A Preschool Halloween

Total costume count: one Iron Man, three Tinkerbelles, two Rapunzels, one Mr. Incredible, one Belle and one decidedly Johnny Depp-looking Pirate.


Also, this:

Cate: "Erin, if you're Minnie Mouse, why aren't you wearing a dress? Because she wears a dress."
Me: "I know, but I didn't have the right dress to wear today."
Cate: "What about your dress with the butterflies? It's pretty."
Me: "I like that dress, too, but it isn't red like Minnie's."
Cate: "Well, you could just pretend it was red."


...Well, I suppose that's true. I just don't understand costumes I guess. Haha, my job is fun.

Costume Day tomorrow + Maddie's dreams come true

Ah, the joys of working with preschoolers. These kids find Mickey in their cereal, soap bubbles and scribbles. They want me to tell them about Tinkerbell’s house and Ariel’s tail. They listen wide-eyed when I sing the Mickey Mouse Club theme and jump in to spell along with me. Disney’s got their numbers. Last year for Halloween we had five princesses and/or fairies and at least one Iron Man. This year I expect about the same (with at least two Rapunzels), and I can’t wait! I wore my Minnie Mouse ears last year, but I’m thinking this year I’ll wear a princess crown to fit in.

Anyway…

We gave the kids supplies to make silly monsters, and then we wrote stories about them. I got a kick out of this one. Only little boys in this family, but obviously he’s seen Tangled.

Well, except for the race car part. I'm sure Flynn would be interested, though.

I just keep thinking about this and laughing. "He's good for the princess." :) We had a silly monster named Rapunzel, and a Snow White as well.

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From preschoolers to the baby in our family - my baby sister went to Animal Kingdom last week! SO happy/excited for her. Lion King is her favorite Disney movie, and animals are her passion. She's wanted to go to this park for a l-o-n-g time! I got to visit Animal Kingdom in May, so I can properly contain my jealousy (I’ll write about my whirlwind TWO-day WDW trip some other time).

She said she almost cried when she saw the tree!

I've always wanted to meet these guys. Jealous!

Maddie's favorite

Safari!

That's right - I *am* the Pumpkin King!

Happy Halloween! We (my sister and I) made our pumpkins somewhat earlyish this year, so the art you see in the following pictures looks significantly better than what is currently sitting on the front porch. Thanks to our lovely PNW rain our Pumpkin Team will be lucky to make it through tomorrow…and I’m not looking forward to the cleanup! They were really fun (and easy!) to make, though – and I don’t consider myself an advanced pumpkin carver.

My pumpkins – recognize these guys?

Jack & Mike



Pumpkin King (inspired by Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday pumpkins)



(inspiration)

I hand drew Mr. Pumpkin King (and I am not an artiste) and went on an internet search for the others. The Jack template was pretty easy to find, but for Mike I had to just print out a picture and improvise.

Just another way to bring the Disney magic home!

First Post!

Hello internet Disneyphiles, friends/family, and anyone else who maybe mistakenly stumbled here! I’ve never had a blog before, but earlier today while I was sitting in bed feeling bad for myself (I’m sick, as I will probably mention more than once and for that I’m sorry) I thought, “You know what? I’ve got a lot of Disney Things to say; maybe that could be an interesting diversion for some people out there.” I started thinking about what Disney-related topics I might blog about, and I couldn’t stop the flow of ideas. So, in my over-the-counter medication and humidifier-induced haze, I present the Disney Things blog. Just about every “Disney Person” I’ve met or talked to has always been super sweet and enthusiastic, so I thought I’d give this a go, for all of you. ;) I've made several Disney trips over the past few years, but I'm not sure when the next one will be, so perhaps this will help my need for a "Disney fix" every now and then. Sometimes it really is the Disney Things that make life a little more fun!

Disney Things I Plan to Blog About: trips, planning, food, books, movies, music, podcasts, recipes, merchandise, miscellany (basically anything + everything)



Me! Summer 2010...I think.




Sisters Trip, Dec 2010