DisneyTinkerbell
Mouseketeer
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Thursday, December 24th, Christmas Eve
We had no plans to go to a park this morning, so we slept in a bit and took our time getting ready. After eating a small breakfast of granola bars in the room, we headed out to the dock to take the boat to Downtown Disney. Only problem was, it was 9:20 and the boats didn't start running until 10:00. Soooooo, we changed directions and headed up to the bus stop. We had to wait about 30 minutes for a bus, so we could have just stayed and waited on the boat, but oh well we made it just the same!
First picture of the day (don't know what Jared is doing - I guess reading the book??)
Our first stop was at the Design Your Own Tee shop
I was disappointed in the boys creations, they basically got something that you can buy in the shops, just tweaked a little. I wanted them to get something fun and creative, but I let them get what they wanted. After all, it's not supposed to be about me, is it????
Now, I was on a mission this morning - I had one thing on my mind and I was determined to find it. I needed to get to World of Disney pronto! I took a couple of pictures
Loved the board game tree!!
Then I went in search of my prize. Into WoD I flew, leaving my family in the dust, and into the jewelry and accessory department I went. I scanned the room and then I saw it - the glass case holding the Dooney & Bourke Disney bags! This wasn't the bag that I was expecting, rather a new black version - but it was still very cute! The bags to purchase were behind the checkout counter, so I jumped in line to make my purchase. I got to the front not knowing if I wanted the medium or the large bag, but as soon as I saw that there was only a $10 price difference between the two, my mind was made up, I got the big one. Plus I got the 20% off AP discount that they were offering that day, so I was on cloud nine!
After my bag purchase was secured I met back up with my boys and we walked around and did a little more shopping.
Isn't Santa Genie cute?
After we were finished in WoD we decided to eat an early lunch. So, to Earl of Sandwich we went. We had never eaten there before and I had always wondered what was so special about a sandwich - well, now I know. YUM! Is all I have to say. I had the BLT and a bowl of potato soup, Don had the Original, Justin the Italian and soup and Jared had the pizza sandwich and chips. We all ate every bite and licked our fingers afterwards!
After lunch we went to Once Upon a Toy, luckily the boys got busy playing with the Mr. Potato Head pieces and I was able to slip off on my own. I made a few purchases to put into their stockings later that night. Took a picture of this guy
Then met them back at the front of the store. Next we went into Pin Traders. I let Don walk around with Jared while I shopped with Justin. I bumped into Don at one point and he asked how many we were letting them get. I looked down and Jared had probably 15 pins in his hands! Ummmm, sorry honey, no. I told him to pick 3.
Next was my favorite store in all of DTD - Days of Christmas! I could look in here forever, but I tried to hurry. I think I ended up with 4 ornaments for myself, and 1 for each of the boys.
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum as we left.....
We were about ready to go at this point, but I wanted a frozen Coke so we popped into Goofy's and grabbed 3, one for me, Justin & Jared. I thought about getting the cute create your own cup, but the boys didn't seem to care one way or the other, so I saved the money and just used snack credits for our drinks.
After that we picked up the boys t-shirts and went to the boat dock to wait on the boat back to POFQ.
Waiting for our ride
I also took a picture of the balloon, I'd love to take a ride in this someday - I bet the views are amazing!
This was such a lovely boat ride back to the resort - a definite perk to staying at Port Orleans. Our building from the river
And the path walking back
We got back to our room and saw that mousekeeping had left us yet another new friend!
It was a beautiful day thus far and the boys were itching to hit the pool. We didn't have a ton of time before we needed to head out for Epcot for our dinner ADR, but we had a little. So, the boys quickly changed and ran out the door and to the pool. I took a minute to sort through what needed to go in their stockings later that night and then Don & I followed them down. We stopped at the bar to get a drink
Then I took some pictures
Looking back from the pool to the main building
The boys enjoying the 'kiddie' slide, as they put it
They look a little chilly don't they???
And a couple more around the pool
After I finished taking my pictures I took a seat on a lounge chair to enjoy my drink. While we were sitting there I called my mom to check in and wish them a Merry Christmas and she told me that they were in the middle of a blizzard.WHAT??? We live in Oklahoma, we don't have blizzards, we have ice storms and snow flurries. But, my mom is from Minnesota, she knows what a blizzard looks like and she said we were in the middle of a full on blizzard! She was very jealous when I told her that I was sitting by the pool and the boys were swimming....
I ended my call and Don & I finished our drinks. We looked around, it was starting to get really cloudy and dark
I was really hoping that we weren't going to get rained on. We had the Candlelight Processional tonight and I was looking forward to it, I didn't want the weather to ruin it!
Coming up: Norway, China & Germany - and would there be rain????
Oh wow. Loving all of your posts. We live in Yukon and are big Disney fanatics. I will so have to look for the purses next July when we go.:
Looks like he is enjoying the story along with Mickey and Donald!
Love this one!
I'm so jealous of all of your fantastic photos...even your Photopass pictures are great. The best thing about them, though, is the big smiles that your boys always have on their faces...priceless. 
We're practically neighbors, we live in Moore!
so that if I insisted on buying that one, I would be camera bag carrier. It was worth it 
I don't think I have seen the black one yet. I also look forward to see what you got the boys for their stockings!!
Great picture!!!
It looksl ike the boys enjoyed their swim time!! Hoping the rain holds off!! Can't wait to hear about the CP!!! 
Let's see this bag!!
