V & her Nanny do Disney Our Disney Trip & no I'm not a grandma!--Update:2/26 Chap 6

Definitely joining in! What a special time for you and V! Can't wait to hear all about your trip!
Glad to have you on board!

:wave: Joining in too!

I had to laugh at the mental image of your DB dropping you off like that. He must have done everything but kick you guys out of the car :rotfl: I quess they wanted some alone time but that is great that you are able to take her to Disney and she probably had more fun with you than her parents if Disney isn't there thing.
Ya lol I think they were in a hurry to get out of the way of the drop off part, but that is so how it felt! kicking us out the door! LOL. They are such wonderful people tho.

So fun! Subbing in! I love that V's parents let you take her to the world! What an incredible memory you made with her!
I have the BEST bosses in the world!

Dear Erin, Thank you for stopping by and saying hello on our TR! It is always fun to see who is reading along and we :love::love: our Canadian friends!I said this on our thread; however, in case you haven't been back by I wanted to say it here as well. :goodvibes How fun that you got to take V to Disney and her parents were cool with that! Lisa has a few girls in ballet who have Nannies that have been with them for years and are now members of those families themselves. How wonderful for everyone involved!

I LOVE the obvious love you and V have for each other and she is adorable! :cutie: I am so happy you are getting to go back together, having a Disney Trip to look forward to makes life so much fun.

I look forward to reading more of your amazing trip and how speicla that V was able to share her first trip with someone who :love::love: LOVES :love::love: Disney! :yay::yay:

I am so very lucky. My contract was for the first year, we assumed I would be on the school board for the next year, that didn't happen so I confirmed another year, at the end of my second year, I said no matter what happened with the school board I was staying until V was in school full time. My MB actually asked if I was interested in homeschooling V for her Junior Kindergarten (and possibly senior kindergarten year) but I said no. Because she is an only child, I thought getting her into a school environment was better. I actually regret that decision a little now, but V is thriving in school. My MB always says, my not getting on the school board sucked for me after all my schooling but was their blessing because they weren't ready to give me up. I am so incredibly lucky to have them, they really feel like family and I hope no matter how old V gets that that will never change!
 
So excited that my bosses booked The Disney Dream Cruise for next christmas to take V!!!! (no, i don't get to go lol but very excited that they decided to do it!)

Recap: We were at Epcot for our first day.

Becoming A Princess

August 29, 2011
The next morning brought us an early wake up! V was pretty easy to wake that morning, tho she was definitely tired! After a quick shower for her and hair combed, we were off. We had a very important appointment at 8:15 with V’s Fairy Godmother. We didn’t have too long to wait for the bus to MK. There was only 2 people on the bus with us. We went straight in to Magic Kingdom and headed for the castle.
I got a picture of V with the castle and an empty park. Not a very good picture mind you, I have definitely learned from photopass shots where to take a picture!!! It was also done with my small point and shoot and not the good camera.

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We checked in and were ready to go in just a second. They took us to the changeroom where V was THRILLED to see a Cinderella dress!!!

I wasn’t sure how this would go. I was sure V would be fine, she is very patient and rarely complains by nature (to others) but she has curly hair and was going through an every tug is murder phase at this point. She didn’t seem to be too sure at first but quickly settled in and not a peep out of her as her FGIT April did her hair. I got some pictures and videos as she did.

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My favourite picture of her (after the reveal photo) is this one. There is also the video you can see. She was a little Piggie protecting her face from the hairspray.

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After some near sneak peaks, some make up and nail poish V was ready for some magic wishes... She didn’t get much glitter, much to my dismay. And then they turned the chair around!

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I don’t have video of it :confused3 I had thought that I was recording and I wasn’t. She was pretty quiet, unlike some of the other kids there when they had their reveal, but that’s V for you!

After a quick picture with her FGIT, we were off!
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She still maintains her favourite part was being Cinderella. It is one of my favourite parts of our trip too. V is not a major princess fan. She won’t watch the movies, but at the BBB she was like any other girl and thrilled with all the attention and it was just so darn Magical!!!

Coming up next... Meeting our Fairy Godmother and breakfast with the princesses.

Some Videos! (sorry they aren't edited)
http://youtu.be/tJIBlJttBJg
http://youtu.be/V7oSN1FO5PY
http://youtu.be/TGQUt7qyQCM
http://youtu.be/Dg7QjfCL8PE
 
I am so glad V has someone like you in her life to share the magic of Disney! It looks like a wonderful beginning to your trip and I can't wait to hear more. Thanks for sharing!
 

Mini Update below!
Recap
We had an early appointment at BBB to become Cinderella
8/29/11
Chapter 4
Meeting Cinderella's Fairy Godmother

After bidding our FGIT farewell, we headed over to Castle Couture to visit the photo Studio. The park wasn’t open yet and it was so barren. I loved it! The photographer was just starting to get V into position for the photos, when in swooped Cinderella’s very own Fairy Godmother. She came up beside V and gave her a hug and I’m not quite sure what V was thinking. I’m sure you’ll agree from the progression of photos that initially she was somewhat terrified of this lady in the big blue cape, but after a few moments she was fine and we got some lovely photographs. We did not however get her autograph, I wasn’t really thinking about that at the time.

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I was super impressed with these photopass pictures. The photographer was so good with V and the pictures are just the sweetest!! here's a bunch but there are a ton more!

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Following our photo session we headed to the front of the castle for some photos and then back inside to check in for what would turn out to be one of our two favourite character meals!
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No idea about the thread!! But this TR is awesome!! You too just show the love for eachother, what a lucky girl to have you! Hang in there with the school board, my friend just got on and they seem to take FOREVER to get back to people. She was starting to give up hope too. Can't wait to read more!:thumbsup2
 
I think you have to edit the first post to update the thread title? No idea!

Your pictures are great! I love the one in front of the castle, it's so empty and she looks so little. The BBB pics are adorable.

Sorry about the blisters, I've definitely been there :headache:
 
The photopass pictures after BBB are just adorable! Can't wait to hear how your character meal was.
 
To update the title, you have to update the very first posting. Just click edit, then click "Go advanced". Go up to the title and update away!

V looked so cute! I just updated on Kadence's BBB appt!
 
No idea about the thread!! But this TR is awesome!! You too just show the love for eachother, what a lucky girl to have you! Hang in there with the school board, my friend just got on and they seem to take FOREVER to get back to people. She was starting to give up hope too. Can't wait to read more!:thumbsup2
Oh I am lucky to have her!! Thanks for the good wishes on the school board. What board is your friend on. Not sure if I posted this yet, but I found out officially that my paperwork was lost. So.... while everyone else had been notified and done orientations a month ago, I just found out that they don`t have my paperwork. You would think they would have a checklist of applicants and think hmmmmm we never got anything back about this girl..... but no. So I now wait and wait some more while they redo my paperwork and recheck references. :headache:

I think you have to edit the first post to update the thread title? No idea!

Your pictures are great! I love the one in front of the castle, it's so empty and she looks so little. The BBB pics are adorable.

Thanks for the info. V makes a sweet cinderella, doesn`t she! :lovestruc

Sorry about the blisters, I've definitely been there :headache:

Ha ha, yes those darn blisters were the start of a very bad few months for me!

The photopass pictures after BBB are just adorable! Can't wait to hear how your character meal was.

The food was delish! ccoming up soon!

To update the title, you have to update the very first posting. Just click edit, then click "Go advanced". Go up to the title and update away!

V looked so cute! I just updated on Kadence's BBB appt!

Awesome thanks, I`ll go over and catch up on your TR now!
 
V looks absolutely adorable and every bit a Princess in those pictures...I LOVE them!!!
 
This is an uber long update, I just didn’t know where to break it off. I also started a PTR for our Surprise trip in July. V has no idea that we are going, she doesn’t even know I’m going to Florida!!!! I am having some planning dilemnas so I’d love some feedback. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2876377

8/29/11
Chapter 5: Dining with Royalty

After doing our photo pass pictures at Castle Couture, We headed back inside the castle to dine with royalty. First stop was meeting Cinderella. V was completely over the moon to meet her. It was the sweetest thing ever, she was so excited! (I think having her Cinderella costume on helped a bit )
I adore the photo of her and Cinderella.
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We walked up the stairs and were seated right next to the window. I believe we looked out over Castle Couture. We just got settled with our drinks and fruit and orders taken, when out came the princesses!!
I was so happy they came out before our food came. I brought a bib for V, as I did not want any accidental spills on her costume, but I was not looking forward to taking it on an off to meet each princess.
Our first was Snow White, I just adore this picture.
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Next up was Princess Aurora, Ariel then Belle.
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Finally we could eat. I didn’t take any pictures of our food, and it was ok. It was cold by the time we ate, but that was our fault. I remember the danishes being kinda dry, the fruit was good, eggs were okay, and bacon was not so good. The homefries were not my style and V ate my sausage. I think that was it; wasn’t a great breakfast. V didn’t eat a whole lot either.
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Making a wish on the wishing star.
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Shortly after we settled the tab we headed out to begin enjoying our first day of Magic Kingdom. Since V was in her princess costume, we headed straight for the Town Square Theatre for the meet n greet to meet the princesses. Sure we just met them but... why not! The princesses didn’t really spend much time with V, signed her autograph book talked for a second and did a picture and she was on her way. Belle gave her a twirl which she liked.
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After meeting the princesses, what else was there to do but hop in line to see Mickey and Minnie!
This was so cute to watch Mickey bowing down to V so sweet!
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So much fun to meet them!!! We stopped in the gift shop on our way out and bought MINNIE MOUSE EARS!!!! V wanted the pink princess hat, but I feel bad I said no. I want her first pair of mouse ears to be more traditional . We both got Minnie ears and I had our names embroidered on the back!! We spent a lot of time in the gift shop talking to a fantastic CM who was doing the College Program. I wish I got her name, but she was just wonderful.

After that we headed out and caught the end of the show. V loved the music and dancing and was grooving right along with them!
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As soon as we looked to the right, we saw her and V gave a little squeal!! Earlier that summer, I had introduced V to Mary Poppins. Well, rather I rented the movie and told her parents to convince her to watch it (remember V doesn’t like movies). We didn't get a chance to watch it and it needed to go back to the video store so as much as I wanted to be the one to watch it with her I told her mom to. Well she loved it and by loved it I mean LOVED it. To this day she still goes around singing spoonful of sugar. Mary was wonderful with her, chattering the whole time about paulie as she signed her book and asking her questions. V seems to clam up and not say much during her character interactions. She was just in amazement that is Mary. I really wish I would have recorded this meeting with my camera, I got some pictures but.... next time.
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After meeting Mary, we walked back down Main Street and the Dream along with Mickey show was just starting on the forecourt stage so we stopped. Awesome show!! V wasn’t too sure of the witch from Sleeping Beauty(her name escapes me) as you can see from the wary expression on her face.
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After the show we headed to meet Tiana. There was hardly a line up for her at all and we saw her within a few minutes. Tiana was absolutely wonderful! I think she was my favourite character interaction. She was just so lovely with V, asking her questions and patiently waiting for V to open up a bit. So sweet!
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The skies were starting to look a little ominous so we headed over to see Rapunzel. But first stopping for a picture in front of the castle.
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We got in the line up for Rapunzel and oh my gosh it was long. Now if this was a level 2 crowd line for Rapunzel, I am terrified when we visit MK in July!
In front of us in line was a couple and their daughter from Scotland. Can I just say how much I LOVE Scottish accents! Poor people tho, they were just exhausted, The arrived the day before I think and the jet lag was insane. We talked for a while passing the time and the girls played a little bit. Then we got the warning that if it started to rain Rapunzel would be taken inside. Eeek it was dark out! The line slowly moved and the skies got darker and darker and thunder. Ahhhhh they opened the line and let the allotted number of people through into the waiting area. We were the last ones in!!!! OMG I was ready to hug the CM. Some more thunder and they got the call, There was three more girls to see Rapunzel and then they had to take her inside the storm was coming fast. We were the LAST ones to see Rapunzel. Talk about some pixie dust here!
Can I just say how much I loved this photo pass photographer. They took pictures while V was waiting.
Ahhh I love it
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She looks so sweet
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I was a little disappointed that Flynn Rider wasn’t there. I guess they stopped bringing him out for Meet n Greets the day before, I think.
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With that storm coming I knew we had to find some shelter. And we hadn’t eaten yet so we headed up Main Street in search of Caseys! We got hot dogs fries and a drink. The CM asked what we wanted for dessert and I said nothing since I didn’t want any and V wouldn’t eat the choices. But then she said we could have cotton candy. Are you kidding me??? 2 huge bags of cotton candy as a desert credit? Score one for us!! Caseys was packed it was starting to POUR!!!! Can I just say it is extremely hard to manouver with a tray of food, a 4 year old and a stroller . There was absolutely no where to sit. So I sucked it up and put V’s spare dress on over top of her Cinderella costume and her bib and we sat on the floor behind the bleachers. We got some weird looks, but seriously what else could I do. It was so good to just sit and give my aching feet a rest. We were only on day two, but remember those blisters I mentioned, gosh they hurt! I was wearing socks and shoes today so much better, but man did they hurt.

By the time we were done lunch, the rain had let up and we walked out to a freshly steamed Main Street. We did some photo pass pics in front of the castle. I just love the Tink picture! And then headed to the front to find a good spot for the 3pm Parade.
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V loved playing with the misting fan I bought her.
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And then the parade was spectacular! I really wish V gave more emotion when watching. I know she was tired tho, but she did enjoy it especially when Cinderella came. The Cinderella photo was taken just before Cinderella was right in front of us. She pointed at V, waved and blew her a kiss! V was totally stoked!!
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After the parade we headed out of the park and back to POP for a much needed rest. At least I hoped!

Next Time: V meets a new friend on the bus and gets her picture on the castle!!


I started a PTR for our upcoming trip in July (OMG Crowds) and I am having some planning issues, so I’d love some opinions and feedback if you all are so inclined!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2876377
 
Love the updates and pictures!!

The "waiting" pics taken by the photopass photographer are SOOOOO cute!!!

Now, I've got to head on over to your PTR!! I'm glad you get to take her back in July! (We're "thinking" about going bak in June..... )

Also, I'm not sure if you're saving this part until the end of your TR, but what did V's parents think about the trip? Did V tell them all about it? Did they love all your pictures? .................


Can't wait to hear more!!!!!!
 












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