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Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2010
Its here! Its here! Its here! Disney day had finally arrived! The countdown calendar had been filled, the bags were packed, the kids and the parents were stoked and excitement filled the air! We were PREPARED. We were READY. Lets get this show on the road!
It was the trip that had taken years to plan. And the trip that, the week prior, had almost been cancelled. It was almost unbelievable to think that we were ACTUALLY getting ready to go!
But wait...youd probably like some background information first, wouldnt you?
Im Malinda, a 35 (how did THAT happen??) year old, stay at home mom to three mostly fantastic kids. Between my mommy duties, I am also active in the elementary school PTA, a Sunday school teacher and a blogger. I am also the resident Disney planner and obsessor. My love of Disney REALLY started when I was in the 11th grade and got a Beauty and the Beast movie for Christmas. I watched that movie EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for the next year. Really and truly. When I was in college, my parents were stationed in Oceanside, California, which meant that I got to take my first trip to Disneyland for the day. Hooked. For life. But now I really wanted to experience Disney World...the fever had begun.
Jamie is my husband. He is caring, compassionate and a great husband and father. AND he also loves Disney with me. Bless him...! His first Disney experience was Disneyland with me in college. Pirates of the Caribbean, along with a Monte Crisco sandwich, had him hooked. While Jamie was excited about this first trip I planned, he had no idea about what really awaited him. He went from excited and thinking Disney would be fun to carrying his Mickey mug to work every day, filled with coffee. He downloaded Orlandos weather as a bookmark on his phone. He sends me texts with wait times for Soarin. I got him Minnies Bake Shop Supreme Chocolate Chip Cookies for Valentines Day. I love that man. And I love that he wants me to plan another trip.
Since we have a fancy schmancy camera that only I can work, I am usually behind the lens and therefore, found it hard to find a recent picture of the two of us together. So, heres one of us from Christmas. We were at church while my parents were visiting. I am in in the pink sweater, holding the two year old. Jamie is in the sweater next to me. On the other side of me are my parents.
Jay is our ten year old. While he is the oldest, he has more tendencies towards acting like a middle child. He is fun loving and happy most of the time with not a care in the world. He is into drama, flag football, piano, cubscouts and karate. Jay is a good student, but he is a good student because HIS MOTHER STANDS OVER HIM AND MAKES HIM BE ONE. SHE ALSO MAKES HIM PRACTICE PIANO. Officially the Meanest Mother Ever.
Annie is 7, going on 35. She is mature, compassionate, competitive, and extremely driven. She loves to laugh and have fun, but only after she has done her homework. I actually have to tell her that, no, we do NOT need to go over spelling words again. She knows them perfectly well. She is a soccer player and is just incredible on the field. I have a hard time remembering that she is JUST seven. She is very good at keeping her brother on track, which he looooooves. Im still not sure how I ended up with children on such opposite ends of the spectrum, but they balance each other well.
And then theres Jane. Hurricane Jane, as she is more aptly known. Jane is a thousand miles an hour, hard headed as granite, two year old who is rarely clothed, loves to climb and get into EVERYTHING. There is a reason that God waited until my third child to give me Jane. Had she been first, she might have been an only child. Up until she was potty trained she had to wear duck tape on her diaper at all times. Dont report me to CPS, she just removed that darn diaper one too many times with a surprise in it. And did you know that they make STYLISH duck tape now? In LEOPARD. It goes with EVERYTHING. Not that Jane will keep clothes on long enough to NEED to match anything. So...needless to say, Janes attitude on our Disney trip was a bit of a concern for me.
And yes, that is, in fact, marker all over Jane. Don't ask me where she FOUND the marker. She may have magical powers. Just proving my point.
So...theres your background. In my upcoming posts, Ill fill you in on the details of the trip, and also how the trip was almost cancelled at the last minute...cliffhanger!! Then well move into our days of Disney fun at Ft. Wilderness Cabins! Be patient with me as I figure out this whole posting thing...Ive already managed to delete my first post and had to rewrite it. Not a stellar start, but hopefully this will get easier as I go along.