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What mosie or nat cream,spray can u reccommend,when i get bitten and the 3 children we come up in great big lumps and boy do they like to bite us!
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we also have my kids potty in the car son when we have an "emergency", we can stop almost anywhere... No more "keep your peepee in your tummy daddy is going to find a place very soon!!!"
Wow.. .. lol.. thanks for the list... I actually had already made a list of stuff DBF and I would need to bring, but after checking my list with yours, I found a couple more items that I needed to add to my list.. thanks alot!!
I also pack a small bottle of hurt free foam by bandaid (I think). I've actually shared essentials from my first aid kit with others who had minor emergencies. Instead of moleskin I pack waterproof bandages of varying sizes. Additionally to help with my germ phobia and public pottys I keep a pack of antibacterial wet ones in the back pack too. My daughter probably thinks my job is toilet cleaner
A plastic toothbrush holder and clear plastic shoe holder to go over the bathroom door to hold all the bathroom stuff and a mess foldup hamper. All from the dollar store.
There is a product called "glide" that I picked up at a running/fitness store. It is made for runners so they do not get chaffed. It works Wonderfully and I highly recommend it. It will be going with me in 15 days when we head down to WDW.
We pack an extension cord, one of those 3' multi plug type because we have so many items that need to recharge at night--camera batteries, cell phones, PDA, etc. For pictures, maps etcs, I have been using one of those scrapbooking plastic cases in the 12" x 12" size. It hard plastic but does an awesome job of proctecting the pictures and items we want to come home unwrinkled.
This list is great, but I always take clorox clean up wipes with me to wipe the phone, table tops, tv remote in the hotel rooms, anal I know, but have you ever watched those reports on shows like 20/20 its gross.
What served me the best this past trip was a box of large manilla envelopes, a box of small manilla envelopes and a pack of 4x6 photo paper with a Sharpie. I would write our schedule/reservations on sheets of the photo paper along with a list of "must do's" and shops that we had to see (a list of souveniers I couldn't forget to buy really helped too.) On the back I'd right the hours for the other parks and any evening extra magic hours for the day incase we wanted to head to another park in the evening. I'd tuck those sheets in the small manilla envelope with the date on the outside and carry it with me throughout the day. As I gathered receipts, etc. I'd put them in, which kept them unkrinkled and together. When I got to the hotel each night I would date the front of one of the large manilla envelopes and on the back I would write as many details as I could remember (taking time-coded pictures on a digital camera is REALLY handy here), then put the smaller envelope along with maps and any other souvenier I could fit in it. When I get home I use those envelopes from each day to fill out my Passporter. (I LOVE my Passporter, but that's what I like to use after I get home from the trip to relive my memories.) I've only been back for alittle over 2 weeks, but already those envelopes are reminding me of forgotten moments.
BTW, those photo sheets and a sharpie are great for recording Photopass card numbers and any other information you need because if they get wet they don't run or fall apart the way normal paper and ink do. Well, not as much, anyway.
I'm also a HUGE believer in the XL zip lock bags. Besides being great for storage for the trip home they are absolutelly essential when riding on Kali River Rapids when you have a camera in your bag!
This is a great list! I thought I was organized until I read this. Thanks so much.
Here is another idea for laundry bags. Buy some of those plastic bags that you can roll up and squeeze the air out of. They are kind of pricy, but you can save a lot of room for important things... like mouse trinkets. They also work well for bringing home souvenir clothing.
Okay, you might just be as crazed as me...I think I will need a small suitcase just to pack the incidentals...my vanity is piled with stuff right now. I just have to do one more inventory and pack it up! I think you have it all covered!!
This is a great list! I thought I was organized until I read this. Thanks so much.
Here is another idea for laundry bags. Buy some of those plastic bags that you can roll up and squeeze the air out of. They are kind of pricy, but you can save a lot of room for important things... like mouse trinkets. They also work well for bringing home souvenir clothing.
We use two gallon zippy bags to store things in and take all of the extra air out. They are cheap and we haven't had any problems using them.
Since they don't make the Dawn "Wash-n-Toss" any longer, I fold a dry paper towel in half (the "half sheet' type), and put some dish soap on it. I then fold it over once more and place it in a zip lock bag. I only put one per bag. These are great for washing out the refillable mugs. I just wet one of the towels and they sud right up!
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.. lol.. thanks for the list... I actually had already made a list of stuff DBF and I would need to bring, but after checking my list with yours, I found a couple more items that I needed to add to my list.. thanks alot!! 
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