Shellie May and Duffy's first ride

"YES! We made it to our hotel...and..."

"FIRST RIDE!!!!!!!WHEEEEEEE!"

Shellie May at McDonald's

"This is the McDonald's in Indio, I think?"

"The Filet-O-Fish sandwich sign has bubbles on it, like the fish is underwater. My human laughed at that!"

Shellie May with dramatic sky

"DRAMATIC SKY! MY FAVORITE!"

"Since my human got to drive, that meant she got to listen to the music she brought! Which was a mix of Disney songs and Rend Collective."

Shellie May in California

"We were not very far into California when my human's mom decided to let my human drive. So we got to pull off on a spooky abandoned road so they could switch places."

"I like spooky abandoned roads! I do not remember a Pepsi can at the last one, though."

Shellie May gets a prize

"Yay! There was a prize in the Cracker Jack box!"

"Um....my human says Cracker Jack prizes used to be nicer...and I do not think the Toronto Blue Jays are a very old-timey team."

Shellie May at a gas station

"We decided to get gas before going into California, since gas is more expensive over there."

Shellie May with Cracker Jack

"Hey! Cracker Jack! And it comes in an old-timey box!"

"Also, it is slightly expired. YAY! We are eating an antique!"

Shellie May in America

"We are slowly coming up on..."

"A flag!"

"AMERICA!"

Shellie May is on the road again

"I LOVE TRIPS! My human does not like riding in a car very much, but I do!"

Shellie May and Taco Bell

"This is a burrito with potatoes and nacho cheese sauce and something they say is ground beef but I am not sure if I believe them..."

"That is all right, human. You can have it. I am not very hungry."

Human Food

"We got hungry on the way so my human's mom stopped at Taco Bell."

"Yay food!"

NEW TRIP!!!!

"WE ARE GOING ON A TRIP!!!!"

"It is a little tight in here, but it will only be about 7 hours and then we will be FREE!"

FRIENDS!

With some coaxing, the old Aviator outfit is kind of cute on a 12" Duffy.

Kitty Shellie May is ALWAYS CUTE.

Tiny Duffy, Tiny Shellie May, and Tiny Tiana

Good food brings people together from all walks of life.

(Yes, even princesses and bears.)

Duffy on St. Patrick's Day

Well yes, Tiny Duffy, that may be one of the only green items we have in your size, but maybe you could've gone with a scarf or something...?

Not judging. Just saying.

(Actually, he was trying on the skirt for my Tiny Shellie May when I took this photo...she hadn't arrived yet, but I wanted us to be ready!)

Duffy mints

I got these a few years ago...can you spot Duffy?

(It is too bad that I do not actually like cinnamon...)

Tiny Shellie May in skates

Did I ever post this one before?

I found two (out of 4) old-school My Little Pony roller skates at Goodwill. I wanted those so much when I was a little girl, but never mind that...anyway, they fit Magnet Shellie May!

I believe they sell Magnet Shellie May in Hong Kong now. (They stopped selling her in Japan and I was sad, so I'm glad to see she may be around again!)

Daily...? Duffy?

I'm out of Disney pictures for RIGHT NOW. Oh no!  We haven't been on any adventures in a while (except for the train day pictures you can see on Facebook) so we'll just have to post some random pictures.

This is a bag from Tokyo DisneySea from last year. No, we have not been, but we have a friend who shops for us. Shellie May is wearing a Hello Kitty happi coat and then bloomers made by this person's aunt!

Memories with Mintsy

Here is the Mintsy I made for my BFF!

She scrapbooked our memories.

So these were our memories from the first couple days. Our first night at EPCOT, my BFF remembered Test Track and I remembered that a little boy in his father's arms on the bus had a broken light-up toy. He dropped it and I caught it with my foot but didn't dare stoop to pick it up. Eventually the father picked up the toy and...it worked! MAGIC FOOT!

Then my friend remembered marathoning Everest 4 times in a row (we'd hoped for 6 but an unexpected breakdown during #4--right at the place she accurately drew--made the line too long). I remembered the birds attacking food left behind in a stroller. Bwahahahahaha.

(Bottom) I loved our terrible cars at Test Track! And my BFF bought "Duffy-ella." :D

(Top) My friend had her first character greet (times several!) and I remembered riding the Peoplemover and saying hi to a couple people we passed...and then singing "Eye of the Tiger," which the DJ was playing as we got off.

(Bottom) My BFF got chosen to be the Wardrobe for Enchanted Tales with Belle! And I remembered freezing mostly to death and then getting a delicious LOBSTER ROLL from the Contempo Cafe!

(Top) At Universal Orlando, my BFF and I got suckered into watching a preview and telling them our thoughts about it. The show was called Rush. It was TERRIBLE. It made it onto TV anyway, but it has since been canceled. WHOO! I was very proud about riding 5 coasters at Universal. (Mummy, Hulk, Ice Dragon of Dragon Challenge, Fire Dragon of Dragon Challenge, Rip Ride Rockit.)

Remembering Universal Hollywood--I loved how much Vannelope loved Shellie May and my BFF remembered ridiculous amounts of rain. There is the sweet note from our maid. :)

Leftover cards.

These cakes at Publix just cracked me up.

And this was THE BEST BREAKFAST SANDWICH OH MY GOODNESS THE BREAD BRIOCHE NOM NOM NOM SO GOOD!!!

And that was the end of my Disney World vacation...but I have another vacation on deck VERY VERY SOON! Duffy and Shellie May too!

Goodbye to POP Century

I belatedly took photos of our room at POP Century!

We were in a secluded area of the 2nd floor, but here was our window. Hey, look, it's Dusty in the corner!

We drew our adventures for display. You might be able to see them a bit better tomorrow....

Bears!

OK yeah, I trashed our room. (Well, temporarily.) Sorry! I am not a clean person.

If I recall correctly, there was an episode of Leverage to watch, so it was a great evening for me!

No bear pictures from the next morning....just...breakfast.

And my leftover dessert from yesterday ("dirt" and "worms" parfait).  We used our last 3 or 4 snack credits for snacks and that was the end of our dining credits. Great job, us!

We stopped by the a Disney surplus store, which didn't impress me so much, but we were so tired (my poor friend gave up and went to the car, but I got some cool paper ephemera, so that was great).  Then I drove us a lot of the way to my friend's, which is a couple hours away...I was feeling a lot better than my friend, and I don't mind driving on the freeway/turnpike/toll road/whatever it was at ALL, while my friend doesn't like driving on highways, so we made a good team! We stopped at Steak 'n Shake...did you know you can get smaller shakes there?

Supper at POP Century

I...think I bought my BFF some medicine, too.

Our last supper at POP Century!  Yes, I just got a burger, I think... We sat in a kind of empty area and watched Duffy's bedtime story. :)

Duffy at POP Century

We went back to the room for a while to rest. Then Duffy and I went to get supper for my BFF, who was still a lot sicker than I was. (And much sicker than Duffy was, but he is a bear and did not catch a human cold.)

One of our last times in Everything POP!

"DUUUUDE"

"DUUUUUDE!"

"I think you knew I was going to say that, too."

Shellie May with seagulls

"Mine. Mine. Mine."

"I'll bet you knew I was going to say that.

Shellie May with Ariel

"AWWWWW"

Shellie May at Art of Animation

"Um...squint..."

"Finding Nemo!"

Shellie May leaving Radiator Springs

"Hey, we weren't the only ones out after the rain stopped."

Goodbye, Radiator Springs!