Cinderella print. (Did you make these Angie? They are perfect!!)
And then the highlight of the box: two little fans on ropes, that you can hang around your neck. When you push the button, the fan starts spinning and some colourful lights start up. I don't know where you found these, but, as you can imagine, it was a hit with both girls!
Thank you so much, Angie and family! That was just so sweet of you!! The girls couldn't have dreamed of a better box of magic! I hope our families run into each other at GKTW (I believe our trips will cross each other by a few days). We would really love to thank you guys in person!
Brooke then opened up the other package, which was from Michelle (Miprender). And, to all of our delights, we found two beautiful, handmade, personalized autograph books in there. One for Brooke (with Ariel on the cover, of course!) and one for Avery (with Minnie Mouse on the cover). There's a page for every character and then a bunch of blank, colourful pages in the back for extra characters. Just perfect! Brooke finally stopped moving and took a few minutes to flip through every page, naming each of the characters she saw there.
My husband thought these books were especially cool! Very clever! I think he wished he had one. I told him he could get Avie's signed for her. He laughed!
Thank you so much, Miprender! The books are going to make the most amazing souvenirs of our trip. I just know that as soon as Brooke starts getting signatures, she's going to start asking everyone, CMs and servers and monorail drivers and other guests to sign her book.
The dilemma I had was the questions. Brooke still doesn't know about the trip. (We have been waiting for the MAW presentation, so that our wish grantors could tell Brooke themselves. It looks like this presentation isn't going to happen until at least the second week of August, which will be just a month before the trip, which is good because I want to get Brooke started on her countdown calendar. If it doesn't happen in time, I might end up telling her myself!) Anyways, Brooke was asking who sent these pacakages and why. I read her the cards and explained that these were Mommy's friends on the computer and they were Brooke's special fairy godmothers. And, the reason they were sending her and Avie gifts was because they hoped her wish to meet Ariel would come true. She seemed to think that made perfect sense, so she was fine with it!
The only problem is she wanted to colour and draw in the autograph books with her new crayons. I told her they were special books and we had to save them in case we ever went to Disney. She was a little disappointed when I had to take the books away, but seemed to get over it when I allowed her to sleep with the notepad and pen under her pillow. Go figure!
Anyways, it was an amazing evening. And, we just want to thank all of you once again for thinking of us. Words just don't seem enough.
In fact, I've known about it for awhile now, and was near bursting with excitement to tell someone. Seems like I have been keeping a lot of secrets lately! Ha! Well, Brooke and Avie were selected by the wonderful people at the Big Give to take part in their amazing, volunteer-based program. I couldn't have been more delighted--as I've seen many of your PTRs and seen the amazing work that these women (and I suppose, some men!) do in the craft-department and the adorable trinkets that the kids get pixiedusted with. Just amazing--both the gifties and the hearts of these amazingly, kind and generous strangers who just hope to make a magical time for our family all the more magical. Truly breathtaking.
So, of course I kept it quiet from the girls, but I did tell my husband about our family being selected for the Big Give--and he was gobsmacked. ''But they don't know us?!'' he said.
That's just the point. We are amazed by you--all of you--for sharing in our wish trip even though you've never even laid eyes on us--whether it's taking the time to comment on a posting or sending my girls a little magic in the mail, we just appreciate all of you so much!
On that note--onto the Give!
We live in the country, so we receive most packages at our local post office. On Thursday night, I came home to a slip in the mail box, telling me there was something waiting there for the girls. I didn't even pull into the driveway, I just climbed back into the car and headed straight to the post office, arriving with just two minutes to spare before they closed. And, what did I find? A big red box with Mickey heads covering it for ''Miss Brooke's Underwater MAW Adventure." I just smiled all the way back home.
When I opened the front door, Brooke came running up to me shouting ''A delivery man was here, Mommy! We got a package!'' Only then, did she realize that I was also carrying a parcel. She was wondering what it was--especially intrigued by the Mickey heads. My mother-in-law (who is babysitting the girls this summer) explained that UPS was here. She winked at me. She was in on the surprise.
So two packages on the same day! What fun!
Pascal was in Toronto on business and wasn't going to be back until the girls were in bed, so he wasn't there to open the packages with us. We considered waiting until today, but the girls were just too excited, so I let them open them before he came home.
I'm lucky I even got pictures! They were ravenous beasts--Brooke was tearing into tissue paper faster than I could snap photos and shrieking about the surprises she found inside. Avery was into everything and shrieking about anything--the paper, the box, something she snatched from Brooke's hands. It was a little crazy!
The first package was the red box, as Brooke wouldn't put it down. The red box opened up into a Princess gift box with a cute little green ribbon.
It was from Angie (aka Angeque143), Carissa, Anthony and Eva.
In it were several tissue-paper wrapped packages--a few for Avie and a few for Brooke. Now, here's where it got chaotic. The kids were ripping open packages faster than I could figure out what belonged to whom. (A lesson learned for sure! At Christmas, we actually practice patience and everyone gets one gift to open each, waiting for the next until the other person is done. I think we'll have to adopt this for the next Give package.)
Brooke's packages included (I think!) a box of Disney Princess crayons, a cute little Princess pen with sparkles and pompoms and geegaw, a small Princess notebook to write all of her secrets in, a great white sun hat (with an adorable monkey on it), and a Tigger Pez Dispenser. There were also some glow bracelets for both girls.
Avie's included (and again, this is just an assumption!), some pink and purple Princess hair clips (or maybe they were for Brooke and the hat was for Avie?!?), some Minnie Mouse socks and the softest bibs I've ever felt. The bibs are in a Minnie and a Cinderella print. (Did you make these Angie? They are perfect!!)
And then the highlight of the box: two little fans on ropes, that you can hang around your neck. When you push the button, the fan starts spinning and some colourful lights start up. I don't know where you found these, but, as you can imagine, it was a hit with both girls!
Thank you so much, Angie and family! That was just so sweet of you!! The girls couldn't have dreamed of a better box of magic! I hope our families run into each other at GKTW (I believe our trips will cross each other by a few days). We would really love to thank you guys in person!
Brooke then opened up the other package, which was from Michelle (Miprender). And, to all of our delights, we found two beautiful, handmade, personalized autograph books in there. One for Brooke (with Ariel on the cover, of course!) and one for Avery (with Minnie Mouse on the cover). There's a page for every character and then a bunch of blank, colourful pages in the back for extra characters. Just perfect! Brooke finally stopped moving and took a few minutes to flip through every page, naming each of the characters she saw there.
My husband thought these books were especially cool! Very clever! I think he wished he had one. I told him he could get Avie's signed for her. He laughed!
Thank you so much, Miprender! The books are going to make the most amazing souvenirs of our trip. I just know that as soon as Brooke starts getting signatures, she's going to start asking everyone, CMs and servers and monorail drivers and other guests to sign her book.
The dilemma I had was the questions. Brooke still doesn't know about the trip. (We have been waiting for the MAW presentation, so that our wish grantors could tell Brooke themselves. It looks like this presentation isn't going to happen until at least the second week of August, which will be just a month before the trip, which is good because I want to get Brooke started on her countdown calendar. If it doesn't happen in time, I might end up telling her myself!) Anyways, Brooke was asking who sent these pacakages and why. I read her the cards and explained that these were Mommy's friends on the computer and they were Brooke's special fairy godmothers.
And, the reason they were sending her and Avie gifts was because they hoped her wish to meet Ariel would come true. She seemed to think that made perfect sense, so she was fine with it! The only problem is she wanted to colour and draw in the autograph books with her new crayons. I told her they were special books and we had to save them in case we ever went to Disney. She was a little disappointed when I had to take the books away, but seemed to get over it when I allowed her to sleep with the notepad and pen under her pillow. Go figure!
Anyways, it was an amazing evening. And, we just want to thank all of you once again for thinking of us. Words just don't seem enough.
