The "Needs a Catchy Name so People will Read It!" trip report!

[DisneyFun08]

and ready for more! Awesome report! I love your humor and style of writing.

So glad you had ponchos every time they were needed.

It's so great that your packages were right on the bench where you left them. Seems we usually hear about the bad, but you definitely had lots of pixie dust on your trip!

 

[Praise2Him]

Hi! I also came over here from the "Decorating your window" thread. Love the window and the report! I don't have any grandchildren yet, but can't wait until I do and can take them to Disney.

Where did the gift baskets come from? Did you order them? What was in them? They look cute!

Can't wait to read the rest.

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Praise2Him welcome to my wacky world...hehe...grandchildren are so wonderful...handsful but so worth it! i have 7! 6 and under... my daughter Brendi & her husband Kevin { the wdw trip gang} have Elli `6 & Blaze~4. dd Candice & her hubs Chad have twins Kensleigh & Gracie~will be 4 in sept. & baby sister Chloe who is almost 17 mos.and ds Austin & wife Rachel have Jackson who is almost 3 and baby sister Avery who is 16 mos. so we have our hearts and hands full! you should see the mad house when all 7 are here togetehr...man what fun...after they leave i crash! hehe...
about the baskets i did them myself. i got the baskets for $2 at doller general and filled then with all sorts of htings form doller stores and anywhaere else i found anything disney. i even added lil calculators for them to play with...kept them very busy. the decorations on the buckets are for scrapbooking and they came from target.my big idea was to do my own baskets and save money...hehe...NOT! by the tiem i got it all in there and added it up it was about $20 each! but so worth it,each got a disney watch and i printed out invites and such to add...they really loved them...the hardest part ws to get away form them long enough to put them in the room before i left so they could find them when we got back...i was so happy to of been invited on this trip...they had sent for the dvd and watched it before they even said anything..they were telling me about it a christmas time 2006 and i jokenly said " how much for a nanna and pawpaw to go?' she siad that's why i mentioned it we want you to go too! other g'ma was invited but sia dher husband wouldn't let her be gone that long...i told mine " i'm going to disney with the kids,are you going?' would of gone w/o him..it is after all the happiest palce on earth... we didn't spent too too much money but more than we'd spent a few years ago on a trip to the beach with them. but it was so so worth it...and i now know how to cut corners and still have fun on fiture trips...inlaws there now for 2 weeks and spending way less than we did but amn was ours worth it! wanna go again NOW! as you will see i can go on and on...
catch'cha all laters,,,

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

After a good nights sleep,kids were out like a light after swimming,we get up bright & early,not planned but Nanna,Elli & Blazer's inner alarm clocks get us up early! so pawpaw sleeps in,dada goes to play golf and mama,nanna,elli & blaze head out on an adventure. we get our spending money and hit the road..well the walkways...wwe planned to check out the piano pool we'd seen 100 times on the planning dvd...and we take pictures as we go,...

the jazz building drums....

the calypso drum stair case

a pretty fountain between the pools/buildings

posing with ariel [ we have a friend who has 3 daughter's all named for mermaids...ariel,adella & melodie.... so we took these for them!]

ummmm watch that hand there lil man!

oh no he didn't! hehe what a mess he is!

heading for broadway....i think of the scene in the movie 'big' with the big piano in the toy store...i sang this to them as i took the picture..yes they thought i was nuts too!

country fair

broadway....

we don't get any pix of the other buildings because blazer knows that allstar sports is right over there>>>>>
so we head on over...he plans to stay here next time inthe coca cola cup building he says!
a few pix at sports...

pitchers???

play a lil b-ball...

tennis anyone?

we head to the bus stop at sports and jump on a bus headed to dhs....so we can grab a boat to the boardwalk!

when elli ask about the boardwlak and i explain it is like they have on the coast,store,hotels,games,food all with a wooden walkway,hence boardwalk... { i assumed this is where the term came from } well she says " oh it's like walking on a porch..'hehe

the kids spend some disney dollers on thier 1st trading pins....can't rememebr which ones they got...then we head here...for a bite of breakfst...use real moola and save our snack credits for the parks...

breakfast is yummers....
the bug and the sticky bun { we call her ellibug so no real bugs on her buns..hehe}

always remember to take time and stop and smell the 'gardenia?' love them and these are huge and smell so good,form now on gardenia [ which has always been a fav of mine] will remind me of disney's boardwalk like honeysuckles remind me of the train ride at dollywood...
we walk aroudn a bit and enjoy the views then hop a bus to allstar movies....we are scooting aorund here like we kow what we are doing...didn't do too bad for a bunch of newbies with no men telling us what to do...hehe...we really enjoyed the time just us girls and kids... here's mother and daughter heading for the boat to dhs ...love this picture...

blaze wasn''t in this picture because he was pouting about who knows what ..and ws walking slower than christmas...he get's ticked off easliy and we try to over look him in public to cut down on blowups...hehe...he is a bit anal...i said this to dd one tiem and elli heard and said " no nanna,blazer's not an angel!' i said i agree with ya there bug...hehe
here are a few pix from movies...
look how small blaze is...

we head on over to our room form here and get ready for typhoon lagoon..or as blaze calls it 'hy-coon a goon'...lol...i'll post those pix and tell those tales in the next nstallment....thanks for coming to visit....

 

[MEK]

Thanks for sharing your trip report. Your pics are great and your grandchildren are adorable! I am enjoying your updates.

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

thank you for joining my TR....we had such a wonderful time and i can't wait to go back... elli & blaze talk about it all the time,'specially Blaze...just friday night on our weekely walmart trip { cash paycheck,go see what wally has on clearance,clearance & thrift stores/yard sales help me keep my 7 growing like weeds grands in clothes,grab a burger...that's our friday routine hehe} anywya at wally world he saw soemhting disney and got to chatting about going agian soon...i said " if i had a good car and soem money we'd jump int he car and go now,just you ,me,elli & mama' he said we couldn't go without dada and pawpaw ,they had to take us there...i asked if her thought we could get there w/o themhe said NO! you drive too slow and momma does too! hehe... we did the trip in 7 hours and 15 mins...thats with stopping for gas/potty and drinks a few times! most peeps from where we live say it takes 8 or 9 hours... .
they are disney fans as am i and i would love to do a grand gathering with all 7 and thier parents...we are 15 in all and it would be a blast to all go togetehr...but makes me tired just thinking about it...since i am planning on hopeful trips for 2009 and 2010 with the other 2 sets of grands i can maybe post thier pix as part of the tr and mention disney and mayeb not get in trouble ...hehe...
i'll try to add the typhoon lagoon pix on the 4th since i will be off work!!!!!! woohoo,..and not due at dsil/ddil's till later in the day!
disney dreams and smiles to all....

 

[englishrose47]

Great Update! Loved the smelling the gardenias !!

 

[LorieR]

I absolutely LOVE your trip report!! Great photos, great stories, and beautiful family! Looking forward to more!

 

[Step]

Great trip report so far. Love the pics of ASMU, I can't wait to go!

 

[Disney owl]

great report & photos thanks

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Mornin' all my friendly readers....i have been so ,so cuy lately and not able to update,have been working on uploading pix to photobucket so i should get typhoon lagoon done soon ...we took a leap into the 21st century this weekend! we got dish network! we haven't had any type of cable or anything for about 6 years i guess,been using an antennea and onlty getting 2 channels and those only on the best weather days! so we decided to go for broke and get one of those bundels with phone,dsl & sattelite all in 1...they did the dish on sat. then i had a 'dish hangover' yesterday ...hehe was up till 1 a.m. watching lifetime movies...then we tried to do the dsl yesterday and it all went smoothly but won't connect so had to redo the phone line back to dialup till we can figure it out...hopng the dsl will help upload pix and such faster...
i wanna welcome lorier,step & disney owl to my lil piece of the www...:yay: besides doing thies report i hope to start a pretrip soon but won't until i get other dd locked in on dates and but down our dep. then i will know it is for real. ..hehe... but i have began gathering clothing for the girls since they can wear them even if we don't get to go...we wanna try some more custon stuff but a bit more frufru with ruffles and such since 3 lil princess's this trip . i found chloe { 17 mos. old now} a lil white eyelet trimed slip dress at the thrift store for $1.50! then found 1 of the twins one at another store for $3! just gotta find another one! we will add minnie heads with bows to the front and big bows at shoulders and some red eyelet to the white trim...dd's friends mom sews ,so we may get her to make some red dotted pantyloons to go under the slip dresses ...i can just see these 3 now...all minnie mouse { who they all love} dots & bows and big blue eyes & smiles! the planning is at least 1/2 the fun ...i hope to start their trip report soon...and do the water park here soon...thank you all again for tuning in... . goodbye and catch you all later!.

 

[DisneyFun08]

Wow! Sounds like things are really hoppin' in your house. We aren't doing a water park on our trip so I can't wait to read about yours!

 

[lmillercrew]

Found your link in another post and am looking forward to following along with the rest of your trip. We are planning our next trip in June 2009. I can't wait to book my room, but still haven't decided on where to stay. I've been several times and have stayed at POR, POFQ, and ASSP. We are a family of 5, two being teenagers and one of those is 6'4. So, it makes room selection a little bit sparce. I have been looking at the Family Suites, but I'm not a huge fan of the pools at the values. So, I have to do some extensive researching and just finally decide.

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Good morning all and welcome newbie readers! been another busy week and weekend for me...grandbabies everywhere and at work i have been given the lovely job of cleaning out the classroom closet...wouldn't be so bad if the boss/owner wasn't a pack rat...she bought the daycare 18 years ago and the former ownner left lots of stuff...everywhere... i found mother's day cards for the kids to color from 1975 and record albums from 1969! can you say EBAY! ...they drug all thier stuff out { boss adn her hubs who has retired and is always nderfoot! hehe...} then they left and said for me to do my hting...well,i worked on 'my thing' for 6 hours each day for 3 hours { taking a break to help feed and get kids down for naps in the middle of the day} anywys it will be ready for the beginnig of school by the 1st of aug, we start back on the 7th! i am a pre-k asst. by the way,,if i didn't already mention thta...dgd elli form this report will be going to 1st grade and blaze to pre-k... ...where did the tiem go,seems these grands grow faster then their parents did...next aug i will have 3 starting pre-k...kensleigh & gracie { the twins} and jackson...thye are 11 mos older than he is but because b'day is after sept.1 they will start a year latermwhich is good i thik since thye are not as mature as blaze and not been in daycare ever...
anyways i will get back to the reson we are all here..'typhoon da-goon' as blazer called it...here are some pix from our day...we were only there about 4 hours but had a good time...

blazer on the 'big' slide as they called it...this was before they saw the crush'n gusher!

elli on the big slide,they only did this a few times then they found the kiddie slide and were hooked...plus blaze came off the 'big' slide just as the wave pool let loose and under he went so hee was done!

here they are on the kiddie slide which they loved!

traffic jam...

ands their off again...i love these pix of them with the tubes going back for another slide!

lunch break....they loved the buckets...

ummm...look pawpaw i think we found a hidden mickey! ...well a squashed one! pawpaw 'sat' on mickey mouse!

pizza ...it's what's for dinner!

some cuddles with pawpaw and friends....

that's it for our typhoon lagonon...we had a good time but my in laws were in orlando and went to typhoon 2 or 3 times the 2 weeks they were their..they preferreed it to blizzard beach...seems to be more lil kid friendly at typhoon lagoon...
well i am off to work and will leave you waiting and watching for the next installment...woinder what my boss will say when i say i was late becae i had to get some work done on my trip report...hehe...she knows i'm a disney nut...
...the phone finally rings and blazer jumps to amswer it...wonder who it will be...wonder if blaze will have a clue...

 

[DisneyFun08]

Wonderful pictures! Looks like y'all had a fabulous time!

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

oops it posted twice so i deleted this one and left the finished one...

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

another oopsie...seems to keep wanting to post and post and post when i'm not even done yet! yikes...hope t fix it...

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Hello all.....
well all that are still checking in...been a very busy few weeks...i got the wonderful job of cleaning out the classroom closet in my pre-k classroom...what a mess...took me 5 or 6 hours each day fpr a week and a 1/2! had to go back and forth working wiht kids,then claening and sorting...but all the hard work was well worth it...i finally got it organized and all the stuff sorted and threw out the junk! that closet has/had stuff form the 60's in it! stuff the former owner left when the new owner bought it 18 years ago...and no one has gotten to go in and fix it! after all that it was time to get the classroom feesh and gussied uop for a new school year...we started back last thursday and have 20 new kidlets to enjoy! i have been a pre-k asst. for 12 years with the same teacher.this will be our 13th class together..poor kids...hehe...we are both gemini so i tell people they really have 4 teachers between the 2 of us...hehe...
anyway... back to the trip report..i am up to our 1st full day at the magic kingdom...what a lovely day! i will start with pix of elli and her cinderella dress..i had gotten it in sept. at a childrens consignment sale...they always have the halloween/dressup stuff at the fall sakes. elli didn't know i had gotten it so when she came to the daycare {where we work,my dd brendi & i } after school i surprised her with it...she had been wanting one for the royal table...i got a deal on this dress/crown/wand...it is a disney boutique dress and was only $15 the sale!
she was so excited to see her dress as you can see in the pix... she had to put it on over her school slothes! right then and there!
no caption needed here!

ok so on to disney! we got up and ready to go strom the castle...but fuirst they wanted their pix taken in their magic kindom outfits! well their 1st part of the day outfits...blaze chose baloo for his mama to paint on his mk shirt and of course cinder'elli' wore her gown!

before we leave we get a call...who was it form we have no clue! we let balze answer and he was so confused we don't know hwat he heard...hehe...check out this face...

at the foodcourt eating breakfast..pawpaw is camera happy...

when we get to the mk we are so excited we forget all about the opening show! so we are crammed up under the tunnle/bridge so can hear the show and see only a bit so no good pix { mental note to self,we will see the show on friday for day 2 at mk} our 1st ride is dumbo! no waiting just get in line and walk on in! dada getting the strollers so no pic and mama rides alone...
pawpaw & blazer...

mama/brendi...

nanna's sidekick...

on to snowhiwtes scary adventure...we called it snow whites adventure and it went over well...lil did we know they don't scare easily...thye loved haunted mansion and blazer later does tot!

then it's winnie the pooh and nanna's favorite eeyore!

pawpaw the stroller pusher...they only wnated nanna & pawpaw to push...thank god they are easy to push...love those strollers...saw on jon & kate plus 8 that they too loved them! they kinda float...

that pic was out of order...sorry..stroller was before pooh...
when we came out of pooh the kids got a magical moment! miss doly let them play a beanbag toss game and they got a certificate...and when the kdis were chatting with her ,telling her we were from georgia and the name of the town she kenw it,even the county...said she has a house near here in the mountains!..small world...which reminds me we rode that too and loved it.

after we do all the thinsg in this section we wanted to do we hear to mickeys toon town fair...brendi and the kids stop at the tea cups and pawpaw and i look near the castle for tinks shopp...when we join them at the teacups they are on already and i snap this pic...moving so fast i can't watch w/o getting dizzy!

we missed the madhatter & alcie riding..when they were ridinga nd they went past elli standing in line the madhatter yelled " hello cinderella!' man we missed it,dada missed it witht he vidoe too! but he got elli on the ride yelling to him that the madhatter had said hello to her!sweet memories...i watch the video/dvd every once in a whiole and elli wears her dress almost every weekend! we are ready to go back NOW!!!!
minnies house,closed for spring cleaning...boohoo...

mickeys house...

his bedroom...the kids loved seeing his gloves in the drawer...

they enjoyed the indy cars...pawpaw let blazer drive but elli said she was afraid to drive because the signs said no bumping and she was afraid she'd bump someone...poor girlie would of enjoyed it...dada drove and they were too fast for me to catch them...here's pawpaw & blaze...

now we're off to shop for micky/minnie ears and wait for out ressie at the royal table...
here's cinderelli and her 2 prince charmings!

see you all soon with shopping at sir mickey's and lunch at the castle!
i loved the royal table bas did the others but they were all confused sicne they didn't LISTEN to me when i TOLD then repetedly how it went there...oh well they will learn...hehe

 

[tink1957]

Great pics! Just found your TR today & it's good to see another GA girl enjoying WDW. Your grandkids are just too cute. I can't wait to read about the rest of your trip.