"This Isn't Disneyworld. . .It's Rainworld!!" our trip to WDW May 16-23, 2009

[princess&her4princes]

Hi Becky!
So glad to hear the girls enjoyed the show last night! I hope to take our boys to one this Winter sometime, they will be in Boston right after Christmas for Disney on ice 100 year celebration, I think that's what it's called. I would love to surprise them as one of their presents, but we'll see. Too bad about camera! Good to know though, thanks for letting us know.

I can't believe Claire is going to be 2! It happens too fast, doesn't it? The invitation is ADORABLE and love the cake!! Brent can make that?!! I'm sooo impressed!! I hope you plan to share pics!!!

Hope you're having a great weekend!!

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi Becky!
So glad to hear the girls enjoyed the show last night! I hope to take our boys to one this Winter sometime, they will be in Boston right after Christmas for Disney on ice 100 year celebration, I think that's what it's called. I would love to surprise them as one of their presents, but we'll see. Too bad about camera! Good to know though, thanks for letting us know.

I can't believe Claire is going to be 2! It happens too fast, doesn't it? The invitation is ADORABLE and love the cake!! Brent can make that?!! I'm sooo impressed!! I hope you plan to share pics!!!

Hope you're having a great weekend!!

Hi Kristen!! Thanks! Oooh--a Disney on Ice 100 year celebration!!! That sounds neat!! Yes, I cannot believe Claire will be 2!! I wish I could pause time! Yes, Brent can make that! He made Ally's Ariel cake this year and her teapot cake from her birthday last year!! Of course I plan to share pictures!! We're having a great weekend!! Disney on Ice last night and BAMA wins today!!

 

[disney<333]

Glad you all had fun at Disney on ice!
We went a few years ago for the princess one. It was amazing. Really has that disney fix we all need.
Let's see 2 year old birthday party. Hmmm
1. Get lot's of help.
2. Maybe play hot potato with a minnie.
3. I'm really bad at this.
4. Wow. Your Dh could do that? Mitch could barely make pasta

 

[ladybugmom]

Glad you all had fun at Disney on ice!
We went a few years ago for the princess one. It was amazing. Really has that disney fix we all need.
Let's see 2 year old birthday party. Hmmm
1. Get lot's of help.
2. Maybe play hot potato with a minnie.
3. I'm really bad at this.
4. Wow. Your Dh could do that? Mitch could barely make pasta

Barbara--you are cracking me up!! Yes, my dh could definitely do that!! He's an engineer so he's very artistic which pays off in designing cakes!!

 

[Sunset Cliffs]

The pictures from Ally's birthday are priceless. Was Ariel a surprise or did she know that she was coming?

The invites & cake for Claire are so cool. I love black & white photos. And if your husband can make that cake.... I am in awe. We just had Dylan's 2nd birthday and I was sad for a few days. I can't believe he is 2. Hopefully you are handling it better than I did.

 

[ladybugmom]

The pictures from Ally's birthday are priceless. Was Ariel a surprise or did she know that she was coming?

The invites & cake for Claire are so cool. I love black & white photos. And if your husband can make that cake.... I am in awe. We just had Dylan's 2nd birthday and I was sad for a few days. I can't believe he is 2. Hopefully you are handling it better than I did.

Thank you!! She had told me she wanted Ariel at her party but then we really didn't discuss it much. So she was totally surprised when she rang the doorbell!!

Thanks! I am pretty emotional about Claire turning 2. I just can't believe another year has passed--it's crazy!!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

This is beautiful! And the invite & cake.....omgosh! WOW!

 

[ReneeDisney]

What a wonderful trip report! You have a beautiful family and your girls always looks so adorable! Looking forward to reading more.....

 

[mom2mek]

Brent could give up his engineer job and work for the Cake Boss!!! Have you ever seen that show?

Shawn is pretty good at cake decorating, but I don't know about red fondant icing! That cake is so pretty! Katie's 5th birthday is coming up next month, and I soooo wanted her to have a Disney theme, but she wants unicorns or horses! Drat!

Hmmm....maybe if I show her this cake.....Oh, Katie.....

Sara

 

[L*hd]

OMG Becky, I have been a fan of yours since your PTR... altough I do not post very often.
I will use all your tips from your report in my upcoming trip to disney in just two days.. I can not wait....
I identify myself with you since we have kids almost the same age... Hannah is 5 and Diego will be 2 in October 15....

Love Ally's bday party pictures... actually I was thinking having an Ariel's party for Hannah's 6th bday... it will be the last bday with all her friends since we are moving next year to chicago ( I live in south texas- border with Mexico .. oh yeah !!! ) .
Love to add you in FB.... can I ????

Lulu Arellanos

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Wow, that invitation is gorgeous! I didn't know there were people on Ebay designing invitations, interesting!

I can't believe your husband can do fondant! I've always wanted to learn how - I'm tempted to sign up for a class at Michaels one of these days. How did he learn? Or is it really not that hard? Do you make the red fondant yourself or buy it somewhere? You know, for the topper, maybe you could just use a really mouse ears hat - you probably have one, right?

Thanks for the compliment on my new siggie - went with a Minnie Mouse theme, one pic for each year we've gone. Thats my mom holding Lucy in the first one. I just love looking at how they've grown from year to year.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

SleepingBooty I love your growth chart!

Villaness on the dis is an invitation designer...I don't know if she is on ebay or if she has a website that she sells from; but, she has awesome designs and work!

for the minnie hat, Becky I was thinking maybe two cookies wrapped in fondant

party ideas: the playhouse disney site has a lot of craft ideas maybe you can find something there... I am making puppets out of paper bags this week with my two tots...maybe minnie and mickey puppets would be fun and really easy craft idea for the party...I like the hot potato idea (although if never played maybe hard to expalin to new two yr olds ), face painting station would be fun, too! If Brent can do cakes I bet he can face paint!

Have fun planning!

Connie

 

[JPFamilyMom]

What a fun birthday you are planning for Miss Claire, I think I already commented on Miss Ally's party on FB, very fun. Two lucky little girls.

Glad you had fun at Disney on Ice, I have some pictures but they are from NC, we saw the same show there last year. So don't know how similar they would be, but I got some close ups of some characters that turned out decent.

 

[ladybugmom]

This is beautiful! And the invite & cake.....omgosh! WOW!

Thank you Tammy!!

What a wonderful trip report! You have a beautiful family and your girls always looks so adorable! Looking forward to reading more.....

Hi and welcome to my TR, Renee!! Thank you so much!! I see you're from New Jersey!! Which part?! My dad is from Cherry Hill and my mom is from Cranford! BTW--your siggy pictures are ADORABLE!!!

Brent could give up his engineer job and work for the Cake Boss!!! Have you ever seen that show?

Shawn is pretty good at cake decorating, but I don't know about red fondant icing! That cake is so pretty! Katie's 5th birthday is coming up next month, and I soooo wanted her to have a Disney theme, but she wants unicorns or horses! Drat!

Hmmm....maybe if I show her this cake.....Oh, Katie.....

Sara

Hee hee!! We watch Cake Boss all the time, Sara!! I'll have to tell Brent you said that!! Yes, show Katie the cake and see what she says!!

OMG Becky, I have been a fan of yours since your PTR... altough I do not post very often.
I will use all your tips from your report in my upcoming trip to disney in just two days.. I can not wait....
I identify myself with you since we have kids almost the same age... Hannah is 5 and Diego will be 2 in October 15....

Love Ally's bday party pictures... actually I was thinking having an Ariel's party for Hannah's 6th bday... it will be the last bday with all her friends since we are moving next year to chicago ( I live in south texas- border with Mexico .. oh yeah !!! ) .
Love to add you in FB.... can I ????

Lulu Arellanos

Hi Lulu!! Thanks for posting!! You are going to Disney in TWO days!!! How exciting!! Oh wow--Diego is only 5 days younger than Claire!! Cool! I just confirmed you as a friend on FB!! Thanks for adding me!!

Wow, that invitation is gorgeous! I didn't know there were people on Ebay designing invitations, interesting!

I can't believe your husband can do fondant! I've always wanted to learn how - I'm tempted to sign up for a class at Michaels one of these days. How did he learn? Or is it really not that hard? Do you make the red fondant yourself or buy it somewhere? You know, for the topper, maybe you could just use a really mouse ears hat - you probably have one, right?

Thanks for the compliment on my new siggie - went with a Minnie Mouse theme, one pic for each year we've gone. Thats my mom holding Lucy in the first one. I just love looking at how they've grown from year to year.

Thank you Rebecca!! Yes, here is the link to her items (Ebay ID is redsun6): http://shop.ebay.com/redsun6/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=.

Yes, Brent can do fondant. He pretty much taught himself. I honestly don't know how hard it is. I'm not sure if he'll have to buy it red or dye it red. Here is a cake he made last year for Ally's birthday--partly out of fondant.

Yes, Claire has a set of minnie ears that we bought her on our trip!! Great idea!! Thanks! LOVE that your siggy pictures show Lucy's growth from year to year!! What a neat idea!!

SleepingBooty I love your growth chart!

Villaness on the dis is an invitation designer...I don't know if she is on ebay or if she has a website that she sells from; but, she has awesome designs and work!

for the minnie hat, Becky I was thinking maybe two cookies wrapped in fondant

party ideas: the playhouse disney site has a lot of craft ideas maybe you can find something there... I am making puppets out of paper bags this week with my two tots...maybe minnie and mickey puppets would be fun and really easy craft idea for the party...I like the hot potato idea (although if never played maybe hard to expalin to new two yr olds ), face painting station would be fun, too! If Brent can do cakes I bet he can face paint!

Have fun planning!

Connie

Thanks Connie!! I'll have to look up Villaness on here! I did a search for Minnie invitations on here but didn't find much. Thank you so much for the party ideas!! I love the idea of Minni/Mickey puppets!! CUTE!!

What a fun birthday you are planning for Miss Claire, I think I already commented on Miss Ally's party on FB, very fun. Two lucky little girls.

Glad you had fun at Disney on Ice, I have some pictures but they are from NC, we saw the same show there last year. So don't know how similar they would be, but I got some close ups of some characters that turned out decent.

Thanks Jessica!! Yes, you did comment on FB about Ally's party!! Yes, Disney on Ice was GREAT!! Thankfully I have some friends that went who are e-mailing me some pics!!

 

[ReneeDisney]

Hi and welcome to my TR, Renee!! Thank you so much!! I see you're from New Jersey!! Which part?! My dad is from Cherry Hill and my mom is from Cranford! BTW--your siggy pictures are ADORABLE!!!

Thanks! I am from Northern NJ, quite close to New York City and about 1 hour north of Cranford- what a small world! Looking forward to reading more about your trip.. we are headed to the world the week after Thanksgiving and I am planning my daughter's outfits, similar to your girls! Isn't that one of the best parts of trip planning??

 

[ladybugmom]

Thanks! I am from Northern NJ, quite close to New York City and about 1 hour north of Cranford- what a small world! Looking forward to reading more about your trip.. we are headed to the world the week after Thanksgiving and I am planning my daughter's outfits, similar to your girls! Isn't that one of the best parts of trip planning??

Cool!! We were in NYC over Christmas last year! We visited Rockefeller Center and took Ally to the American Girl store! It was awesome!! Yes, the outfits are definitely the BEST part of trip planning!! How exciting that you're going after Thanksgiving!!

 

[BippityBoo]

Saw on Mom2Mek that rumor is it is a 4/3 deal!!! Woohoo my vacation may have just gotten a lot longer

 

[ladybugmom]

Saw on Mom2Mek that rumor is it is a 4/3 deal!!! Woohoo my vacation may have just gotten a lot longer

That's what I've been reading Katie!! Has anyone heard anything today?! I would LOVE the 4/3 deal when we go back in May!!

 

[ladybugmom]

The lady who did Ally's Ariel party just sent me the link to the Photoshow they put together. (they also took pictures throughout the party for me) Check it out: http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Cm5zJ4VE.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

WOW Becky! Love all the pics of Ally's party. You really have two blessed little girls to have memories of parties like that!

Too bad about no pics of Disney on Ice, but I'm glad you had a good time! We saw the Monster's Inc on Ice show one year and really enjoyed it!

Claire's party invite is adorable! And Brent is going to have to get on and share his cake tips! I do cakes for friends and family, but have done only frosting and royal icing. I have yet to venture into the fondant arena! I can't wait to see how the Minnie cake turns out.