Coming up, right after my garage sale. I have so many things on my to do list for the sale, I should start a pre trippie for that!Ok I am all caught up. WOW, you have been busy.
Your children are adorable. Seeing Disney through their eyes is what makes it all worth it.
Thank you! I agree, it's great to see their eyes light up.
We will be there at the same time. WL June 16-23.
WL looks beautiful. Maybe we'll run into each other.
We are going to the clambake at BC, so I will get to see the resort. I've only seen it from a distance.
Can't wait to eat some yummy seafood.
Your ADRs look good as does your intinerary. We have picked some of the same days for the parks. We will park hop though. My girls are older and they seem to really like it. I will need to get walking a lot more to keep up with them.
Ugh, I know. My walking/running plan has been thwarted by the cold, wet weather we've been having. I'm going to have to make up some ground soon.
I like the way you have your drive planned. We drive from PA. Like you we have one long day and then one short day. We have less to drive, but we have major cities to deal with. (Baltimore, DC, Richmond, Jacksonville) The traffic can be tough here.
We have some family in PA. My uncle lives in Philidelphia and I have great aunts and uncles and second cousins in Homestead, outside of Pittsburgh.
I am very jealous of your Mary Poppins pic. She is my favorite. I have also never seen the character bus at WS. Where have I been???
I have a cool story about that Mary Poppins. We saw her in Epcot and then the same Mary Poppins was at CRT breakfast 2 days later. She of course didn't remember the girls, but when I mentioned how happy we were to see her again, she played right along without missing a beat. Even though the oldest pretty much "got" that the princesses were actresses, she was completly sold. They were sure that Mary Poppins remembered them.
Can't wait to hear more about your trip.
How could I forget School Bread?Oh, do you have any pictures of Paddington?? What a great name!
Lots. I'll post one soon.
Ooh, I love the picture of the girls with Mary Poppins, so very sweet!
Me too.
I didn't see School Bread from Norway on your list!
Add it to the list!!
Oh Phew. I was in severe panic mode that you didn't like it or something!How could I forget School Bread?
I'm glad to hear that.Love the picture of the girls with Mary Poppins! Where did you find Baloo?
Me too.
We still have Chelsea and Connor's masks from 2004!
They are really cute!
Our lists look very similar -- great minds! Chelsea had such a good time doing the pick-a-pearl last year that she wants to do it again this summer -- and of course those tiles!
You said in your report that you're getting Chelsea's set this year, right? Any settings in mind? Ooh, if she gets another pearl, she could get earrings!
I'm glad to hear that.
, but I needed to take another look at what was still needed to pay for other vacation necessities, like Moroccan tile and Grey Goose slushies.
I'd done some ballpark figuring earlier in the planning process but I kept thinking of things I needed to add. Did you know that Disney budget numbers can magically multiply on their own when the Disney binder is closed? Don't say I didn't warn you. Here are the budget categories I've figured we need to plan for and how we're doing saving towards them.
Sounds perfect! 
Congrats on the new job!!
Your budget looks good to me. Do you plan on doing any extras like carriage rides or renting surrey bikes??
I don't think so, although I bet a carriage ride around POR would be beautiful.
5. Good heavens HOW could you almost forget the school bread ?!?!?!!?!?
Enabler!
Sometimes I feel like ignorance is bliss. 
I thought the timing was great too.
Congrats on the new job!! I work very part time but it's great to have something that's mine & actually makes some money.
I agree. It feels good to be doing something that I enjoy and helps me contribute to our finances.
Your budget looks great - I'd like to stash another $5000 before we go too!
Welcome Back! 1. Ooh, Disney mail is the holy grail of mail. Lucky! 2. When the chicks grow up, they need to get a job. Primarily making us eggs.Gee wiz, I leave for a week and I come back to 4 pages of posting. Okay chatty cathy: 1. nice to get travel mail, we just got some too! From Disney, so that was fun! 2. The chicks, Cute! What happens when they start becoming teenage "chicks"? Did I miss that? 3. Budget sounds good, but yes to the surrey ride or something like that around POFQ... I agree that would be nice! 4. Great timing on the PT job, that is always a bonus!
3. Are you and Carissa in cahoots?4. I thought the timing was pretty 
myself. 5. Sheer madness, I guess.Oooh, it's like you knew I told myself I was going to do bills and budget tonight to fine tune my Disney money....and I didn't.
Maybe I DID know. Mwahaha!
ANYHOO! I gasped at the $5,000, you totally got me until I kept reading. You little trickster, you!
Sometimes its nice to live in a fantasy world, if only for a little while.
Lots of hormones and desire for independence in a body that's not quite prepared!! Thanks. I'm pretty excited.The budget looks good -- I really need to get on the ball with mine.
Hurray for the new job!!! That's awesome!!!
My husband teaches 7th grade geography and pre-kids I subbed in the middle school. You're right. Big ball o' hormones!Your budget looks good! I am a lot like your DH in that I like to know where all the money goes. I don't necessarily need it all planned out ahead of time, but if I have $100 in my pocket I want to be able to account for every penny. My DH hates it....he says I "nickel and dime" him! LOL!
Do you have a long lost brother from Ann Arbor?
Congratulations on the job. Sounds like a perfect fit! But I have an 8th grader and I don't know that I would want to tutor him! It's a crazy age!
I enjoy this age, though. Most of them are not too cool for school, quite yet.
