One last MEGA WDW trip before we adopt 3 under the age of 3!!! Sept '11 *new 9/30*

[LAH LAH]

Hi there! Judging by your mileage from WDW, and your reference to WNY, I am guessing we are neightbors! Just found your TR and can't wait for more! Congrats on the new addition!

Little over an hour southish from you! WOOT WOOT for WNY!

Glad to have you here!



(congratulations on your upcoming July baby!)

 

[GAGirlInVA]

From one adoptive mama to another.. I'm SO excited for you!

And I can't wait to follow your journey!

 

[brookelizabeth]

All caught up! And you are still completely inspiring woman! 3 little kids + 2 older ones. So glad you three get to sneak away for one last mega trip!

 

[LAH LAH]

From one adoptive mama to another.. I'm SO excited for you!

And I can't wait to follow your journey!

Thank you! And happy to have you along for the ride!

All caught up! And you are still completely inspiring woman! 3 little kids + 2 older ones. So glad you three get to sneak away for one last mega trip!

We are pretty excited! It's mega for us, probably pretty basic for most

 

[TanzUnited99]

Hi Melissa - thanks for letting me know you had started a PTR!!!

I loved the last TR so am looking forward to reading about your last trip to Disney World before you welcome three new additions to the family! All the boys are sooo cute!! Had to laugh at the story of gaining a boy after all the shopping you did for girl clothes!

Wow at how much Michael and Elsa have grown in a short space of time!

We will be at Disney World at the same time as you. I had a look at your plans and we will be at Epcot on the same day!! Maybe we could meet and have some fun at the UK phone booths together?!

I am working on a PTR at the minute (link in my siggie) - think I started it a bit too early! I blame the first trip excitement and not having anyone to discuss plans with. There are chapter links so come over and have a read when you are able to do so

 

[tinytreasures]

 

[Jennifer48]

I'm here! So happy to hear you have another trip planned!

for being the mother of 5! Bless your heart! Love your children stories!

Your itinerary sounds fantastic!

 

[PixieMama]

This adults-only trip sounds like loads of fun!

Thanks! I hope it will be. I do have a teeeeeensy bit of guilt about going without my DDs (who love WDW as much as I do) but I am looking forward to being able to do things the kids didn't want to!

 

[Curiouser&curiouser!]

I am so happy for you guys! I know you will make one big happy family - even if it will be a bit crazy sometimes with 3 under 3! I can't wait until those little boys are yours! (And I can't wait until you can share some pics of their smiling faces!)

 

[MagicShell]

Thanks for letting me know about this report. Congratulations on your new additions. I hope all goes well.

 

[LAH LAH]

OH MY! OH MY! OH MY! OH MY! ​

I've been awfully busy this week! This is a good thing for me, but not such a good thing for the vacation. This weekend was the play for Michael and Elsa:

*shameless proud Mama moment*​

Michael had his first starring role in the Middle School production of The Little Mermaid. He played Prince Eric and did a phenomenal job! I really, really hope he continues to do drama, and I hope he continues to enjoy it!

Elsa had a great time playing Sebastian the crab. This girl really has a knack for this acting stuff and I am always so excited when play season rolls around here!

She moves so quickly on stage that almost all of her photos turned out like this:

Ok, ok, so how does any of this fit in with my Disney trip? Well, like I said before we were terribly busy this week and the weekend found us with a packed house. My mom and dad came to see the play, as well as my sister her husband and their 9 month old baby, Jack.

Guess how many times I checked my PTR or the PINS and CODES section on the DIS this weekend with 4 babies under the age of 3 running and crawling around? No need to guess. The answer was not a single time. Not one single stinking time!

I had a free moment today and checked the PINS and CODES section to see if Free Dining had finally been released like I was praying it was going to be. It was! It was! I was ecstatic but then I started freaking out! I was late to the Free Dining party.

Sure we had a great weekend, but what if I missed my booking opportunity because of all of the hoopla surrounding the play? I ran to call my AAA booking lady and she was NOT ANSWERING HER PHONE! Pick up! Pick up! PICK UP!!!! Didn't she know I needed her at this very moment? Thankfully she picked up on the 6th call and I told her what I needed. She asked me if I wanted her to call me back or email me a confirmation and I declined both asking to stay on the phone to make sure it happens. She laughed at me but obliged. Less than 30 minutes later we were all set!

This was the last thing I needed for our Mega trip to be complete! *happy sigh*

Up Next: COUNTDOWN

 

[LAH LAH]

Hi Melissa - thanks for letting me know you had started a PTR!!!

I loved the last TR so am looking forward to reading about your last trip to Disney World before you welcome three new additions to the family! All the boys are sooo cute!! Had to laugh at the story of gaining a boy after all the shopping you did for girl clothes!

Wow at how much Michael and Elsa have grown in a short space of time!

We will be at Disney World at the same time as you. I had a look at your plans and we will be at Epcot on the same day!! Maybe we could meet and have some fun at the UK phone booths together?!

I am working on a PTR at the minute (link in my siggie) - think I started it a bit too early! I blame the first trip excitement and not having anyone to discuss plans with. There are chapter links so come over and have a read when you are able to do so

We should totally get together! I'll be heading on over now to read your PTR!

I'm here! So happy to hear you have another trip planned!

for being the mother of 5! Bless your heart! Love your children stories!

Your itinerary sounds fantastic!

Thanks for joining in on the PTR! It's always so much more fun when you get to share it with others!

Thanks! I hope it will be. I do have a teeeeeensy bit of guilt about going without my DDs (who love WDW as much as I do) but I am looking forward to being able to do things the kids didn't want to!

My friends think I am crazy to want to try a short weekend trip just by myself...I envy you! Soak up all the freedom!!!1

I am so happy for you guys! I know you will make one big happy family - even if it will be a bit crazy sometimes with 3 under 3! I can't wait until those little boys are yours! (And I can't wait until you can share some pics of their smiling faces!)

I am so close to posting a picture or two here...you would never tell, would you?

Thanks for letting me know about this report. Congratulations on your new additions. I hope all goes well.

Glad you came back to join us!

 

[Jennifer48]

for free dining!! and a big congratulations to Michael & Elsa's acting production! Love that it was The Little Mermaid!

 

[MagicShell]

How cool that your kids got to be in a Little Mermaid play. They both look great. Did you make their costumes? I am glad that you were able to get free dining. We have gotten free dining before and it is so fun knowing that all your food is free.

 

[TanzUnited99]

You sure should be a proud mamma! Both Michael and Elsa look great on stage and seem to be enjoying their parts!

on getting free dining!! Am glad you were able to take a happy sigh

 

[LAH LAH]

for free dining!! and a big congratulations to Michael & Elsa's acting production! Love that it was The Little Mermaid!

I am so excited for Free Dining!

How cool that your kids got to be in a Little Mermaid play. They both look great. Did you make their costumes? I am glad that you were able to get free dining. We have gotten free dining before and it is so fun knowing that all your food is free.

The school shopped thrift stores for as much as they could find and then the parents were responsible for the rest...so really it was a hodge podge! We had free dining last trip and I don't want to go back without it!

You sure should be a proud mamma! Both Michael and Elsa look great on stage and seem to be enjoying their parts!

on getting free dining!! Am glad you were able to take a happy sigh

It really was a great play!

<------ Happy Dance for FD!!

 

[LAH LAH]

COUNTDOWN! ​

At the end of my wonderful Mother's Day I decided we would travel the hour to our closest Home Depot to pick up some Disney paint samples so we could get going on our DISNEY countdown.

Michael snagged 2 of every color (our Home Depot gave us permission ) while Elsa and I kept the babies at bay. On the ride home Elsa organized them all and then we put it all together last night.

We have our final 30 days hanging across the door and our 14 weeks leading up to our final countdown are hanging on the left side of the door frame.

We get to snip our first week off on Saturday!

Let the countdown begin!

Up Next: Guess Who's Joining Us!!!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Love the countdown idea and having the final 30 days hanging across the door! Yay on getting to start it on Saturday!

Our is just a simple calendar from the boards that I am hoping to start in the next couple of months

 

[Jennifer48]

Love the countdown!

 

[jenjolt]

YAY for free dining!! That is awesome congrats on that!!!!!! WOW your kiddos are awesome!! Glad the play went so well!!!