Push pull push pull PUSH wants the red head!!

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Okay so here's a pic of Rob n I during illuminations

for me this was the best part of hanging out with him ,I'll admit it might be because illuminations holds a special place in my heart.At the same time though I've seen Wishes with so many people and it seems I only really watch Illuminations with the most special people,and every single time it makes me sigh the kind of sigh thats like you're just letting go every thing else and you are so much at peace n your heart fill with magic and causes serious eye plumbing!I love it!!!

It was perfect n then we had to say good bye n my heart was literally in my throat,hardest part of the trip so far

but someone else really did not want to let go

that was hard,Rob you are so missed n talked about all the time!!!! We cannot wait to see you again!!!

so we went our separate ways but part of me was hoping that rob would run back n say HAHA just kidding!! Nope .......so we walked to wait for our resort bus and omg this was the worst bus wait in Disney history I'm not kidding we were there for 2 n a half hours!!!!!!!!! i wanted to just crawl into a bush n sleep right there then try n catch a bus the next day,if I didn't have ry with me i would've tried for real.

eventually sometime in the next Century we got to our resort n i have no idea how i made it to the room but boom i crashed!! The next day when I rolled out of bed looking a serious mess i jumped in the shower n got ready for FAMILY DAY!!!

and since i hadn't seen h I needed to get some pics of her





i love this next one so much it makes me giggle everytime I see it!!



oh someone decided to grace us with her presence



and since she had the right dress on I had to get this shot of course!



cute but I shoulda brushed her hair first I guess huh?
then we drove to Downtown Disney and snapped some pics along the way





Hailey has these moments were she gets excited n wants her pic taken with everything in site then are times when I can't convince her enough to let me get a pic with anything luckily for me today was a good picture taking day,I think it was all the excitement of spending her gift card from Grandma







the one thing the girls had talked about the most before our trip was going to the lego store,so they were both pretty pumped about this,but Ry was back to her partway happy smile.

daddy n his girls( who are really both mommys girls but we'll lret him have his moment)







my boo



ry looks super cute here!!!little diva pose haha i love it!!!



okay so now I have to confess something i've always been the one to say Who eats a sandwhich or a burger in Disney i mean you can get a burger or sandwhich anywhere back home so when I'm in disney i wanna eat things I can't eat everyday and I had a major plan today was supposed to be the day I was gonna try the chilli in a bread cone BUT i didn't know that they took it away so guess what? I was gonna have a sandwhich in Disney.All these years n I finally caved lol. i got hubby n I 2 different ones to split the Caprese



and the holiday that everyone raves about



Honestly the Caprese one was far better for me.



not only did I not have to pack my angry eyes today but I also forgot to pack my sunglasses to protect my actual eyes



Hail was excited to build her tater



I wanted to try on a Sofia dress



so we typically have a rule that when we spend alot of time with one child we switch to make it fair so since H drove down with Daddy n I was there with ry we tried as much as possible this day to switch kids, so while today was family day tonight I would be doing something with just Hailey. in the mean time we were having fun designing things but I noticed that the kids tateers looked alot like oopsi's in her last report

 

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here are the taters my girls came up with





cutest strom trooper i've ever seen



I have no words LOL



Hail's fave purchase



she loves Mickey n Minnie

 

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so the original plan was that after DTD we would go to Boardwalk together because i wanted to see the latest addition to the gingerbread displays n hubby usually likes to stop into the ESPN,but they were all really wanting a swim so they allowed me to go off on my own knowing that I really wanted to see it.Hubby dropped me off and it didn't take me long to find what I was looking for





One of these days I'd really like to stay at The boardwalk but i think Beach Club must be first for sure!!!

THen I made a stop here





with a sign like that who am I to argue?

I looked here



there



and everywhere



but I didn't have any luck looking for #1 Boardwalk must try which was the mocha Cappucino cupcake,so I went with the next on my list but I needed a perfect snacking place



oh looky here.....why it's the place where one of my sweetest Disney friends got married just months before well obviously i should sit here n eat my cupcake in her honor right? YEAH!!! so thats just what i did JESS BABY THIS IS FOR YOU!!!!!



the cupcake of choice was strawberry



here i am missing my Jess but having a delicious treat for her,9 one day soon we will re unite in disney again)



This was by far the MOST delicious cupcake i've ever had in disney or anywhere really I can't stress enough how badly you have to try it!!!

 

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now most of the Disney cupcakes are too big n filling for me not to share with anyone BUT this one i ate entirely on my own n go ahead judge away because I don't care it was too yummy not to! then after i sat n enjoyed my cupcake n people watched I went for a walk....... it lead me into My beloved beach club of course!!!

I want this carpet in my house please



well I started to not feel so good and so my visit this day was cut short,but what do you do when it's a Beautiful day in Disney and you're all alone waiting for a boat? You text your Diss BFF if you're lucky enough to have one that is so I was texting with my Congo,she's the best! then I boarded a friendship to DHS n bus back to the resort

I made it back n saw some sweet munchkins in the pool



I don't know if I mentioned this or not but this was my second time staying in The herbie the love bug section at All star movies so I wanted to get a bit of a different pic this time and heres what I came up with



and to let Rob know that even though he was gone now he was still a very big part of our trip I took a pic for him



then I headed back to the pool to relax with the fam for a bit before H n I's big date night



I love my babies !!!

 

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Now if anyone of you is keeping score you'll notice a certain snack pattern on this day
chilli cone-gone
cappucino cupcake-gone
and I had a third thing planned that was to try their version of the creamsicle(my fave drink back home)
well guess what? it too was gone so I got this instead.......



I can't remember what it was but man was it potent WHEWWWWEEEEEE!! that woke me up lol

hubby had a mangorita pictured here with my poison





H and i went to get ready for our date night n got this pic on the way out

 

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any guesses on where date night lead us? ONE hint Hailey did not have a park pass!!!!!

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Oh good god I'm awful at selfies, lol. But not a bad spot for the show given how late we arrived.

Oh God... I'm just sitting at work reading along and jotting down some notes and then the water works. Those goodbye pictures are rough and that last one with Ry just tears me up every time I see it. Badly. But on the happy side, if I hadn't come back, I would never have gotten those photos, so clearly I made a good choice.

Two and a Half HOURS????? Sometimes I'm so glad I have a car. Holy cow I did not know that.

AWWW, it's so nice to hear about all the stuff after I left. Love that pic with Hailey "ROARRRRRR!!!" and Ry looks absoltuely beautiful in her Woody Dress. How cute.

I think that's a great idea to even up the kid time. It helps make both feel appreciated I think. I like it.

I love that you did some solo time at the Boardwalk. Just an awesome place to be with your own thoughts. God I love that area.

Aww, such a sweet pic with you and Duffy!! Yeah, I would have been on a plane at that point. Boo.

EXACTLY!!!!!! Can't wait for our big surprise!!!!

Clearly I'm incredibly stupid or lack attention to detail, but what did I miss??

 

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Oh good god I'm awful at selfies, lol. But not a bad spot for the show given how late we arrived.

Oh God... I'm just sitting at work reading along and jotting down some notes and then the water works. Those goodbye pictures are rough and that last one with Ry just tears me up every time I see it. Badly. But on the happy side, if I hadn't come back, I would never have gotten those photos, so clearly I made a good choice.

Two and a Half HOURS????? Sometimes I'm so glad I have a car. Holy cow I did not know that.

AWWW, it's so nice to hear about all the stuff after I left. Love that pic with Hailey "ROARRRRRR!!!" and Ry looks absoltuely beautiful in her Woody Dress. How cute.

I think that's a great idea to even up the kid time. It helps make both feel appreciated I think. I like it.

I love that you did some solo time at the Boardwalk. Just an awesome place to be with your own thoughts. God I love that area.

Aww, such a sweet pic with you and Duffy!! Yeah, I would have been on a plane at that point. Boo.



Clearly I'm incredibly stupid or lack attention to detail, but what did I miss??

First of all the fact that u just said "ROARRRR" is a bit of foreshadowing for the next pic you'll see of hailey and DUH the surprise JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[teekathepony]

Your DTD day sounds awesome! Some shopping and some yummy food (although I'm sorry that all the things you were looking for weren't there! No luck at all!)

The girls are so cute posing with all the statues and lego people! Love Ry's Woody dress, super cute.

 

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LOVE IT!!!!!

 

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Your DTD day sounds awesome! Some shopping and some yummy food (although I'm sorry that all the things you were looking for weren't there! No luck at all!)

The girls are so cute posing with all the statues and lego people! Love Ry's Woody dress, super cute.

I had some terrible luck that day ,but it was okay

LOVE IT!!!!!

 

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After a drink by the pool with hubby H and I decided to have a date night ,Ry was a little upset about this but soon got over it when I explained that Hailey was here and not going to a single park,besides daddy wanted some Riley time too. we left the pool to go get ready and it was a bit cool out on this night,first time I ever needed a jacket in Disney ever!!
here's my girl all ready to go



First we took a bus then a boat ,oh I love how the lady behind me looks so thrilled to be there LOL



and then we took another bus and ended up in a place we were supposed to go back in May but didn't due to weather



Let's be real where else would I go at night without using a park pass MUNKFIRE BAYBEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!



Eventhough we had left really early we got there late n almost missed my munks completely ,trust me when I say that WON'T happen again!!!
we were told if we talked to an attendant we might get a pic with one of my munks but probaly not both so I got one of Hail with dale Haha hail dale lol ok i'm a cheeseball I know



right after this pic we went to buy our smores kit



h was loving it she had so much fun making delicious hot Shmoes



and dancing along



we were able to get a pic with Chip after all but sadly it didn't turn out well



here's Hailey with her what I love them face on lol



and the movie that night was........




we didn't stay too far into though because H was getting sleepy

we brought our left over goodies back for Ry and Daddy



and waited for our bus to the boat dock







when we got back to the room I took a pic of this.......

(which Riley was re-reading)





and something i had bought earlier that day



Somebody remind me when we get to the end of the TR n i'll post pics of us back home wearing the staches LOL

and with that we hit the hay!

 

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This next day Ry n I got ready to go back to Epcot,can you tell it's my fave? Not before snapping a pic though because you can't see someone wearing this famous sweater without a pic right? Come on you know you've all seen it on facebook by now I'm sure.



we got into Epcot and a Celebration was in order because today wasn't just any day it was a very special day!!!

I got the button to prove it!!



Not a button that too many other people have I'm sure.
and where else would we go to Celebrate this joyous day?







oh and Miss riley is never quick to put on a celebration button but she had one too today!



actually a cm gave her a second one



they didn't cross it out much but it works

 

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Now pretty much everytime we ride Soarin we follow it with a visit to the ever creepy Blueberry boy,and my house .Seriously if I could live inside of an attraction I'd live in the house with the dog n chickens in the yard and literally live off the Land.





my house!!!!







you've heard of "do you wanna build a snowman" BUT have you heard the latest version? Do you wanna build a SAND man????



CREEEPY BLUEBERRY KID!!!!!!!



by now we were pretty hungry so we went here



and had this





I had the croissant berry bread pudding and it was really good!

but it was time to test the rest of our senses with a journey into our imagination

 

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Hmm, I guess on the bright side, the fact that it got chilly enough for a jacket made it a good day to head home. Not that it's much of a bright side, but I'll go with it.

Haha RAWR!!!

Aww what a cute pic with you two despite the unhappy camper in behind.

That's some pretty cool fun not requiring a park ticket.

Aww I forgot about that postcard. I don't feel like I said enough though.

Holy, was that really Ry's 10th trip??? If so that's pretty darn impressive for an 11 year old.

 

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Hmm, I guess on the bright side, the fact that it got chilly enough for a jacket made it a good day to head home. Not that it's much of a bright side, but I'll go with it.

Haha RAWR!!!

Aww what a cute pic with you two despite the unhappy camper in behind.

That's some pretty cool fun not requiring a park ticket.

Aww I forgot about that postcard. I don't feel like I said enough though.

Holy, was that really Ry's 10th trip??? If so that's pretty darn impressive for an 11 year old.

Yep and to be honest she would've had 11 trips if i wouldn't have been so sick the year I was pregnant with Hailey.of course you were the topic of conversation yet again tonight lol it's a recurring theme ,but this time because we were talking about how friends of ours might be going next year and Hailey asked if she was gonna meet you and i said yes(didn't say when lol) and Ry was saying how fun you are,then fun in Hailey's mind right away brought her to ....how fun like go on splash mountain 2 times fun?

 

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Once we got out of the imagination Building riley wanted to go into Mousegear and spend the last of her gift card,well when we were in there she spotted the star wars Mystery Vinylmations,and we both crossed our fingers tight in hopes that she'd get her beloved Darth Vader.She paid for her purchases ( she bought a figment cupcake vinyl too) and then we found the nearest bench to open it up on



wanna see what she got?



do ya think by chance she was happy with that selection? LOL.
I noticed somewhere on our adventures that MY GLOBE was out



and I took this next pic because I am so far from being a morning person,so whenever the girls bug me begore I'm ready to wake up i always tell them I'm out of order



and in the continuing spirit of Rob,riley needed to complete a special mission



such a subtle hint eh?

and if not obvious what that mission was heres another clue......



still not sure?



we were gonna ride the monorail YAYYYYY



hahaha just kidding .......





Ry says "hey Rob look who I found!!!!"







we love Duffy in this house! We had to continue on though



and with that we decided to take a little boat ride





but where did we go? well I was bound n determined to find at least one snack from my list......



Sorry rob but I was not a fan of the gingerbread cupcake what so ever, anyways riley got this bad boy!!




we walked by this little partay!!!



and I had to get this pic ofcourse



and we went to see Ry's pal



which lead to her FINALLY agreeing to try Star Tours,hailey n I always talk about how much we love it and this was finally the day she was gonna go for it WOOHOOOO





we had to wait after the ride because when I was leaving I forgot something n the doors were shutting on me trying to get it,that HURT! so then I had to have a Cm go back in n get it while we sat on a bench so if ever u forget something on star tours doint try n get it back yourself cause I got pinched hard in the doors and its not fun!

 

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So every year when the kids get to a certain grade they have to write speeches and present them infront of the class.This Year Riley chose to do hers on walt Disney,yeah I raise em right!!!So I thought it was a good idea to take her somewhere to do some research for her speech



and we got pictures for her to show on a big board







It was really packed for some reason which meant we didn't really get to look at alot of the things we wanted to,I wanted her to see Everything so she'd be well prepared





It had been a very long time since I saw the little movie n ry had never seen it before .Now i have no idea why ever skipped it in the first place it's so awesome I love it!!!

soon it was time for a fast pass plus would it actually work this time?









it didn't work ,I wasn't surprised it never did the entire time we were there,but the cm let us in anyways

YAYYY I was so thankful for that!





and my Baby girl



ANDYS ROOM WHAT WHAT





Since we had never done the drawing class we decided to do that too,and we were drawing Woody,I don't draw well by instruction I'd do better if I was looking at a pic n then drawing on my own,but ohwell Ry did good I thought......






oh n suddenly out of nowhere i remenbered the PB n jelly shake n how much H n I liked it so ry n I went to get one too



all the cool kids in the living room





this cousin was looking for the same family repeatedly but they were nowhere to be found,I guess they are the best hide n seekers in our fam this day!





we kinda just wandered around doing whatever we wanted





we had a little bit of time before Our date that night so we took a bus to the Contemporary

 

[teekathepony]

That campfire show looks so adorable! Glad you guys had a good time!
EPCOT! We always do Soarin then LwtL too, I'd love to live in that house!
Meeting Duffy is so cute!

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Holy, what amazing luck on the Vinylmation!! So happy she got the one she wanted. That's a happy camper right there. I have a signed picture from Darth Vadar (the real one) from when I was a kid. I'll have to see if I can find it.
I forgot to mention last time too about how awesome it is that she's wearing not one but TWO buttons!!!!

Awwwww I am SO GLAD you got a picture with Christmas Duffy! He looks so much bigger than I remember.

I have to add that the gingerbread cupcake tastes infinitely better when it's FREE!