We're not having a baby so let's go to Disney World. May 2009 PTR. We're HOME.

[chicagoshannon]

I think the boy outfit is really cute! But I LOVE the dress (Just jealous I can't buy girl clothes!!)

Have a good night. - Hopefully you get a good price on the fence... we are looking too and they are VERY pricey!

thanks. I"m glad the out fit is acceptable to a boy mom.

Ooh, I have some gymbucks to use!! I can't wait to see the new line! Gymboree is hit or miss with me though, sometimes I find some cute stuff and other times, it's just not doing it for me! It is nice that Emily is in a 3 though because she can shop in the baby girl and big girl sections so there is usually more to choose from.

Anyway, love the Gap purchases! The little boy outfit is so cute! I love the dress you got Madeline. I got the purple/blue stripe one for Emily, but I might need to get those shoes too!! Darn you babyGap for sucking me in once more!!!

have you ever looked on gymbofriends.com? They find the new line sku's and post them. If you're curious to see what's in the gymboree line check it out. It's in the new line forum.

 

[chicagoshannon]

The fence person cancelled and are now coming next Tuesday. I'm so curious to see how much this thing is going to cost. We want to do one of those PVC/Vinyl fences because of the no maintenance involved. We were planning to get a swingset for the backyard too but it seems the park district is finally putting in some play equipment on the street behind us so we wont' need the swingset and now I'm rethinking the fence because it would be quicker to get to the park by cutting through the neighbors yard. Normally I wouldn't cut through someone else's yard but they cut through ours all the time so I figure it's only fair!

 

[wlwilliams9]

Thanks for the website! There's some cute stuff in the monkey line, not that Emily needs anymore clothes! I have $25 Gymbucks and a 20% off code! I guess I'll HAVE to buy something!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Thanks for the website! There's some cute stuff in the monkey line, not that Emily needs anymore clothes! I have $25 Gymbucks and a 20% off code! I guess I'll HAVE to buy something!

I have a few 20% coupons but I think I'm going to wait until after our Disney trip and then the stuff should be marked down AND I can use a coupon.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Disney Dreaming.

I had a very vivid dream just before I woke up this morning. I was grabbing everything to throw it into the car to pack. I found my lanyards (still lost in real life ) and then I suddenly remembered that I forgot to charge the video camera and hadn't packed the regular camera.

So this morning I told Eric to remind me to charge the video camera. lol

Last night I packed a bunch more. All I need to pack now are diapers/pull ups and our underwear. Now what am I going to do for 3 weeks???

 

[my2disneyboys]

Disney Dreaming.

I had a very vivid dream just before I woke up this morning. I was grabbing everything to throw it into the car to pack. I found my lanyards (still lost in real life ) and then I suddenly remembered that I forgot to charge the video camera and hadn't packed the regular camera.

So this morning I told Eric to remind me to charge the video camera. lol

Last night I packed a bunch more. All I need to pack now are diapers/pull ups and our underwear. Now what am I going to do for 3 weeks???

Last night I poured myself a nice big glass of wine, and packed the boys clothes! It felt great to be done with that part. I have thier two suitcases just hanging by the door- looks like they will be there for a little over 3 weeks now and I am sure I will stick something else in them every time I walk by them. I actually used ziplock bags- one or two for each day of the trip. This way, I can just grab the ziplock and I won't have to wonder what they should wear each day!

 

[wlwilliams9]

I have Emily packed too! I might unpack it though, because I'm afraid everything will get all wrinkly and I don't want to have to iron everything once we get there! I don't know!! I'm a nut and I hate ironing!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Last night I poured myself a nice big glass of wine, and packed the boys clothes! It felt great to be done with that part. I have thier two suitcases just hanging by the door- looks like they will be there for a little over 3 weeks now and I am sure I will stick something else in them every time I walk by them. I actually used ziplock bags- one or two for each day of the trip. This way, I can just grab the ziplock and I won't have to wonder what they should wear each day!

I like the ziplock idea but I"m cheap and don't want to buy the ziplock bags. lol You should take a picture of all their clothes!

I have Emily packed too! I might unpack it though, because I'm afraid everything will get all wrinkly and I don't want to have to iron everything once we get there! I don't know!! I'm a nut and I hate ironing!

I'm slightly afraid of the wrinkle factor too since I don't iron either ( I think I've used the iron we got for our wedding 3 times in the 5 years we've been married). I've got it all packed so nice in the space saver bags though. We'll see.


I'm getting SO SO anxious to go. Last night I could barely stand the excitement!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Ok I'm getting a little nervous about the crowds again. I decided to check out Disney's site to see room availability. Pop Century is booked for the first 2 weeks in May, Contemporary is full except for a pricey suite for the first week in May. It seemed as though there was availability everywhere else but YIKES those 2 places are completely booked.

I really dont' want to have to fight crowds. Eric gets grumpy and quiet in crowds and that makes me grumpy too. Good think we're planning on getting there at rope drop!

 

[wlwilliams9]

Ok I'm getting a little nervous about the crowds again. I decided to check out Disney's site to see room availability. Pop Century is booked for the first 2 weeks in May, Contemporary is full except for a pricey suite for the first week in May. It seemed as though there was availability everywhere else but YIKES those 2 places are completely booked.

I really dont' want to have to fight crowds. Eric gets grumpy and quiet in crowds and that makes me grumpy too. Good think we're planning on getting there at rope drop!

Ha ha !! I did the same thing this morning after seeing pictures of the crowds this week. I checked availability for the dates we will be there (7th-17th)! Pop was booked, which doesn't surprise me because that is the most requested resort, but all of the All-Stars had availability for both standard and preferred view. I also checked all of the mods & deluxe resorts and everyone had availability for all categories except CBR didn't have pirate rooms. Again, no surprise! I still don't think we have anything to worry about! It may be a little busier than previous years, but I'm sure crowds will still be managable!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Ha ha !! I did the same thing this morning after seeing pictures of the crowds this week. I checked availability for the dates we will be there (7th-17th)! Pop was booked, which doesn't surprise me because that is the most requested resort, but all of the All-Stars had availability for both standard and preferred view. I also checked all of the mods & deluxe resorts and everyone had availability for all categories except CBR didn't have pirate rooms. Again, no surprise! I still don't think we have anything to worry about! It may be a little busier than previous years, but I'm sure crowds will still be managable!

I also noticed when reading those crowd threads for this week that it was fine until like 10 am. There is NO WAY that the first 2-3 weeks of May could possibly have these Easter week crowds. NO WAY! Just have to keep telling myself that.

 

[chicagoshannon]

3 WEEKS 3 WEEKS

We're going to have a relaxing day today. It's nice and sunny so I"m going to pull some weeds (yes we have weeds already) and hose off the high chair and put that away. We also need to find room in the garage for Madeline's new trike. Then i think we'll go to the forest preserve and walk around.

We have no obligations today and that feels good!

I'm trying to avoid going to the mall today. Madeline's gap dress came and it's a bit short but that can be solved by getting some leggings. We'll see if I can stay away from the mall.

I might run some ridemax touring plans today to see if anything has changed.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

 

[chicagoshannon]

I got my Parents magazine today. Inside there was a Kentucky travel type guide. It had an ad for cave city "gateway to Mammoth cave". So I logged on and found dinosaur world. It looks pretty neat. I'm pretty sure we're going to stop here instead of taking a tour at Mammoth caves. We'll save that for when Madeline is older. Here is the link if anyone is interested.http://www.dinoworld.net/dino-start003text.php?page=9

So the new plan is to leave the house around 3am That way we'll arrive at dinosaur world by 9:30am. We'll hang out for an hour or 2 and then grab lunch and be back on the road before noon.

 

[wlwilliams9]

Dinosaur World looks like a lot of fun! Good luck getting Madeline off the playground and back in the car before noon!!! I can't believe you guys are driving to Florida. I made the drive from Michigan once and I will never do that again!!!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Dinosaur World looks like a lot of fun! Good luck getting Madeline off the playground and back in the car before noon!!! I can't believe you guys are driving to Florida. I made the drive from Michigan once and I will never do that again!!!

Yep the only time I've flown to Florida was on our honeymoon 5 years ago. This will be my 20th trip to Florida so 19 trips driving. When Madeline and I go next year with my parents I believe we're planning on flying. That will most likely be Madeline's first trip on a plane. I think we'll have 3 plane trips next year, Florida, Vegas, and California.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Finally have a minute to update. We had a fun weekend. It started on Friday with decorating eggs.

she's waiting for the eggs to dry

decorating with stickers

playing outside on Saturday:

Grandma gave Madeline all sorts of Little Mermaid stuff

Easter egg hunting

 

[wlwilliams9]

Looks like you had a fun weekend! We had to keep hiding eggs because all Emily wanted to do today was search for eggs!

 

[chicagoshannon]

Looks like you had a fun weekend! We had to keep hiding eggs because all Emily wanted to do today was search for eggs!

That's cute! My inlaws apparently didn't realize how good Madeline is at finding things so "hid" all her eggs in plain sight. She was able to find the eggs not meant for her and the ones grandpa couldn't find.

 

[chicagoshannon]

My sister finally made up her mind and is NOT coming with us. I can't believe she waited until 3 weeks before the trip. Now do we call and take her off of our ADR's or just leave it alone? I won't make a difference as far as freeing up a table. We'd be going from a table for 6 to a table for 5. I guess I"m afraid if Eric calls to take her of the ADR's that they'll accidentally cancel the reservation.

I've been having more and more Disney dreams. Some of them are of us having a nice time while others are of me forgetting something or not being let in.

 

[my2disneyboys]

Looks like Madeline had a great day!! She is adorable- I love her Easter dress.

On your reservations I called because we needed to add people (that may not end up joining us) and they told me I can always call to make the number lower- but adding people would be the only problem. Then I called back to confirm- got someone else and they told me that if I called to take away a couple people, I would have to loose my reservation and try to make one for the actual number of people in my group. I was so annoyed!!
I say just go and say you have one less!!