Our Trick AND Treat- DD's Surprise Bday Trip! 11/4 Get Movin'

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi All!!!! 17 more days

Did anyone read the blog on the DIS home page about Living with the Land reopened yesterday after months of refurbishment...and nobody can find any changes????


So in honor...

 

[Lady Lallie]

I think it's so weird that there have been no changes! Too weird. I mean, I understand that they have to do maintenance and stuff but it seems like SOMETHING should be different.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Passing time watching surprise videos on YouTube. .... here is one from another DISers TR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjlWaEcpFdA

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I just spent the better part of an hour watching youtube videos. All surprise Disney ones of course. I only stopped because I ran out of kleenex.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I just spent the better part of an hour watching youtube videos. All surprise Disney ones of course. I only stopped because I ran out of kleenex.

Wait til you get to the WDW proposal videos

 

[KathyRN137]

Are you going to post your reveal video on youtube?

Oh, I did read that Disney is closing all the Kidcot stops in Future World, but I haven't read anything about the Land... Perhaps the refurb was all behind the scenes stuff like plumbing and electricity.


Kathy

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Are you going to post your reveal video on youtube?

Oh, I did read that Disney is closing all the Kidcot stops in Future World, but I haven't read anything about the Land... Perhaps the refurb was all behind the scenes stuff like plumbing and electricity.


Kathy

I am going to post it on YouTube so that my family/friends can see. I will put the link in my TR.

Didn't read about Kidcot closing. How crazy is that??? The one thing little kids like about the countries!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

In honor of the above listed insanity....i give you, the picture(s) of the day...featuring KIDCOT

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

15 days (also known as the last day of "3 weeks)!

It's cold and rainy here in Mass....bring on the heat and humidity of Florida!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Yes, the weather is just delightful out. Nothing like sloshing through wet leaves!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I need opinions on trading pins. Aisling has never traded before but definitely has expressed an interest that she wants to trade the next time we go to WDW. So I bought a lot of 10 pins awhile back. "Problem" is that we got some cute pins and at least 3 or 4 of them i KNOW she's going to want to keep.

Soooo...what do you think? Should i order more? Since she's never traded before I don't know how "into" it she will get. Or do you think I should just say "listen kid, you got WDW as a present...trade what you have and don't ask for me???"

 

[Lady Lallie]

I need opinions on trading pins. Aisling has never traded before but definitely has expressed an interest that she wants to trade the next time we go to WDW. So I bought a lot of 10 pins awhile back. "Problem" is that we got some cute pins and at least 3 or 4 of them i KNOW she's going to want to keep.

Soooo...what do you think? Should i order more? Since she's never traded before I don't know how "into" it she will get. Or do you think I should just say "listen kid, you got WDW as a present...trade what you have and don't ask for me???"

Is that the fun of trading though...?? Deciding what you like and want to keep and what you want to trade? I think I'd just giver her the 10 pins and see how "into" it she gets. Maybe let her pick out one special pin she wants to buy at WDW to mark her special Birthday trip for her collection and the rest she can either trade or keep!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Is that the fun of trading though...?? Deciding what you like and want to keep and what you want to trade? I think I'd just giver her the 10 pins and see how "into" it she gets. Maybe let her pick out one special pin she wants to buy at WDW to mark her special Birthday trip for her collection and the rest she can either trade or keep!

You are right LL...thanks for calming down my panic!

 

[Lady Lallie]

You are right LL...thanks for calming down my panic!

Anytime! That is what I am here for.

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I would advise caution. I thought my kids were going to be way more into it than they actually were. They started out with 9 each I got in bulk from ebay. They did do some trades but they never really wore them. In fact their last trip they didn't do any trades at all.

So they each have about 12 which makes 36 pins sitting in my basement gathering dust. That's alot of moola. Luckily it was Nanny's money and not mine.

Plus do you realize how heavy those things are? 10 is alot. Try carrying them around on your neck and see how cranky you get. So mostly I ended up with them in my park bag.

I would go with what you have for this trip. If she seems to be really into it then get more for your next trip. Cause you know this won't be her last trip there.

She's got lots of other new things to try like the kim possible missions. She'll be plenty busy. Just wait and see about the pins.

Oh and my best advice. Buy the pack of extra backings for them.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I would advise caution. I thought my kids were going to be way more into it than they actually were. They started out with 9 each I got in bulk from ebay. They did do some trades but they never really wore them. In fact their last trip they didn't do any trades at all.

So they each have about 12 which makes 36 pins sitting in my basement gathering dust. That's alot of moola. Luckily it was Nanny's money and not mine.

Plus do you realize how heavy those things are? 10 is alot. Try carrying them around on your neck and see how cranky you get. So mostly I ended up with them in my park bag.

I would go with what you have for this trip. If she seems to be really into it then get more for your next trip. Cause you know this won't be her last trip there.

She's got lots of other new things to try like the kim possible missions. She'll be plenty busy. Just wait and see about the pins.

Oh and my best advice. Buy the pack of extra backings for them.

Thanks Diamond!

I'm at my panicky point!!! Aisling being sick is not helping. I have a raging cold and am on so much cold medicine trying to kill it...I'm high as a kite

Aisling has 3 lanyards FULL of pins already (talking about an insane amount of money if you add it up). I'm taking them and making them into a shadow box to hang in her room (what else do you do with them???). She buys a couple of pins every trip but hasn't traded. Randy and I started buying some every trip too (before she went with us). So she had tons. But all the ones she has are "special" and are not meant to be traded. So a shadow box it is.

 

[jenb1023]

YAY!!! back! How was the move????

Thanks! I hate moving! I feel like we will be in chaos forever.

So for those who didn't see my FB status this morning, I fell asleep last night watching the news. I was sitting up in bed...fully dressed....with my glasses on! I woke up at 2:30am after having a horrible nightmare. I dreamed I was having an affair with Jon from Jon & Kate fame and I had to care for his 8 children (who in my dream were like little animals!) Jon was on Larry King last night so I'm assuming that it was on while I was asleep.

In a weird coincidence, my little brother had a strange dream too last night. I'm posting it because I thought it would give everyone...especially LL a giggle.

Here is my brother's FB status:

Last night I had a dream that Julie Andrews wanted to do a faithful remake of Mary Poppins, which Disney was totally behind, but then they screwed her over when Jack Black decided to make a funny, modernized version and they backed his instead. Checked the dream dictionary... didn't help much.

Too funny - on both counts!

Does Aisling need Mammoth Crocs????

Of course!

Happy Sunday! We didn't end up the ER this Sunday so it's already better off than last weekend!

I'm not so patiently waiting for the end of Randy's football game so that he can take Aisling to a birthday party. While they are gone, I'm going to finish up my last project...the iron-on shirts. Tshirts are all washed and ready to be ironed. Just need Aisling to be gone

Stacy sent me some pics yesterday of what she is working on for Aisling's bday. She sent them while was in Toy Story so I was a little nervous that Aisling would see the pics on my phone. But alas, the surprise is still not ruined

Yea for no ER! We went to see Toy Story on Sunday - we loved them!

Thanks for the bad influence! I ended up with two pairs!!! Crocs.com had the Hannah Montanta ones for 14.99 and I had the coupon to bring them down to $12.74 with free shipping....so I got the gold with pink fur and the purple with black fur. I got them a size bigger than she wears right now because I figured it would work better with thick socks!

Now, lets just hope they come before our trip!!! I'm thinking that I'll have her wear those for the airport.

Great minds think alike! I got the e-mail, saw the HM crocs, googled for a code and found a discount with free shipping and got three pairs - one for Jordan and two for my nieces for Christmas for $40. Not bad!

Are you going to post your reveal video on youtube?

Oh, I did read that Disney is closing all the Kidcot stops in Future World, but I haven't read anything about the Land... Perhaps the refurb was all behind the scenes stuff like plumbing and electricity.


Kathy

I am going to post it on YouTube so that my family/friends can see. I will put the link in my TR.

Didn't read about Kidcot closing. How crazy is that??? The one thing little kids like about the countries!

I read Kathy's post as saying just the Future World kidcot stops are closing not the ones in WS. I hope that is the case! Jordan loves getting her passport stamped and coloring at the stops!

I need opinions on trading pins. Aisling has never traded before but definitely has expressed an interest that she wants to trade the next time we go to WDW. So I bought a lot of 10 pins awhile back. "Problem" is that we got some cute pins and at least 3 or 4 of them i KNOW she's going to want to keep.

Soooo...what do you think? Should i order more? Since she's never traded before I don't know how "into" it she will get. Or do you think I should just say "listen kid, you got WDW as a present...trade what you have and don't ask for me???"

I buy Jordan a certain number (from ebay) and she can keep or trade them but that is all she gets. She usually ends up trading ones she says she wants to keep so she can trade.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

2 weeks folks!!!

I know that Mickey is just dying to see me!!!!

To celebrate my two week mark, I did a morning run to Target and started buying snacks and breakfast food (btw, great sale prices on at Target if anyone just NEEDS snacks and breakfast stuff!) I got those packs of mini-muffins for Aisling. I tried the cereal cups last year and that didn't work out. They are too big for her so half the cereal went to waste. She loves those mini-muffins so I figured...hey, it's quick and not that messy. And if she's taking forever eating them we can leave the room and she can eat them at the bus stops

I also got a fun Halloween CD if anyone is looking for a Halloween CD. Aisling is performing the Monster Mash on Halloween for Dance so she asked me to get her a CD with it so she can rehearse at home. Target had a CD with all the original artists...it has Monster Mash, Time Warp, Ghostbusters, and a bunch of other fun ones (it has 5 creepy sound mixes at the end too) It also has I Want Candy...which was Aisling's song for Tap in her recital last year. I tried to find a CD with it for her to practice last year and couldn't find one...who knew to try Halloween CDs! She's going to be so excited . I'm listening to it right now at work!!!

How about Day 4 plans to celebrate????

Day 4 we plan to start out at....

Aisling will be wearing

My plan is to do the Safari, Dinosaur, EE, FOTLK, maybe Kali and anything else will be a bonus. We have lunch ADRs at Yak & Yeti We are paying for this one with MyPoints gift cards SOOOO I can order just apps, drink, and dessert (you are not allowed to do that on the DDP btw)

After that we will head back to the hotel for a rest/swim.....and then it's on to.....

Who wants a sneak peek of what Aisling will be wearing??????? (Stacy posted these on FB so I'm guessing she's okay with me sharing a peek)


Here are the matching bows.....

Do you know what she's going to be???????????????????

Getting closer?????????

Yup, there are the beginnings of her Sally custom. I am just as eager as everyone else to see the rest!!!!!

 

[Jennifer48]

Hold up...they are closing the Kidcot stations?! Why?!

I can't believe your trip is so close! Aisling is going to make an adorable Sally. Did you decide on what Randy was going to wear to MNSSHP?

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hold up...they are closing the Kidcot stations?! Why?!

I can't believe your trip is so close! Aisling is going to make an adorable Sally. Did you decide on what Randy was going to wear to MNSSHP?

Yes...Randy is going as Kevin Youkilis! He has the grey "away" jersey and a Youk tshirt. We weren't able to find baseball pants that didn't cost a fortune so he has red sox shirts that he's going to wear. He also has Red Sox flip flops and a hat. Only people from Boston will get it but that's ok!

I think just the Kidcots in WS are closing. If you look at the Epcot site on Disney.com....they are no longer listed. Hopefully it's not all of them.