Mission Accomplished~Now A Trip Report~Day 10~A BRIEF CONCLUSION~

[WDW Poly Princess]

What a fun secret to keep! And impressive that you've been able to do all that planning behind their backs- sneaky sneaky!

 

[lexmelinda]

Monica! I can't believe I never noticed you had a pre-trippie link in your siggie! Make that thing bigger! Just finished the first installment and girl, you are GGGOOOODDDD. Can't wait to hear how things are progressing but gotta get kids up now. I'll check back in later.

 

[SusanMomOf2]

I think it would be fun to meet up on the 26th!!

 

[monymony3471]

lexmelinda: On your behalf, I made it bigger. I've been enjoying your trip report too. I'm printing out the last part you wrote about Epcot. That sounds like a good plan. I'm always clueless what to do in World Showcase.

Everyone: How about meet on the 26th at Magic Kingdom. For those of you, going let's say around 1pm at Cinderella's Golden Carrousel. If anyone has any other suggestions let them be known. I'm just throwing that out there.

 

[monymony3471]

I told you in the beginning that I had to keep the secret for 135 days. Well, it was actually longer, more like 152 days to be exact. Once I figured everything out and made our reservations, and changed them a few times we came down to the 135 day mark and that’s when Tim and I had our conversation.

I actually knew it was coming. We had this conversation last year. It was June of 2005 that I blurted out the secret to the kids at dinner. We are going to WDW in 2 weeks!!!!!

I imagined my two boys jumping from the table, giving their mom hugs and high fives. Running up to each other and doing belly slams. Shouts of praises coming our way and wooo hoos and yeee haws! Watching them play air guitar and head banging. Me hearing thee phase I only hear when I am tickling them. When they had enough and they need me to stop they say, “Thanks mom, you’re the best mom, you’re the Queen of All Queens!” Yep, this is thee official phrase to say when you had enough. It's also thee phrase when mom comes through and gives you want you want! But I have to ask them then to say it. Reminds me of Deal or No Deal or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? And you give your Final Answer or take the Deal.

Side Note: After writing this I realized we hadn’t had a tickle session in a while and at bed time this was fresh in my head. The sad thing is, as they grow up these special moments don’t happen as often and they actually forget thee phrase. So, tonight I challenged them with tickles so I could hear thee phrase and Matt couldn’t remember it and said, “You smell pretty.” I lost it. Now the official phrase is: Thanks mom, you’re the best mom, you’re the Queen of all Queens, and you smell pretty!
Side note to side note: Once DH was tickling them, a long time ago, and Matt who had to have been about 3 or 4, told his dad he was the King of all Queens. It was pretty funny. That got some chuckles. End both side notes.

So, I’m sitting at the table looking at my two boys and you know what? You could have heard crickets. There was no celebrating, no moon walk across the floor, no secret handshakes, or blessings for mom. No one choked on their milk and spit it out. Huh?

Tim asked, “Did you hear your mother? She said we’re going to WDW”. Cool they said and kept eating. (Already spoiled.)



Back to the talk:

“We tell them when?” I asked him.

“We’re not.” He informs me.

“Huh? Why?”

“Because this time, it’s going to be a surprise.”

That feeling hit me real hard inside. “Oh, man I have to keep this a secret for 135 days?!!”

“Yep. You do.” He said.

“How are we going to tell them?”

That’s been the million dollar question here ever since. Since I’m doing the planning, I’m planning that as well. He’s had suggestions and I just keep letting them roll off my back. I’m doing this my way.

Tim travels, a lot. He just returned from Dallas. 2 weeks ago he went to St. Louis. Houston before that. So many times I could have said, hey kids guess what we’re going to WDW and you can’t tell your Dad, it’s a surprise. This is how we are going to keep this secret from him. But, I couldn’t do it.

I know Zach would have told him. He’s at that stage where he can’t tell a lie. In fact he tattles on his brother constantly. He would have tattled on Mommy too.

Matt? Lies threw his teeth. Thinks Mom and Dad are pushovers. I have to ask him questions repeatedly and from all different angels, quickly, to get the information out of him. He’s quick, but I’m quicker. I was once a kid too ya know.

Plus I don’t want them to lie. And that’s a big part of this surprise. I don’t want to lie to them. I have to say things that are factual. I don’t think not telling them is lying to them. I am going to tell them, just the morning that we are leaving. I thought about telling them the night before so they could experience some of the fun and excitement that comes with anticipation, but right now I think a good night’s sleep is so important to start the trip off right.

So, why should I keep this a secret? Because this is going to be huge for them! I’ve been building this up. They think we are still going in 2007. That’s possible. We’ve been watching specials on the Parks that I taped. We’ve been playing Disney board games. We watch Disney movies. We look back in old scrapbooks. We talk about our other trips all the time. We are using the saving for Disney jar. They have Disney in their little veins. My daughter believes she is a princess. If you call her anything else, like Stitch, she gets very upset. Remember that castle is hers. She’s gonna dance there. With a prince! She is. And she tells me she is. And I believe her. They have no clue what’s in store for them. Sometimes I wish they did. Maybe they’d behave a little more and treat mommy nicer, but then again, they wouldn’t.

I thought about sharing my secret here, but I think it will be more enjoyable to tell you after they experienced it. Surprise!! I want to walk you through each step as it happens. It’s kinda involved. At least the plan is. I hope then I can truly capture all the fun involved with finding out. Can you image finding out that in just a few short hours you are going to the Happiest Place on Earth? So, if you are still with me and thank you if you are, I will tell you all about it when we return from our trip. And I plan on a full trip report as well.

We leave in 16 days. Can you hang on that long? Hope you will still be with me when we get back. If anything exciting comes up before we leave, I’ll let you know about it.

See you real soon!

 

[PrincessV]

I thought about telling them the night before so they could experience some of the fun and excitement that comes with anticipation, but right now I think a good night’s sleep is so important to start the trip off right.

YES!!! I can vouch for this... I made the mistake of telling my DS that we'd be watching fireworks later on July 4th, and that he really must take a nap or we wouldn't see the fireworks. He tried, oh boy did he try, but he was too excited by the expectation to sleep. It all backfired and he was exhausted by the time the fireworks started.

I thought about sharing my secret here, but I think it will be more enjoyable to tell you after they experienced it. Surprise!! I want to walk you through each step as it happens. It’s kinda involved. At least the plan is. I hope then I can truly capture all the fun involved with finding out. Can you image finding out that in just a few short hours you are going to the Happiest Place on Earth? So, if you are still with me and thank you if you are, I will tell you all about it when we return from our trip. And I plan on a full trip report as well.

I'll be here waiting! No, wait, I'll be at WDW But I'll catch up when I get back for sure!

We leave in 16 days. Can you hang on that long? Hope you will still be with me when we get back. If anything exciting comes up before we leave, I’ll let you know about it.

See you real soon!

In case we don't hear from you before you go, have a marvelous, fantastic, incredible trip!

 

[jaycns]

I told you in the beginning that I had to keep the secret for 135 days. Well, it was actually longer, more like 152 days to be exact. Once I figured everything out and made our reservations, and changed them a few times we came down to the 135 day mark and that’s when Tim and I had our conversation.

I actually knew it was coming. We had this conversation last year. It was June of 2005 that I blurted out the secret to the kids at dinner. We are going to WDW in 2 weeks!!!!!

I imagined my two boys jumping from the table, giving their mom hugs and high fives. Running up to each other and doing belly slams. Shouts of praises coming our way and wooo hoos and yeee haws! Watching them play air guitar and head banging. Me hearing thee phase I only hear when I am tickling them. When they had enough and they need me to stop they say, “Thanks mom, you’re the best mom, you’re the Queen of All Queens!” Yep, this is thee official phrase to say when you had enough. It's also thee phrase when mom comes through and gives you want you want! But I have to ask them then to say it. Reminds me of Deal or No Deal or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? And you give your Final Answer or take the Deal.

Side Note: After writing this I realized we hadn’t had a tickle session in a while and at bed time this was fresh in my head. The sad thing is, as they grow up these special moments don’t happen as often and they actually forget thee phrase. So, tonight I challenged them with tickles so I could hear thee phrase and Matt couldn’t remember it and said, “You smell pretty.” I lost it. Now the official phrase is: Thanks mom, you’re the best mom, you’re the Queen of all Queens, and you smell pretty!
Side note to side note: Once DH was tickling them, a long time ago, and Matt who had to have been about 3 or 4, told his dad he was the King of all Queens. It was pretty funny. That got some chuckles. End both side notes.

So, I’m sitting at the table looking at my two boys and you know what? You could have heard crickets. There was no celebrating, no moon walk across the floor, no secret handshakes, or blessings for mom. No one choked on their milk and spit it out. Huh?

Tim asked, “Did you hear your mother? She said we’re going to WDW”. Cool they said and kept eating. (Already spoiled.)



Back to the talk:

“We tell them when?” I asked him.

“We’re not.” He informs me.

“Huh? Why?”

“Because this time, it’s going to be a surprise.”

That feeling hit me real hard inside. “Oh, man I have to keep this a secret for 135 days?!!”

“Yep. You do.” He said.

“How are we going to tell them?”

That’s been the million dollar question here ever since. Since I’m doing the planning, I’m planning that as well. He’s had suggestions and I just keep letting them roll off my back. I’m doing this my way.

Tim travels, a lot. He just returned from Dallas. 2 weeks ago he went to St. Louis. Houston before that. So many times I could have said, hey kids guess what we’re going to WDW and you can’t tell your Dad, it’s a surprise. This is how we are going to keep this secret from him. But, I couldn’t do it.

I know Zach would have told him. He’s at that stage where he can’t tell a lie. In fact he tattles on his brother constantly. He would have tattled on Mommy too.

Matt? Lies threw his teeth. Thinks Mom and Dad are pushovers. I have to ask him questions repeatedly and from all different angels, quickly, to get the information out of him. He’s quick, but I’m quicker. I was once a kid too ya know.

Plus I don’t want them to lie. And that’s a big part of this surprise. I don’t want to lie to them. I have to say things that are factual. I don’t think not telling them is lying to them. I am going to tell them, just the morning that we are leaving. I thought about telling them the night before so they could experience some of the fun and excitement that comes with anticipation, but right now I think a good night’s sleep is so important to start the trip off right.

So, why should I keep this a secret? Because this is going to be huge for them! I’ve been building this up. They think we are still going in 2007. That’s possible. We’ve been watching specials on the Parks that I taped. We’ve been playing Disney board games. We watch Disney movies. We look back in old scrapbooks. We talk about our other trips all the time. We are using the saving for Disney jar. They have Disney in their little veins. My daughter believes she is a princess. If you call her anything else, like Stitch, she gets very upset. Remember that castle is hers. She’s gonna dance there. With a prince! She is. And she tells me she is. And I believe her. They have no clue what’s in store for them. Sometimes I wish they did. Maybe they’d behave a little more and treat mommy nicer, but then again, they wouldn’t.

I thought about sharing my secret here, but I think it will be more enjoyable to tell you after they experienced it. Surprise!! I want to walk you through each step as it happens. It’s kinda involved. At least the plan is. I hope then I can truly capture all the fun involved with finding out. Can you image finding out that in just a few short hours you are going to the Happiest Place on Earth? So, if you are still with me and thank you if you are, I will tell you all about it when we return from our trip. And I plan on a full trip report as well.

We leave in 16 days. Can you hang on that long? Hope you will still be with me when we get back. If anything exciting comes up before we leave, I’ll let you know about it.

See you real soon!

AWESOME pre-trippie!! I am HORRID at keeping surprises...this past trip I did keep one BIG surprise from dh (no, it was not that we were going It was that I had a diver go into the tank at the Coral Reef and hold up a sign saying Happy Anniversary and had personalized menus done (pictures and all) there too! They also added Happy Birthday to my son on the back! It was a GREAT surprise and dh was awestruck...

Back to your report...I cannot imagine the level of surprise and excited energy that will burst forth from your kids when they finally do find out where they are going! Aren't you glad for the DIS? You can share it all with us so you have an outlet before you explode!

THANKS FOR SHARING SUCH A HAPPY "PRE-MEMORY" with all of us!

One day you and your dh will look back on this with pride "remember when we surprised the kids with a trip to WDW? "

I cannot wait for your trip report!!

 

[monymony3471]

AWESOME pre-trippie!! I am HORRID at keeping surprises...this past trip I did keep one BIG surprise from dh (no, it was not that we were going It was that I had a diver go into the tank at the Coral Reef and hold up a sign saying Happy Anniversary and had personalized menus done (pictures and all) there too! They also added Happy Birthday to my son on the back! It was a GREAT surprise and dh was awestruck...

Back to your report...I cannot imagine the level of surprise and excited energy that will burst forth from your kids when they finally do find out where they are going! Aren't you glad for the DIS? You can share it all with us so you have an outlet before you explode!

THANKS FOR SHARING SUCH A HAPPY "PRE-MEMORY" with all of us!

One day you and your dh will look back on this with pride "remember when we surprised the kids with a trip to WDW? "

I cannot wait for your trip report!!

Jaycns: What a fantastic idea for a surprise. I hope while reading your trip report I'll get to see a picture of that! That's just too cool.

The dis has helped me immensly with keeping the surprise/secret as long as I have. Absolutely!

Thanks for reading and stopping by. I am enjoying your trip report as well. Your youngest son is such the poser. He's a little ham. You have a beautiful family. 3 weeks with Disney. That just amazes me.

PrincessV:

In case we don't hear from you before you go, have a marvelous, fantastic, incredible trip!

Thanks! You too! We will leave some magic for you there. We won't use it all up!

 

[jaycns]

Jaycns: What a fantastic idea for a surprise. I hope while reading your trip report I'll get to see a picture of that! That's just too cool.

The dis has helped me immensly with keeping the surprise/secret as long as I have. Absolutely!

Thanks for reading and stopping by. I am enjoying your trip report as well. Your youngest son is such the poser. He's a little ham. You have a beautiful family. 3 weeks with Disney. That just amazes me.

PrincessV:


Thanks! You too! We will leave some magic for you there. We won't use it all up!

YES...pictures of that surprise are included...if you will be dining at the Coral Reef and would like to try and set something up I can PM you the direct line.

Just let me know!

Oh and yes..."Stitch" is a HAM and a half!! I wish I could vacation like that all of the time!! Our longest vacation before this trip was the previous year...we stayed 11 days.

 

[SusanMomOf2]

I'm proud of you for not telling your sons yet! I can't keep a secret surprise at all! And it's funny that you won't tell us either! It's a good thing because we'll be able to go through it with you in your trip report.

 

[mousebit]

YAY, Monica! Only 2 weeks to go! (Did I get it right this time?!)

Really enjoying your pre-trippie. You are a great secret-keeper. I could never do it! And I guess you really are going to keep your plan a secret from us too...Well, that's just wrong. I really can't take all this suspense and excitement at my age. Those kids are going to burst when they find out and I'm going to have an anxiety induced cardiac episode just waitin' for your story. Do you really want all that on your conscience? Ya better fess up, spill the beans, give it up girl - for all our sakes!

Have a great trip and save some magic for me too, okay?

 

[monymony3471]

YAY, Monica! Only 2 weeks to go! (Did I get it right this time?!)

Really enjoying your pre-trippie. You are a great secret-keeper. I could never do it! And I guess you really are going to keep your plan a secret from us too...Well, that's just wrong. I really can't take all this suspense and excitement at my age. Those kids are going to burst when they find out and I'm going to have an anxiety induced cardiac episode just waitin' for your story. Do you really want all that on your conscience? Ya better fess up, spill the beans, give it up girl - for all our sakes!

Have a great trip and save some magic for me too, okay?

I added a statement at the bottom of my last post to cover my bottom until I unveil the surprise here. Take some medicine or go meditate or do yoga or something. A girl's gotta sleep at night. I have a trip I'm planning here.

 

[mousebit]

It's just wrong to keep us all hangin' like this...Wrong, I tell ya. Soooo wrong.

 

[mousebit]

Oh, BTW, I saw your little disclaimer in fine print. I don't think it will hold up in court.

 

[A&A'sGrammy]

I am just so very impressed with your secret keeping skills. My DH and I are planning a HUGE trip in early 2008 for our DD, her husband, our then 5 year old twin grandchildren, our DS and his then wife. We plan on staying at WDW about 10 days and a 4 night Disney cruise.

We started planning this when our DD was pregnant with the twins. That was about 4 years ago. Guess what? I told my DD about 6 months after the plans and saving started. with myself. I just COULDN"T keep it in. Seemed unfair that DS didn't know so we told him too!!!!!!
Now they can help with the planning. LOL

 

[monymony3471]

I am just so very impressed with your secret keeping skills. My DH and I are planning a HUGE trip in early 2008 for our DD, her husband, our then 5 year old twin grandchildren, our DS and his then wife. We plan on staying at WDW about 10 days and a 4 night Disney cruise.

We started planning this when our DD was pregnant with the twins. That was about 4 years ago. Guess what? I told my DD about 6 months after the plans and saving started. with myself. I just COULDN"T keep it in. Seemed unfair that DS didn't know so we told him too!!!!!!
Now they can help with the planning. LOL

Secrets are not easy. No siree. I almost told me kids today.....oh that's right I can't tell you yet either. Sorry.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Another great installment! I can't believe you are making us wait to learn about the surprise!

Hey, I updated my pre-trip, and my itinerary is now there...finally. It would be fun to meet up!

So, to those meeting, I could do 1pm on the 26th at Cindy's Carousel, but I wouldn't be around long. We have ADRs at LeCellier at 4pm. The 1st would work for me too. We will likely be doing MGM and Epcot that day. We have dinner ressies at 6pm, so we have until about 5pm.

monymony3471, looks like we are also doing MGM on 11/25, MK on 11/30,and MVMCP on 11/30.

So, let me know what you think. What do you guys want to do? PM me if ya want.

Are you all getting excited??? I am!

 

[monymony3471]

Another great installment! I can't believe you are making us wait to learn about the surprise!

Thanks. I hope your not terribly upset like some people.

Hey, I updated my pre-trip, and my itinerary is now there...finally. It would be fun to meet up!

I know I read it. We have a few chances of meeting up. I mean it. I'm looking for you with your camera stuck to your face and your husband chasing down cm's to pin trade with. I'm thinking my boys might want to get involved with this this year. I'm thinking of getting them a starter set. I can get them one at the parks right? A set, with the lanyard?

Are you all getting excited??? I am!

Absolutely! Yet I have to still remain calm. I seriously think I got a panic attack because of this today.

 

[monymony3471]

I am just so very impressed with your secret keeping skills. My DH and I are planning a HUGE trip in early 2008 for our DD, her husband, our then 5 year old twin grandchildren, our DS and his then wife. We plan on staying at WDW about 10 days and a 4 night Disney cruise.

We started planning this when our DD was pregnant with the twins. That was about 4 years ago. Guess what? I told my DD about 6 months after the plans and saving started. with myself. I just COULDN"T keep it in. Seemed unfair that DS didn't know so we told him too!!!!!!
Now they can help with the planning. LOL

Do the grandkids know? It can always be a surprise for them. This trip sounds very exciting for your family. Should be the vacation of all vacations. Keep us posted!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Thanks. I hope your not terribly upset like some people.

HeeHee, no, I'm not terribly upset. I can maybe get it out of you when we meet up.

I know I read it. We have a few chances of meeting up. I mean it. I'm looking for you with your camera stuck to your face and your husband chasing down cm's to pin trade with. I'm thinking my boys might want to get involved with this this year. I'm thinking of getting them a starter set. I can get them one at the parks right? A set, with the lanyard?

Then, you may very well spot us! My camera is big, and we both wear lanyards. Yes, you can buy starter sets at the parks. We bought them off of eBay because it is cheaper than buying pins at the parks (I can send you a link to the seller we just bought from if you want), and we trade a lot, so we need a lot of pins. DH seriously looks at practically every CM we encounter. He doesn't stop every one, but he walks around looking at their lanyards. It's something he can do while I take pics, so it's nice. He tells me if a CM has more that we need so I can trade too. Don't know if you know already, but some CM's wear special lanyards for kids-only trading. It's a great way to interact with the CM's too.

Absolutely! Yet I have to still remain calm. I seriously think I got a panic attack because of this today.

Oh dear! I can't imagine not being able to talk about it CONSTANTLY this close to departure. Thank goodness for the DIS! But I think it's very cool that you are surprising the kids!