Leaving in 4 days!

[learningtolive]

And I'm always an anxious mess with preparations! It's myself, DH, and DD4 and definitely not our first time, this will be our 4th as a family. I bought MM because I love the photos and since my daughter can go on ToT I need pictures of her first time haha. I bought new socks and underwear for everyone (I love vacations with fresh under garments lol) and now I'm nervous like am I forgetting something? Even bought the character encyclopedia for autographs, need the markers. We are packing the suitcases this weekend. It's upon us and happening so fast!!!

Am I the only one who feels like this? And Tuesday will be worse because I have to work half a day, pick up DD from school, and make it to the airport before our flight leaves and we've had several near misses pretty much every flight we take (husband is notorious at running late). We're in Chicago so traffic is always unpredictable.

Oh and I still haven't gotten a new stroller, ours saw its last trip last year because the wheels are funky now. AHHH!

Love this family board btw.

 

[MunchkinSweetPea]

Search Pinterest for an extensive packing list and then customize it to your family's needs. Don't forget socks or your toothbrushes! Lol, seems to be a popular forgotten item around these boards. Chargers for any and all electronics. And as far as a stroller there are plenty of threads with opinions and suggestions but depending on your length of stay and your daughter's age it may be more economical to purchase one from a children's consignment shop than to spend more money renting. No matter what you decide, enjoy your trip! We leave Sunday

 

[learningtolive]

Will check out local consignments this weekend, great idea. We never use a stroller otherwise like at our zoo we use a wagon. We like to use our stroller in the airport to either push her in it or her carseat (We rent a car so we can go to the beach and visit local Orlando friends). Socks are ready, and brand new! Toothbrushes already sitting by the suitcases, we have travel supplies we keep in a travel case just for trips cause we do lots of staycations so we have toothbrushes, soaps, and shampoos in there. I can't believe this, feels like other day when we were booking the trip, then calling for free dining, then ADRs, FP+, all that.

 

[MunchkinSweetPea]

Last year we had a double that was okay but it wasn't my favorite to push so on our way out of Epcot we gave it to a family on the monorail with two small sleepy girls. This year we managed to find an even better one and will keep it stashed for Disney trips because my oldest never uses a stroller anywhere else. We still paid less, for both, than the cost of a rental for one trip. We tend to stay for more than a week and the rentals plus insurance is too much for me to swallow. I'd rather spend that on a nice meal or nicer souvenirs to bring back for family. But yes, time has definitely flown! Feels like just yesterday we made the final payment and were doing our happy dance. Now we leave in two days and are practically doing happy backflips! Lol