This Is A Poncho-Free Zone!--May 22-29, 2010 PTR (New PTR!!!! 5/31)

[disney<333]

I love love Glee!! Me and Emily watch it every Wednesday night! I can't wait until April. Now, we watch the Bachlor and American Idol. Are you or Brent going to audition for the American Idol Experience at Disney? It would be such a fun experience.

 

[ladybugmom]

I love love Glee!! Me and Emily watch it every Wednesday night! I can't wait until April. Now, we watch the Bachlor and American Idol. Are you or Brent going to audition for the American Idol Experience at Disney? It would be such a fun experience.

I know!! Glee is my new favorite show!! Brent and I were both in Show Choir when we were in high school!

I'm not sure if we'll audition for AI! It would be fun but I don't know if Brent would do it!

 

[r4blessings]

Thanks Becky! Yes, if you could, please inbox me on FB the name of the ebay lady who sells the princess dresses. I think my mom is going to come with us this summer to WDW She has never been! (I only went the first time when Jack was four and Kieran was one!) And I am so excited! I"d like to have katie go to BBB first thing in the am, and then get castle ressies for me, my mom and katie. This year it is going to be so much easier, b/c Sean is 41 inches right now! So if John takes the boys they can still ride almost everything! The last two years I took Sean to the castle with me, b/c jack and kieran would want to ride Splash or BTMRR and they couldn't b/c Sean was too young. So this trip is going to be huge for us!

I am going to call the TA this week and see what she says...I will be sure to tell her that you sent us to her!

This will be a busy week, Kate's birthday party was rescheduled for this friday night (we had to cancel hers, b/c she got the flu) and tomorrow I am going on a field trip with kieran's class to see a stage performance of Strega Nona!

 

[toddlers_mom]

Okay now that I had a chance to sit down and read!

#1 I am super jealous of the multiple trips you get to take this year! I swear...once I get my RN license I am moving closer to WDW!

Your family is gorgeous, especially your girls! (Have to say, your brother is a cutie )

Glad Claire was great with Santa! Rylan is 3 now and this past year he was so excited to see him, finally! He wouldn't stop talking! And...I may or may not have pestered Santa to tell him he would bring him something extra special if he gave up the paci

I think we lucked out on the rain last year. Maybe only one or two days? We left the day before you arrived But, the rain did wash out our beach day in Tampa, so I, too, am doing the no rain dance!

 

[ladybugmom]

Thanks Becky! Yes, if you could, please inbox me on FB the name of the ebay lady who sells the princess dresses. I think my mom is going to come with us this summer to WDW She has never been! (I only went the first time when Jack was four and Kieran was one!) And I am so excited! I"d like to have katie go to BBB first thing in the am, and then get castle ressies for me, my mom and katie. This year it is going to be so much easier, b/c Sean is 41 inches right now! So if John takes the boys they can still ride almost everything! The last two years I took Sean to the castle with me, b/c jack and kieran would want to ride Splash or BTMRR and they couldn't b/c Sean was too young. So this trip is going to be huge for us!

I am going to call the TA this week and see what she says...I will be sure to tell her that you sent us to her!

This will be a busy week, Kate's birthday party was rescheduled for this friday night (we had to cancel hers, b/c she got the flu) and tomorrow I am going on a field trip with kieran's class to see a stage performance of Strega Nona!

I PMed you on here with the info--I hope that's ok!! How cool that your mom gets to go for the very 1st time!!! Fun!! This will be a HUGE trip for ya'll!!! Oh no!! I'm sorry Kate has been sick on her birthday--that's no fun! But glad you were able to reschedule!!

Okay now that I had a chance to sit down and read!

#1 I am super jealous of the multiple trips you get to take this year! I swear...once I get my RN license I am moving closer to WDW!

Your family is gorgeous, especially your girls! (Have to say, your brother is a cutie )

Glad Claire was great with Santa! Rylan is 3 now and this past year he was so excited to see him, finally! He wouldn't stop talking! And...I may or may not have pestered Santa to tell him he would bring him something extra special if he gave up the paci

I think we lucked out on the rain last year. Maybe only one or two days? We left the day before you arrived But, the rain did wash out our beach day in Tampa, so I, too, am doing the no rain dance!

I know what you mean!! My DH keeps saying how he wished we lived in Orlando!! Flights from Memphis are just sooo expensive--uggh! Thank you for your kind words--you are too sweet!!

 

[addictedtothemouse]

Oh, I'm caught up! (Though I must confess I skimed most of the chatter.)
Your family is too cute.
I love your Jim Shore pieces that you got at Christmas. I got Bambi and Winnie the Pooh pieces from my DD and neice for Christmas. They may have started something.
With the 40% off deal I added an extra day on at the beginning of or trip so we'll be at the Poly from May 21st to the 29th.
It diesn't look like any of our days match up right now so hopefully we'll see each other around the resort.

 

[r4blessings]

Hi Becky! Yes, it was fine to pm here, I posted that before I checked my inbox! Thanks for the help! Can't wait to hear about any new plans!

Are you doing BBB again this year? How tall is Claire, will she make the 40" mark....I know you said she was tall....

 

[mom2mek]

Hey Becky! I just wanted to chime in on the stroller issue as well. I mentioned it on Katie's report, but Shannon at OSR is fabulous! We loved the strollers and her service was great! If you click on my TR from our October 2008 trip, I write about the stroller in one of the first chapter links. You can also see pics of the stroller in use with my two girls and at sometimes, even with my 7 year old boy! LOL! Michael climbed in one night after Illuminations and fell asleep since Katie (4 at the time) was being given a piggy back from Pop Pop! It still rolled so easy and was just perfect for our trip!

I will most likely be using them again on our upcoming trip (I say "most likely" because I haven't actually booked it yet...it's on my to-do list!).

Sara

ETA - here is the link to when we got the stroller delivered. But there are pics of it throughout the report - Shawn LOVED how it folded so easily!
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=28403974&postcount=198

 

[ladybugmom]

Oh, I'm caught up! (Though I must confess I skimed most of the chatter.)
Your family is too cute.
I love your Jim Shore pieces that you got at Christmas. I got Bambi and Winnie the Pooh pieces from my DD and neice for Christmas. They may have started something.
With the 40% off deal I added an extra day on at the beginning of or trip so we'll be at the Poly from May 21st to the 29th.
It diesn't look like any of our days match up right now so hopefully we'll see each other around the resort.

Hi!! I don't blame you for skimming--that's why I'm sure to put every update in pink so it's easy to find!! Oooh--Bambi and Winnie the Pooh Jim Shore pieces--nice!!! YAY!! We'll be at the same resort!! Are you writing a PTR?!

Hi Becky! Yes, it was fine to pm here, I posted that before I checked my inbox! Thanks for the help! Can't wait to hear about any new plans!

Are you doing BBB again this year? How tall is Claire, will she make the 40" mark....I know you said she was tall....

Oh good!! No problem--glad I could help! We are doing BBB again this year!! I have an 8 am appt. for Ally on 5/24 (Monday)!! Claire is still too young so I plan on getting her 1st haircut done at the barber shop!! You know, I have no idea how tall Claire is! I need to measure her. Yes, she is VERY tall for her age!!

Hey Becky! I just wanted to chime in on the stroller issue as well. I mentioned it on Katie's report, but Shannon at OSR is fabulous! We loved the strollers and her service was great! If you click on my TR from our October 2008 trip, I write about the stroller in one of the first chapter links. You can also see pics of the stroller in use with my two girls and at sometimes, even with my 7 year old boy! LOL! Michael climbed in one night after Illuminations and fell asleep since Katie (4 at the time) was being given a piggy back from Pop Pop! It still rolled so easy and was just perfect for our trip!

I will most likely be using them again on our upcoming trip (I say "most likely" because I haven't actually booked it yet...it's on my to-do list!).

Sara

ETA - here is the link to when we got the stroller delivered. But there are pics of it throughout the report - Shawn LOVED how it folded so easily!
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=28403974&postcount=198

Hi Sara!! Thank you soo much for your input!! It's good to hear more positive reviews of OSR!! And thank you for the link--I will definitely check it out!! I'm glad to hear that it folds up easily! Brent's main concern is taking the stroller on the buses. He had a time last year with our Sit-N-Stand!

 

[addictedtothemouse]

No I won't be writing a PTR. I usually work 7 days a week and can barely keep up with reading the ones I'm subscribed to.

 

[ladybugmom]

No I won't be writing a PTR. I usually work 7 days a week and can barely keep up with reading the ones I'm subscribed to.

No problem!! I understand!! I just wanted to be sure I subscribed if you were!!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

Hi Becky! Just wanted to stop in & say that I hope you had a nice weekend!

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi Becky! Just wanted to stop in & say that I hope you had a nice weekend!

I did, Alison!! Thank you!! We went to Jackson, TN to spend the weekend with my parents and to celebrate my Mom's birthday (pics on FB)!!! How was your weekend?!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

That's nice. I bet she was happy that you made the trip to see her.

We had a very low key weekend. I have been sick w/ something , kind of a cold, no energy. Kinda weird. So I've been trying to rest. Todd's parents came up for a visit and that was great. They live about 7 hours away so we don't see them very often. They miss seeing Dylan, and he had so much fun with them. Todd's parents are such nice people. I am blessed w/ great in-laws!

 

[ladybugmom]

That's nice. I bet she was happy that you made the trip to see her.

We had a very low key weekend. I have been sick w/ something , kind of a cold, no energy. Kinda weird. So I've been trying to rest. Todd's parents came up for a visit and that was great. They live about 7 hours away so we don't see them very often. They miss seeing Dylan, and he had so much fun with them. Todd's parents are such nice people. I am blessed w/ great in-laws!

I'm so sorry that you haven't been feeling well. That's no fun! My entire family was sick with something last week. It started with Ally on Sat/Sun., then Brent on Tues., and Claire and me on Wed. We all ran fever and just felt icky! But thankfully it didn't last long!

That's nice that your in-laws came to visit!! I bet Dylan was in heaven!! I am also blessed with great in-laws!! Unfortunately, not everyone can say that. (mine live 4 hours away in AL)

 

[klacey1]

Hi, Becky! Just checking in-- glad the fam is feeling better and the stroller situation is resolved!
Also, I saw the pictures from your mom's family on FB-- the one of Claire resting her head against your mom is absolutely precious

 

[TokyoDina]

Soo Becky! I was thinking just in case we better both bring some extra ponchos....Ha! Just in case!

I hope you had a great weekend and I love the pictures of the girls!!!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi, Becky! Just checking in-- glad the fam is feeling better and the stroller situation is resolved!
Also, I saw the pictures from your mom's family on FB-- the one of Claire resting her head against your mom is absolutely precious

Hi Kylie!! Thank you so much!! Aww--you are too sweet!! I'm about to post some pics (that one included)!!

Soo Becky! I was thinking just in case we better both bring some extra ponchos....Ha! Just in case!

I hope you had a great weekend and I love the pictures of the girls!!!!

I'm with you on that Dina!! We have to be prepared, right? I'm about to post pics of the ones we're bringing!!

 

[ladybugmom]

I hope this doesn't get too confusing since this is supposed to be a PTR for our May trip--but I wanted to update you with some news about our Nov/Dec trip! Brent and I had a long discussion Sunday night about where we were wanting to stay when we went back in Nov/Dec. I asked him if he was wanting to stay at the Poly again. He said he really LOVED the Poly but didn't feel like it was "Christmasy" enough. He said he wanted to stay in a resort that really went all out for Christmas. So he suggested we stay at . . .

































. . . THE WILDERNESS LODGE!!!! I'm really excited about the change and SUPER excited b/c I've heard that it is just beautiful at Christmastime!!! So what do ya'll think?! Have any of you stayed there when it was decorated for Christmas? Any tips/insight you want to share?!

And do ya'll mind if I talk about my plans for both trips in this PTR? I really don't want to have 2 PTRs going! Should I add something about the Nov/Dec trip to my title? Ideas?! (Oh--and I think we're pretty set on going Nov. 27-Dec. 4)

Stay tuned for my next post--lots of pics (especially of clothing for the next 2 trips)!!!!

 

[ladybugmom]

So this last weekend we went to Jackson, TN to spend the weekend with my parents and to celebrate my Mom's birthday (she turned the big 60--doesn't look 60, does she?!)!! We had a nice time--here are some pics from the weekend!

Mom & Ally making pumpkin bread

Ally, Mom, & Claire

silly Ally

silly Claire

sweet Claire

Oooh--and I wanted to share with you some new Disney fruit snacks that I found at Target today!! (we love fruit snacks in our house)

Now onto some clothing!! Well maybe ponchos aren't considered clothing and I just KNOW that we won't be needing them--HOWEVER, we have to be prepared for anything, right?! With that being said, here is a pic of our ponchos for our May trip (the BAMA ones are mine & Brent's and the Tink ones are Ally's and Claire's)! I got the BAMA ones at the BAMA bookstore on campus in Tuscaloosa and the Tink ones came from Big Lots in Alabama!!

I just wanted to share with you some clothing I picked up for the girls (mostly on clearance) for our May trip (bathing suits and pj's)!!

Minnie Mouse bathing suit for Claire

Ariel bathing suit for Ally

matching Tink bathing suits for both girls (just took a pic of 1)

matching Tiana nightgowns for both

matching Tink and Ariel pj's for both (from my Mom)

Minnie Mouse nightgown for Claire (from my Mom)

And now onto the Nov/Dec trip!!!

Minnie/Mickey Christmas shirt for both (Old Navy)
front

back

Mickey Christmas shirt for Ally (Old Navy)

Cinderella shirt for Ally (GAP)--not sure if we'll take it on the trip but thought it was super cute!!

matching Minnie sweatshirts for both

matching Minnie Bling hoodie & shirt for both

matching Minnie Bling outfit for both

matching Mommy/daughter Tink pj's for ALL 3 of us!!!!

I'm starting to think about customs for the May trip--I'll let you know what I find as I go! And my Mom (who sews but not often) said she wanted to make the girls 1 outfit for the trip--a shirt/shorts outfit using a red Mickey head fabric from Hobby Lobby and a black/white polka dot fabric--it should turn out cute!!