Melanie230
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2006
- Messages
- 1,706
Well here is my family....Matt my great husband of almost 12 years, Melanie...mom to the best kids, Hayden...sweetest boy I know, and Lauren...my little go getter!
We have always been a Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure family...but DH talked me into a new adventure this year. Well when AAA sent us the free dining offer...we began to talk about it. I realized that the offer lasted until October 3, 2009. Well where we live in North Carolina, our schools are year round. (Kids go to school 9 weeks and then have a 3 week break) Well our first break is September 26, 2009. So we could go to Disney our first week of break, the last week of free dining AND Sunday, September 27 is DH birthday! Talk about LOTS of
!!! So April 15, 2009 I called Barbara Abate at AAA and she got right to work! The next day...we paid for 1/2 the trip!!! I started thinking...maybe we shouldn't tell the kids...what would happen if something came up, or someone got sick, or maybe a hurricane in Florida. We decided to keep this trip a secret. I started talking to DH and we just couldn't let it go down without a BIG SURPRISE....so we set it up. My DH mother lives in Georgia. It takes about 6.5 hours to get to her house. We decided to take the kids out of school on Friday at 12:30 on Sept. 25th and they believe that we are headed to grandma's! We have decided to pull off at the Florida state line and let them get a look around and realize we aren't in Georgia. We have little envelopes made up for both children...each contain a AAA luggage tag from Disney, a Disney gift card, a map to Pop Century, and a piece of paper that says...HERE IS YOUR TICKET TO DISNEY! I plan on videotapping the entire reveal! Needless to say...keeping this HUGE secret for the last 4 months has been very hard. But we have managed. So, now we start our last full week at home...very busy week, lots to do. Trip is completely paid for...tickets to MNSSHP have been paid for! Called the AAA agent and got our base ticket upgraded to Park Hoppers! So the adventure is coming...I can hardly wait!
We have always been a Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure family...but DH talked me into a new adventure this year. Well when AAA sent us the free dining offer...we began to talk about it. I realized that the offer lasted until October 3, 2009. Well where we live in North Carolina, our schools are year round. (Kids go to school 9 weeks and then have a 3 week break) Well our first break is September 26, 2009. So we could go to Disney our first week of break, the last week of free dining AND Sunday, September 27 is DH birthday! Talk about LOTS of
!!! So April 15, 2009 I called Barbara Abate at AAA and she got right to work! The next day...we paid for 1/2 the trip!!! I started thinking...maybe we shouldn't tell the kids...what would happen if something came up, or someone got sick, or maybe a hurricane in Florida. We decided to keep this trip a secret. I started talking to DH and we just couldn't let it go down without a BIG SURPRISE....so we set it up. My DH mother lives in Georgia. It takes about 6.5 hours to get to her house. We decided to take the kids out of school on Friday at 12:30 on Sept. 25th and they believe that we are headed to grandma's! We have decided to pull off at the Florida state line and let them get a look around and realize we aren't in Georgia. We have little envelopes made up for both children...each contain a AAA luggage tag from Disney, a Disney gift card, a map to Pop Century, and a piece of paper that says...HERE IS YOUR TICKET TO DISNEY! I plan on videotapping the entire reveal! Needless to say...keeping this HUGE secret for the last 4 months has been very hard. But we have managed. So, now we start our last full week at home...very busy week, lots to do. Trip is completely paid for...tickets to MNSSHP have been paid for! Called the AAA agent and got our base ticket upgraded to Park Hoppers! So the adventure is coming...I can hardly wait!
What a great surprise! I wish I could keep it a secret for my kids but I get to excited!! Can't wait to tag along on your adventure.
UGHH!!! So needless to say my daughter stayed home today. She was exposed on Friday...according to the CDC it takes about 1-4 days to show symptoms. Tomorrow is day 4 and so far so good. I can only pray that she stays healthy. 
We may just decide to keep her home this entire week. I am afraid of the other students in the classroom that have gotten the H1N1 and haven't gotten the symptoms yet, and sending her to school will only expose her again. So the yardwork is done, inside of the car is cleaned, some of the packing has been completed. 
