{"id":29689,"date":"2013-06-12T09:27:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T13:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=29689"},"modified":"2018-10-30T19:46:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T23:46:37","slug":"remembering-disney-between-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/remembering-disney-between-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Disney Between Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/towel-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"towel\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/towel-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/towel.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It always seems like too long between trips to Disney for me. \u00a0Yes, the kids would agree with me on this point. \u00a0We would likely be happy visiting a Disney park everyday, but that isn&#8217;t a possibility for us, nor for many of you, too. \u00a0While we can always dream about visiting the parks, we can bring a little bit of the parks home with us to remind us of our happy place.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I may have brought a little too much (if there is such a thing) of the parks home with me. \u00a0We bought this towel a couple years ago as a purchase-with-purchase, and now, it sits on a bench in our window seat. \u00a0It provides extra cushioning for seating, but it is also visible every time we come down the stairs. \u00a0There are also quite a few Disney towels upstairs, and my son takes his time picking out just the right one to use after each shower. \u00a0Each child has a couple of fleece Disney blankets that I have made over the years (lightweight and winter-weight). \u00a0Disney every night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mug-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"mug\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mug-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mug.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, there is a lot of Disney in this picture, isn&#8217;t there? \u00a0This is my favorite coffee mug that I use just about every morning. \u00a0It covers just about the entire Walt Disney World, doesn&#8217;t it? \u00a0The kids gave me this mouse pad for Christmas last year. \u00a0I love the wrist support in it. \u00a0And lastly, if you look closely at my computer, you&#8217;ll see Mike and Sulley. \u00a0I am the queen of changing wallpapers, and fortunately for me, there are lots of Disney-themed wallpapers out there. \u00a0A couple of great sources are <a href=https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/disney-downloads\/\">The Mouse for Less website<\/a> and Disney Parks Blog. \u00a0I actually changed my wallpaper while getting the links for this post. \u00a0My computer now sports the 50&#8217;s Prime Time Cafe wallpaper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29690 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bowls-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"bowls\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bowls-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bowls.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have just a few (ahem) Disney dishes in my cabinet. \u00a0The kids enjoy a Disney touch with their meals every now and then. \u00a0I used to complain about the cost of the special cups with drinks in them. \u00a0You know the ones I&#8217;m talking about, don&#8217;t you? \u00a0The ones with the light-up figure attached to the straw? \u00a0The goblet and tankard at Gaston&#8217;s Tavern in New Fantasyland? \u00a0I have now come to appreciate these for what they are. \u00a0We have several of the plastic cups that the kids use on a daily basis. \u00a0They rotate between the goblet\/tankard, the cups with straws from Sci-Fi, and the various other cups they have gotten over the last six years. \u00a0These cups have paid for themselves and then some. \u00a0The obvious favorite is the goblet\/tankard, and these are normally used as soon as they are washed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/movies-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"movies\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/movies-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/movies.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We normally have movie night on Saturday night. \u00a0More often than not, the movie that is watched is a Disney movie. \u00a0I wonder what they will choose this weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29694 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Duffy-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Duffy\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Duffy-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Duffy.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we have Duffy. \u00a0My son LOVES Duffy, and Duffy goes with us everywhere. \u00a0On our last trip to Walt Disney World, my son insisted on Duffy coming into the parks with us everyday. \u00a0Unfortunately, Duffy almost didn&#8217;t make it back to the room with us one day. \u00a0{Thank you to the CM at the Kidcot booth at the United Kingdom for watching over him.} \u00a0After that, he rode in my bag during the day. \u00a0Duffy is such a well-dressed bear. \u00a0Today, he is Scottish. \u00a0Tomorrow, he may be a Jedi. \u00a0Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>How do you keep the Disney magic alive in your home everyday?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It always seems like too long between trips to Disney for me. \u00a0Yes, the kids would agree with me on this point. \u00a0We would likely be happy visiting a Disney park everyday, but that isn&#8217;t a possibility for us, nor for many of you, too. \u00a0While we can always dream about visiting the parks, we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66849,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29689\/revisions\/66849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}