englishrose47
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So, I'm going to give you the real basics of what went down the day we left since I have a huge stack of work waiting for me!
Dan hit the road for work about 7:30 Tuesday morning which was perfect!! I got to work baking the cake and muffins so they'd have time to cool and bake before I had to pack them. While they were baking, I spread my lists out all over my bed and started to pull stuff out of the closet. The boys were playing quietly thanks to the new toys from the birthday party on Sunday!
Once the cake and muffins were done, I pulled them out and had them cool on the counter. The "quiet" playing had long stopped so on came Lilo and Stitch. Corbin had been in and out of my bedroom and was getting into the suitcases so I knew I had to do something. He even told me "I see you packing for MI on your bed!".Packing but not for MI dude!
Once I got everything packed and the van loaded, I had to run to the library since no one did it Monday night. I also had to put gas in the van since I'd been running around. And, when I went to Target, they didn't have all of the pills for my prescription so I had to go back (I'd tasked Dan with that to make sure I had enough time after he left work even though I was in the Target parking lot to get gas) to get the rest.
Well, all went well at the library. We got our stamps for being great readers and Carter got his sticker. Corbin got playdough this week which he was thrilled with. Then it was off to the gas station. The freaking card reader thing at the pump didn't work so I gave up since I couldn't leave my kids in the van full of stuff while I ran in to pay. On the way home we stopped at my fire station to get ice from the ice machine and the boys were teasing me (big boys - firefighters) about packing everything up and no one knowing what was going on!
Then I called Dan to see if he was going to be able to stop and get my pills since it was almost noon and time for him to leave work. He said he was going to be able to and was done at Target by noon. We literally had to have been driving home at the same time. Thankfully I'd had everything already packed!
We pulled in the drive way and I had the boys get into their pull ups and I grabbed Dan's clothes that I'd kept out. Just as the boys were changed, Dan pulled in the drive way. I sent him to the bathroom to change his clothes and we were off!
He insisted that I'd bought him a big screen tv and that's what was under the blankets in the back of the van. I just smiled and told him "if that's what you think". It was a pretty quiet ride to the FL welcome center. We had to stop there because I'd drank a HUGE glass of water and couldn't sit in the car any more!So we all piled out. Dan and Carter went to the boy's room and Corbin and I went to the girl's room. I told Corbin if he was good I'd tell him where we were going when we got back to the van. He hustled through going potty and was right back out at the van. Then we had to wait for Daddy and Carter.
Corbin couldn't wait for Dan to get back. He was yelling in the parking lot "hurry up! she's going to tell us where we're going!!"People thought we were crazy I'm sure.
So there they stood in the grass at the FL welcome center thinking we were going to Jacksonville. I gave them their papers (I didn't cut them up because it was windy that day and I didn't want to loose any pieces) and told them on the count of three they could turn them over.
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Turn it over!!!! Where are we going?????
DISNEY!!!!
No one had any clue! I pulled the blankets off the stuff in the back and revealed that everything was ready and we were already on our way!!!Corbin and Carter had less than stellar reactions - I don't think they got it at that point honestly. They just knew we'd been in the car awhile and were ready for some dinner or a snack. (everything seems to revolve around food in our house!)
We piled back in the car and headed to DISNEY!!! As we got closer, the boys got more and more excited!!
(If any of you have ever watched The Real Housewives of Orange County, think Vicki. Corbin likes his "wooohoooos" as much as she does!)
We left by 12:30, I revealed the secret about 2:15ish and we were at the condo by about 6. It was perfect!!
Alright....more pictures and details to come!!!
I'm waiting !! Sounds like everything went well !!
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Or maybe I didn't hit the submit button... 
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