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Disney pics Vol. 3

 A highlight of the day for the kids was actually returning “home” to see what housekeeping had done to arrange their toys. Every day, the fairies and stuffed animals and security blankets were arranged differently. 
 Oh yeah, the girl can use chopsticks even if it just means stabbing her food. Hey, she got it in her mouth.
 What a way to enjoy Chinese New Year at the China pavilion having lunch with another blogosphere friend Margy and her husband. They just sent their paperwork to China for their little girl! Yahoo!

 Pointing out her kiss from Mulan. Wrong cheek, but she’s got the idea.
 Wasn’t about to wake Lyds for this. Wish she would have been awake for a good family picture. Oh well. 
I’m thinking these may be part of the reason that despite the miles we walked everyday, pushing a stroller with a buggy board no less, I managed to come home with my jeans a bit snug. The sundae there is a brownie sundae with caramel popcorn. Who would have thought that would be so good together?

Ashlyn readying herself to watch a parade

 Loving a cousin as we wait for the parade to start.
I’ve been trying to get a job at Disney World myself just for a weekend or two a year. But, no real leads yet. Maybe Mark can learn how to do this and get a job down there himself? It could happen.
Some Disney-related reviews and tips to follow sometime this week…

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Disney pics Vol. 2

 My sisters and I got a bit into the outfits for our Disney trip (hence the ziplocked outfits for each day). I made these tunic dresses for my girls and one of my nieces out of a vintage Mickey sheet. Over the top but totally right for Disney World. Everything is over the top there.
 Same picture but zoomed out for perspective. Every time we walked past this, Lydia would say, “Bye Bye, big ball.”
 Ahh, the princess breakfast in Norway that the ladies loved (I even got a little choked up when all the girls were told to parade around the restaurant behind their favorite princess and wave at all the diners). The boys pretty much suffered through it (picture to come to demonstrate their suffering).
My favorite restaurant as far as the actual food goes — Coral Reef in Epcot. Check out the fun thing they did for Ashlyn’s birthday on her make-your-own sundae dessert — that is a piece of chocolate shaped like a wave that says “Happy Birthday.” 

 Our kids on their single most favorite ride — Test Track in Epcot. Also lost count of how many times they did this one. They could almost say the little entry video word for word with the speakers. 
 I made the mistake of saying to Lydia, “Wanna take a bath?” when I was scooping Drew out of the bath and helping him get dressed. I turned around and she had helped herself. She is looking at me like, “Well you asked me if wanted to take a bath, and I did. So, what’s up?”
We cheated. You are supposed to buy these pictures for some unreasonable amount of money at the end of the ride. We just took a picture of the screen. Sorry, Walt. This was from the Dinosaur ride in Animal Kingdom which is actually quite scary. Ashlyn got off and said she didn’t want to do it again (can you tell? She’s in the second row on the far right). I’m digging the people in the back seat too. Don’t know who they are but their expressions are perfect.
 You bet I made Ashlyn get up there and be a part of the Lion King show when a cast member invited her to. But, I had to stick with her. There was a little girl whose mom was pushing encouraging her to join in as well who I ended up helping along. She was a runner–my family was cracking up as it apparently looked like I was manhandling her as I was trying to keep a grip on her arm. Ooops. Little girl’s mom, sorry. Hope your pictures of the event don’t look like some strange lady is trying to kidnap your kid.

Another cutie patootie set of outfits for the three littlest girls in the fam made by Robin at Red Thread Stitches. The skirts have kids from all over world on them; the tops have music notes – a small world theme.

This was our favorite breakfast by far – The Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom. It was near the end of the week, and Lydia actually enjoyed the characters.

Since we’ve been home, I feel like my kitchen looks a lot like Mickey’s kitchen. Ugh. 

 Last time we went to Disney 3 years ago, Ashlyn was into the princesses. This time, it was all about fairies. To meet them, they sprinkle you with pixie dust to make you shrink down to their size. Believable? No. But, still fun. 
I think I could spend all day just walking up and down Main St. in Magic Kingdom. The fake chocolate chip cookie smell outside the bakery, the Mickey balloons, the pretty buildings, and the view of the castle pretty much just make me happy inside. 

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Disney Pics Vol. 1

 At the airport ready to leave winter and head to FLA!
 Dinner the first night we arrived was at Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney with Michelle and her husband, friends from the blogosphere. So nice to sit with them and chat some…even with the presence of 4 children (all ours) including one who was not real excited about the fake storm that takes over the restaurant every so often (that would be Lydia).

See the fear in her eyes? These characters look a whole lot bigger when they are 12″ away. She started sobbing right after this picture was taken. First morning in Disney and the girl thinks we have brought her here to terrorize her. 

Me and my quacker (the thing in my mouth, not Donald). Because of my voice issues, I brought this duck quacker thingy to blow so that I wouldn’t have to try to yell for the kids’ attention or when I was super excited during a ride or parade. It became quite comical (after Lydia stopped wincing at the sound of it).

One of my princes and me as we ate dinner at Cinderella’s Royal Table — that’s inside the castle, folks. Very cool.

 The new Toy Story Mania ride in Hollywood Studios is awesome. Just the waiting area when you are in line is an attraction in and of itself. So so neat. We did it too many times to count.

About to blast off — note Drew’s eyeliner still there.

Our favorite experience restaurant – the Sci Fi Drive-in. See me in the backseat with Lydia. We’re blurry for a reason. The girl pretty much doesn’t stay still.

If you hang out after the Indiana Jones show, you can visit with Indy and Marion and get their autographs. I’m thinking everyone looks more like a movie star from a distance.

The Fastasmic show — the best night show of all the parks. Loved it. Oh, the kids did too.

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Sunday Snapshots: {yo ho, yo ho…}

We’re back and coming down from our Mickey-high. After a week of early-summerlike weather filled with fun and magic, flying home to dreary winter skies, freezing temps, and dirty piles of plowed snow and the thought of getting back to real life this week…well…is just not so fun.

We took hundreds of pictures this week. But, for now, I’ll just post a few of my faves from the first full day in the parks which was Ashlyn’s 7th birthday. We had the kids do the Pirate League experience which was a riot. They got pirate names, took pirate oaths, and were decked out in Pirate attire and accessories. As you can imagine, Drew chose the “look” with the absolute most makeup and scariness to it. Evan, aka James Stormwater, on the other hand, said “makeup isn’t my thing.” His assigned pirate spent her time with him telling him pirate stories instead of putting makeup on him. Perfect. And, Ashlyn, I mean, Emily Sailmonger, became a lovely empress for her birthday in the Magic Kingdom.

You think Drew, I mean, Nate Stormwater, was scary with his face painted? You should have seen him later that night when we tried to wash that stuff off. Despite using nearly an entire container of eye makeup remover which I brought just to remove this face paint since I had read it was hard to remove, we still were looking at a 4-year-old heavy metal rocker.

It only took about 2 days to eventually come off.

(sigh)

More pictures to be posted from our Disney week as soon as I can stop moping about and get myself organized and functional again…

Ni Hao Yall

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