Star Wars * Flower & Garden * Link added 10/10/09

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I guess the grass looked good because on the way out she jumped in it and started to roll around.



....to be a kid again....

"Mama! Take my picture!"





The boys had been calling us over and over so we finally went back to meet them. We were having so much fun we didn't want to meet back up. She and I rarely get time alone so this was good for us. (And no, I could never go to WDW with her alone. The boys wouldn't hear of it, but man that would be FUN!)

On the way back to World Showcase we see this!







We LOVE the Lion King! I thought these topiaries were GORGEOUS! Oh, and check out that sunshine! As soon as we went over to the Fairy garden the sun came out and boy it was bright. We even got a little bit of a sunburn from it. Well, I did. Gabby tans in an instant. Lucky girl. Oh, I almost forgot. When we were at the Tink tent there was a couple of women (probably mom and grandma) there with a tween sized boy and girl. As soon as the sun came out she broke out this big bottle of sunscreen spray. She doused these kids, and the poor woman working the tent, until they were dripping! She was such an idiot. Had I been that sweet woman I would have said something. Poor thing had this mess sprayed all in her hair and face. The kids were griping, "That's enough!" and she kept on a going. I felt bad for them, really. This was my first encounter with rudeness. I only witnessed it...had she oiled me down she would have literally gotten a taste ( a mouth full) of the oil! Idiot.

So back to the beautiful Lion King....























We'll enter WS shortly but right now it's time to go back and insert Gabby's pictures. She takes a pretty good picture to be 7! She took these as soon as we arrived...







After we left test track we spotted the most playful squirrel ever. He acted like a trained animal off of a movie set. He was so cute. People were throwing him food and he all but thanked them. I'm so not kidding. This lil guy was so cool! The kids took some great pics. He was willing to let people pet him and hold him but having seen what squirrels can do a human I wouldn't allow it. They got right up on him though and took pics...











I have a few more posts typed up but I have to get the PTR's started. We'll continue with the rest of Gabby's pics and our entry to World Showcase next time! Until then...happy reading!

[lovegrumpy]

Loved all the pictures. I hope to take a trip during that time next yr with my youngest ds.

[Charleston Princess]

Wow! Those sunset pictures are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing the rest of them!

The monorail pics are too cool -- if you scroll through them really quickly, you get a sense of the movement!

The fairy houses are the cutest things I have ever seen! I wish I had them in my garden!

Love the topiaries! Disney does such an unbelievable job with all of them!

[leamom2princesses]

Gorgeous pics Tammy! All of them are soooo good. Gabby is beautiful and the pics at sunset-OH MY!

Sometimes I think about Lindsey and I taking a quick trip but Josie would be extremely upset. It would be fun to do before Lindsey thinks I'm the lamest person on the planet.

[Goofy22]

Tammy, The flowers are awesome! You're DD reminds me of my Dd with the camera! That's great you 2 got some mommy and me time!

[tinkgurl]

Woo! You got the kids in the TT cars for me!

OMG! Love all the Tink stuff you did! But of course, you already knew I would!

[MaryAz]

Such great, great pics. Cayley has that same Minnie backpack.
How in the world did I miss those beautiful fairy and butterfly gardens? Oh I know, everytime I was in Epcot for more than an hour it poured rain. Ok, I am a little bitter-more sad really. I will have to show the girl's ur pics.

[joy13]

I'm really going to want to take a spring trip during F&G by the end of this report I think! So gorgeous! I love Pixie Hollow and all those fairy houses - how cool! Has "Gabby" ever played fairies on pixiehollow.com ? Maddie just loves playing there - it's pretty fun. They did that flower garden to look just like the website! I see another movie comes out in fall - I guess that will be apart of our library

[Lynn5700]

Hi Tammy!! I'm in! SO glad you started your May TR!!

I'm so glad you got to see the F&G festival!!! It's beautiful, isn't it?

Love all your pictures

can't wait for more!

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Oh wow..Javen wuld LOOOVVEE the lion king topiaries! Will those be staying ya think?? the giraffes are just amazing.

I also love Gabbys pic at CSR ..wanna do our family pics there this year since we didnt get a chance to do that last year? NO way am I paying the new photo session fees this year.

Oh and the monorail looks awsome..thats the first time I have seen the mickey balloons on the windows.

[pmama]

Wow, those are gorgeous pictures of your DD after the storm. Beautiful background. Thanks for all the great pictures of the topiaries. They are amazing.

[jordanyosh]

I agree that if you scroll the monorail pix, it looks like it's actually moving!

You took some great pix!

I saw the squirrel pix and immediately thought bubonic plague....

[Sunset Cliffs]

Wow. What a great update. I think my favorite topiaries are the Lion King stuff. The giraffes are SO cool. BTW - did your DD cut her hair? It looks so cute!

[scottny]

Originally Posted by jordanyosh

I saw the squirrel pix and immediately thought bubonic plague....

I thought of Buzz, though his new report has no mention of them. Yet.

I am here and reading. What a nice surprise to wake up to.

the pics are so good. I still need to get the d60 before there are no more being they discontinued them.

Off to bed but know I am reading along. I enjoy your pics, they are so pretty and they make want to drop money on a new camera.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Originally Posted by msgrimm23

love it so far we where there for starwars weekend may 22-25

Oh cool! You might be in the background of some of these pics! Keep looking. SWW was awesome! We're alreay planning a trip back next year!

Originally Posted by KatMark

I found your report and am so glad to read it. The pics at the All Stars are wonderful. And so glad to read that you enjoyed CSR (it is our favorite resort). Can't wait to read more. Love the sunset photos of your daughter.

Hey! I'm glad you found it too. I remember you from last year. You guys are super sweet and our trips were kind of close in '08. I got some great shots of CSR. They wont be up 'til the last day but they're worth the wait!

Originally Posted by hlrababy

Awww, I love the sunset pictures!!! Gabby's dress is so cute!!

Isn't that sunset goegeous? And to think of the storm just before. I videotaped it! It was so bad! The dress came from the DS. She got a lot of compliments on it this past trip.

Originally Posted by Maureenmouse

Love all the pics so far. the ones of DD with the sunset are just gorgeous! I love the ASSports photos too. I've never been to the value resorts cause we always go in summer and joe wants a ceiling fan. some day, when we have a quick trip, we'll have to stay there. I'd like to get some photos there some time. We always seem to stay at POFQ. We'll be there really soon!

I started posting before you previous post and then ran down stairs. Much to my surprise when I finished posting, you had already put up your new post!

I love the Flower pictures. They'll mostly be gone by the time we get there. I wish Pixie Hallow would still be there. My DDs would love that! I imagine your DD was in heaven with taking photos of her favorite fairies and butterflies! Can't wait to hear more. Oh and it was hot and sunny here. Not any chance of rain today! Funny how you're only a few hours away, but a whole different weather pattern today!

Well he could always bring a portable fan. I never use my fans. My parents run theirs 24/7. LOL I was a posting lil fool tonight! Oh yeah...she had a ball taking pics of the fairies. Wait 'til you see how many and the bad thing is...I didn't upload most of them!

Originally Posted by lovegrumpy

Loved all the pictures. I hope to take a trip during that time next yr with my youngest ds.

Had it not rained every single day this would have been the prefect trip! It was a great time to go and see F & G and SWW all at one time!

Originally Posted by Charleston Princess

Wow! Those sunset pictures are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing the rest of them!

The monorail pics are too cool -- if you scroll through them really quickly, you get a sense of the movement!

The fairy houses are the cutest things I have ever seen! I wish I had them in my garden!

Love the topiaries! Disney does such an unbelievable job with all of them!

I'm telling ya....the place was beautiful after that storm! I don't photoshop anything either...what you see here is exactly how the pic turned out. The sky was perfect! (And it looked different in every pic too!)

I wish someone would send me an app to put the monorail pics together. That would look cool. I don't have a clue how to do that stuff.

DD loved those fairy houses too. She had to stop and explore each and every one of them. Agreed...they did a wonderful job with the F & G festival.

Originally Posted by leamom2princesses

Gorgeous pics Tammy! All of them are soooo good. Gabby is beautiful and the pics at sunset-OH MY!

Sometimes I think about Lindsey and I taking a quick trip but Josie would be extremely upset. It would be fun to do before Lindsey thinks I'm the lamest person on the planet.

That would be fun. I'd like to do a mother/daughter trip to but the boys would never let that happen. You wouldn't have to tell Josie you were going to WDW. Right? Go in December...the week we're going they have a lot of great offers.

Originally Posted by Goofy22

Tammy, The flowers are awesome! You're DD reminds me of my Dd with the camera! That's great you 2 got some mommy and me time!

You should see the baby. He loves the camera and as soon as he gets it he takes picture after picture of himself. He's like your DD. We enjoyed our short time alone.

Originally Posted by tinkgurl

Woo! You got the kids in the TT cars for me!

OMG! Love all the Tink stuff you did! But of course, you already knew I would!

Told you I would and I will get that Mickey pic too...one day! I really want some of us there. Oh yeah...I knew you'd love the Tink pics.

Originally Posted by MaryAz

Such great, great pics. Cayley has that same Minnie backpack.
How in the world did I miss those beautiful fairy and butterfly gardens? Oh I know, everytime I was in Epcot for more than an hour it poured rain. Ok, I am a little bitter-more sad really. I will have to show the girl's ur pics.

OMG you missed those!? I'm so sorry. That was one of our favorite things. You guys didn't go see the butterflies? They were right by it. Oh this day we actually got a little bit of sun. I think you guys were at the AK that day. We never even went there.

Originally Posted by joy13

I'm really going to want to take a spring trip during F&G by the end of this report I think! So gorgeous! I love Pixie Hollow and all those fairy houses - how cool! Has "Gabby" ever played fairies on pixiehollow.com ? Maddie just loves playing there - it's pretty fun. They did that flower garden to look just like the website! I see another movie comes out in fall - I guess that will be apart of our library

Nope. She's never played but perhaps she should. I'll have to show her tomorrow. There's a lot of hype around Disney about that new movie. We still haven't seen the Tinkerbell movie yet. I know...not good.

Originally Posted by Lynn5700

Hi Tammy!! I'm in! SO glad you started your May TR!!

I'm so glad you got to see the F&G festival!!! It's beautiful, isn't it?

Love all your pictures

can't wait for more!

Yes it is! I'd love to take my parents to see that stuff one day. My mom LOVES flowers. She'd have a blast there. Now I see why you guys like to go in May so much!

Originally Posted by heath-and-javens-mom

Oh wow..Javen wuld LOOOVVEE the lion king topiaries! Will those be staying ya think?? the giraffes are just amazing.

I also love Gabbys pic at CSR ..wanna do our family pics there this year since we didnt get a chance to do that last year? NO way am I paying the new photo session fees this year.

Oh and the monorail looks awsome..thats the first time I have seen the mickey balloons on the windows.

I think they come down at the beginning of June. I wish they would leave them up all year long. They're beautiful! You know I'm doing pics of ya'll...and in return you can take some of us. How much is the photopass thing now? Just two years ago it was FREE. They probably want $100 for it now huh? BTW in March we were pulled aside by the PP guy and he did a bunch of shots of the kids and Sidney. No charge..so look for the freebies. They had a freebie guy over at WL too.

The monorail decorations are really cute!

Originally Posted by pmama

Wow, those are gorgeous pictures of your DD after the storm. Beautiful background. Thanks for all the great pictures of the topiaries. They are amazing.

Makes ya wanna plan a Spring trip to Epcot don't it? I had never seen such a beautiful sky as that evening. It was amazing!

Originally Posted by jordanyosh

I agree that if you scroll the monorail pix, it looks like it's actually moving!

You took some great pix!

I saw the squirrel pix and immediately thought bubonic plague....

Thanks. I wouldn't let my kids touch the squirrel but the people that were feeding it...those kids tried to pick it up but Sidney was ready to leave. I wish I had stayed to see what happened. I bet someone left the scene in tears! It really acted like a tamed pet though.

Originally Posted by Sunset Cliffs

Wow. What a great update. I think my favorite topiaries are the Lion King stuff. The giraffes are SO cool. BTW - did your DD cut her hair? It looks so cute!

Yep. She got a hair cut. A big one! Me too. I cut about 12 inches off of mine and she got rid of about 8.

Originally Posted by scottny

I thought of Buzz, though his new report has no mention of them. Yet.

I am here and reading. What a nice surprise to wake up to.

the pics are so good. I still need to get the d60 before there are no more being they discontinued them.

Off to bed but know I am reading along. I enjoy your pics, they are so pretty and they make want to drop money on a new camera.

The 60 or the 90. They're about the same. You'd love it Scott! It's about time I get to bed. I might try and update the other report first though. Thanks for coming over.