Our Trick AND Treat- DD's Surprise Bday Trip! 11/4 Get Movin'

[kdzbear]

A is awesome! I would get a C normally! Enjoy your trip!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

One more Day! Have a great trip!

 

[MaryAz]

Congrats on the "A" boarding pass and ONE DAY!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

One more sleep...packed up and ready to fly (AND I just checked in for my flight and got "A" boarding group on Southwest... I never get A. So excited!!!)

A boarding group is AWESOME! I paid the extra for the automatic check in for January, only because I didn't want to have to worry about checking myself in for the flight while in Disney.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

So I ended up with a mirgraine at the end of the day today. I'll spare you the details but lets just say that I'm pretty certain that I don't need to worry about my calorie intake today.

Poor Aisling....tonight was her bday cake/presents with the grandparents, Randy's sister, and Randy's grandmother, plus a couple of cousins and I was miserable. And because of the migraine, I couldn't see right with my camera. I should have just put the flash on and took regular point and shoot pictures...instead I kept shooting, thinking things looked "ok" and then ended up crazy. Like this...

Or this gem...(apparently, I thought the focus was the junk food on the table )

 

[jenb1023]

Today is the day!

So sorry to hear about your migraine! You goofball - you can still take good pictures with that camera if you let it do the work. Oh well, you will have millions of amazing pictures of the real celebration in WDW!

Have an amazing trip and I can't wait to hear all about it!!!!

 

[kdzbear]

Have a fabulous trip! You kept the surprise! I can't wait to read all about it when you get home!

 

[shannn]

Have a great time!!

I can't wait to hear about the surprise!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I'm so sorry you weren't feeling well yesterday.

I hope you have a wonderful trip! I can't wait to see the reaction!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi everyone!!! I'm DISing from Ash's school parking lot! Heading in to get her and the its off to home for the surprise!!! Keep posted on FB for updates!!!

 

[sohappy]

got a text from Kristine- she said Ash was running around screaming "I'm so excited" over and over! I can't wait to see the video!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi all!

I'm back!!!! (and very exhausted today- why did I think it was a good idea to go to work????)

I would love to know why I have a Bay Lake Tower pic on my countdown! No, I didn't buy into DVC I need to go fix that!

I'm still working downloading all the pics. I did my PP edits and that is it so far. I have over a 1000 regular pics that need to be sorted out.

We had a great trip. It was extremely hot...record highs most days. BUT we didn't get a DROP of rain the whole week Aisling was extremely surprised. The video has been downloaded onto my home computer. I need to upload it to YouTube and then I will post it. I will warn you...it's long. Randy taped the whole surprise AND her opening her gifts from Tink. I don't know if I even have editing software for videos on my computer. Sooo, it won't be edited.

After the video, we quickly got her changed and had to listen to her saying "I'm so excited" over and over and over until we got to Florida! Overall, she did okay during the week. She had a few mini-meltdowns. Again, this goes back to my theory about not surprising kids with trips to WDW. I had assumed that it was just a bad idea to surprise kids who have never been since they didn't have time to get used to the idea and plan along. But even with kids who have been to WDW many times, they can get really overwhelmed with the surprise and sometimes have a hard time calming down. Also, as I feared, Aisling had very specific ideas about what she wanted to do and when and they didn't necessarily go along with the plans that we had made....so I will warn you...my plans went right out the window a couple of times.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Welcome Home!!

I missed you around here. I loved reading your updates on Facebook though for sure.

I'm so excited to hear all about your trip and see all the pictures.

 

[Jennifer48]

Welcome back!

The FB updates were awesome but i can't wait to hear all the details!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Sounds like you had a great trip.

How were the crowds? I need to check facebook, I didn't realize you were doing updates on facebook.

 

[kdzbear]

Welcome back! I loved all of the FB updates during your trip!

 

[shannn]

Welcome back!!

I can't wait to see your surprise!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Here is the surprise video link....enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eqzPhOS6E

 

[Lady Lallie]

Here is the surprise video link....enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eqzPhOS6E

I already commented on Facebook but I have to repeat my favorite line is Randy's comment "You can never have too many glowsticks." That just made me laugh out loud.

Aisling looks happy yet confused. I bet it's overwhelming to be surprised like that.

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I'm sorry for you that you are back. I always hate the end of vacations-especially disney ones. But I'm looking forward to hearing about it.

It's really neat to hear to your voice on the video.

My DD9 was watching along with me and she kept saying "There's another gift in there? You never gave us that much when we went to Disney MOM". She was seriously wishing she was your daughter at that moment.