Why do we have to stand in all these lines?...a TR by DM w/lots of PIX...Completed!

[HomeschoolMama]

Monday, June 25....Port Orleans Riverside
Hopping the bus to the Animal Kingdom


Hopes:
1. More PhotoPass pictures taken...
2. A good DIS meet with Laura
3. No blisters on my feet...today was my Crocs Athens day again
4. A meeting with the Dream Team

Wants:
1. A good breakfast at Donald’s Breakfastosaurus
2. Ride Expedition Everest with Laura as park opening
3. Ride Dinosaur
4. Have a good rest at the resort in the afternoon
5. Return to Animal Kingdom in the evening for EMH

The morning starts out very early. I mean early folks. I am just not used to waking up at
that time - or probably any time earlier than 8:30 am. So, I dragged myself out of bed and
started to get ready while the rest of the clan slept. Then Rob took his turn. Since we were
to have breakfast at Donald’s Breakfastosaurus I let the kids sleep in as late as possible with
enough time to get them to hit the potty, get dressed, and get to the bus stop. Waking them
up was so much fun...


Finally after dragging the kiddos out of bed we were off to the bus stop. I wanted to wear
my Crocs Capris again today to better match my outfit but I noticed that the balls of my
feet were hurting somewhat. The Capris do not have much of a cushiony feel on the bottom.
So, I thought it best to wear my Athens.

At the bus stop, was I the only one that was revving to go? Tell me what you think. Here’s
Rob holding Brooke...

...and the ever so perky Alec.

Well, at least Evan seemed ready to go!

After I took the picture of Evan I realized that my lens was all fogged up from the early
morning humidity. So, I took out my profession lens cleaner. Er, I mean I wiped the lens
on my shirt and all was good to go! We had gotten to the bus stop at about 7:10 am and
while we were waiting I looked over at Port Orleans Riverside’s main building and thought
it was time for some more photo ops. Except Evan had to get in the picture.

After I took his picture I took a couple more of the building by itself.

And if any of you are smokers there is a DSA in the front of the main building to the left out
in the bright sunlight or downpour of rain, depending on weather. Since we are nonsmokers
here, I didn’t really care but I just thought I’d add that.

Now, I can’t remember if it was Evan or Alec who wanted to take a picture of me & Brookie
but I let them. I thought it came out pretty well. Plus you can all admire my pearl/orange
Crocs Athens...

Oh, and Goofyluver, you may notice that we are sitting at the covered bus stop in nice
benches. Yup, we’re rich, aren’t we? Not like those poor folks over at the value resorts who
have to stand to wait for the busses. This is a joke and for anyone who does not get it, then
you are not reading the famous dual TR by Goofyluver and Meeskamouska.

Time for one more picture of my 3 little darlings. Notice also that Evan & Alec are wearing
their Pirates medallions. That $20 is not seeming so bad now...

And the last picture before the bus arrived. I had fun with this one on my Disney Pix program and
added my own Tinkerbell...

The bus arrived at about 7:25 am and off we were to the Animal Kingdom to meet up with
another DISer Laura (Crazy Kanga) and her family for breakfast at Donald's!

Aww! I love the picture with Tink and Brooke! We get covered benches. Neener Neener Neener!

 

[princessjv]

You are a 2 time raffler winner! Ooooo and you got a massage. Yummo! Time to de-stress from the training. I hear ya on the issues. I am at it too... bribery isn't working in my house. I just keep getting a whole lot of potty puddles all around. I am using skittles and M&M's. I'm trying to make this a 2 part learning experience. Learn your colors and learn your potty!


How did you make that super cute Disney embellished picture? That is such a sweet pic!

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Ok DM, this is the first video that I could actually hear you clearly. Funny, I don't detect and accent.
Do tell about that Disney pix program. : I want it too!

 

[jcc0621]

Do tell about the Disney Pix program

I can't look at the video here at work, so i will check it out tonight when I get home and have those 10 minutes to myself after Stitch is in bed

 

[cherbear]

all caught up!! I have to go to DD & GL/MM's reports now, but I'm not sure which ones to tackle first?! Then I'll post on mine...so I guess that will have to wait til later as these are going to take the rest of my lunch break! LOL

2 Great updates DM!! LOVE the video of the morning wake up!

I'll try to find that monorail. They are small. No to both on the RT songs. Sorry! I don't even know the Jets chant. I'm a Saints fan......

Geaux Saints!!

Woohoo! Go Saints!

Ready for this one? Just to amuse you all...here's a picture of me as a teenager. I had my cool satin jacket on with Van Halen pins plus a mighty fine earclip. I was so hot! Oh...and this was way before I took my hair color into my own hands so you can see that I did have red highlights!

Look how pretty!

Wow! Thanks all for your kind comments. I will respond to you all individually probably either late tonite or tomorrow but first I wanted to post a link to a new thread that I created on the Community Board. Please check it out and join in if you like it!

Disney World Photos ~ with Pizzazz!

Great....a new thread to catch up on? You're killing me! LOL


Nice Mini-TR, and congrats on your prizes. Lucky!!!!

 

[twob4him]

Rob & I dropped the kids off at his parents' home but they weren't there. Brookie finally eased up and Rob & I were out the door.

There was good food at the clam bake. Guess what I won? Yup! A lovely subscription to the newspaper. Oh I jumped for joy.

When the hour massage raffle came up everyone hooted and hollered. He read the numbers and I had the winning ticket! I really did jump up and yell!

So, that's was it. I am happy....day done.

Isn't it great to get some time alone with DH?? Sounds like you had an awesome time! Did you jump up and down like me??? when you won?? Congratulations!!!

Monday, June 25....Port Orleans Riverside
Hopping the bus to the Animal Kingdom

The bus arrived at about 7:25 am and off we were to the Animal Kingdom to meet up with
another DISer Laura (Crazy Kanga) and her family for breakfast at Donald's![/size][/color]

Sounds like a great start to the day! The kids were so cute waking up! Love that you videod it! Years from now it will be so neat to look back on it. Love the resort pics and the kids are just too cute together in the one pic! I can't wait to hear about your breakfast!

Looks like you are keeping your Disney pic program a secret

There is some sort of law up here that makes it illegal to win something in a contest that is not merit based so to make sweepstakes/contest winnings legal you have to answer a simple math question unassisted and within a time limit. It is pretty silly as you have to do this no matter how small the prize. For instance when McDonalds does their Monopoly contest. If you win a free pop you have to answer a math question

I won a YOAMD lanyard and pin set and did not have to answer a question but then again they were not stopping us to ask if we were Canadian. I assume you have to answer the question for bigger prizes like Cinderella castle because the law still applies to us when we are out of the country due to customs/tax issues? That is the best explanation I can come up with.

I never heard of that before...pretty funny...yes, Americans would never win anything if they were math questions!

 

[Mickey'sMainMami]

Hey, just checking in to say I have been reading along, just not posting all that much, as you can see by my PTR!! Anyway, just stopping by, and anxiously awaiting more!!

 

[cherbear]

Oh I forgot to mention it was like 11 pages. I should get a medal!

 

[cherbear]

oh geez DD's is MUCH more. wish me luck!

 

[PrincessV]

I am just not used to waking up at
that time - or probably any time earlier than 8:30 am.

Boy, am I jealous - my alarm's rattling me up at 5:45am, and even on weekends, DS's up at 6:30!

Oh, and Goofyluver, you may notice that we are sitting at the covered bus stop in nice
benches. Yup, we’re rich, aren’t we? Not like those poor folks over at the value resorts who
have to stand to wait for the busses.

Good one!

 

[Disneyolic]

for the ma-sage! (I don't like 'em cuz I hate it when people touch me )

Are up kidding me? I love being groped! At least in a massage. I love getting them!!

Yay for you winning the massage!

Oh yeah! My old body needs a good rubbin'!

I was a very spoiled child. In fact I still am spoiled. What can I say my parents love me the most

The girl always gets the attention! Not that I give more attention to Brooke or anything like that......

Your kids are so cute. That video of them waking up is so sweet! It makes me wish for kids of my own so that I could witness moments like that.

You can wish all you want for kids but I suggest you get married first. It makes it a lot easier...

No.
But I have funny memories about BA wanting to use each and every potty in the MK when she was barely 2........then coming home and putting the pull-ups back on!
(My MIL continually told me how early her children potty-trained-----then when she had to train my niece (now 4)--she said "oh, you shouldn't rush them--they'll do it when THEY"RE ready--which was almost 4)

Oh lord--I was trying to find a pic of M & M candies on photobucket for Brooke--and I found a cartoon of the 2 M& M characters--only it said S & M..........

(are you back from photobucket yet??)

No pictures of M&Ms here please! I don't want her thinking she can have them anytime. She is a little begger!

 

[Disneyolic]

Thanks for the shout-out DM!!!

And what Disney Pix program??? I want to do that with my photos! Tell me how pleeeeease!

Anytime for my good buddy! Disney Pix? You're the first person to ask but not the last. I'll have to make a separate post for that. Coming soon...

Freakin' adorable!

I am freakin' adorable, huh? Oh, you mean Brookie. Well, thanks from her.

Your kids are too cute. Mine are very grouchy when I wake them, so you are lucky. your crocs athens are white on the top and you hardly notice the orange so they match fine . I wore mine almost everyday last fall.

Great job getting Brooke to poop on the potty! I can't believe M&M"S worked for you. Thomas does the same thing when we try to barge into his room when he is going, he needs privacy . I even offered to buy him a McQueen TV and he still said no . I had to buy DD a Princess castle from Disney store to get her to poop on the potty but at least it worked. You got off easy with the M&M"S .

Waiting to hear the rest of your AK day and your character breakfast.

Let's keep hoping that the M&Ms pay off! Brooke can be a grouch in the morning or anytime she wakes up. You just never know....

You won 2 things in the raffle?! And one of them was a massage?!? You are so lucky!!!

Yup! And I only had 2 tickets. Both tickets won. Time to play Mega Millions tomorrow night....

The video of the kids waking up is adorable! I could just feel how sleepy they were!

I think it's funny that I didn't even know who was waking up at first! Good mommy!

 

[Disneyolic]

Aww! I love the picture with Tink and Brooke! We get covered benches. Neener Neener Neener!

Isn't it great to be so flippin' rich that we get to wait for the busses under cover?

You are a 2 time raffler winner! Ooooo and you got a massage. Yummo! Time to de-stress from the training. I hear ya on the issues. I am at it too... bribery isn't working in my house. I just keep getting a whole lot of potty puddles all around. I am using skittles and M&M's. I'm trying to make this a 2 part learning experience. Learn your colors and learn your potty!

How did you make that super cute Disney embellished picture? That is such a sweet pic!

De-stress from the training? Like you know that I am the total workout chic!!! I'm going to post separately to tell about the Disney Pix.

Ok DM, this is the first video that I could actually hear you clearly. Funny, I don't detect and accent.
Do tell about that Disney pix program. : I want it too!

Because I most certainly do not have an accent. That is why I am the Official Supreme Accent Detecter. Just wait about the Disney Pix...

Do tell about the Disney Pix program

I can't look at the video here at work, so i will check it out tonight when I get home and have those 10 minutes to myself after Stitch is in bed

I'll be posting about the Disney Pix...

all caught up!! 2 Great updates DM!! LOVE the video of the morning wake up! Woohoo! Go Saints!

Great....a new thread to catch up on? You're killing me! LOL

Nice Mini-TR, and congrats on your prizes. Lucky!!!!

I think that little morning video is cute too. My brother is a huge Saints fan and that is not very popular here in NY.

 

[Disneyolic]

Isn't it great to get some time alone with DH?? Sounds like you had an awesome time! Did you jump up and down like me??? when you won?? Congratulations!!!

It was nice to have some alone time like that with Rob. He even mentioned that he can't remember when he had last had a day like that. Plus winning really helped...

Sounds like a great start to the day! The kids were so cute waking up! Love that you videod it! Years from now it will be so neat to look back on it. Love the resort pics and the kids are just too cute together in the one pic! I can't wait to hear about your breakfast!

We're so lucky to live in a time where it is so easy to make all these recordings and have them at our fingertips just like that! Just makes you wonder what our kids will have when they are grown...

Looks like you are keeping your Disney pic program a secret

I'm going to make a separate post on that...

Hey, just checking in to say I have been reading along, just not posting all that much, as you can see by my PTR!! Anyway, just stopping by, and anxiously awaiting more!!

I'm glad you're still reading.... It's hard to keep up with everyone. The PRESSURE!!

Boy, am I jealous - my alarm's rattling me up at 5:45am, and even on weekends, DS's up at 6:30!

Good one!

Poor you but I lucky me! I'll have to start waking up at 7 am come September so I can take a shower before the kids need to get up for school. Do you feel bad for me now?

 

[alexramz1515]

great report

 

[Disneyolic]

So, a lot of you wanted to know about my Disney Pix. It's a program that came with Disney micro cameras that my Babushka bought for all my kiddos. It is actually a program for kids but I fell in love with it and have been doing some really fun things with it.

I have used it to make thank you notes from my kids for their birthday gifts. Since they had Disney themed birthdays, I made the pictures and personalized each of them. Here is one that I made from Alec's birthday:

Normally, I made him sign the card himself but I sent this one via e-mail because Uncle Pete is always on the road and has his blackberry with him all the time. I'd show you Brooke's but I used one of our vacation pics that I didn't post yet here and I don't want to show you all that one yet...

One bummer about the program is that it works mostly with horizontal pictures. If you have a vertical picture you can still use it but it will convert it into a horizontal picture. In other words, most of your picture will be white on both ends.

I only wish I remembered this program before I went to Disney. I would have had Brookie stand with her hands cupped near the castle. I guess there is always next time.

For any of you going in the next couple of weeks or so, if you can't get the tink picture done by PhotoPass CMs, take one yourself, except try to do one horizontally. Then contact me and I will put Tink in there for you!

 

[praisehisname]

Love the pictures of waiting for the bus. I'm looking forward to hearing about your breakfast at AK. I haven't seen many TR's where they ate there, so hopefully you will post lots of pictures!

Denise

 

[HomeschoolMama]

Isn't it great to be so flippin' rich that we get to wait for the busses under cover?

Quite. Would you like some tea, dear?

 

[HomeschoolMama]

So, a lot of you wanted to know about my Disney Pix. It's a program that came with Disney micro cameras that my Babushka bought for all my kiddos. It is actually a program for kids but I fell in love with it and have been doing some really fun things with it.

I have used it to make thank you notes from my kids for their birthday gifts. Since they had Disney themed birthdays, I made the pictures and personalized each of them. Here is one that I made from Alec's birthday:

Normally, I made him sign the card himself but I sent this one via e-mail because Uncle Pete is always on the road and has his blackberry with him all the time. I'd show you Brooke's but I used one of our vacation pics that I didn't post yet here and I don't want to show you all that one yet...

One bummer about the program is that it works mostly with horizontal pictures. If you have a vertical picture you can still use it but it will convert it into a horizontal picture. In other words, most of your picture will be white on both ends.

I only wish I remembered this program before I went to Disney. I would have had Brookie stand with her hands cupped near the castle. I guess there is always next time.

For any of you going in the next couple of weeks or so, if you can't get the tink picture done by PhotoPass CMs, take one yourself, except try to do one horizontally. Then contact me and I will put Tink in there for you!

You're supah cool, DM! I may need to get one of those cameras for my kids to take pics at DIsney. Then, oops, I may take the program and use it myself!

Edited to add: When I looked at the cameras, I realized DD10 has one! Now, where did I put all the paperwork and carp that came with it?! Grrr...

 

[Simba22]

that last picture of Brookie with Tink on her arm is adorable!! What program is that that you have?? I must get it!!!! TOO CUTE! What else can you do with it??

BTW I just have to say again that you're kids are so incredible adorable. I want to squoosh them!!! And, my BF also spent $20 on that Pirate Medallion only he doesn't wear...it's hanging on the wall in our room

OK you answered my question already! Do you know where you can buy that?