I was a kid in a candy store...

No really I was in a candy store...several actually...where we watched them make candy...I love Disney!

yes these are rice crispie treats...$50USD each.

The Disney Difference

I'm a bad mommy.

I did the unthinkable...I went to Disney in April and I DIDN'T TAKE MY KIDS!!!

I was there for a work conference and the schedule was packed. So in the wee hours of the morning I sneaked (is that even a word) off to catch my flight to Orlando while Oz slept peacefully and Amelia screamed her head off knowing something was up...

Several hours later...

After a little refresh, Linda and I took a walk around our resort, found the store with the gourmet treats and all the Disney things you didn't even know existed, made a plan to get up and be at the outlet mall for opening, turned on Fashion Star and then slept....for 12 hours...apparently I needed it.

Magical cocktail with my Campus Card peeps

Why hello Minnie!

I was very fortunate to take part in two Disney Institute sessions as well as attend a key note given by them. The first was an "Incredible Race" around Epcot to focus on teamwork (that was an interesting session!)

Git 'er done! (Disney teamwork style)

The afternoon was spent taking part in a session called behind the magic. We were taken behind the scenes and shown in detail how Disney treats their cast members (staff) and why they do it that way. I was blown away with the care and attention Disney takes to involve their cast in the Disney experience and making them truly engaged in each guests experience.

No pictures are allowed backstage but I can tell you that behind the scenes is fascinating ..we saw wardrobe, cast lounges, transportation and were in the "tunnels". If you follow me on Twitter you have scene the crazy tidbits that I learned.

At the end of the day (figuratively speaking) I wanted to go work at Disney. I was amazed and I earned two Disney critters for giving our awesome leader Mark the right answers to his questions. (The Disney mandate permeates each and every corner of the earth- that earned me a Daisy Duck)

I love Disney...

Big Girl Bed

Our little lady decided that she no longer wanted to sleep in her crib. After almost two years of going to sleep semi peacefully in her crib at night, she started crying and just saying "bed" over and over.

We hit Kijiji and found this great bed...but it was ugly...like knotty pine ugly. We picked up some primer and paint and transformed it into a bed fit for a princess. Her quilt is currently in strips on my ironing board but I'm working on a tutorial for that so give me another month or so and it will be done.

Very excited, had to tuck her babies in the bed first

Wordless Wednesday

Enjoying the sun at the East Coast Momma Collective Spring Fair

Thumbs up!

 

Enjoying a Blueberry  Cupcake 

Teaching his sister thumbs up

Some of our ECMC goodies!
Sign: From the Heart Creations
Chaulk: HomeGrown Goods
Coffee cup sleeve: Blue Frog Creations