We leave for WDW in 8 days!!!!
Yahoo!!!! I will admit, I am usually an uber-planner and have most everything packed by now. However for this trip, I haven't even pulled out our beloved Mickey-headed suitcases yet. Also, usually I do a Pre-Trip Report. I just can't get into it. I don't know what is wrong with me? The whole family needs this vacation like you would not believe. Bill has been working so hard lately. Speaking of Bill, he has been in Washington state all week on business. I pick him up from the airport tonight!!!!!

At least one person in our family has been sick for the past two months (that is
NOT an exaggeration). Bill and Will are still on inhalers. We are all ready to head east for some holiday cheer. WDW is just what the doctor ordered.

I finally broke down and told Will's and Emily's teachers they would be absent the first week of December (11/30 - 12/4). Not to brag, both children are doing
excellent in school (I just got their report cards yesterday). So, the teachers were fine with their absences. To be honest, if they weren't doing well in school, we probably wouldn't be taking them out for a week. There's always a discussion thread somewhere on the DISboards regarding this topic and it can get heated.

Also, my Mom is moving out of our house tomorrow. Double Yahoo!!!


She closed on her new house yesterday. The moving truck from Virginia arrives on Saturday (tomorrow). It has been nice having her here. But, I know she is ready for her own space. She has been staying is Will's room while he sleeps in Cole's room in one of the bunk beds. Will is also ready for his bed back.

We still haven't received an email regarding our DAP credentials. However, I did receive our Magical Express envelope in the mail yesterday.

I am soooooooo relieved that Will and Emily are able to stay with their classmates while we are gone. That was my biggest worry. Also, my Mom agreed to watch them for the weekend until we get back Sunday night. (I guess that was the least she could do since she has been living here rent free since August and we didn't once ask her to babysit. I just didn't feel it was right to take advantage while she was with us. However, once she moves into her own home ... Emily has already planned many weekends away at Grandma's. She's Grandma's little princess.) I booked Kid's Nite Out to watch Cole while Bill and I are at the seminar on Friday. I hope to maybe squeeze in a lunch with just Bill too before we head back to POFQ and get Cole. The DAP plan is coming together.

Jennifer