There was a dearth of Mickey Bars -a March 2015 PTR- update 4/1 - link to TR!

[SarahDisney]

I love that someone bought hot chocolate for all the girls ... that's such a nice thing to do when they're out there in the cold!

Kids look like they were enjoying the snow!

I love the Pooh & Tigger sandwiches ... especially because they have Pooh's favorite food (hunny) in them!

Something Mickey Mouse related shouldn't be too hard ... just use a lot of round foods and arrange them in Mickey-head shape! In terms of Up and Planes, I'm sure you can find a lot of ideas on Pinterest or somewhere else on the internet.

 

[ksl5f123]

I promise I have been following along, just on my phone and I hate commenting from it.

Your plans look good! I can't beleive how close you are getting to your trip...how exciting!

Love the Elsa dress, turned out very cute!

Your cookie talk have me seriously hoping my Tagalongs get here soon! The other night I had a "nightmare" my cousins DD accidentally marked me down for three boxes of thin mints and not my beloved Tagalongs. It was a serious crisis! Gotta love those pregnancy dreams!

Your Pooh night looks fun!

No problem. My computer issues continue so my posting is limited too. Luckily my dad (who spent is career as a computer repairman) gets here Saturday night.

Pregnant and no Tagalongs? That would be a crisis!!! They are one of my favorites too (along with Do-Si-Dos because I have a peanut butter addiction).

 

[ksl5f123]

I'm sure you can do it. From mom's who've dealt with it I've heard that it can be rather easy and makes things nice ( at least for the parents at home!)

The Pooh movie night looks great. I've gotten behind on a few of those myself.

Our cyber day went pretty well. T (1st grade) finished his work pretty much by 10:30 AM. C (3rd grade) finished by lunch. J (6th grade) took until about when school would end at 3 PM. The only meltdown was T was required to read aloud to us and he didn't want to sit still long enough to get through the book.

Movie nights are one of the first things to go when we get really busy, but then I really miss them.

 

[ksl5f123]

I LOVE the UP movie...such a sweet movie.

I love the Tigger and Pooh meals...so much fun.

Where do you live that they cancelled school over two inches of snow?

I am looking forward to watching UP. The kids have seen it before, but I have only seen a few clips.

We live in Arkansas. I grew up in Ohio, so I know that most people do not stay in their houses for two days for two inches of snow! However, people here tend to lock down anytime anything frozen appears. In their defense, we have now snow plows, no salt trucks, etc. We don't even own a snow shovel at our house! When we had the ice last week, J and I knocked it off the driveway using the garden hoe!

 

[ksl5f123]

I love that someone bought hot chocolate for all the girls ... that's such a nice thing to do when they're out there in the cold!

Kids look like they were enjoying the snow!

I love the Pooh & Tigger sandwiches ... especially because they have Pooh's favorite food (hunny) in them!

Something Mickey Mouse related shouldn't be too hard ... just use a lot of round foods and arrange them in Mickey-head shape! In terms of Up and Planes, I'm sure you can find a lot of ideas on Pinterest or somewhere else on the internet.

I have to admit that the very suspicious person in me was skeptical about letting them accept food from a stranger, but the girls were SO excited to get that hot chocolate. The man said that Starbucks even gave him a discount when he told them he was buying it for some Girl Scouts!

I have a Mickey Mouse waffle maker, so I am thinking we are going to do Mickey waffles that night. Most of the ideas that I am finding on Pinterest for Planes are all desserts. While I would love to make a meal of all desserts, I have to pretend to be a good parent and serve some real food too.

 

[ksl5f123]

Hello out there! What a crazy couple of weeks we have had! We had 3 weeks in a row where the kids only had 3 days of school because of icy weather - just crazy!

Girl Scout cookie sales have finally ended! J's troop (7 girls) sold 1722 boxes. C's troop (34 girls) sold 6012 boxes. So, in the end, 7,734 boxes of cookies passed through my house. We managed to end the year only buying 9 boxes. C and J combined sold 849 boxes! I am quite proud of them!

In Disney news, all of our magic bands have arrived! I am so excited. We are now able to do online check-in for AoA as we leave in JUST 8 DAYS!!!!!!!!

I have been sewing like crazy too and hope to have some pictures to post tomorrow. I just wanted to let everyone know I was still here.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

What a busy beaver you have been! And wow so close!!! That is very exciting!

 

[KatMark]

Wow...you have been busy. And that is a heck of a lot of cookies! Good for the girls...they did a great job.

8 days? Holy moly that is coming up very quickly.

 

[SarahDisney]

Sounds like things have been crazy for you! Kudos to the girls (& their troops) on selling so many cookies - that's fantastic!

8 days ... your trip is so close!! Yay!!

 

[ksl5f123]

Well, we have come to the end of this PTR. Why? WE LEAVE TOMORROW!!!!! (that would be what the kids looked like this morning)

I thank all of you who have followed along and given me your planning advice!!

Last week I promised some sewing pictures. Here are a few:
C's Toy Story dress for DHS

This may be my favorite dress I have ever made!

The girls dress for the Luau at the Poly


Animal Kingdom shirts - the girls have bows, the boys don't


C's messenger bag that she will get as a surprise on arrival


Each of the kids gets a surprise in our room when we stay in a Disney resort. Here is everything that is in C's


Last night I finished one more shirt. I hope to get a picture of that later, because it is my most unique (teaser!!)

The kids have all picked out their clothes. Unfortunately, T changed sizes over the winter, so he only has 3 shorts that fit. I need to run to Target this afternoon to get him 3 more (6 yo boys cannot reuse a pair of shorts!)

 

[ksl5f123]

What a busy beaver you have been! And wow so close!!! That is very exciting!

It has been a CRAZY month! We have been so busy.

Wow...you have been busy. And that is a heck of a lot of cookies! Good for the girls...they did a great job.

8 days? Holy moly that is coming up very quickly.

My girls are pretty amazing salespeople! Being cute helps too. They worked really hard this year, but they have big goals too.

Sounds like things have been crazy for you! Kudos to the girls (& their troops) on selling so many cookies - that's fantastic!

8 days ... your trip is so close!! Yay!!

There is a lot of excitement in our house right now. The countdown chain has only one loop remaining!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

The girls dress for the Luau at the Poly

Love Love LOVE this dress!!! You did great with it. I had hoped to find something in the same style for Little Miss for our Ohana dinner but struck out at all the consignment sales. Well done!

Unfortunately, T changed sizes over the winter, so he only has 3 shorts that fit.

Don't you just hate when that happens!

On another note....

Safe travels and Have a MAGICAL time!

 

[jchurch0409]

I love this dress!!

Hope you all have a magical trip! I can't wait to read all about it when you return!!

 

[SarahDisney]

I love all of the clothing, but I think the Toy Store dress for C is my absolute favorite!

So exciting that you're leaving tomorrow ... have an amazing trip!

 

[Jackiemarie21]

Have a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about it when you return!

Love all your sewing projects!

Yes 6 year old boys need at least 1 pair of shorts per day!

Safe travels to you all!

 

[ursalita]

Well, you've already left but I hope you have a great time! Wow, so much work with the Girl Scout Cookies but it seems like it was quite a success. Congrats! The dresses are beautiful, nice work. Looking forward to hearing about your trip.

 

[ksl5f123]

We are home!! OK, actually, we got home Sunday afternoon but I have been trying to conquer laundry mountain before getting online. We had a great time. As soon as I think of a title for my TR, I will get that started. In the meantime, here are a couple of pictures:

 

[SarahDisney]

I love the Mickey Ice Cream pictures! I hope you had a great trip and I'm looking forward to the TR

 

[Gracefulskinny]

We are home!!

& Glad to hear you made it home safe and sound but its always such a bummer to have to leave.

we got home Sunday afternoon but I have been trying to conquer laundry mountain before getting online.

The never ending story I tell ya! Laundry Mountain is never an easy thing to tackle!

We had a great time.

So glad to hear it! Can't wait to hear the the details! Love the Mickey bar pictures!

 

[jchurch0409]

Glad to hear you are back! I love the Mickey bar pictures!! Can't wait to read more!