Blueberry Picking, Hidden Mickey - 196/365

Today was our annual blueberry picking day at Haus Cider Mill.

We LOVE picking the berries. There is nothing like loads of fresh blueberries. Reagan does a fantastic job at picking berries. She knows just what ones to pick. 

It was to funny because it's usually so quiet, but today on their roosters kept crowing. Reagan kept screaming "Nana, Mommy do you hear that rooster." She was so excited to hear a real rooster!

We ended up with 10 pints! YAY. I love to freeze some for smoothies. 

This evening, Jim has his first rotary board meeting that he wasn't in charge of. He was excited to go and just be a "spectator" instead of being in charge. He said it went well and he thinks Terry will be a great president.

While he was at his meeting, Reagan and I went over to meet Nana and Papa for dinner at Tippy. We had a nice little dinner. Papa was excited to see Reagan since he hadn't seen her for a couple days. 

After dinner, Reagan likes to play on the putting green. There were a few darker green spots than the rest of the grass. She looked down and shouted "hidden Mickey!" Sure enough a few of the darker patches were in the shape of a Mickey head. Mickey is always on our minds!

We had a nice dinner!

Blueberry Picker

Hidden Mickey

Lining up her putt

New Year, New Stuff - 2/365

Jim had to go off to work today. It kind of stunk he had to go back for one day, but oh well. 

Reagan and I spent the morning building her Ferris Wheel that she got for Christmas for her Lalaloopsies. She was so excited and filled it up right away with all her friends! They went round and round! This evening we got the new swimming pool built for them, too! She's just so excited for all her new stuff!

This afternoon, we went to Steamers for lunch and did a little shopping. At Steamers she wanted to stand by the tree. They were working on taking them down today, so she wanted to stand by it before it went away. It was too cute!

Next we were off to PetsMart... there, we found some awesome Mickey head cat bowls and had to get them for Bailey and Brandy! They are super cool!

This afternoon, I finally got the hangers to hang up the two pictures Matt drew for Reagan. He had done Cinderella for her birthday last year and we just loved it. I ended up finding the perfect spot in her playroom for it, BUT, realized I would need two of his pictures two balance it out. I'm am beyond weird about symmetry and balance. We asked (or begged) for another one when he had time, but then summer happened and everyone gets busy. Well, lucky us, he had time this early winter and did a Frozen one for her for Christmas! YAY! They are both amazing and look so awesome over her book shelves! We are so exited! The colors match perfectly, too! He has such amazing talent!

Productive day!

Reagan's Lalaloopsies playing with their new stuff!

Just thought this picture was adorable from lunch! 

 Mickey bowls!

 Finally, the pictures in their forever home!

Bye Mo'Rockin - 238/365

Today was a two park day! We were going to start at the Magic Kingdom. It was incredibly hot today, so we were ready for a special ice cream treat! We ended up getting a Mickey Sundae. It was so cute. They used cookies as the ears. We gobbled it all up! YUM!

It was getting toward the end of our trip, so we did finally take a spin on the teacups. Reagan loves em, but we think that both times we got sick at Disney, it was from the teacups. It's the place where people REALLY press their hands since they are trying to spin and they NEVER get cleaned. Yuck. LOL!

Next, we took in the festival of fantasy parade. It's such an awesome parade and I love trying to get good pics of the Maleficent Dragon. Tinkerbell also put on a show for us. It was cute! We really enjoy it.

This evening we were hitting our favorite place for dinner, VIA NAPOLI! We really love it there and love devouring a whole pizza. Delicious! After dinner we jus spent some time roaming the world showcase. Reagan was really into dancing to the music of each country, so it was super cute.

 She loves stopping in Morocco and seeing Mo'Rockin. This was going to be the last time we can see them. They are getting some new entertainment in the Morocco pavilion. We are sad to see Mo'Rockin go, but the new band hopefully will have some pep to them, too. You just have to trust that Disney knows what they are doing. LOL!

Just loved this picture of Reagan and I.

Yummy sundae!

Teacups!

Love Tink!

Dragon!

Pizza!

Dancing in Italy!

 

Boy Scout Breakfast & Planting - 154/365

This morning, Jim was attending the Boy Scouts of America Breakfast at Camp Stambaugh in Canfield at 7AM. Rotary is one of their big donors, so that's why they got to be there. He said when you parked your car, they took you to the actual meeting down in the woods by limo. Which was kinda cool. The Boy Scouts are hoping to raise funds to keep programs running in the area, fix and repair camps and help those scouts that may need financial support. Jim said it was a great time and very interesting. He was glad he got to be apart of it. He forgot a picture though....LOL! 

Today, I finally got all my planting done! I elminated a couple of our Begonia boarders this year. I went for more pots. I also put in a butterfly/hummningbird perennial garden in the back. There were some bushes back by the deck that we had pulled out in the fall. I hope to attract all kids of pretty friends to our house! We'll see!

 

Mickey Fountain and Porch Party - 153/365

Nana and I were out shopping today and wanted to hit Kmart to look for a deck box. 

They have an AWESOME Garden Center, and I did score my new box. 

While in there, I came across the cutest little, well big (almost as tall as Reagan), Mickey Mouse statues. There was no question they had to come home with me. One was a fountain, where Mickey looks like he's leaning into and drinking from a water fountain. I LOVE HIM! The other is a huge Mickey who is holding a "Welcome" sign. I'm so excited! This evening, we were having our first porch party with Ron, Rachel and the kids. We usually have one or two in by now, but the weather has been so crappy. It was nice to finally have one. 

I was making turkey burgers and roasted zucchini. Rachel was bringing a salad and cupcakes! YUM! 

I had a little problem with the turkey burgers, they disintegrated on the grill. YUCK! I have no idea what the problem was, since we always make them. Thankfully, Jim had gotten a double match of meat, so I tried again using the Foreman Grill. That worked great! 

We had a fun night catching up and the kids had a blast. They loved watching the Mickey water fountain!

 First, the Mickey statues...

Next, the kids with the fountain...

A little hugging...

Finally, I caught the dog and cat having a little moment this morning...

 

Workbook - 79/365

Nothing really going on today. 

I was putting Brinkley in my car to take him to the groomer today, and I noticed something pretty cool. Jim's car has been leaking a little fluid lately and he hasn't got it in to be checked yet. We put a box down on the garage floor to catch whatever it is, so it doesn't stain the garage floor. I happened to glance over and noticed the leak formed a Mickey head on a Mickey box, ironically! It was pretty cool! LOL! 

Later this evening, we were sitting around the table playing with a new workbook Reagan got today. She loves practicing her letters. She's getting really good, too! Hope these study habits go into school years! The photo of the day is Reagan working in her book.

Next, the cool "hidden" Mickey!

 

Chef Mickey and Epcot

This morning I was still feeling ill, but we had a reservation at Chef Mickey's, so I wanted to try to go to that. I made it up and I was glad I did. Reagan had a ball with all the characters. It wasn't the best one we've been, too, they didn't seem to take that much time with her, but she didn't notice. She loved it. We were in and out pretty quickly. 

After breakfast, I went back to bed for a little bit, while Jim and Reagan swam some more. 

Nana and Papa decided to head over to Epcot and then took the back path over to Hollywood Studios. It figures, I had to be sick on the nicest day we had the whole trip. Boo!

This evening, I was feeling a bit better, so as a group we headed over to Epcot. We did a few minor things like Nemo and the "Donald Duck" ride. It was nice to get out and get a bit of fresh air.

Reagan was excited because we stopped to meet Duffy!

Chef Mickey

Minnie at Chef Mickey

Meeting Mickey at Epcot!

Maracas in Mexico!

Last Day on the Dream

 Today we were just going to soak up our last couple days on the ship.
We spent the morning walking around taking pictures of everything. Reagan was in her special little gown, so I wanted to take some pictures of her in it around the ship.
It seem to be dance party day, around the ship, too.
We started with the Disney Junior Dance party. The kids had a blast dancing with Pluto. Reagan even made a little boyfriend who she held hands with.
After that, we moved to the lobby for the character dance party. All the major characters were there, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto, and even Chip and Dale. Reagan wanted held the whole time since there was a lot of people. She got a better view up high, She still wanted to dance by the characters. She was loving on Donald the most!
This afternoon, we took Reagan for a little mani/pedi at the spa. She just loves her spa time. The girl was so wonderful with her. She gave her little pink and white polka dotted nails for Minnie. Reagan was thrilled!
This evening we all wore our "family" shirts to get our pictures taken on the stairs. They were so worth doing, because the picture came out adorable!! Love it!
This evening, Jim, Ron, Rachel, Laura and I were going to hit the bar area on the ship. It was our last night, so we wanted to take full advantage. We loved the champagne bar. It had a great little atmosphere and was so relaxing. The bar tender was great, too. He told us all kinds of stories and offered to take our pictures.
Good times!
Reagan and Mickey

Disney Junior Dance Party

 
Character Dance Party

 Spa time!

 Smooch!

 Champagne Toast

Annual Passholder Magnet - 344/365

Today was a busy morning! 

 I had my MOPS meeting and it was my table's turn to bring the food. Since it was the morning meeting, we were doing breakfast. I had planned on making a breakfast casserole, but when I woke up, I didn't have the energy. I made a quick dial to Bob Evans and ordered a bunch of pancakes. When I went to pick them up, I realized they messed up the order and I only had 20 pancakes. In a panic, I scrambled to find something else to bring. There is a Dunkin Donuts close by, so I ran in there and got some assorted bagels. I ended up being about 10 minutes late for the meeting, but it all worked out. We didn't have a speaker or anything today, so we were just able to chit chat at our tables. It was nice! 

 This afternoon, Reagan and I just played and then we both took naps. I was still SO tired from our trip. I actually put pajamas on and went up in the bed, it was that serious of a nap. LOL! Reagan and I both, just passed out. LOL! 

 This evening when Jim got home from work, we just hung around the house. We played a game of Candy Land and had some dinner. 

 Jim went out to get the mail and was excited when he came back in. Mickey had sent us some Annual Passholder information. We are still so excited to be annual passholders. In our little packet, was an annual pass magnet we had seen on some cars down at Disney. We really wanted one, but all the cast members we asked, didn't know how to get one, or even what we were talking about. It was SO EXCITING to have it show up in the mail! Woo hoo! 

 The photo of the day is our new Disney World Annual Passholder Magnet.

Eppie Adventure - ironically, hanging with Mickey

 

Magic Kingdom - 320/365

It was our last full day of our trip, bummer. We always get so sad to leave. 

We slept in a bit, since we were out late the night before. When we got up, Jim took Reagan out to the pool for a little bit, while I spent some time packing us up. Reagan and Jim had a great time in the pool! She was really loving the whole Nemo theme. 

Once we were all ready to hit the park, we went over to the Contemporary to have lunch at the Contempo Cafe. That's a great little quick service place and Reagan loves watching the monorails zoom through the building. We sampled two more cupcakes, too! We got the Root Beer and Red Velvet. Jim and I both, really liked the root beer one, but it was a little odd, too! It's not something you expect for a cupcake. The red velvet was delicious! 

Once we were done, we were off to the Magic Kingdom. It was raining a little bit again, but nothing where you felt you needed a poncho. Just a light sprinkle that actually felt kinda good! We got in and hit just about everything! We were bound and determined to suck up everything we could. We did, PhilharMagic, Ariel, Winnie the Pooh, Dumbo, and Barnstormer. 

We also stopped at the new Pete's Silly Sideshow in Storybook Circus for the Minnie, Daisy, Donald and Goofy meet and greet. Their outfits back there are just amazing. They are all in fortune telling theme except for Goofy. He's got some pilot gear on. 

Next, we walked over to Tomorrowland to do Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear. I am horrible at Buzz, I always lose by THOUSANDS! Jim is amazing at it! He always has an awesome score.

We had gotten fast passes for the new talking Mickey. Jim and Reagan, visited with him the other night, but I hadn't had a chance to see him yet. Wow, is it weird to walk in there and have him talk to you. Mickey asked Reagan if she's ever flown like Peter Pan, put his arms out and "flew" around the room. She did exactly as he did and flew around, too! It was hilarious! She loved it! 

Next, we went to the new Princess meet and greet where the old Snow White ride used to be. They have two lines, with two princesses in each. We chose the Snow White and Rapunzel line. Reagan happened to have a Snow White dress and necklace on. Boy, was Snow White impressed. They talked for quite a few minutes. It was adorable. Snow White kept holding up her necklace and just smiling. Reagan was so happy! I actually tried to take Mr. Fuzzy from Reagan for pictures, so we could see her dress. She yanked him back out of my hands and said, "NO! Snow White wants to meet Mr. Fuzzy!" It was such a hoot!

After that we went to Pecos Bill's Cafe to have some dinner. The Magic Kingdom does not do food well. It's always a line and always LONG! Poor Jim was in line for a little over a 1/2 hour for our dinner. Reagan and I were lucky enough to just hang out at the table coloring and stuff. The food ended up being pretty good, though! 

After that, we went over to Adventureland to ride a few things. We did the "Jingle Cruise" again and Pirates. We did the Magic Carpets twice, and, were lucky enough to see Wishes again from up there. That's three times we got to see the fireworks from a ride. 

After that, we stopped for a Dole Whip. You really can't visit Disney and not get a Dole Whip. It's criminal! LOL! 

We were now going to head back over toward Fantasyland. We hit Haunted Mansion on the way. Next, we did, It's a Small World and Peter Pan. It was 10:30 by this time. I wanted to head over to the Emporium, to browse around for a little bit, so Jim and Reagan went to ride a few things. They did Ariel and It's a Small World again. They had fun, and I found a few treasures at the store. Reagan kept telling Jim she wanted to ride more rides. When he told her the park had finally closed and we couldn't ride any more rides, she closed her eyes and fell right to sleep. It was amazing! She was OUT! 

We always get so sad walking out of the parks, especially now that we have her. Watching the amazement and wonder in her eyes is something we will never forget. We just wish we could freeze this age. She is so adorable and just loves it all! We had an amazing trip!  

The photo of the day is Reagan and her new best friend, Snow White.

 Next, Reagan and Mickey finishing up their "flying" session.

Finally, our yummy root beer cupcake....