The beginning of the end....of waiting
It is getting down to the wire, people, only 3 MORE DAYS until we leave at some ungodly hour in the morning. I have been a busy little beaver, doing all kinds of last minute things and getting super-duper, out-of-my-mind excited.
* Cleaning house b/c in-laws are staying here to take care of dog
* Getting work from teachers for the days we will miss next week
* Getting cameras charged, packed and ready
* Making new shirts (b/c who doesn't need more matching shirts)
* Replanning park days
* Trying to get a Le Cellier reservation
* PACKING
Yep, the to do list is dwindling quickly. In fact, I need to get upstairs and pack a bit more before DD comes home from kindergarten. This surprise angle really creates a giant logistical hassle! Here are the new shirts I just finished today. I LOVE Amy's Transfers, they were so soft and easy to use and the shipping is FAST. I made all of these, although the Incredibles one is copy of one tebi73's design.
Father & Son matching shirts
Another Mommy & Daughter matching shirt
And one last Mommy shirt with my beloved Pascal...
Tinkerbelle gifts.
In order to help improve my kiddo's behavior this time around I'm carrying around coupons that I'll give out when I catch them spreading the magic to those around them. I'm also doing the Tinkerbell gifts each night if they've been good, and I have NO PROBLEM not giving them if need be. I even made a cute note from her talking about how sad she was not to leave her gift. Here's a pic of my baggies for each night. It also has the invitations I made and a few other things to keep me organzied. I've been collecting things on sale for 5 months, and none of the gifts are that huge. Just a little something to help keep them on track!
And Finally...our Mother's Day Bippity Boppity Boutique experience will be first thing on Sunday and Cinderella is stopping by to bring some special gifts. And, let's be honest, I want this for my DD even more than she will I think. I would have been GAGA over this at her age. She loves doing make-up, nails, and such, so I think she will love it. I got her the Ariel dress on sale with a few other things. She won't wear it all day, it's going to be way TOO hot on Sunday. But, she'll have it as an option if she wants it.
I made this, although the words are copied from the actual certificate they give in the Disney Floral gift set.
Invitation to BBB I made
And here is the tricky part, my son. He doesn't like face paint or anything done with his hair, but I didn't want him to feel left out. So I booked the knight's package at the same time. He'll love the sword that comes with it. But, I'm going to have to show it to him Friday night and see if he really wants to do it b/c if not, I need to cancel it. I just figured if I didn't schedule it, he'd definitely want to do it and I'd be outta luck. So I made him this invite:
And he'll get this from Cinderella (missing in the photo is a new Redskins ball cap that I hope is here before Friday).
I'll have to let you all know how it ALL pans out.
Funny story to end things on. I made my last
Amazon purchase at the end of April, just a few things I couldn't find around town, and I realized yesterday while shopping that none of them had come. Weird. I look back at the website, and realize I had put in my Grandma's old address in TX where she hasn't lived in a year. PANIC MODE, people.

I had once sent her something and that address got set to default. I was in too much of a hurry to pay attention. So there I am calling Amazon, freaking out, and finally find the tracking page and Mickey Mouse was looking out for my crazy self. They were all forwarded to her new address here and my parents had already picked up 3 of the 5 items. They were wondering if someone had stolen my grandma's identity b/c what would she need Tattoo ID labels and BodyGlide for? That, folks, is some early Disney magic for you.
Trip Report begins in the next post....