Twas the Night Before ... Christmas 09?! - 12/30 New TR! Please come join me!

[Mickey_Mom]

How lucky you are to be counting down the days before one vacation and still planning the next! You must be just bursting with excitement! Looking forward to your pictures...

 

[jenjolt]

YAY for being only a week away!! That's great!! I'm so excited for you YAY!!!! I'm also 7 days away...7 days from now I will be getting ready to meet C (Christine) for the first time and heading over to our Lunch ADR at Sci Fi...does it get any better than that LOL!!!!

I can't wait to see the pictures of your invitations and your shirts!! I think I'm going to be making my shirt today or tomorrow.

OOOH...I'll be sending pixie dust your way for your ADR window on MOnday...good luck!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

I can't wait for you to post some pictures of all you've been doing. You will be on your way before you know it!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Sounds like you had a fun day planned yesterday! Can't wait to see the pictures!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Enjoy your mani/pedi time today!

 

[Lady Lallie]

WOO HOO ONE WEEK!

 

[cjackearl]

This week is going to fly! Can't wait to see pictures of all of the products of this weekends business.

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Have fun with the flowers...I love all the colors of fall as well...

Mums + pumpkins + apple cider=

Your plans for Christmas sound absolutely dreamy...

I wish you well with your ADRs...

Your trip next week sounds as if it should be pretty special as well...

 

[lmillercrew]

I Can't believe your next trip is approaching so quickly! I hope you were able to accomplish everything you need to!

 

[shannn]

ONE more week!!!

And tomorrow we'll have ADRs to compare. I'm so nervous!!

 

[Happydog]

So I have had a GREAT weekend! Lots of progress! I have a few photos to share tonight. I took a few but the rest will have to come tomorrow -- I would love to share my handiwork outside

So this weekend I created a special invitation to MNSSHP for my boys... Here it is

I created the graphic from the 2009 MNSSHP "guide" photo I found on the DIS, and cropped away parts I didn't need... Then I put an invite on the inside...

Now on the Fall Trip news front, last night I was talking about online checkin, and I was hoping to request a building location... ON TGM he mentions that the busses at CBR tend to take a while to get through the property b/c of the # of stops... I wasn't phased, but when DH came to bed, he jogged me awake to tell me he had rented a cheap car for us... My response was "what?!" WHY!? We have the busses... and he said yes, but I really worry we will eat up a lot of our time waiting for the busses this trip, we are only there for five days... I said "whatever you say, dear" and went back to sleep! SO as of today we are NOT taking the ME afterall!

NOW how does this related to that invitation I made? Well, we decided that we would give DS7 the invite in an envelope with the ME packet that has the trip info, "ME Tickets" etc.... The cute blue ME packet that they send, and I just received last Wedneday!! So he can open it and see all the personalized details (including his name and his brother's name) for the trip... This looks very official, and the invitation is for him to come to the party, so I think he will be really excited and surprised... Now, this will come the night we leave, as we have to leave the house at 6:00am to make it to the airport about 1.5 hours before takeoff... Then, I have these cute goodie bags to give them...

I found these cute Halloween themed stickers at Target ($1.00 section, gotta love it! ) and the bags, as well as these lightup necklaces... Remember that we are not going to dress up fully... I am making them the Tshirts and will get them to pickout a fun Disney hat for the party... I know they loved the flashing necklaces that I bought at Disney over the 4th of July, so These should be a hit! SO each bag will have these, the Tshirts, and
some other little goodie... I happened to buy an EPCOT Passport last trip to save for DS7, so this would be a good time to give it to him... Not sure what to do for DS4, but I will think on it...
The Tshirts, you ask? Well here is the DISign! A few of them... I have also included my TRIP BINDER cover and the invite again.... I will give an update on my binder once it is all put together.

The DISign for the boys is the Mickeyhead pumpkin. It was one I edited a little and the other DISign (courtesy of EandEsmom) is for ME!! The boys shirts will have "BOO!" on the back. I bought a fun Halloween witch hat for myself, and I will sport it with my shirt!!

I am going to swing over to Staples tomorrow and get more transfer paper, so then I can make them tomorrow... I will take pics of the finished products!

I did NOT get my mani/pedi in today Too much time in the dirt, and a nap outside on a chaise won out... But DS's have swim lessons starting tomorrow, and DH is going to take them so I can do this, and finish packing... WHICH I have almost finished up!

I also received this email from Disney in anticipation of our trip... it had details about CBR, etc., and then had these CUTE CUTE Mickeyhead pumpkin candy buckets... they were part of the gift basket for Halloween filled with candy, a stuffie, and a few other things I guess... but it was $55.00!!! I wonder if they sell the buckets separately??

SO ADR day for our Christmas trip is TOMORROW!!! I can't wait!!! Wait. YES I CAN!!! Oh I will be fine, don't worry! I have had some practice already, now I just have to hope it works!

So hope everyone has a great start to the week, I will be back with updates tomorrow!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

What time do we start calling in the morning?

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Oh I meant to say, onlining!
The invites were just darling, you got some great stuff for the treat bags and SCORE on the rental car!

 

[Lady Lallie]

You are so on the ball and organized for your September trip! I'm impressed since you have had such little planning time!

I love the tshirt designs! So cute.

Good luck with ADR day tomorrow!

 

[Happydog]

How exciting that this time next week, you will be heading to WDW on the ME (I am guessing based on the current time and when you posted ).

You have a lot of fun things planned for this weekend! Can't wait to see all the pictures!

Well yes, we would have been on the ME! NOW we will be in a rental car Hopefully not getting run over by the ME!!!

I posted a few, but will share more tomorrow, ran out of daylight!!

How lucky you are to be counting down the days before one vacation and still planning the next! You must be just bursting with excitement! Looking forward to your pictures...

Thank You Mickey Mom! Yes it is a little crazy! But it will be so much better after tomorrow!

YAY for being only a week away!! That's great!! I'm so excited for you YAY!!!! I'm also 7 days away...7 days from now I will be getting ready to meet C (Christine) for the first time and heading over to our Lunch ADR at Sci Fi...does it get any better than that LOL!!!!

I can't wait to see the pictures of your invitations and your shirts!! I think I'm going to be making my shirt today or tomorrow.

OOOH...I'll be sending pixie dust your way for your ADR window on MOnday...good luck!

Yes well I am thinking we will be able to meet up at Epcot on Wednesday? I will PM you! Re the invite and the Tshirts, made progress, but still need to iron them on! Should wrap this up tomorrow, then. YES I AM CROSSING MY FINGERS for LUCK tomorrow myself!! Thank you!

I can't wait for you to post some pictures of all you've been doing. You will be on your way before you know it!

Couple up tonight -- couldn't take pics of my yard, b/c the sun went away!!!

Sounds like you had a fun day planned yesterday! Can't wait to see the pictures!!

The weekend was great! Thanks! Check them out -- I posted a few.

Enjoy your mani/pedi time today!

HA! YES I WILL... TOMORROW

WOO HOO ONE WEEK!

I know!!

This week is going to fly! Can't wait to see pictures of all of the products of this weekends business.

More photos will be coming! I am afraid of the week flying! I will be busy every night!

Have fun with the flowers...I love all the colors of fall as well...

Mums + pumpkins + apple cider=

Your plans for Christmas sound absolutely dreamy...

I wish you well with your ADRs...

Your trip next week sounds as if it should be pretty special as well...

Thank you Thank you! It will be special, and fun! I am a huge fall lover... being in MD, and VA in Autumn is just wonderful...

I Can't believe your next trip is approaching so quickly! I hope you were able to accomplish everything you need to!

YOU are telling me!!! Oh I got 80% of what I needed to get done, done. Add Laundry up to my ears now neatly folded and put away, and a nap outside for an hour, and well that is where that 20% went!!

ONE more week!!!

And tomorrow we'll have ADRs to compare. I'm so nervous!!

WE will definitely compare notes!! Hope yours go off without a hitch!

 

[Happydog]

What time do we start calling in the morning?

Well "officially" they say 6am... but I have heard the window opens for some earlier.. I dont know why, but I dont think that computer can be so sophisticated..... Have you tried to key in your resort info already? Mine is at least THERE! Hey! My Brother in Law is coming down the 23rd - 27th! I am going to book a room for him, somewhere...

 

[Happydog]

Oh I meant to say, onlining!
The invites were just darling, you got some great stuff for the treat bags and SCORE on the rental car!

YAY! I know, right?! It was $100.00 he said.. so that was a real deal. He had though to fly December, but the car rentals are like $500.00 SO we are sticking with the train.. HAVE to. I gotta bring my tree!!

I loved making it !! -- it is a little hard to read from the photo, but it says their names, and you are invited to "Mickey's ..." with the date, so that will get him wondering wait, how are we going to get there, and then we will hand him the ME paperwork! DS4 will be right there, taking it all in... processing ... then he will say something inevitiably hilarious and adorable in response... he is a character.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

OK, I'm going to try to get this all set up tonight! Wishing you good luck in the morning!

 

[Happydog]

You are so on the ball and organized for your September trip! I'm impressed since you have had such little planning time!

I love the tshirt designs! So cute.

Good luck with ADR day tomorrow!

THANKS LL!!! I think the Tshirt will be really cute when it is made. I am anxious to get my paper!!

 

[Happydog]

OK, I'm going to try to get this all set up tonight! Wishing you good luck in the morning!

You TOO!!! DO get some sleep though!! I am going to be dreaming about online dining reservations!!! click click click, select click, click, click select!