Living Life One Cheerio at a Time

Last post on Disney, I promise! We did the Disney dining plan....so many choices but we chose the one that had 1 snack, 1 quick service meal and 1 sit down meal per person (except for #4 she was able to eat off of our plates.) And to be honest that was a lot of food but we were able to spread it over 5 nights and 5 days pretty nicely. I did plan early and got it to some fun table service dinners. We ate at the Coral Reef (Epcot), Ohana (Polynesian resort), Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (Epcot), Cinderella and Prince Charming Dinner at 1900 Park Fare (Grand Floridian resort), and Chef Mickey (Contemporary Resort) At each of those restaurants the chef met with us to discuss the menu for Little Man's allergies. Sometimes at the buffets they would take us up to the food to show us what was acceptable for his peanut, tree nut (including coconut and nutmeg) and dairy allergies. They adjusted menu items. They created special breads and desserts for him. The chefs often brought it to ...

It was a great trip. Busy,crazy crowded. The kids loved all the rides and all the characters. We sure did see a lot of characters. Traveling Jesus came with us but only made appearances in the car. We went to Epcot, Hollywood studios, and magic kingdom. I had thought we would go to animal kingdom but the kids didn't want to and wanted to go back to magic kingdom.   It was a few long days and the baby would fall over and nap for an hour or so in the middle of the park. We stayed at a Disney resort,but as the value of value resorts the bus wait and ride would often take over an hour. Not always the most practical to run back and forth.  So needless to say they slept well when we finally got them to bed...way past their normal bedtime!

This is just a small glimpse what my dining room looks like one week before our big trip. PURE CRAZY! I have scoured and scoured over all the best Disney vacation blogs to figure out what I need to bring. Now I am not a control freak on most things. MOST THINGS. Vacations are another story. I have documents saved from previous BEACH vacations. Grocery lists, packing lists, lists on lists on lists...but because this vacation was going to be a bit different my lists were not going to be helpful. We usually stay in a home and do a lot of cooking and this trip we are staying on Disney property and using the meal plan. First of all I decided to use a travel agent . Susan did a great job accommodating our allergies and large family. I would love to recommend Susan to anyone heading to Disney. We are straying at POP Century in 2 rooms. It was cheaper to stay in 2 rooms with our family of 6 than in a suite. Our rooms are next to each other but we will see how the week of tag team parentin...

I love to be creative but I have some limitations. I CAN'T SEW! Its not that my mom didn't try and teach me  but alas that is a skill I am without. I can sew a mean button or a hole on a bear shut but that's where it ends people. In fact I have a whole board on Pintrest that says "If I knew how to sew." I found these little/no sew tulle tutus that I thought would BE PERFECT for our Disney trip. I thought it might be fun for the girls to dress up a little when we go to our character dinners. I went googled many options. So the baby and set out to JoAnn's and found the supplies. So for less than $10 per tutu they've got a special skirt to wear long after the Disney trip. I did one with the ribbon and the others with the elastic. I actually liked the elastic better. I had to sew (by hand) the piece together but the whole skirt didn't take me more than 30 minutes to do. To begin I cut the tulle into 24 inch strips. I bought about 50 yds per skirt....

The hubs and I are planning a Disney trip for the kids. We are super excited. I thought it would be nice to have a few Disney themed outfits for our first trip. I found the kids some Mickey shirts for $4.00 on clearance at Meijer. STEAL! I then scoured the internet for some crafty ideas and that's when I found  the  freezer paper stencil idea. Now you can google freezer paper stencil and get A LOT of tutorials/videos/blogs. Here's what I did just in case you don't feel like weeding through the plethora of tutorials. I went braved took my own life into my hands and went to Wal-mart to find some CHEAP t-shirts. I got everyone a $3 shirt. I found black metallic fabric paint (Tulip brand),some sponge brushes, and freezer paper. I decided on the design I wanted and went with the simple Mickey silhouette and printed it from my computer. I decided on some different sizes for all the kids. The websites suggested using exacto knives but that would not probably be a safe ...