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Anyone who has known me since high school knows that my favorite Disney Princess is Princess Ariel. She has such a free spirit and a love for all things. I can truly identify with her open heart and desire to explore the things that are unknown to her. I think one of the reasons I love to travel is because I have a love of adventure…I love the new experiences of travelling…I love to watch my children experience new things…and Disney filled those loves for me!

During our trip I got to see my children come out of their shells from Day One until we left…they became more and more willing to experience the imaginary world of Walt Disney….and it was topped off on Day 4 when we met Princess Ariel at her grotto in Magic Kingdom.

The second wonderful experience that I had, was actually doing something with my Girlie Girl. The Bippity Boppity Boutique was the type of experience that I would have flipped over as a child…and as a Mommy, I really wanted to be in my daughter’s shoes!!! She had such a wonderful time and watching her transform from the little~big girl I have into a Disney Princess, was just about more than I could stand…I stayed emotional the entire time we were there…which, of course, is a mother’s prerogative!

Disney, Day 4, Finally -- Magic Kingdom!

EmmyJMommy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:37:41 +0000

Our fourth day was our first day in the Magic Kingdom. Before we left for Disney World, I had talked with a cousin who considers himself an expert on all things Disney…he is a Captain Hook fanatic and takes his family every other year to WDW. Well, it was his suggestion that we do the parks in order from most realistic to most imaginative, so we could ease the kids into the realm of “Disney Reality.” It was a great suggestion, and next to the Disney Dining Plan, was the best suggestion anyone gave us. (So, my two biggest suggestions to anyone going, are those — my next one being not to be locked too much into a schedule, except for your meals…know what you want to get done and make every effort to do it!)

On day 4, we had lunch reservations at the Crystal Palace. It was our first character dining, and honestly, we weren’t quite sure that Button Boy was going to make it through a meal with characters…he had proven he could walk up to them…but now they would be approaching him, and distracting him from his meal…and every meal is important for a post G-tube child.

Before even going into the Crystal Palace, our fears were put at ease…he was so excited, he couldn’t keep his nose out of the window!

We did a bunch of stuff at Magic Kingdom on our first day there. We began the day getting to “It’s a Small World” and “Peter Pan” — just to make sure we got them in!

I will post more pictures and more information in a few days….one of my favorite experiences happened on the first day at Magic Kingdom….and another one happened on the second day! I just have to get the cd of pictures from my dad to be able to share them!!!

101 Dalmatas

blogye9 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:10:05 +0000

Postando algumas imagens diferentes do 101 Dalmatas.

É só imprimir.

Veja mais em:

101 Dalmatas – Desenhos para colorir.

Boa semana a todos.

Mickey Mouse!

blogye9 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:03:59 +0000

Ai vai alguns desenhos Disney… Mickey Mouse e sua turminha!

Aproveitem e vejam também outros desenhos:

Garfield!

Bob Esponja!

Cinderela!

Até amanha.

Disney, Day Three, Part 2

EmmyJMommy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:37:31 +0000

Epcot was a lot of fun! We were totally pooped at the end of the day, though…in fact, the kids fell asleep pretty much as soon as their heads hit the pillow!

We are on Day Three and only have 3 more to go!!! It was going by so fast, but we were going all out to make sure we could fit everything into our stay!

Disney, Day Three

EmmyJMommy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:03:33 +0000

Day One, Animal Kingdom — shorter day, lots of shows

Day Two, Hollywood Studios — longer day, lots of shows

Day Three, Epcot — way long, lots of walking!

We started our day in Epcot as early as possible, because we really wanted to get to make it all the way through the park, and it is huge!!!

Nemo and Friends was our first stop. We made it through the ride and to “Talk with Crush” as quickly as possible. We loved Crush! He was so awesome!! One of the best things done in Epcot or in Walt Disney World. After Nemo and Friends, we went through Mission Earth and Universe of Energy….at that point we separated from my parents again, they took Button Boy and Mojo and I took Girly Girl….Button Boy was too short to ride Test Track and Girly Girl was literally jumping out of her skin to ride a “big girl” ride!! She loved it, too!!!

After Test Track we met my parents at our first of two meal reservations in Epcot….the Coral Reef Restaurant. Now, I’ll be glad to go ahead and tell you that this meal was so much better than our evening meal, it isn’t funny!!! The food was actually melt in your mouth good!

After having eaten ourselves silly, we headed to the World Showcase….We did get to see them all!!! Canada was one of our first stops…

Koda & Kenai from Brother Bear were there, and the kids were so excited about getting their autographs and pictures made!!

We were able to visit all of the countries in the World Showcase and the kids and I enjoyed making the crafts at the KidCot stops.

I have more pictures that I will be sharing over the next few days, just not sure when because we have a few obligations this week!

Disney, Day Two

EmmyJMommy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:01:51 +0000

After watching High School Musical, we decided to split off from my parents and the kiddos so Mojo and I could ride the Great Movie Ride, a trip through the movie age. It was really fun, and I realized that I have not seen near as many classics as I should….I think we will have to add some to our NetFlix Que.

My mom, dad, Button Boy and Girly Girl headed to the backlot and ran into the PowerRangers, and Button Boy got to meet the White one….I think he is called White DinoThunder (or something like that). Girly Girl was not as amused by the PowerRangers.

We also saw Sully & Mike from Monsters, Inc. and watched the Voyage of the Little Mermaid (which was one of my favorite things we did the entire vacation — the girl who played Ariel sounded just like she did in the movie…it was GREAT!)…and we all enjoyed the Indiana Jones Stunt show!

I honestly can not remember the extent of everything we did in Hollywood Studios. There were more shows than there were rides, and Girly Girl and Button Boy became restless toward the end of the afternoon. Since we did not have any “sit down meal” reservations for that evening, we did leave the park early and did not see “Fantasmic.” We were tired and Button Boy would not have handled the noise and dramatic effects from it as well as he had handled Indiana Jones.

That evening Button Boy had dinner with my parents at The Mara, the quick service restaurant in Animal Kingdom Lodge (it is where we had breakfast every morning). Mojo, Girly Girl and I headed out to Downtown Disney’s MarketPlace to do some window shopping and to find a Christmas ornament. Downtown Disney was a lot of fun…we got to go in a lot of stores and see lots of expensive scrapbooking items (which, most of you will be surprised to hear, I was frugal and didn’t buy any….in other words, I was a good girl!). Girly Girl had lots of fun spending time with just me and her Daddy….and on the way back to Animal Kingdom Lodge, we got a glimpse of the Epcot Fireworks! They were lovely!

Disney, Day One Photos

EmmyJMommy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:17:36 +0000

MICKEY MOUSE!!!!

We spent the day running around looking at as much as we could. Button Boy had some issues with being overwhelmed and intimidated by a lot….we did get to ride Dinosaur, and have a great 8 x 10 of Girly Girl riding with her eyes closed and my hand covering her face! We also had our first snack on the Disney Meal Plan (which I recommend to anyone going!) — we all got pretzels…and they were GIANT!!! The kids and I could have eaten one, instead we got one EACH!

We loved “Nemo – the musical” and “Festival of the Lion King.” They were both done very well….Mojo’s favorite was the Lion King, the actors were so talented! My favorite was Nemo, the puppets and artistry in it was amazing! The kids loved “It’s Tough To Be A Bug,” in fact they still talk about the stink bug in it!

I really wanted to ride Expedition Everest, but by the time we got to that part of the park it was time for our dinner reservation at The Yak and The Yeti. WONDERFUL FOOD! My dad had the baby back ribs, YUM! Mojo had the shrimp tempura, looked YUM! I had the maple glazed chicken, VERY YUM! The kiddos had chicken fingers and an egg roll…and my mom had dimsum and pot stickers (Girly Girl loved them!) With the Disney Meal Plan, in your meals adults get an entree, desert and non-alcoholic drink…for desert my dad and Mojo had this sinful brownie sunday thing….I had gelato! The kids meals, on their Disney Meal Plan, must be ordered off the kids menu and they get an appetizer, entree, desert and drink….so they shared the brownie thing! Much more food than any of us really should have eaten!!!

Animal Kingdom was great! It is, I believe, the second smallest park behind MGM….and therefore; a half day was just about right….we could have spent another few hours to get to see a few other things, but the kids and my parents had begun to fade,

it was a long day!

GOOFY!!!

(notice in the Mickey picture I had to hold Button Boy, in the Goofy picture he actually got down and walked…still a little nervous, though)

The Animal Kingdom Parade had Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, two of Button Boy’s favorite characters!

an example of the neat floats in the parade, most of the floats were “people powered!”

Six Days in Disney, Day One

EmmyJMommy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:19:22 +0000

I was planning on blogging while we were in Disney World, but it was going to cost $10 a day for my father to be connected to the internet…and for the little amount of time we were actually in the rooms, it was not going to be worth it….so, over the next week or so, I plan on writing about our trip and sharing pictures.

Our first day was really a partial day, and we chose to go to Animal Kingdom….for two reasons, one — we were staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge and checked in and it was logical to go to the closest park — two, Animal Kingdom closes earlier than the other parks, and it was their night for extra Magical Hours, it is open later for Resort guests.

The first ride we went on at Animal Kingdom was Kilimanjaro Safari. We were told that we needed to go there first because the line can get rather long, but we were very fortunate and had less than a 20 minute wait! It was fun…and we really enjoyed seeing the animals, even though we can see most of them at our local zoo.