Fun at the Palace

Our day at the castle was HOT, HUMID and yet filled with AAALLL the magic of Dizzmee. The girls had a blast, loved wearing their dresses all day and got to ride all the rides they wanted to.
I had all the employees asking me where I purchased their Belle dresses. Imagine their surprise when I told them I paid $15 plus shipping!! The dresses in the Dizzmee store are $60 and up so I think we did pretty well :) The girls were even awarded a certificate for the most royal princesses of the day. Too cute!
Just in case you're wondering if I actually was there, I thought I'd ease your mind-Greg always fusses at me for never posting pictures of myself!
I asked Aria who her favorite princess was, expecting her to say Belle. "Cinderell@ because I am wearing Cinderell@ panties today." Gianna squeals, " I am wearing Tinker/Bell panties, so she is MY favorite." Who knew the rise and fall of "most favored princess" status was as easy as an underwear change!
We never made it back to the hotel for a breathing treatment for Aria because she seemed to be doing really well. Unfortunately, it wasn't as well as we thought, because she started her asthma cough again in the evening during the parade, and woke up at 4:30 AM coughing up a storm. We gave her a breathing treatment, and when we realized she wasn't going back to sleep, we loaded the car bright and early and headed to the beach. She coughed so much in the 7 hour car ride, that I thought we were going to have to sit in a McD's bathroom for 30 minutes with a nebulizer!
And then an amazing thing happened. We got to the beach, and my plan was to take her up to the hotel room and give her a treatment right away.... BUT, she stopped coughing as long as she was on the beach. (No, I am NOT making this up!!!) Is this God's sign that we need to live directly on the beach??? You know, for health reasons, ofcourse.
Hhmmmm.....

Anyhoo, this is the view from our bedroom window- No crowds, beautiful weather, white sand, emerald green water... Yup, I think we need to move for poor, sweet Aria's sake.

Comments

  1. laurieSeptember 29, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    Glad you guys are having a good time. Can you let us in on the secret of where you got those great dresses for such a great price...

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  2. KimSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    Missing you all, but so glad you are having a blast!

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  3. The Straight'sSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    Too stinkin cute!!! Looks like you guys are having a GREAT time. Enjoy the beach while you can, or at least until you get to move there ;)

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  4. VashtiSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    SSoooooo...we live near the beach!!!
    And believe it or not ours are even prettier than the one in your view........I will start making up the beds!
    xxx

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  5. AnneOctober 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM

    It's that salt air, I swear...And those little girls are too cute. I can't wait to actually be on the same continent as they are!

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  6. fuzzandfuzzletOctober 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM

    They make a nebulizer that will plug into the car charger.

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