140 Caricature Address Labels For $3.40 Shipped!

I ordered these from Vistaprint to use with my Christmas cards this year. They are SO cute and at $3.40 and for 140 labels, you really can't beat the price! The quality is great, too. I have ordered several things from this site before and have never been disappointed.

Just go here and scroll down to where it says Return Address Labels and click on Get Started. Click on the tab at the top that says Personal & Family and scroll down to Caricatures. Choose your design and start creating your family! You can even put your fur babies on there!

Have fun and enjoy!

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Thanks to Kristin at Couponing to Disney for the heads-up on this deal!

Friday Fives

5 Random Question Friday

1. What's your "comfort food"?

Definitely brownies!! (Or pretty much anything chocolate ;))

2.One thing that's on your mind right now?

Fall crafts!!!

 

 

 

From A Glimpse Inside

From Oopsey Daisy

3.What's the best advice you've ever received?

To always put God first and everything else will fall into place. :) 

4.If you found $10 today, what would you do with it?

Probably buy something for my kids. 

5.What is your least favorite thing to clean in your house?

Is "all of it" an option? ha! Probably my least favorite thing to clean is the floor. With two kids, two dogs, two cats and two adults in the house, it always seems dirty, no matter how often I clean it! 

By the way, if you have not checked out my Big Sis Allison's blog, A Glimpse Inside, you need to go there. 

Like now. 

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Disney World 2010 - Part 1, continued

Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Part 2

Let's see, when I left off, I think we were leaving Hollywood Studios to go check out our hotel room and take naps.

We headed back to All Star Sports (without getting lost this time, thank goodness). When we got to our room, the first thing I noticed was that it smelled a little funny, but I thought maybe it was because it had just been cleaned. I also found that they hadn’t brought up the fridge or bed rails that we had requested. I went ahead and called down to the front desk to request that those be brought up. I stayed in the room with the kids while Darren went back down to the van to get the rest of our luggage. At one point I happened to step down onto the carpet between the beds with my bare foot and realized that it was wet – and not just a little bit wet, but enough that I could see the water when I stepped there. I knew that we hadn’t spilled anything, so I checked both of the kid’s diapers to see if maybe they had soaked through, but they were dry. I called down to housekeeping to let them know. They asked if we had spilled anything, and I said no, that we had just checked in. She said that she would send someone up to check the carpet. By this time, Darren had brought up the rest of our bags and was trying to get the kids settled down for a nap.

A few minutes went by and the phone rang. It was the housekeeping manager checking about the carpet. She said that she was sending someone up to shampoo the carpet but that we could change rooms if we wanted. I told her that I would talk Darren and let her know if we decided to switch rooms. Almost as soon as we hung up, the guy showed up to shampoo the carpet. When he was done, he asked if we wanted to leave the door open so that it would dry. Um, do we want to leave the door to our second floor balcony open when we have two toddlers running around? No, not really.

Now that the entire carpet was wet, instead of just the one area, I decided that it was a good idea to just go ahead and change rooms. I called the housekeeping manager back to let her know, and she said that she would tell the front desk and they would call when our new room was ready. While we waited, the kids fell asleep and we decided that no matter when they called, we would wait until they woke up from their naps to switch rooms. It was only about 20-30 mins before they called to let us know. Darren stayed in the room with the kids while I went down to get our new keys. While I was there, I was able to pick up our gift card. On the way back to the room, I stopped in the food court and bought a refillable resort mug.

Our new room was in the same building, on the same floor, on the opposite side. Here are a few room pictures. (These are actually of the first room, but they looked exactly the same, just swapped sides.)













Dakoda trying to see what Daddy was doing


And some pictures of the kids playing before their nap.




I love what the Florida humidity was doing to her hair!


The kids woke up around 3:30 and we lugged all of our stuff over to the new room. Thank goodness this room was in much better shape than the first one. Darren and the kids played and watched TV (Phineas and Ferb, I believe) while I unpacked.

Around 5 pm, we decided to have dinner and head back to the park. We ate at the AS Sports food court and we both got the Chicken Alfredo, which was really good. It looked like it might rain and we realized that we had forgotten to pack our ponchos, so we picked up two Mickey ponchos in the Sport Goofy gift shop. While we were in there, Dakoda found a baseball that he wanted, so we got that for him.

We arrived back at Hollywood Studios around 6 pm. We walked over to Pixar Place to check the wait time for Toy Story Mania. Of course, it was something outrageous, like 80 minutes, which was just not happening for us with two toddlers. (*Moral of the story, always ride Toy Story Mania first thing in the morning!!)

We walked back over to where we had seen Darth Vader earlier. He was still there and the line was really short, so Darren went over to get his picture taken. Unfortunately, Vader was getting ready to go on a break, so he missed out on the picture again. :( While he was standing in line before they announced Vader’s break, some Storm Troopers came out and I took some pictures. One of them noticed me taking them and started walking towards me in a somewhat menacing fashion. I got a great picture of him and then quickly scurried off. Even though he knew he was just an actor, they creep me out in those suits!




After they announced Vader’s break, I asked Darren if he wanted to hang out and wait till he came back, but he said he didn’t want to waste our park time. We decided to go catch the American Idol Experience finale. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much out of this attraction, but it was actually a lot of fun. One of the performers in particular was extremely talented, and I would love to see him on AI next season.

When the finale was over, we decided to head back down Sunset Boulevard to get in line for Fantasmic. I still had my Rockin Roller Coaster fast pass, so Darren volunteered to stay in line with the kids while I rode.

When I got off the ride, I had a text message from him saying that they were already seated in the theater. He also casually mentioned that he was thirsty, so I bought a frozen lemonade at the rock station (love that place!) and then headed to find them. They had gotten really good seats, and the show was great, as always. I was able to take a few pictures, even though I was holding a squirming baby. :)


Sarah Kate was in a silly mood.


I don't know where she gets it.






He was so totally into the show.


Beauty and the Beast


The Little Mermaid


Snow White


Evil Queen


Evil Queen and the Magic Mirror


Scar


Jafar


Dragon from Sleeping Beauty


Mickey battling the dragon


It was a GREAT show, as always! Afterward, the park was getting ready to close, but we decided to go ahead and make a couple of purchases. First up was Dakoda’s Jedi Mickey. We tried to go back to the shop where we had seen it earlier, but it was already closed. Darren told me to run over to the shop beside the Star Wars ride and get one and he would meet me near the front gate. I’m really not sure why we thought that it would be a good idea to split up, especially considering that my sense of direction is not great. I somehow managed to get completely lost and was wandering around the Streets of America pretty much by myself in total darkness. It was a little creepy.

I eventually found my way over to the gift shop and purchased Jedi Mickey, then headed to meet Darren. Thankfully, I did not get lost again. On the way out, we noticed that the gift shop outside the gates carried Jedi Mickey. Of course!

Darren saw this mug that he fell in love with and decided that he wanted it for his desk at work.




We got to our car around 10:15 and headed back to the resort. It was a pretty quick trip and we were in bed by 11:15. Tomorrow was going to be a very exciting day – it was Dakoda’s 3rd birthday!!

Wordless Wednesday

Disney World - Part 1

We decided to go to Disney World for Dakoda's 3rd birthday this year. We stayed at the All-Star Sports Resort from May 29 - June 3, and then we drove down to Tampa to visit Darren's sister, Gina and her family for a couple of days. We were on the Disney Dining Plan, so all of our meals were pre-paid, and we were able to take advantage of one of Disney's fabulous promotions and got a $300 gift card when we checked in! We had a wonderful time, and I would love to share it with all of our friends and family. I had typed up a trip report for a message board that I post on and I am just going to copy and paste it over here. I hope you all enjoy it!!

We left our house on Friday, May 28 and drove all the way down to Orlando, where we spent the night at the Radisson Hotel. On Saturday morning, we got up extra early and officially began our Disney vacation!

Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Disney's Hollywood Studios!!

We were headed to Hollywood Studios today, and I wanted to try and make it there by 8 am for extra magic hours (which is when the park opens an hour early for Disney resort guests only). Since we needed to stop by our hotel first and pick up our Key to the World cards (which had our park tickets and meal plan on them), that meant an extra early start. I got up and started getting ready around 5:30, and got Darren up around 6. He showered and got the kids ready while I put on my makeup and repacked our overnight bag. Thanks again, honey! :) We left the hotel around 6:45 and headed towards the World. It wasn’t belong before we saw this beautiful sight.



Here is where it got a bit tricky. You see, the navigation system that is built into our van is in need of an update, so when we put in the address for All Star Sports, it sent us in the ENTIRELY wrong direction. I knew that the All Star Resorts were in the Animal Kingdom area, so when I saw that it was taking us over by Downtown Disney, I knew that something wasn’t right. I tried to tell Darren to go ahead and take the Animal Kingdom exit, but since I’m not always the best with directions, he chose to follow the GPS. Needless to say, this is one time that he should have listened to me. ;) We ended up way over by Pleasure Island before I finally called AS Sports to get directions. Unfortunately, the cast member that I spoke to wasn’t very helpful. I just kept telling Darren to follow the signs to the Animal Kingdom area until we started seeing the All Star Resort signs. We eventually found our way, and soon we saw this.



Darren let me out by the door and parked the van while I went inside to check in. I had done online check-in before we left, so I figured that it would go fairly quickly. Unfortunately, there was only one cast member working at the check-in desk that morning, and several people already in line. After about 10 minutes, another cast member came up and started helping out, quickly followed by a third, which was a good thing since the line had kept growing behind me while I waited. Finally it was my turn. I gave the cast member my name and told her that I had done online check-in. At first she couldn’t find my folder, which made me a bit nervous. She went to another area of the counter and found it there. Whew! Then she went to find my gift card and came back a few minutes later and said that they were locked in the safe and she wouldn’t be able to get to it until a manager came in, but that I could come by and get it later, which was fine with me. She gave me our folder and our cards. I had requested the Hoops Building, because Dakoda loves basketball, but we were put in the Tennis Building. (There were several school groups there and they were staying in the Hoops Building.) We were fine with that. The Tennis Building was right by a parking lot, so it ended up being really convenient for us!

We left AS Sports and stopped at the nearby McDonald’s for breakfast, then headed to DHS. By this point it was after 7:30 and I was eager to get to the park!

We got there around 7:55 and there was a short line. We were inside the park by 8:10. Since the masses were headed to Pixar Place for Toy Story Mania, we decided to head down Sunset Boulevard for mine and Darren’s favorite attractions – Tower of Terror and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster! The wait time for ToT said 13 minutes, so I rode stand-by while Darren picked up fast passes for RnRC. When I got back, he had consulted the Times Guide and made out a schedule for us so that we could hit all the shows that morning. I was so proud of him!

We headed over to the Animation Courtyard to get in line for the 9:15 showing of Voyage of the Little Mermaid. We made it over there by around 8:45, so I walked around and took a few pictures while Darren stood in line with the kids.





I went to find Darren and the kids and they were already inside the building. The kids were getting restless, so we sang a few rounds of “The Wheels on the Bus” and “Winnie the Pooh”, which I’m sure the people around us appreciated. ;)

They opened the theater a little after 9. We got great seats (for us) – back row close to the exit in case one of the kids freaked out. I was especially nervous about Sarah Kate since she wasn’t very fond of Ursula last year. She didn’t seem to mind her this year, though. Both kids really enjoyed the show. (And Ariel has since become her favorite princess.)

Our next stop was Playhouse Disney Live. The show was going to start at 9:40, and we were able to walk right in with no line and get great seats! As usual, the kids LOVED this show. PHD is on a LOT at our house, so they’re both familiar with all of the characters. It was so much fun to watch them dance and sing along!

After PHD, we wanted to try and catch the first Beauty and the Beast show of the day. It was scheduled to start at 10:15 and it was after 10 when we got out, so we hurried over to the theater. We must have still had a bit of Disney magic with us because once again we were able to walk right in and get great seats! We were on the front row on the right side. Darren held Sarah Kate so that I could take some pictures of the show.

























After the show ended, Darren decided to go ahead and use his fast pass for Rockin Rollercoaster. The kids and I got some ice cream at the Rock Station booth right outside the coaster and sat in the shade to wait for him. Dakoda was all about some ice cream, but Sarah Kate didn’t want any, which surprised me because she never turns down food. The next thing I knew, she was fast asleep! I guess the early morning plus all the excitement had worn her right out! When Darren got back, I decided not to ride the coaster on a full stomach, so we headed over to Toy Story Mania to check the wait time and see if there were any fast passes left. To no surprise, they were already out of fast passes (this was a little after 11 am) and the wait time was something like 80 minutes. Since it was Star Wars Weekend and Sarah Kate was still sleeping, we decided to just walk around for a bit and see what characters were out. We saw Darth Maul; one of those characters that looks like a pig (sorry, my SW knowledge is limited – LOL); and the big man himself, Darth Vader. Darren wanted to get a pic with Vader, but the line was super long, so we decided to come back later. We walked through the Star Wars store and I fell in love with a stuffed Ewok. Seriously, it was sooo cute! I also wanted to get a Jedi Mickey for Dakoda. I am a notoriously bad decision maker, though, so we didn’t end up buying anything.

At this point, Sarah Kate had woken up and we were all hungry. We decided to head over to Pizza Planet. Darren and the kids fought for a table while I waited in the long line with a hundred or so other hungry people. We all loved the food there! It's hard to go wrong with pizza for my family, though! While we ate, we got a text message that our room was ready – yay! We decided to go ahead and head over there to settle in and (hopefully) get the kids to take a nap. We ended up following the High School Musical show up Hollywood Boulevard, which the kids loved.

One last picture before we left.


We got to our car around 12:35 and headed to the hotel to check out our room.