I don't think I'm meant to update....I just typed the longest update and I lost it, and then my laptop battery died. But I'm trying again!
Spring is here, and that means spring cleaning! Have you started yours yet?
This weekend we did lots of organizing, and part of that was starting to put away winter clothes, pull out summer clothes, and pack up the baby clothes that are too small for Sydney for what will hopefully be a long stay in the attic! (I've got my hands full, I want a looong break before even thinking about another baby!
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While we were doing that, we pulled out some clothes and set them aside as "disney clothes".
J.J. grows very slowly. On our 2008 trip he wore 2T shirts. Then he wore them last summer, and he'll wear them again this summer! He's finally getting to the point where 3T isn't too big on him, but he doesn't need to size up yet. So, DH took a bunch of 3T disney shirts and set them aside for our trip. They'll be plenty big next summer, so DH wants to keep them clean. J.J. really knows how to "wear in" his clothes, if you know what I mean...
So, J.J. has plenty of clothes. The blue Nemo Shirt with Bubbles, Sydney has a match to, and the Yellow shirt in front, DH has a matching one to that.
Sydney doesn't have as many, just the 3 shirts on the right. But I plan on making her dresses...every few weeks we take the 40% off coupon from JoAnn's and buy some disney fabric so we can make them! She also has those shorts that you can see at the very edge of the picture...DH is holding onto hope that they will fit. They're 12 months and Jay wore them on his last trip (when he was 20 months...I told you he was tiny!) and DH loves them. They're pretty snug when we tried them on, so she won't be wearing them this summer...but we use cloth diapers at home and we'll be using a hybrid cloth/disposable combo at WDW so she won't have her fluffy behind. So DH is hoping she can wear them. Only time will tell!
I'm hoping to have some time to work on some Disney stuff this week...I'm starting to get back in the mood and I have lots to do. Now if only I can find the time! Only 13 days until Sydney's first birthday...we won't be doing much but I want to make sure I have food for people who might stop by, and a few decorations, and I have to figure out what I'm doing for a cake! Our theme is a hodgepodge of ladybug picnic and snow white!
Also this weekend, I went on a long distance disney shopping spree.
My brother lives in LA and one of the local disney stores is closing this week. So he went to the store for me. I figured there would be nothing there, since when our
disney store was closing, by a week out there was like, one table with a few things on it. But there was tons there, and my wonderful brother went around the store and told me what everything there was so I could decide if I wanted it or not. Everything was 40% off the lowest markdown, so I spent $76 and got SO much stuff. I don't even remember everything, but I know I got a cinderella dress for $9, a bell tiara and a tinkerbell tiara for $3 each.
Remote control fire truck for $12,
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Wall hanging for $6,
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Door Organizer for $5...and lots more. The best part is that I really don't need any of it right away, so instead of paying shipping, my brother will just pack it in his suitcases whenever he gets a suitcase for free on the plane when he visits. So exciting!
I haven't posted pictures in awhile, so maybe these will get you in a spring mood. These are from Easter!
When J.J. woke up on Easter I asked him if he knew what day it was. He said, "Saturday." so I told him, "No, it's Sunday." and he said, "Sunday is EASTER!"
Here he is waking Sydney up to tell her that it's Easter.
The Easter bunny brought backpacks! Here's Syd trying hers out. Please excuse the mess, the easter bunny went a little overboard this year!
And finally, here's Jay with a basket of eggs. The easter bunny left a basket, and a trail of eggs leading to where he hid the baskets (this year, backpacks) so that it wouldn't be too hard for the babies to find them, which was awfully considerate, don't you think? Here's Jay at the end of the trail, after he and Sydney collected all the eggs!
Hope your spring cleaning is going well! Gotta clean out room for those souvenirs from WDW!
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Thanks for reading! Sorry I'm being so slow lately, I'll be trying to get back in the planning mood! 
*insert Jeopardy theme here*
) Which works great for us, almost no poopy diapers from very early...Jay stopped pooping anywhere but the potty before he was 6 months...Syd doesn't have that kind of a track record, but it's rare that she poops in her diaper...less than once a week? But, this is not practical in a public bathroom since changing tables are separate from the stalls...and I'm not sure how I feel about only letting Syd use the potty at the hotel. Poop isn't the issue, she's a morning pooper, and she's started to come get us when she has to poop if it's not the morning, but I still feel weird changing her without letting her pee first, because it's something she's done every time I change her for her whole life! For a day, sure, but 11 days is a long time to get out of the habit of using the potty! So I'm not sure what I'll do there. Seek out those one room bathrooms when I can, I guess. Are there lines at the changing tables normally? With Jay, at home, we often took him in the bathroom and then took him to a changing table to get him re-dressed. In the parks we just used pull-ups for Jay when we took him to disney but J.J. used the bathroom pretty full time, even as an infant. I'm too type-A for that and I found it a little too stressful, so we diaper Sydney pretty much full time and only have her use the potty when we change her, which is perfect for us, but we'll need real diapers, not just pull-ups. Anyway, rambling again 
