Tasty Planning Time with ZeBrook! A 2 for 1 PTR - 12/24 - All our bags are packed

love the dollar tree purchases!! DId you get the mickey crayons?? I too have bought a bunch of things at the dollar tree for the boys and have to make myself stop going in there cause I am going to have way too much stuff!!
 
Henry is such a cutie in his hat. Brooklynn was also one of those big headed children. Bella on the other hand has a peanut head so the hats were too small for Brooklynn and are too big for Bella. I am headed to Dollar Tree on my lunch break tomorrow to see what fun things I can find. I will definitely be investing in some glow jewelry for my little diva!
 
WOW, great finds at the Dollar Store, Brook!!!:thumbsup2 Got to love that place, they have so many great Disney things!!!!:cloud9:

Love the bucket hat on Henry (yay, I got my fix of that little cutie patotie!!!!:cool1:), too cute!!!! And btw, we have the same jammies he has on in that pic!!

Mini golfing looked like quite the adventure...our friends wanted to go over the 4th weekend but with Cole, I wasn't so sure. Now I'm glad we didn't go....and with the 'big boys' I was pretty sure that club would become some kind of weapon half way through.....;)

Great update!!!!:goodvibes
 
Thanks for the whereabouts on Kaki Gori. I think I know where you are talking about-last time I thought that was the stand, but the line was sooooo long, so I skipped it. Not what flavor is the question on that!

I've only had it once and I got Cherry. It was very good, but I tend to pick cherry for most things.

Great Dollar Store purchases. I like to call myself frugal, but others call me cheap, so that is my kind of place. I always find random Disney stuff in there that makes great car ride/plane ride/airport time waster toys.

My DD also has a large head and the only place I could find hats that fit her was the Carter's Stores or Outlets.

Henry is a cutie pie eating that sucker! :cutie:
 

Great stuff from the dollar store!! I love the idea of wrapping the stuff up to give to Henry on plane!

Henry's bucket hat is too cute! Ryan's head is HUGE too! They actually made me take him for a cat scan because his head has always measured a little bit above the 100th percentile. Poor kiddo! Of course there's nothing wrong with him, just got a big head!

Your lastest pictures from the dells are too cute! I love that Henry got his own ball and club even he got a little rambunctious!!
 


The plan is to wrap each one in paper and bring them all in the carry-on for the plane ride. Henry will be entertained first by attempting to unwrap the gift, and then by the item itself. :thumbsup2


Fabulous idea! :thumbsup2 Doesn't he look precious in that hat?! Cutie!


Kathy
 
Looks like you found some great stuff at the Dollar Tree!

I'm also really enjoying your TR on the Dells. Even though we live in WI we haven't been there in years so it's neat seeing all the stuff there.
 
Henry is just too cute in the hat!

The Pirate Cove looked like fun to me. The kids were having a blast.

I found these cute little stickers at the Dollar Tree the other day. I love that store!


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Cute stickers!

And I just noticed in your siggy that we have the same first name. Though I don't spell it that way.
 
Great dollar store buys! I jsut did K-mart for the first time in years this week. They were having 50% off clearance. It was so cheap. I spent $205 and got $900 worth of stuff. Claire is all set for her b-day, Christmas and so is my neice! I love deals!
 
What a cutie in an adorable hat! And awesome finds at the dollar store!

Looks like mini golf was a perfect plan for the day!
 
Great deals at the Dollar Store! I'm really cheap so I feel at home buying things for a buck. ;) Love that hat. Does H keep them on his head?
 
Great Disney loot from the dollar store!! YAHOO!! :cool1: I went about 6 weeks ago and got a bunch of goodies so I might need to go back - twist my arm! :lmao: I love your idea of wrapping the goodies up and then giving them to Henry! I plan on doing a surprise bag for my DS this year and want to do it as a "theme". For example, the day we go to MNSSHP and do his Pirates League I have a bunch of Pirates goodies. The day we go to Hollywood Studios I have a bunch of Toy Story and CARS goodies. You get the idea! I have to figure out how to get it together and then get it to WDW in my suitcase. He's 5.5 so he's quick and not much gets by on him! :)

I'm convinced our kids don't have big heads!! I've always had a hard time finding a good hat for DS and his head is "normal". I just got a hat from Children's Place for him for next year and it was like $3.74. I'll have to check out the dollar store too! Love the pictures of Henry - he looks adorable!! Great pictures of the Dells too!

Enjoy your weekend!

Heather
 
:thumbsup2I need to check out our dollar store for some Disney goodies. I am always looking for cheep toys to amuse my DD while we are out...If she looses them..no biggie!

My DD has a big head too. She has always been in the 98th to 100th percentile for head circumference. Even in utero her head was big....I went in for an ultrasound 4 days after my due date to make sure that everything was still ok in there and the nurse exclaimed "Oh that is a big head". I was like "OK lady not the best thing to tell the woman that is going to have to push it out!" It ended up ok because I ended up having a c-section and when they took her out the Dr exclaimed about her big head too!
 
Love the new pictures of Henry:thumbsup2
He is just too cute:thumbsup2
 
The little "bakery" in the France pavillion. Where they sell desserts, and sandwiches. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM

ok, time for dinner, I'm hungry lol

If I can fit in another snack, I will have to check this one out! Or maybe I will encourage Joe and steal a bite...;)

Thanks for the new Henry pics - he's a cutie as usual and that bucket hat is very stylin'! And nice finds... Dollar Tree, by chance? I've got the figurines sitting on my shelf in my office. Love 'em!

I believe those little caterpillars you found are army worms. Have you ever been through army worms of plague proportions before, where the aspen trees are picked clean of leaves and trees look like their moving from all of them crawling all over? Gross. Gross. Gross. We should be due for another infestation of epic proportion soon... oh joy.

Yep! The Dollar Tree! Love that store!

That is awful about the army worms! ICK! :scared: They really were everywhere-as you will see in a later update. Not quite "the trees are moving" all over, but it was probably all just starting. Ew ew ew.

The kids loved 'em though. :rotfl2:

Cute golfing pics! We went to a Pirates Cove mini golf course in Branson, MO once and it was pretty cool, sorry you got just an average one - still sounds like a fun afternoon though!

It was a good afternoon despite the basic course. And even though it was an "easy" course, it still took me 10 putts on some of the holes! :rolleyes:

Henry is really growing and was adorable golfing.

Thank you! He is growing soooo much. The past few months he's been stringing words together and he learns new things every single day. :eek:

love the dollar tree purchases!! DId you get the mickey crayons?? I too have bought a bunch of things at the dollar tree for the boys and have to make myself stop going in there cause I am going to have way too much stuff!!

I did not see the Mickey crayons! I must go back!! That would go perfect with his Pooh & Friends coloring book. :woohoo:

I had to restrain myself as well - there were just so many fun things. I was very tempted by the Mickey bubbles, but knew we would never use them on the trip and they were high on the Mess Potential scale.

Henry is such a cutie in his hat. Brooklynn was also one of those big headed children. Bella on the other hand has a peanut head so the hats were too small for Brooklynn and are too big for Bella. I am headed to Dollar Tree on my lunch break tomorrow to see what fun things I can find. I will definitely be investing in some glow jewelry for my little diva!

I look forward to hearing about your Dollar Tree finds if you are able to share them on your PTR! I wonder how much Disney charges for their glow items? More than a buck I'm sure! :goodvibes I can already foresee pictures of Brooklynn glowin' away.

WOW, great finds at the Dollar Store, Brook!!!:thumbsup2 Got to love that place, they have so many great Disney things!!!!:cloud9:

Love the bucket hat on Henry (yay, I got my fix of that little cutie patotie!!!!:cool1:), too cute!!!! And btw, we have the same jammies he has on in that pic!!

Mini golfing looked like quite the adventure...our friends wanted to go over the 4th weekend but with Cole, I wasn't so sure. Now I'm glad we didn't go....and with the 'big boys' I was pretty sure that club would become some kind of weapon half way through.....;)

Great update!!!!:goodvibes

Mini golfing was interesting at times. Henry started to throw the club and whip it around during his fit...ugh. Thankfully he didn't hit any of the other kids (they are old enough to know to get away!). And most of the course was pretty easy to push the stroller along except one area where there was a huge hill up and no path-then stairs on the way down. They told us it was the "wheelchair accessible" course too...:confused: :confused3 Henry has been mini golfing a couple times, but at this age it's harder than when they were teeny and just sat there being cute! :laughing:

I really like those jammies! My MIL got them at a garage sale for us. They are the perfect weight for summer! He's wearing the shirt again tonight.

I've only had it once and I got Cherry. It was very good, but I tend to pick cherry for most things.

Great Dollar Store purchases. I like to call myself frugal, but others call me cheap, so that is my kind of place. I always find random Disney stuff in there that makes great car ride/plane ride/airport time waster toys.

My DD also has a large head and the only place I could find hats that fit her was the Carter's Stores or Outlets.

Henry is a cutie pie eating that sucker! :cutie:

I'm so with ya on the Dollar Store. Then you don't have to stress if a toy is broke, forgotten, not liked, dropped, left behind, etc.

I'll have to check out Carter's for hats! Henry's head has been "off the charts" since his 3 month check-up. It finally started slowing down in growing around 12 months.

Great stuff from the dollar store!! I love the idea of wrapping the stuff up to give to Henry on plane!

Henry's bucket hat is too cute! Ryan's head is HUGE too! They actually made me take him for a cat scan because his head has always measured a little bit above the 100th percentile. Poor kiddo! Of course there's nothing wrong with him, just got a big head!

Your lastest pictures from the dells are too cute! I love that Henry got his own ball and club even he got a little rambunctious!!

It will be like two adventures in one! Wrapping paper and then the toy - plus the toy is packaged, so there is that whole ordeal of taking it out of the package. I am thinking we could get a good 10 or 15 minutes of entertainment out of 1 single buck! :thumbsup2 :laughing:

They almost had me take Henry in for a CAT scan too! He's been off the charts since 3 months old (still is). However, in case you haven't noticed :rolleyes1 big heads kinda run in the family. It's a joke on my DH's side. "Oh, he's got the <Last name> Head!" His little cousin does too. Big headed boys! :lovestruc
 
Fabulous idea! :thumbsup2 Doesn't he look precious in that hat?! Cutie!


Kathy

Thanks Kathy! As I noted just above, I'm hoping to squeak 10-15 minutes of entertainment from each toy...we'll see how it goes! Maybe he'll just crash on the plane since he has his own seat...

Looks like you found some great stuff at the Dollar Tree!

I'm also really enjoying your TR on the Dells. Even though we live in WI we haven't been there in years so it's neat seeing all the stuff there.

Thanks!! The Dollar Tree is so much fun to browse around in - I almost always get my gift bags and wrapping stuff from there too-it's such a good deal for stuff that is thrown away!

I have quite a bit more on the Dells-I might try to get an update done tomorrow during Henry's nap.

Henry is just too cute in the hat!

The Pirate Cove looked like fun to me. The kids were having a blast.

I found these cute little stickers at the Dollar Tree the other day. I love that store!


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Thank you! :goodvibes
I saw those stickers there too! I didn't get them because they are all loose, and to my little man, that equals MESS and lost stickers everywhere = tears. :rolleyes: They were so cute though...Hmmm...now I'm thinking I should buy a bag for our countdown calendar.

Yes, I do think a Dollar Tree run is in the plans for tomorrow!

Great dollar store buys! I jsut did K-mart for the first time in years this week. They were having 50% off clearance. It was so cheap. I spent $205 and got $900 worth of stuff. Claire is all set for her b-day, Christmas and so is my neice! I love deals!

That is some awesome shopping!!!!!!! :yay: We don't have K-Mart around here...which surprises me because we live in a town of all chain stores and restaurants!

What a cutie in an adorable hat! And awesome finds at the dollar store!

Looks like mini golf was a perfect plan for the day!

Thanks!!

Great deals at the Dollar Store! I'm really cheap so I feel at home buying things for a buck. ;) Love that hat. Does H keep them on his head?

By "keep" on his head, how long do you mean?
10-60 seconds? Yep! :lmao:
Often times it comes off after a minute or two though...UNLESS he chooses to wear it. Then it can stay on for HOURS and he will insist on wearing it if we take it off. Same with his 'Cars' hat.

Yep, he's in that stage. :rolleyes: (Really, it's not bad at all-it's fun to see him have opinions! And he's a very good and cooperative child most of the time)

So, to get him used to it, we leave it in the living room right now with his toys and he puts it on randomly throughout the day.


Great Disney loot from the dollar store!! YAHOO!! :cool1: I went about 6 weeks ago and got a bunch of goodies so I might need to go back - twist my arm! :lmao: I love your idea of wrapping the goodies up and then giving them to Henry! I plan on doing a surprise bag for my DS this year and want to do it as a "theme". For example, the day we go to MNSSHP and do his Pirates League I have a bunch of Pirates goodies. The day we go to Hollywood Studios I have a bunch of Toy Story and CARS goodies. You get the idea! I have to figure out how to get it together and then get it to WDW in my suitcase. He's 5.5 so he's quick and not much gets by on him! :)

I'm convinced our kids don't have big heads!! I've always had a hard time finding a good hat for DS and his head is "normal". I just got a hat from Children's Place for him for next year and it was like $3.74. I'll have to check out the dollar store too! Love the pictures of Henry - he looks adorable!! Great pictures of the Dells too!

Enjoy your weekend!

Heather

I love your idea of theming your gifts with the day! I'm going to have to remember that for when Henry is actually old enough to notice/understand.

:thumbsup2I need to check out our dollar store for some Disney goodies. I am always looking for cheep toys to amuse my DD while we are out...If she looses them..no biggie!

My DD has a big head too. She has always been in the 98th to 100th percentile for head circumference. Even in utero her head was big....I went in for an ultrasound 4 days after my due date to make sure that everything was still ok in there and the nurse exclaimed "Oh that is a big head". I was like "OK lady not the best thing to tell the woman that is going to have to push it out!" It ended up ok because I ended up having a c-section and when they took her out the Dr exclaimed about her big head too!

Your story is so similar to mine! I had an ultrasound the day before I had Henry and the nurse commented about him being a 'big baby'. Everyone thought 8 or 9 pounds.

He came out 10 pounds 3 ounces, and with a 15 inch head. Everyone laughed in awe!

He was a C-Section because he wouldn't drop because of the size of his head!

Henry's head has been off the charts since he was 3 months old too. We tell him he's just SMART. :thumbsup2 :goodvibes

Love the new pictures of Henry:thumbsup2
He is just too cute:thumbsup2

Thank you!!!
 



And I also wanted to comment on the tragedy that occurred at Disney World with the monorail crash. Both Joe and I were horrified. Our prayers instantly went out to the families involved and for those of the deceased CM. I was happy to read that the monorail is back and running; however, I know when I ride it in September, my thoughts will wander to the CM and his family for a few quiet moments.

It is such a shocking thing to happen in what most all of us consider our "happy place". :sad1:

Brook-it really was a horrible tragedy-to be so young and working at the "happiest place on earth" -so sad for him, his family and friends.:hug:

Henry really is too cute for his own good...:lovestruc...When my kids were that age I would sometimes just look over and want to squeeze them ...they're so sweet...sometimes when my dd sees little kids she kind of sqeaks and says " omg...I just want to go and grab that cutie and squeeze them or she'll say I want to eat them up..."...(she is actually awesome w/little ones-she has been referred to as the babysitter from heaven...:cloud9:)-however my little guy will look at her and say "Emily that is not appropriate behaviour-you can not just squeeze them or eat them up-it will scare them and their mommies won't like it..."-he can be very literal...:rotfl: Henry would definately be on her eat up list and David would feel compelled to protect him...pirate:

I like your snack list so I'm stealing the idea...

I haven't gotten very far but I know I must try:

The Goofy Pretzel Rods-sweet and salty-yum
The Cappuccino Float-Ice cream and coffee-does it even need an explanation?

&

The Grand Marnier Slushie-sounds heavenly...:cloud9:

OBTW-We all have big heads in our family-We just joke about it-finding hats can be a challenge...(the nurse looked slightly alarmed when David was in for one of his first checkups-he was pushing off the chart-until the pediatrician said-"it's ok-ask them if large heads run in the family-and look and the mom and the sis-they have large heads..." Um thanks I think?:confused3

But it's all good because we are all very bright if not slightly nuts-in a good kind of a way...:dance3:
 
Oh, that snack list is making me hungry!! I'm thinking for our next trip I need to plan a day just to snack. No meals, snacks only! :rotfl2:

Love the Dollar Store! I have been stocking up on glowsticks there since April to use when we go camping. Hours of cheap fun! The bucket hat is really cute. Henry is getting big!!
 
Brook-it really was a horrible tragedy-to be so young and working at the "happiest place on earth" -so sad for him, his family and friends.:hug:

I know it, it's still all just a bit unbelievable. :sad1:

Henry really is too cute for his own good...:lovestruc...When my kids were that age I would sometimes just look over and want to squeeze them ...they're so sweet...sometimes when my dd sees little kids she kind of sqeaks and says " omg...I just want to go and grab that cutie and squeeze them or she'll say I want to eat them up..."...(she is actually awesome w/little ones-she has been referred to as the babysitter from heaven...:cloud9:)-however my little guy will look at her and say "Emily that is not appropriate behaviour-you can not just squeeze them or eat them up-it will scare them and their mommies won't like it..."-he can be very literal...:rotfl: Henry would definately be on her eat up list and David would feel compelled to protect him...pirate:

That is so funny that David is so literal! How cute!
There are three questions I ask Henry all the time:
1)"How old are you going to be?" "Two!"
2)"Can I keep you forever?" He nods his head.
and
3)"Can I eat you?" He starts to giggle because he knows I'm gonna come and "chop" his belly and tickle him! :goodvibes

So, if we ever run into you, Emily can "eat him"! ;)


I like your snack list so I'm stealing the idea...

I haven't gotten very far but I know I must try:

The Goofy Pretzel Rods-sweet and salty-yum
The Cappuccino Float-Ice cream and coffee-does it even need an explanation?

&

The Grand Marnier Slushie-sounds heavenly...:cloud9:

I've heard many good things about that Grand Marnier Slushie! If I drank, I think that would be my #1 choice!

The salty & sweet of the pretzel rods is exactly why I love them so much!

OBTW-We all have big heads in our family-We just joke about it-finding hats can be a challenge...(the nurse looked slightly alarmed when David was in for one of his first checkups-he was pushing off the chart-until the pediatrician said-"it's ok-ask them if large heads run in the family-and look and the mom and the sis-they have large heads..." Um thanks I think?:confused3


But it's all good because we are all very bright if not slightly nuts-in a good kind of a way...:dance3:

Oh my gosh! :lmao: I can't believe the Ped said that! Oh man, that's funny. I'm sure ours was thinking that!!!


Oh, that snack list is making me hungry!! I'm thinking for our next trip I need to plan a day just to snack. No meals, snacks only! :rotfl2:

Love the Dollar Store! I have been stocking up on glowsticks there since April to use when we go camping. Hours of cheap fun! The bucket hat is really cute. Henry is getting big!!


Ooh, I like that snack-all-day idea. :idea: We kinda did that during the F&WF back in November - but were able to squeeze in some regular food too! :laughing:

Glowsticks are perfect for camping! I am going to head back to ours today after Henry's nap and try to find those Mickey crayons and probably buy a few more glowsticks. It never hurts to have 'em on hand for just plain fun in the yard either! :thumbsup2
 













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