A Few More Holiday Snaps...

Just adding a few more of my holiday photos. Disneyland Paris obviously had a lasting effect on Izzy, several times she has come in to our room in the morning, dived on my head and said "Wake Up Mummy - lets go to Disneyland!" I might add that usually it is the other way round and I go and wake her up but with Darren off for the school holidays I get the luxury of a lie in!!!

I have to say we did actually order Belle an Apple Juice in King Ludwigs Castle (where this was taken) but as her Daddy was indulging in the happy hour, buy one get one free on LITRES of beer I couldn't resist taking this photo as she looked so amazed when it came!

I love this picture of Isabelle with some of her favourite friends in the whole world! When we were getting ready to go to Disney she kept reeling off a list of who she would see there and she would say, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Chloe, Susanna, Johnny, Jo, "Slimon" Sneezy, Bashful, Dopey and Cinderella! I love how she added our friends right in the middle like they were Disney characters too!

Finally, i was all geared up to try and take some good fireworks photos but I never got around to setting up the tripod and staking out a great spot. I really enjoyed the "Wishes" fireworks show but as the castle is not fully illuminated throughout I found it hard to get photos of the fireworks which showed the catle. Part of the show involces them projecting images onto the castle which is great to watch but not to photograph! I quite like this shot though as the fireworks and smoke sort of create a silhouette of the catle which I like.

Back From Disneyland Paris

Well OK we got back a few days ago but I needed to get my photos uploaded. We had a wonderful time. Izzy loved the rides - her favourite was "choonior" which we worked out after a couple of days was Casey Junior the Circus train! She also enjoyed the teacups - I love this pic of her with everything blurred, Darren looks a bit like an alien but the shot of Izzy is cool!

She also fell in love with Minnie Mouse and the highlight for me was her face when we were sitting in Cafe Mickey and she spotted the characters. She got really excited and then enjoyed the characters coming round the tables to see her.

As always with a Disney holiday it passed too quickly and I wish we had spent more time just soaking up the atmosphere, enjoying the details and relaxing, maybe next time!! We didn't do all the rides by any means, there were several we did 3 or 4 times and lots that we missed out but we had a lovely time.

i was really pleased with how well Izzy did on the journeys, even though it was a total of about 7 hours each way (including stops) she was really good in the car, helped of course by having Elizabeth in the back entertaining her and some nice lengthy sleeps! She also did well in the parks, Darren took her back in the evening most nights after dinner but she managed to stay up for the Fantillusion parade one night which wasn't on til 25 past 10 and I am glad she saw it, it was beautiful.

Darren really doesn't do Disney so the highlights of his holiday were a couple of the meals and finding a crate of Old Speckled Hen beers at the Euro Tunnel terminal for just 18 Euros for 24 cans - Bargain!

Movies

It’s been said that allegedly if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up........if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
( ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x ) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
( x) 50 First Dates
( x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Pie Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( x) Signs
( ) The Grinch
(x ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
(x ) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x ) Along Came Polly
( x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
( ) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
( ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(x ) Halloween
( x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
( ) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
(x ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
( ) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
(x) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Seven
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
( ) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) E.T.
(x ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x ) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(x ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x ) She’s All That
(x) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( x) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
( ) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x ) The Terminator 3
( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
( ) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( x) Catch Me If You Can
( x) The Little Mermaid
( ) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street*
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin
() Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
(x ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc
(x) Titanic
( ) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Hook
(x ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld
(x ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( x) Kingdom of Heaven
( x) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(x) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix: Reloaded
( ) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
(x ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( x) Hannibal

Total - 75 of the films listed

OK so officially I have 10 films left before I "Have No Life" but lots of my favourite movies are not even on the list!

What happened to The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Goodfellas, The Godfather (1,2 and 3) The Jaws series, Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman and too many more to mention! I think i can afely say I am well past the 85 mark, I just wish I had more time to watch movies!