Mary, those are so good! I've gotten a lot of great ideas from seeing your LO's..thanks!

I loved reading about the TinkerBell idea too! How sweet of you to put so much time and effort into making your families trip SOOO magical..you are an amazing mom!!!
You are so sweet. Thanks! Tinkerbell will be very busy when we get to Disney this year, so I'm pretty sure that she and the gang are going to be shipping a box to the boys, the day BEFORE we leave. I think she is going to have two big boxes inside that one. One labeled "For the drive" and the other labeled "In Florida". Each will contain more boxes. The ones for the drive might be labeled "For when you see the Louisiana/Texas border", then another for some city in Louisiana that we'll pass through, then the border at Missisippi, and Alabama, and Florida. It'll be worked out so that they are getting to open something every few hundred miles or so. To help keep them excited and hopefully make the drive fun. They will get things like new games for their DS's, Disney DVDs to watch, games, books, etc. They'll be getting Disney
crocs, beach towels, pjs, t-shirts, hats, wallets with Disney dollars, etc. "In Florida" This way, Tink doesn't have to worry about getting around every night without them knowing she's there. It'll still give them the excitement in the morning, but life will be easier for Tink. That trip was very special. It was truly our first family vacation and I worked hard to make it perfect, but there was magic that happened that I had no control over, like Peter giving the boys some Tink tickets, instead of the tourguide and Ryan getting chosen for Temporary Ruler of the Realm and waking Tinkerbell, when we knew she'd barely gotten to sleep after leaving that morning's tickets.
I can hardly wait to see what this one brings.
TTYL
Mary