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Kelly....I tried that too on my last trip in september...but i was so busy i didnt have time for disney themed stuff *L* weird right? With so many months to go i'm trying to put a little magic in my day here and there with disney ice cubes and my mickey hot plate....looking at old scrapbooks....which can be hard to fit in when you are doing all the other stuff leading to a trip! Believe me I know that!
annnnddddd 11 more days sorry I had to say it!
3 months to go for you!!! Is DBF getting excited? When are you going to start your PTR?
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
3 months to go for you!!! Is DBF getting excited? When are you going to start your PTR?
He doesnt know what to expect *L* He is excited, mostly for the food and wine festival and EPCOT He is one of those people who dont get excited until a month to go but me on the other hand I look at my countdown daily I just finished the Cruise TR, finally! So, ill do my PTR in August...if i can wait that long hahaha
I'm still going to attempt to pack everything in as little as possible. I'm aiming at checking only 1 bag! Wish me luck!!
1 Checked Bag?? Can't wait to hear what you pack! No matter how hard I try to pack lighter, it never happens, especially now with a 1 year old. The thing is I always know that I can do wash if I need to, but still end up overpacking and not wearing half of the stuff! Does ds sleep in the pack n play still? Sam doesn't sleep well in his, I don't know if its because he can hear us moving around, or hits the sides and hears the mesh, whenever I use it on trips, he ends up in our bed.
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
1 Checked Bag?? Can't wait to hear what you pack! No matter how hard I try to pack lighter, it never happens, especially now with a 1 year old. The thing is I always know that I can do wash if I need to, but still end up overpacking and not wearing half of the stuff! Does ds sleep in the pack n play still? Sam doesn't sleep well in his, I don't know if its because he can hear us moving around, or hits the sides and hears the mesh, whenever I use it on trips, he ends up in our bed.
One checked bag is my goal, whether or not I get to do it is another thing. I'll try to focus on packing later today or later in the week.
DS does sleep in the pack n play so i do need to pack a sheet and his blanket for that (although the blanket will probably come on the plane with us). We just spent a few nights at my brother's and he slept in the pack n play with me in the same room. I'm thinking at Disney he'll be so worn out he'll crash and it won't matter that there will be 3 others in the room - we'll probably all crash too!
OK, so I thought about what Crissy said about the 12 days of Disney and thought - why not?! All the good shows have ended so there's nothing on TV really. Last night DS & I watched some of Space Buddies and I read most of our DVC Disney Files magazine, so that was my little bit of Disney for last night.
And now some ! Today is Mike (DH) & I's 3rd wedding anniversary and we don't really have time to go out and celebrate before we go, so I said why don't we do it in Disney. Becki (BFF) has agreed to watch Dylan (DS) and Mike & I are having dinner on Wednesday, June 10 @ 6:50pm at Sanaa!! We're very excited to try this new restatuarnt and to have a little time to ourselves. Becki & Dylan will probably just hang out in the room or around the resort and this will probably be a good thing since we have the Sunrise Safari the next morning.
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One checked bag is my goal, whether or not I get to do it is another thing. I'll try to focus on packing later today or later in the week.
DS does sleep in the pack n play so i do need to pack a sheet and his blanket for that (although the blanket will probably come on the plane with us). We just spent a few nights at my brother's and he slept in the pack n play with me in the same room. I'm thinking at Disney he'll be so worn out he'll crash and it won't matter that there will be 3 others in the room - we'll probably all crash too!
That is true, when we were in Disney back in Nov/Dec, Sam was so wiped out at the end of the day that he would just pass out and slept the whole night, at home he was still waking once in a while.
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
Well, Happy Anniversary to you two! I think getting a night at Disney alone would be better than doing something today anyway! When you have a little one, time alone is few and far between.
You will definately have to give us a review of Sanaa when you get back.
OK, onto another trip prepping item. We have a Disney Visa and in the rewards circulation that just came there was a coupon/code for 15% off any order on Photopass.com. Becki had mentioned getting the cd and splitting it so I went and tried the discount code and lo and behold if they didn't take another 15% off of the already reduced pre-purchased rate! So we're getting the cd for $85 or $42.50 each!! Whoohoo!!
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He is one of those people who dont get excited until a month to go but me on the other hand I look at my countdown daily
I just finished the Cruise TR, finally!
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! Today is Mike (DH) & I's 3rd wedding anniversary and we don't really have time to go out and celebrate before we go, so I said why don't we do it in Disney. Becki (BFF) has agreed to watch Dylan (DS) and Mike & I are having dinner on Wednesday, June 10 @ 6:50pm at Sanaa!!
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How great to be dining at Sanaa - I'm sure you'll love it. 
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