Now extended through August 14th travel dates!

This Magic Your Way Package Includes:

Accommodations for 5 nights

A 6-Day Magic Your Way Base Ticket, with admission to one of the four Walt Disney World

Theme Parks for each day of your package stay

FREE $300 Disney Gift Card for stays at a select Disney Value Resort, OR

FREE $500 Disney Gift Card for stays at a select Disney Moderate Resort,

OR FREE $750 Disney Gift Card for stays at a select Disney Deluxe Resort or a select Disney Deluxe Villa Resort

Booking Window:
Through March 27, 2010

Travel Window:

Valid for stays most nights:
Feb. 15 – March 27 and April 11 – Aug. 14, 2010 at select Disney Value Resorts
Feb. 14 – March 27 and April 11 – Aug. 14, 2010 at select Disney Moderate Resorts
Feb. 10 – March 27 and April 11 – Aug. 14, 2010 at select Disney Deluxe Resorts
Feb. 10 – March 27 and April 11 – Aug. 14, 2010 at select Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts

During January, AAA travel is offering some special magic to its members!

At locations throughout the US, they are holding special events to bring you closer to your Disney vacation than ever! These include activities, refreshments and even door prizes!

They will be offering exclusive benefits on Disney Cruise Line and Adventures by Disney packages and AAA Vacations packages to Disneyland and Disney World (including resorts). You’ll also receive special values and savings when you book your Disney vacation with a AAA travel agent during the month of January.

You must book your vacation (for any time in the year) January 1-31, 2010.

For more information, contact your local AAA office-or contact me for the date, time and location of the Dayton, Ohio event.

(Full disclosure: I received nothing to write this post. I wanted you to all know about the special events going on at AAA. I’m a member, but paid for my membership. I don’t get anything more than what any other member gets. So book your vacation this month, I know I am!)

So I’ve been dragging my feet about piercing M’s ears. I’ve been telling her that it hurts, and can get infected- blah, blah, blah. All the nasty truth about it.

Why?

I just can’t see my baby with pierced ears. Yes, I know. I have my ears pierced. I have a tattoo.

Does it mean M should have them too? Um, NO!

So for a while now, M’s been wanting these earrings:

Leave it to M to want Silver Cinderella earrings!

But to have these earrings, you have to have pierced ears, which up until this morning, she really wasn’t interested in having.

But, since Santa brought me a pair of these:

Does Santa know me or what?!?! I mean, you can’t get any better than diamond and gold Mickey Mouse earrings- can you?

But M was all about getting her ears pierced TODAY, so that by the time Valentine’s Day rolls around, M will be able to switch out the ones for actual Cinderella earrings.

Not knowing where to take her, I called my friend L, whose daughter got hers done recently too, told me to head to the Icing in our local mall, because they have 2 people do it at the same time, so there’s no backing out with the little ones. Awesome!

I reminded her time and time again how it was going to hurt. She didn’t care. There was a girl who went in front of us, who was 13 and was soooo nervous. M told her it was going to be “okay”.

As soon as the girl was done getting her piercing, M JUMPED into the chair and said she was ready. And boy was she ever! She was all smiles when the “guns” went off- the girls backed up and M said plainly ”that hurt” then busted out in the worst and biggest tears for a whole two seconds!

Then she hopped down and went on her way!

It was the funniest and saddest moment ever for me. I never expected her to be so big and brave!

And now, my big (little) girl can wear big-girl earrings.

Sigh…

Book a 5-night Walt Disney World Resort Magic Your Way package with a  5-day park admission and receive a FREE Gift Card!

$300 Gift Card – Value Resorts
$500 Gift Card – Moderate Resorts
$750 Gift Card – Deluxe Resorts

Valid for bookings with check-in dates 1/3 – 6/3/10. Blackout dates do apply, so call a Disney representative today! This is a HUGE savings and can easily cover your cost of the Disney Dining Plan!

On Friday, my family and I had the priviledge to see Disney’s Princess and the Frog, starring Anika Noni Rose as the voice of Princess Tiana.

This film was done in the old pen and ink style that Disney is known for, and is very, very much appreciated by this momma.

So let’s get down to it…

Disney’s Princess and the Frog is a MUST SEE for everyone. I know there has been a lot of hype about it (all the racial and religious issues, which I fail to see), but let me tell you- ignore it. Every bit of negative press you’ve heard or seen will go out the proverbial window once you see this piece of art.

The story is well written without being too dark. Smaller children most likely won’t be scared (M is 4 and never once was scared of the “darker” moments) and adults will be VERY entertained.

There are several Disney style “morals to the story” that are clearly laid out, so that even M could understand them.

This is not your traditional “Princess Story”. Boys will LOVE this movie. It’s definitely not all tiaras and sequins. Go see it, you’ll see what I mean.

It made me laugh. And cry. Several times.

It makes me want to move to New Orleans. Or at least visit there soon.

The music is AMAZING and will make you dance in (or out, in M’s case) your seat.

It’s Disney’s best movie, in my opinion, since The Little Mermaid.

No lie.

Plus, we saw bits and pieces of our favorite hotel and fountain- Port Orleans, French Quarter!

You can find it in a theater near you, so check it out! You know you want to…