Our OWN Year of a Million Dreams : )

[timandlesley]

Year Of A Million Wishes
Hi everyone...this is Tim. Since we are still ALOTTA days away from being able to take part in the Year of A Million Wishes, I decided to spice things up here at home..... So everyone, put your hands together as I present Tim's "Week of 7 Wishes"!!! Woo Hoo!!!! Starting Monday 2/5 I will start granting wishes at my house to my Wife Lesley and my kids Luke and Lauren. I will grant 1 wish a day to any of the 3 of them and then I will report back to you the wish granted. Do I have your attention???? Good, this is where you come in....if you want. Starting Monday, you can submit a wish that you would like to see be given to any of the 3 family members. If your wish is selected, you will join the "Online Dream Team" blue shorts and all. I am really excited to do this and I think it will be tons of fun. I hope to hear from you all very soon!

Tim

 

[lennon2004]

This sounds fun and creative!

 

[shmoogrrrl]

I'll have to do some creative thinking for wish ideas!

 

[krismom]

You are too fun! I wish my DH would come up with something like this... hmmm- there's a wish right there!

 

[Tinker_]

Tim...can you call my DH and clue him in?? haha!

For Lesley..... (from a mom's POV) a day to sleep in, take a uninteruppted bubble bath, not worry about cleaning or dinner, and a chance to go shopping...ALONE!

 

[ggeorgiagirl]

For LUKE:

A day at the park with daddy only...toss the ball, swing on the swings


For Lauren:

A date with dad...maybe the movies and dinner...just the two of you!


Let us know how it goes!!!!

 

[Idroveallnight]

I always do a Mickey pancake breakfast for my kids before a trip! They think it's alot of fun!

What about Disney movie night? Rent any Disney movies they may not have seen, popcorn and everything as a family?

 

[timandlesley]

Tim...can you call my DH and clue him in?? haha!

For Lesley..... (from a mom's POV) a day to sleep in, take a uninteruppted bubble bath, not worry about cleaning or dinner, and a chance to go shopping...ALONE!

I'll be taking phone numbers and making those "magic" phone calls next...lol!! I'm sorry I think you're on your own.

Tim

 

[timandlesley]

For LUKE:

A day at the park with daddy only...toss the ball, swing on the swings


For Lauren:

A date with dad...maybe the movies and dinner...just the two of you!


Let us know how it goes!!!!

Great ideas.....you may have just made your way to the Dream Team!!!

 

[ggeorgiagirl]

YEA! YEA! YEA!

I really want to be on the DREAM TEAM!

You sound like an AWESOME Daddy-O!

 

[njdisneyfreak]

What a terrific idea! My DH is doing something similar for me, once a month, until we go on our trip.

The idea of being on a virtual dream team is so cool. So, here are some ideas:
(1) For Lesley
- Plan a romantic evening or weekend. If you can, find a place to go to. But, since this is probably not possible if you are saving money like the rest of us for your WDW trip, make it an evening at home. Have someone take the kids for the evening. Send her out to get pampered (like massage, nails). When she returns, have the place set up for a romantic evening with maybe a nice dinner, romantic DVD movie, etc.

(2) For Luke
- How about buying him a plush version of one of his favorite Disney characters? The ones from Cars are cute, and there's always the traditional fab five, the Toy Story characters, etc. -OR- take him to a local Disney store and let him pick out a gift of his own, only don't tell him it's happening until you arrive at the store.

(3) For Lauren
- I think she might like the idea of being a princess for the day. Maybe get her a costume to dress up in of one of the princesses. Let the day be all about her. She can choose a place for the family to eat or a meal to be made at home that she especially likes. Maybe she can pick out an item she's been wanting from the Disney store or a toy store. You get the idea? She calls some of the shots on her "princess day".

That's all I can think of for now. But, I'll keep on thinking of others. This is fun.

 

[wuv tigger]

Each one of them could do ALL that they wanted for the day.

Chose what was for breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Get out of any & ALL chores for Mom.

Let Mom get a 1/2 day at the Spa. Get her hair & nails done.

Get a housekeeper for a day for her.

You go to a place called Meal Makers, Dinner Done or Let's Dish and make a dozen or so meals to be put in the freezer for the coming weeks.

You pick up & drop off the kids @ day care/ pre-school or @ school.

You volunteer to be her Limo driver the day. Complete with drinks, snacks and quiet for her while she gets those much needed errands completed in quiet.

That's all I can think of for now.

hope those help.

J

 

[Kellyscrapbooks]

Ok... here are my ideas!

For your wife, there is nothing in this world I want more than for my husband to plan an evening out for us. It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive at all... but I don't want to be the one that has to organize it. (make sense?) I don't want to have to call and find a sitter, look up the movie times, pack for the kids if they are sleeping over at Gramma's, call for reservations. I just want him to do it.
If that doesn't work, I'd melt at a love letter.

It appears that your Lauren is tiny... so how bout a Daddy & daughter playdate? Or better yet, start a new tradition with her, a special storytime or movietime?

I couldn't get an indication of how old your son is... but my suggestion is just about the same for him. Make a new tradition, something you do with him that is special. I'm all for creating memories with your kids when you can!

No matter what, if you have fun with it, I bet they will! Good luck! What a great idea.

 

[mrsmom]

For Lesley- A dinner at Brio's at newport on the level and do priceline for a downtown hotel for the night and just have a romantic night with flowers and chocolate and just spending time together.
Luke- a afternoon at dave and busters and lunch with daddy
Lauren- afternoon at the newport aquarium and lunch with daddy

Kim

 

[dizneedrmr]

Great Idea!

For Luke and Lauren, you could do a no "No" day. You and mom can't say "no" to them that day (within limits of course)! A little boy I watch got one of these days recently and he absolutely loved it! He was cute because all he wanted was to go to the bookstore!

For mom, have a "pamper mom" day where you and the kids can get together and give her a princess day at home! You guys do all the things that mom does that day and give her massages and do her nails and hair and cook a nice dinner for her. My mom would absolutely love her own princess day!

 

[timandlesley]

So. . .today the Sawhook dreams began. I put on my blue dream team uniform first thing this morning and I chose Lauren as the lucky one and told her when she woke up she could go to Walmart with mommy and pick out anything that she would like (of course within reason). Here is her reaction hen she woke up:

She was soooooo excited. We went b-day shopping for a friend of hers a few weeks ago and we got the girl a barbie magic notebook and a makeup case. Well, Lauren was so jealous of that Barbie notebook that the first thing that popped into her head when I told her what her wish was, she wanted that notebook.
Lesley, Luke and Lauren headed off to Walmart (I stayed back and fixed dinner) and Lauren picked out her prize posession:

So, one wish down 6 more to go, stay tuned and keep those suggestions rolling in. Until tomorrow.

Tim

 

[Bee]

Ok, so I had already read your trip and pre-trip report.

Unfortuately< the only person I have a suggestion for is Lauren.

I have 2 princesses.

They always want to be grown up. So my suggestion is taking Lauren to a "Salon" (could be a Wal-mart or even a beauty school, to save money)
Where they will wash and style her hair, (kind of like a cheaper version of bippidi boppity boutique)

Maybe they will even give her nail polish and a mini pedicure. No matter how old girls are they still like to be pampered. Or you could do both of your princesses and mom could join in the fun. Then maybe you could take pictures like they are models or something fun like that, (I think black and white photos look really cool)

Ok so thay is my 2 cents worth!!

 

[timandlesley]

Ok, so I had already read your trip and pre-trip report.

Unfortuately< the only person I have a suggestion for is Lauren.

I have 2 princesses.

They always want to be grown up. So my suggestion is taking Lauren to a "Salon" (could be a Wal-mart or even a beauty school, to save money)
Where they will wash and style her hair, (kind of like a cheaper version of bippidi boppity boutique)

Maybe they will even give her nail polish and a mini pedicure. No matter how old girls are they still like to be pampered. Or you could do both of your princesses and mom could join in the fun. Then maybe you could take pictures like they are models or something fun like that, (I think black and white photos look really cool)

Ok so thay is my 2 cents worth!!

That was worth more than 2 cents....thanks sooo much!!

I will see if I can put those to use....you are a great resource.

Thanks !!
Tim

 

[timandlesley]

Ok today it was Lesley's turn to receive a wish...but what could I do for her. So I phoned her at work to see how her day was going and I found out it was train wreck so I decided I was going to give her a night off and some pampering. I took the kids to the store to get her flowers, wine, and plenty of snacks. I also picked up some roses to spread on the bed (my wish or hers ?? ) It snowed a ton here in Cincinnati today so Lesley had a 2 hour commute home that usually takes 10 minutes, needless to say she wasn't happy when she arrived home and she really was happy to see the wine . The kids were excited to show her the tulips (her favorite) that I had bought for her. I told her to go upstairs and get changed into pajamas and when she walked upstairs she saw the roses on the bed and was very very happy . (why did she suddenly mention she had a headache ).
I also had purchased some of her favorite snacks for the evening, and I had prepared dinner for her and the kids so she didn't have to lift a finger. After a glass of wine with dinner she was in a MUCH better mood.
Anyway, she was quite thrilled with her wishes. Here are some pic's of the surprises:

Lesley with her flowers:

Lesley excited by the bedroom roses and wine:

Thanks so much for all of the suggestions, I appreciate the ideas and will award honorary dream team members tomorrow.
Gotta run, hoping the roses and wine will pay off tonight

Tim

 

[ggeorgiagirl]

Make Lesley a CD of really good music for her ride to/from work! Tape it to her steering wheel in the morning!