Okay, I have to say the funniest thing about this trip to Disney was the car ride to Disney. My husband and I agreed that we would do our best so that this would be a total surprise for the kids. It's not often you can pull one over on a 10 and 14 year-old. I did my best to keep my research, notes, ... hidden and the computer's history wiped clean.
The kids already started asking about going to visit their Grandparents in Kentucky over the break. They really look forward to seeing everyone but especially paying a visit to indiscretion, the convenience store. During a fuel stop they are allowed to select some junk food. They may pick something sweet and something salty along with a soft drink of choice. This only happens on trips like this. They were pretty excited. They were also excited their Dad was coming along too. Usually Daddy doesn't get to make the spring break trip to Louisville.
It was countdown to Kentucky for the kids and countdown to Disney for me. 2 weeks away! It's hard being sneaky. I'm not good at it. This would be highly commendable in most situations but not while you are trying to pull one over on your kids. Every time I stopped using electronic, I had to make certain I cleared the history on the mac, the iPad and my iPhone, as well as phone calls and texts. That was hard enough to remember. I took extra caution to burn all of my notes.
It's Saturday the first official morning of Spring Break. It's 6AM. We told the kids we wanted to get an early start. Well, getting out the door so early didn't happen. In fact, I thought it was going to be one of those stressful, "It's 10:25 and Chick-Fil-A stops serving breakfast at 10:30. We have 5 minutes to get there!" My husband loves a challenge. We did arrive just in the nick of time.
Eventhough we are headed south on 75 instead of north the kids are completely oblivious. Why? The kids are "plugged in." You probably know what I'm talking about. When they were little, as soon as the car was packed, the headphones went on and the DVD began playing. The DVDs didn't stop until we pulled up in the driveway. Now the earbuds are in everyone's ears. They have their choice of games, movies, TVshows or music. Not a peep from the back, although I wouldn't have been able to hear them anyway because my headphones were on. Those earbuds are so uncomfortable. None of the usual, "He's touching me." "Well she's looking at me!" 8 hours of that.
Longing for a little human interaction, I took off my headphones and my husband followed suit. We looked at each other in disbelief as we traveled farther south with billboard after billboard announcing how beautiful Florida is. The peanut gallery is still quiet. The farther we head south, the more engrossed they are in their choice of electronic drug. We pass advertising for the sunny Florida beaches, fruit stands, shell stands and still nothing from the back seat. As we got closer to the Florida line, my husband and I would stifle our laughter but we really didn't have to.
Finally I could take it no longer. We crossed the state line and exited to fill up the tanks, the car's and ours. I even had to say,"Do you know where we are?" My daughter came back with," Hopefully almost to Mama's and Papa's!" I said no and were there any other guesses. "Look around!" I tell them hoping they will spot a sign or a palm tree. Finally my son says, "Florida." I asked when he knew and as I had thought it was when we entered Valdosta, Ga, not too far from where we were.
They were both excited but not as excited as I would have thought until, ...
The kids already started asking about going to visit their Grandparents in Kentucky over the break. They really look forward to seeing everyone but especially paying a visit to indiscretion, the convenience store. During a fuel stop they are allowed to select some junk food. They may pick something sweet and something salty along with a soft drink of choice. This only happens on trips like this. They were pretty excited. They were also excited their Dad was coming along too. Usually Daddy doesn't get to make the spring break trip to Louisville.
It was countdown to Kentucky for the kids and countdown to Disney for me. 2 weeks away! It's hard being sneaky. I'm not good at it. This would be highly commendable in most situations but not while you are trying to pull one over on your kids. Every time I stopped using electronic, I had to make certain I cleared the history on the mac, the iPad and my iPhone, as well as phone calls and texts. That was hard enough to remember. I took extra caution to burn all of my notes.
Eventhough we are headed south on 75 instead of north the kids are completely oblivious. Why? The kids are "plugged in." You probably know what I'm talking about. When they were little, as soon as the car was packed, the headphones went on and the DVD began playing. The DVDs didn't stop until we pulled up in the driveway. Now the earbuds are in everyone's ears. They have their choice of games, movies, TVshows or music. Not a peep from the back, although I wouldn't have been able to hear them anyway because my headphones were on. Those earbuds are so uncomfortable. None of the usual, "He's touching me." "Well she's looking at me!" 8 hours of that.
Longing for a little human interaction, I took off my headphones and my husband followed suit. We looked at each other in disbelief as we traveled farther south with billboard after billboard announcing how beautiful Florida is. The peanut gallery is still quiet. The farther we head south, the more engrossed they are in their choice of electronic drug. We pass advertising for the sunny Florida beaches, fruit stands, shell stands and still nothing from the back seat. As we got closer to the Florida line, my husband and I would stifle our laughter but we really didn't have to.
Finally I could take it no longer. We crossed the state line and exited to fill up the tanks, the car's and ours. I even had to say,"Do you know where we are?" My daughter came back with," Hopefully almost to Mama's and Papa's!" I said no and were there any other guesses. "Look around!" I tell them hoping they will spot a sign or a palm tree. Finally my son says, "Florida." I asked when he knew and as I had thought it was when we entered Valdosta, Ga, not too far from where we were.
They were both excited but not as excited as I would have thought until, ...
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