Wordless Wednesday

  This week's theme is Disney Costumes/attire. I love how Mickey is always dressed for the occasion!  

     

Ferb, I know what we're going to do today....

My daughter turned 10 on Saturday.  We gave her a Phineas and Ferb birthday party.  My husband and I sort of talked her into it because WE like the show so much!!  She said it was her best party ever!  It was a lot of fun.

I made a Dr. Doofenshmirtz pinata out of a paper bag...

 

My husband made an ice cream topping-inator!  He even played the part of Doofenshmirtz whe it was time for ice cream.  :)

 



complete with a self destruct button!

 



sign I made for the front door...

 



Agent P cake.  This turned out cute, but was a pain to make because my cake was falling apart!  I don't know what happened, but every layer of the cake decided to fall apart that day.  Needless to say, there's lots of icing on it!!

 



 

We had pizza for lunch....

 



Found the plates and napkins at Party City...



 

 

We played "Where's Perry?"  I hid a Perry Pez dispenser in the yard and the kid that found it got to keep it.  We also had Phineas and Ferb air guitar....

 

 

My daughter's favorite part was the Scavenger hunt.  I told the kids that some things had gone missing from the theme song.  They had to bring back:  a freshly showered monkey, something that doesn't exist, a painted continent, Frankenstein's brain, and a dodo bird.  I put 2 of each of these things around our yard and split the kids into 2 teams.

 

Here's the monkey shower station.  I put 2 stuffed monkeys, a bottle of febreze, 2 shower caps and a towel in a laundry basket on the back of my husband's truck.  They had to follow the directions and bring the monkey back to me.

 

Here's a freshly showered monkey....

 

 

Painting a continent...

I put a binder of coloring pages and some water colors on a bench.  They had to flip through and find a picture of a continent, paint it and bring it to me.

 

Claire found Frankenstein's brain.  Since her birthday is in October it was easy to find plastic brains.  I got these at Dollar Tree.  They had a large selection of plastic organs. :)

 



For the dodo bird I printed out pictures from the internet and clipped them to low tree leaves with a clothespin.  For something that doesn't exist, I printed out pictures of winged unicorns and put magnets on the back and stuck them on the side of my husband's truck.  It was funny.  The kids walked past them dozens of times without noticing them!  It was the hardest thing for both teams to find!!

 

 

 

We ended the party with the kids being secret agents and fighting Dr. D.  They all donned a secret agent hat and fought him blindfolded. :)

 



 

 It was a really fun party!

 

 

I'm also linking up with Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia hosted by Magical Mouse Schoolhouse. 

So, here's a little Phineas and Ferb trivia for you:

 

The show takes place in Danville, which is in Jefferson County which is in the Tri-State Area. Danville is named after co-creator Dan Povenmire and Jefferson County is named after co-creator Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.   

 

 

 

Wizard of Oz Bookclub

This is the first year that I'm doing a bookclub for my daughter and her friends.  I started one for my son when he was in the 4th grade and it's still going.  Claire is in the 4th grade this year so now it's her turn.  Our second book this year was the Wizard of Oz.  Since we did it in October we had a dress up party for book club complete with Wizard of Oz themed snacks.

The yellow brick road made out of cookies.  It led to the Emerald City where everything was green including the cookies and the chips!

 

One of the moms made "Over the Rainbow" cupcakes...

 

The kids came dressed up.  The most creative was one of the boys who came as the Wicked Witch of the East...complete with the house that fell on her!

 



I'm having a lot of fun with this bookclub.  Each month the kids read a classic book and then we watch the movie and compare them.  It's been a lot of fun and the kids are getting really good at filling in Venn Diagrams!

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Today's theme for Disney Wordless Wednesday is Disney Storytelling.  Here's Disney telling one of my all time favortie stories!

Disney Wordless Wednesday is hosted by Focused on the Magic.

Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia

I'm linking up with  Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia hosted by Magical Mouse Schoolhouse.

A little bit of Halloween trivia for you today.  Did you know that there are over 300 carved pumpkins on Main St. at Disneyland during Halloween time?  And no two are alike!

Here are a few we took pictures of last fall when we were there...

 

 

The centerpiece Mickey Pumpkin at night....



and during the day...

 



 

Various charcter pumpkins greet you at the turnstiles...

Cozumel

Our last port on our Disney cruise was Cozumel.  I had booked an excursion to see the Mayan ruins and Cozumel Highlights.  It was ok.  The tour ran an hour and 15 min. late so it kind of messed up our plans for that afternoon.  There were also too many pushy vendors at every stop along the tour.

Here are some of the ruins....

 

 

In the middle of a rain forest it sometimes rains!

 



 

 

The ruins were small, but we still enjoyed seeing them...would have enjoyed it more if it wouldn't have poured down rain on us! :)

 



 

 

The next stop was a tequila "factory" that wasn't an actual tequila producing factory.  It had fields of agave and they explained the process of making tequila and you got to sample it.  It was a pretty good stop.  They sell the tequila there, but I didn't feel pressured to buy it and the tour guide was funny.

 



 

 

While the adults did the tour and tasting they had a pinata for the kids.

 



 

The third stop was a scenic beach stop....

 

It was really beautiful and the shore was nothing but cool sea shells.  I could have spent more time here, but it rained on this stop too. :(

 



 

 

The last stop was supposed to be the site of the first Catholic mass in Mexico.  I was expecting to be visiting a little church.  There was a little church, but you couldn't even see it at first for all the pushy vendors around.  We thought we were going to see a church.  Instead, we saw this...

Then, this guy hands my son an iguana.  We take pictures with it and then the guy says he works for tips.  Well, ok, that was fine.  I gave him a dollar.  My kids had been chasing iguanas around the whole trip so it was worth it to finally let them hold one.

 



Next, we are called over by this "mayan" so we took pictures with him too.  After ward, he says he works for tips too.  My son, who is just 14, pulled a dollar out of his pocket and gave it to him.  The guy said, "A dollar isn't a good tip."  Can you believe that?  My son just walked away.  We were very turned off.  After we took pictures with the "mayan" we finally saw the little church.

 



It was a pretty church, but would have really only taken 5 min. to see.  Instead we spent about 30 there being aggravated by vendors.

 

 

inside of the church:

 



 If we ever go back to Cozumel I think we'll just do a little exploring on our own.  No more tours like this one.  We like to see the sights on our own better.

 

If you want to see any of my other Disney cruise posts just click the Disney Cruise 2012 label in this post.

 

Postcard Friendship Friday

We just got back from a Disney cruise.  This was one of the postcards they left for us in the stateroom. :)

Postcard Friendship Friday is hosted by Beth.

Disney Magic (Almost Wordless Wednesday)

The theme for this week's Disney Wordless Wednesday Bloghop is Disney architecture.  Since we just got off the Disney Magic I thought I'd post some pics of their beautiful main atrium.  This is the first thing you see when you get on the ship. :)

Looking up at the chandelier...

Can you spot the hidden Mickey???



 

 

This bloghop is hosted by Focused on the Magic.

 

Costa Maya

Our second stop on our Disney cruise was Costa Maya.  I thought this would be just a so-so stop in the beginning, but it turned out to be a blast!  We went to a little beachfront restaurant called Tropicante and just had a relaxing beach day.  I even got a massage on the beach! :)

 

The view of Costa Maya when walking off the ship.  As you can see it was a cloudy overcast day.  It even rained on us a little bit.

The view of The Magic from the beach in front of the Tropicante...

 



 

Beautiful water!

 



It wouldn't be Mexico without a row of shops nearby!

 



 

 

The Tropicante is right behind these palm trees.  Those were our chairs on the beach.  They have waiters that come to you and bring you drinks or food or whatever.

 

 

This kind of sums up the little town. :)

 

 

When you first get off the ship you have a plaza area that was built just for cruise ship passengers.  It is really nice, but full of expensive shops.  I'm glad we bypassed it and went to the beach.  On our way back to the ship we happened upon some "Mayan" dancers there....

 

 

 

The Magic...

 

 

I'm linking up with Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia hosted by Magical Mouse Schoolhouse.

So, here's my trivia...it's about the Disney Magic, of course!

Maiden Voyage: July 30, 1998

Passenger Capacity: 2,400 | Gross Tonnage: 83,000 tons

Length: 964 feet | Beam: 106 feet | Draft: 25.26 feet

Cruising Speed: 23 knots

Her sister ship is the Wonder

The Godmother of The Magic was Patty Disney.