I know you are from Chicago and just checking in to make sure you and your family are alright!
We had Opening Day for my son's Little League today. Well at the line-up for the parade, I ran into 3 different people that made me think about our trip! First, a child in his Mickey ears went by.
Then a coach drinking coffee from his Fort Wilderness mug. Finally, a woman wearing a Disney World hat! 
Which made think: why not do a mini-report about the opening day?!?
so I will post as soon as I get back...In the meantime, PLAY BALL!
I don't think they have any cars on the market that are able to drive across the pond yet!
I've only flown to Florida back once, and that is the one and only time I've flown anywhere! Flying is not for me!I'm a big chicken! I can't imagine being on a plane for 8 hours!!!!
Your hotel choice sounds awesome, always wanted to stay at POP, it looks amazing! Glad you got a room in the 60's, I've read many reports saying that the trek to other decades was unbareable!!
That walk through the parking lot was TOO MUCH! We are followers of the "Dumbo or Die" plan,
meaning we are at the parks ALL DAY, EMH included!
In the heat of August, my little feet can't take it! I'm only 5'2" and my feet are tiny! I'm not used to all that walking! 
He was wearing the baseball hat with Mickey ears on it! How funny! Everywhere I turn, I see reminders of Disney World! I love it! We chatted about our trip next month a bit, and then it was time for the boys to line up. I kissed my son goodbye and ran off to find a prime picture taking spot! 
Oh, and I didn't get any pictures of my son's team because they practically flew past me! When I asked him why they were going so fast, he said the team mom, who walked with them, kept telling them to hurry up! They were running, and all the other kids were walking soooo slow. It was really funny! 
and we played against the Angels, which was Patrick's team last year. He struck out the first time at bat, and got hit really hard with a pitch the 2nd time, but at least he got to score! We wound up winning the game 13-6. 
Hey! Firstly I love the pic of your son "goofin" around for the camera! He seems like a blast!
Second, What do you have to do in your family to earn your ears? Sounds interestling! Maybe I can start that with DS.
Third, how can they get away with making a kid play for the RED socks in Chicago?? THat's like having a NYer play for the Red socks!
Can't wait to hear more about your trip!
Of course, you can make anything you want the "requirement" to earning your ears. Perhaps riding Dumbo, or meeting Mickey in Toontown etc. I like the MK method because it's more magical to buy them in that park than say Downtown Disney. My sister lived in Florida for awhile (her MIL still does) and NO WAY were they sending the kids their ears before they earned them!It's MAY 1st. Which means you get to go on your WDW vacation this month! Lucky!!!!
We leave 2 weeks from Saturday!
I'm just finishing work on my itinerary notebook now.
Yes!
I'm hoping it's good. If you've eaten here, please let me know how it is! I'm not much of a breakfast person, but I will try to get by. Also, they have the dessert bar with all kinds of sweet snacks that we usually snag a few of (look out gummi bears!) and put in baggies to snack on while walking around the park. I love character dining, and this is one of the BEST character meals I have been to so far. and keep my elbows off the table. I like the glow-in-the dark ice cubes I get in my cocktails! My mother likes the theme and the pot roast! 
Yes, I'm biased because I love almost anything French! I took French for years in High School and even student-taught French I. I also placed 4th in a statewide French-Speaking Competition and in the top 20 nationwide! Not bad for an irish girl! but I like it. I really wanted to eat in Magic Kingdom though, and we have already eaten at Tony's and Libery Tree Tavern. Since there aren't many full-service restaurants that appeal to us, we thought we would try it. I'm hoping the food is good, and the characters entertaining. My son really enjoyed the characters at Liberty Tree Tavern goofing around with the guests. Now that I'm hungry, I'm going to go find something to snack on. Sounds like we won't be impressed with either the food or the characters, but I'm okay with that as long as we won't be disappointed with them either !!
We're doing opposite meals. I'm doing CM dinner and CP breakfast. But I'll be looking forward to hearing about your meals. I always have time to change my ADRs around!
I'm impressed with your son eating at Chefs de France. I hope my DS won't be a picky eater. Dh will have no patience for that.
ps Sometimes I dream in French! I only took 4 years of french but in my dreams I speak fluently. So weird! Maybe you could translate??
), Shout Wipes (sloppy and accident prone, what a combination), a first-aid kit, new swim trunks for my son, TONS of scrapbook items, some toiletries and some new makeup. I also bought a new purse (perfect size for my planning book)! 
I'm not artistic or creative, and could not have done these without their help! 
), but I will post those later with some other info and pics that I have! We are looking forward to eating at all of the TS places we have picked out! I've also picked out a few snacks we might want to try, maybe I will post those later tonight in order to get some feedback on our possibilities.
