Yesterday was an awesome day!!
Everyone wore something Disney, whether it was a t-shirt, underwear, trading pin, hat, I didn't care just as long as it was something Disney. Most of us wore the headband type ears that I bought back in '03)
For dinner we had: Le Cellier Cheese Soup, Mustang Sally's Meatloaf(from whispering canyon cafe), mashed taters, steamed broccoli, cheesecake and warm apple cobbler.
The meatloaf and soup were right on!! As soon as I tasted them, I was transported back to WDW!!
The adults like the soup, but the kids didn't care for it. One bite was enough for them. But I'm glad they tried it.
My sister was running a bit late, actually she was on time, dinner was just ready early.
They were the last to eat. It was kind of fun watching my sister eat. She just had her surgery for Carpal Tunnel on Friday and she had to eat left handed. She did well.
After they finished, I gathered everybody in my living room. It was time for FUN!!!
We started off by having everyone say something they remembered about their first trip, or if they haven't been yet(my BIL and niece Aliyah)what they were looking forward to.
Kasey said she remember how hot it was and how much we walked.
Mom remembered her first trip, she rode a ride with her grandma.
Whitney remembered how WET it was(june 02 was really really wet)
Aliyah said she can't wait to meet Mickey and to buy a hat(keep in mind she's only 3)
Carlee said she can't wait to ride BTMRR again.
Ben remembered back in 1971 how riding the Haunted Mansion scared the living daylights out of him(he was 7 years old).
Josh remembered how he got to help open the park by waving a Jolly Roger flag.
Dexter remembered how the first day we were there, we went swimming and he got his toe broken in the pool. Poor guy limped around the rest of the week!
Terri(my sister)remembered that grandpa brought the wrong credit card and mom had to pay for everything(i remember that now, grandpa was very upset).
Kaylie remembered her first ride on TOT.
Steve remembered about going to DL with his dad and that he's really looking forward to seeing his daughter's face when she sees the Castle!
I made Dexter, Kasey, Kaylie, Josh and Carlee journals for the trip. I also had made a journal for myself, my mom and sister.
After that was over, I passed out the PLUTO game. These were hand drawn(badly)squares with things related to WDW on them. For the free space, I had Pluto's paw print. One paper had a castle for the free space.
Mom was the first one to get it, but my sister(at the same time)said PLUTO! Mom graciously let Terri have the prize. LOL!
Terri's prize was a $10 disney dollar. Then I asked what was on their free space. Everyone said a paw print, but Kaylie said "I have some kind of house on mine"
so she won that prize--a $5 disney dollar.
Everyone was having a great time. So I bring out the prize for the next game. A three piece set of luggage. I passed out the trivia game and then let them have a go at the answers for 5 minutes. I kind of felt bad, Terri was working really hard at writing with her bandaged hand. In hindsight, I probably should have written her answers down for her, but she did a good job.
Surprisingly, or not so surprisingly, Joshua won the luggage! He answered 7 questions correctly!! Even the "I am not a crook"(richard nixon) at the contemporary question!!
I swear that I did not let my family know the questions ahead of time!!!
Ben was next up with 6.5 answers right!! Guess they pay attention to me after all!
Now it was down to business. I had passed out calendar pages to my mom and sister so we could work out a 'sort of' touring schedule. We have a small list of PS that we want to do.
She wants her first full day at WDW to have MK as the park, so that will also be the day that we have our big dinner together. I had already decided where we were going to eat--Chef Mickeys. Everyone was game, especially when I mentioned that this particular meal was on Ben and I. Lots of
from my sister and BIL on that one!
After getting our PS figured out(basically I just mentioned them and they agreed
)I brought out THE BAGS.
Everyone knew I was making bags. Some people knew one thing that was in the bag, but nobody but Josh and I knew everything that was in there.
Personalized Mickey Ears
Lanyard
Trading Pin
Autograph book
Fat Pen
stickers
t-shirt
They were a big hit. Mom put hers on and I about cried!! I loved it!! She looked positively goofy in it!
Actually, we all looked goofy!
I just made the request that everyone where their shirts and ears when we eat at Chef Mickeys because we get our picture taken.
Terri, Steve and the girls have unused PHP tickets so they'll be able to go to the water parks. I've got my BIL convinced that it really is okay that the kids go off by themselves. I let him know that I'd let Josh and Carlee go off with Dexter and have no problem with it.
Before I know it, the party is winding down. We've discussed everything we possibly could. The trick with my family is, since everyone talks at once, you've got to be the loudest!
Ben said I did a great job doing that! Heehee!!
We had a great time, everyone was pleased as punch with their goodies. Everyone left with their bellies still full and I'm sure they slept with visions of Space Mountain in their heads!!
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