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Yay, you started!!! I am sure once you get down there, Dylan will recognize things from his last trip. He is going to have so much fun at almost 4 years old. Sam is now 40.25 inches tall and this past April got to ride Soarin for the first time, LOVED IT!
So are your parents, brother and sil staying in the 2 bedroom with you? I bet its going to be great having club level with a group, to take advantage of the goodies back at the room! Will those staying in the value room be able to go with you to the lounge?
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
Just found your PTR. Wow, that's quite a crowd to celebrate Lukas 1st birthday!! Can't wait to hear all about your plans and amybe read your wonderful countdown facts.
I so hope we can meet some day. I think it was supposed to be that way next may, but we had to push our dates back a bit because of all the points this vacation is taking.
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Yeah, we decided to go in the fall of next year instead of May. I want to see the new Fantasyland and hoping if we go in late Oct early Nov we can see it. And just maybe Andre would be potty trained......wishful thinking. So I hope there might be a nice bounceback offer when we are there in Oct this year.......again, wishful thinking
Yay, you started!!! I am sure once you get down there, Dylan will recognize things from his last trip. He is going to have so much fun at almost 4 years old. Sam is now 40.25 inches tall and this past April got to ride Soarin for the first time, LOVED IT!
So are your parents, brother and sil staying in the 2 bedroom with you? I bet its going to be great having club level with a group, to take advantage of the goodies back at the room! Will those staying in the value room be able to go with you to the lounge?
Dylan is about the same height and I'm hoping he's brave enough to ride some rides.
Yes, my family (ie - Mom, Dad, brother, Becki) will be in the 2 bedroom with our family of 4. Club level was also a nice thing to convince my brother to come along. I'm assuming we'll bring them up or bring them treats.
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For Peter Pan's sake, how did I miss this!!!
You better do a head count several times a day with that crowd!
No kidding! I'm only going to worry about my children - the rest are on their own.
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Just found your PTR. Wow, that's quite a crowd to celebrate Lukas 1st birthday!! Can't wait to hear all about your plans and amybe read your wonderful countdown facts.
OK, now I'll have to come up with something so as to not disappoint. I did a countdown, but not like my usual ones.
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Yeah, we decided to go in the fall of next year instead of May. I want to see the new Fantasyland and hoping if we go in late Oct early Nov we can see it. And just maybe Andre would be potty trained......wishful thinking. So I hope there might be a nice bounceback offer when we are there in Oct this year.......again, wishful thinking
Well now I don't feel bad for missing you! We may go again in late August next year - DH wants to go to the SW convention, but we haven't decided when to go in 2013 yet.
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Kelly... wow - what a large group! I'm interested to see how you handle the dining with everyone going. Wowzers! Extravaganza indeed!
Next update! Having the IPO really helped - with my sanity at least.
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Wow! That is some group. I know you'll get all the planning done in time!
I need to get crackin' on a timeline of stuff - especially for the kiddos. Reading your TRs really help with my planning!
YAY!!! I'm so glad you are writing a PTR I miss hearing about you guys and how things are going I seriously cannot believe little Lukas is almost a year old...I feel like I've read about you guys forever which upsets me that our trips are not coinciding But, that is a huge group girl...you said it was big but WOW....they should buy you a spa trip to the AKL spa for all this planning I am so excited to read all about it because it gets me geared up for mine!!
YAY!!! I'm so glad you are writing a PTR I miss hearing about you guys and how things are going I seriously cannot believe little Lukas is almost a year old...I feel like I've read about you guys forever which upsets me that our trips are not coinciding But, that is a huge group girl...you said it was big but WOW....they should buy you a spa trip to the AKL spa for all this planning I am so excited to read all about it because it gets me geared up for mine!!
Crissy I'm so glad you jumped over here to read this! We miss you around here!
I'm bummed we'll miss you by such a short time, but hopefully I can see you early next year for a very special event!
Friday night we had dinner & a movie where we watched Wall-E.
Saturday morning I took Dylan to see Cars 2. He said he liked it and I enjoyed it as well. It seemed over his head and he did get antsy a bit, but stuck it out. The sequel was more adult than the first for sure. Then that night my Mom & I met Cindy (cindybelle) at the Muny (local outdoor theater) for dinner and the Little Mermaid. It was such fun! Cindy took the photos so I'll see if we can get them posted here.
I already posted on FB that I love your tattoo, but I wanted to tell you again here. I've been wanting to get a small mickey or minnie head on the top of my foot, but I'm a chicken. I have a dolphin tattoo on the right side of my back, but the whole foot+bones=pain thing has put an end to that idea.
So, if I wasnt so flippin scared of needles that would be a tatoo I'd want!! wow! I love it! I always wanted to get one right above the bikini line of the mickey head or something like that. Sooo jealous but hopefully I will get to see that in person like you said (YAY Btw...i hope you get to go should be such fun!!)
So, I am loving this disneyfied weekend you had! Its very cool...the little mermaid thing I reallllly wish we had stuff like that here!
BTW...wall-e is our fave!! absolute fave and Eric is harassing me to see Cars 2 so glad to hear adults will it!!
BTW,,,,,I've really missed posting on here but i'm going to try to be more diligent because I really miss it!
Love your tattoo!!! I wish I was less of a chicken in that department!! May be something to think about if and when I decide if I am having another child or not. My cousin just got a dragon fly on the top of her foot and she said that it did hurt but not as bad as she was expecting, she was able to tolerate it.
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
I already posted on FB that I love your tattoo, but I wanted to tell you again here. I've been wanting to get a small mickey or minnie head on the top of my foot, but I'm a chicken. I have a dolphin tattoo on the right side of my back, but the whole foot+bones=pain thing has put an end to that idea.
Thanks again Melissa! I have a sun on the small of my back, but I got it when I was 18, and wasn't all too painful - even for being on my spine. This one was a little more painful. I think the walking effects it more too. Today it feels like a bad sunburn.
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So, if I wasnt so flippin scared of needles that would be a tatoo I'd want!! wow! I love it! I always wanted to get one right above the bikini line of the mickey head or something like that. Sooo jealous but hopefully I will get to see that in person like you said (YAY Btw...i hope you get to go should be such fun!!)
So, I am loving this disneyfied weekend you had! Its very cool...the little mermaid thing I reallllly wish we had stuff like that here!
BTW...wall-e is our fave!! absolute fave and Eric is harassing me to see Cars 2 so glad to hear adults will it!!
BTW,,,,,I've really missed posting on here but i'm going to try to be more diligent because I really miss it!
2 posts in 2 days! Whoohoo!
That would be a cute tatoo. There was a lady that came in when I was there and she backed out after just getting a dot basically. She started crying and everything, so it's a good idea if you don't think you can handle it to probably not do it.
I think Eric & you would really enjoy Cars. Mike gets to take Dylan to see Winnie the Pooh - kind of backwards, but we're following Dylan's orders.
Hope to see you in February and more around here!
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Love your tattoo!!! I wish I was less of a chicken in that department!! May be something to think about if and when I decide if I am having another child or not. My cousin just got a dragon fly on the top of her foot and she said that it did hurt but not as bad as she was expecting, she was able to tolerate it.
If you can handle childbirth you can handle a tattoo. Everyone keeps asking how many more heads I'm going to need.
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wishful thinking. So I hope there might be a nice bounceback offer when we are there in Oct this year.......again, wishful thinking
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I miss hearing about you guys and how things are going
But, that is a huge group girl...you said it was big but WOW....they should buy you a spa trip to the AKL spa for all this planning
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