Oh the Places We Go, The People We See ...Dream Trip Report

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Getting close to the reveal. It’s so exhausting. It must be, because I think every year I have a yawning picture of Claire too.

 

 

 

 

A little bit of primping before the big moment.

 

 

 

Abby was hilarious. Gail would pull the shield away and she would push it back to her face.

 

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At one point in time she pushed a little too hard and it went flying and crashed to the floor and broke. The Fairy Godmothers in training said not to worry as they had this happen about once a day.

We got a good laugh at how she would steam this baby up.

And now for the big reveal number 1.

I always crack up at these too because the kids always have a weird look on their faces. I think it’s because they look so different. It takes them a minute to see it and then the smiles come out.

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See Aunt Mary clapping in the background. That’s something our family does about all sorts of things. Skip used to laugh about how we clapped for every little thing and now if we don’t clap he wonders what is wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

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Alexis was very happy with her look.

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Now Abby is close to being done. I can’t believe we made it this far. She got a sprinkling of pixie dust.

Steaming up the shield.

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Getting her primped up with her sash.

She’s impressed with it.

Back to Claire before Abby’s big reveal.

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Alexis had to be sure they were doing everything right for Claire.

Abby, are you ready to see yourself as a princess.

She was feeling a little shy about this.

And when she turned around, it kind of took her a minute to see herself.

She did look VERY different and at first I don’t think she really knew it was her.

I’m not so sure about this.

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Hmmmm, maybe it’s not so bad.

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Ok! So, the final verdict? …… She DID like it.

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Now when you get a bag of goodies at the end ……. that makes it all worth it.

And a backpack too!

It can’t get any better.

Claire was the final one to be transformed into a beauty.

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Ready for pixie dust.

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Time to get her sash in place.

Set the right pose.

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Close your eyes.

Are you ready?

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Claire is clearly impressed with herself.

I loooooook goooood!

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Claire was very happy with her results.

 

Abby was very impressed with the backsack.

 

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Claire still had one more finishing touch needed. She had to have her crown that we brought along placed on her royal head.

Now she looks perfect.

And so does Princess Alexis.

Princess Abby, in true Cinderella fashion, kept losing her glass slipper.

Early on during the appointment, Aunt Mary had handed me a gift card. She said she still had money on it and was probably not going to use it, so we could use it to pay for the girls. She said she wasn’t sure what was left on it. Well I think she did and she was being sneaky. During the appointment a Fairy Godmother in Training came over to take my payment and I handed her the gift card. I figured I would find out how much was on it, use it on Claire and divide the amount by 3 and give Gail her portion in cash. Well it more than covered Claire’s amount and it still had a large amount left on it ….like $120 or more. I was shocked. I don’t know why Aunt Mary didn’t apply this to her shipboard account, but she is sneaky that way, always spoiling the girls. So I handed off the card to Gail. I told her how much was left, but I don’t think she understood me and she paid hers in cash. I then told her again how much was left. She said she would just have the girls buy something then for themselves later in the day. Well somehow Aunt Mary felt Claire didn’t get enough use out of the gift card. I told her it worked out perfectly and it basically worked out to an equal amount for each kid. She told me not to argue and gave me another $40 for Claire to spend. I am not quite sure how that math worked out at all. LOL.

We all gathered our belongings then and headed out.

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Our next stop was to get a photo shoot for the girls at Castle Couture. We had to wait a bit as there were a few kids in front of us.

Then it was our turn. Abby wasn’t sure about this and at first said no pictures. We then played the game with her that always works.

“Abby, if you don’t want your picture, that’s ok. Uncle Geoff will go in and stand by the girls.” It’s so hilarious but it works every time. If she won’t do something, we tell her Geoff will do it instead and she runs quickly before he has a chance to get there and do it. It’s going to be funny some day when she doesn’t care and Geoff will be force to do whatever it is. LOL.

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Abby did tire, so we did a few with just Alexis and Claire.

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And then Alexis by herself.

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Abby found something to occupy herself.

We coaxed Abby to get a few with Alexis then.

Claire’s turn.

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They then got the chaise out and all 3 girls came back.

She looks so innocent there.

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“Hey Uncle Geoff! Don’t even think about sitting on this chair!”

 

 

 

 

 

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Claire got a turn on the chaise as well.