The Last of the OCD Type A Planners To Get Her Dec 2011 TR started...

[Moodyzblu]

Joining in !

Sorry about the reveal .. I'd have been very upset too.

But you got to go to Disney !!

 

[shocky5]

Cant wait to read more!!!

I'm new to DISboards, but certainly not to WDW!!!

Santa surprised our 2 children this Christmas (actually he surprised all of us with a trip to WDW in March! Reading all these trip reports has gotten me soo excited for our trip......

Welcome! It's nice to have readers with upcoming trips because the rest of us can live vicariously through you!!

 

[shocky5]

Count me in. I can't wait to read more.

Yeah! Welcome! I will have to come join your PTR!

 

[shocky5]

Story of my life...always late it seems! Just for the record your title refers to Ann and Ashley right?

I am still crying for you over the unexpected reveal...but you are right pull up the big girl panties after all you can shout "I'm going to Disney World." So love Nate's ornament...bet he loved it too! Nolan's face is priceless...and Erin...I know why you have the back of the head shot with her....

Had you not started your TR yet, Tammie, my title would have been "The second to the last of the OCD Type A Planners..."

And yes - you are correct... even before I took that picture of Erin, she told me ahead of time "Mom, I'm going to turn my head while you take this picture because... you know... I look pretty gross right now."

I'm in .

Welcome! Happy to have you along!!

It's too bad the reveal did not go exactly according to plan. It is such a tough thing to keep secret and you almost made it! I think I would have cried and been really frustrated by that.

I love the am pictures. My kids definitely do NOT look that cute or happy at that time in the morning. No morning people here.... we are bears in the morning, which in the end has its funny moment too.

Laura - you are right - I think because we were so very close to the reveal is what 'bit' the most!!

I'm in....

I'm sorry that the reveal didn't go as planned. I can't remember who told me that though through a text... maybe you? But hey, they were still surprised with the gifts! And did they know it was Disney or just Florida?

I can't remember if I texted or threw it on the DIS before the packing resumed. But I do think you and I talked about it. And Nolan did say "Florida" but my kids know my love for the mouse and his world so that was next out of their mouths.

Joining in !

Sorry about the reveal .. I'd have been very upset too.

But you got to go to Disney !!

Thank you! Your trip is getting closer!!

 

[15isto2]

Looks like I am late to the party but am allong for the ride

 

[shocky5]

Just wanted to share with you all... my daughter just called me and told me the varsity basketball coach is going to have her play with the junior varsity tonight... she's an 8th grader for those that don't know... excited for her! Will be a good experience for her... and then there's this tiny bit of nagging in the back of my mind telling me that some of those JV girls mamas are not going to be happy about this... because it will take time away from their child on the court if he puts Erin in.

More to come... magic that all the drama mama's stay calm tonight.

 

[shocky5]

Looks like I am late to the party but am allong for the ride

Welcome! And absolutely NOT late! I just started this last night and there's still the travel to Disney plus 8 more days to cover!

Happy to have you here!!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Ok, I'm hooked.

So sorry your surprise didn't go as planned. I still dream of the day that I can surprise my kids but I'm too much of a talker for that to happen. If I find something new on the DIS I can't wait to share the info with them.

 

[oceanwave]

Loving your trip report!

I can totally understand why you were upset when the reveal didn't go as planned. I would have been upset too!

Looking forward to hear more about your trip

 

[Moodyzblu]

Just wanted to share with you all... my daughter just called me and told me the varsity basketball coach is going to have her play with the junior varsity tonight... she's an 8th grader for those that don't know... excited for her! Will be a good experience for her... and then there's this tiny bit of nagging in the back of my mind telling me that some of those JV girls mamas are not going to be happy about this... because it will take time away from their child on the court if he puts Erin in.

More to come... magic that all the drama mama's stay calm tonight.

Thats awesome !! She must be so proud. I hope the game goes well !!

 

[MelMel11]

Im in!!!

 

[momabaarjo]

Just wanted to share with you all... my daughter just called me and told me the varsity basketball coach is going to have her play with the junior varsity tonight... she's an 8th grader for those that don't know... excited for her! Will be a good experience for her... and then there's this tiny bit of nagging in the back of my mind telling me that some of those JV girls mamas are not going to be happy about this... because it will take time away from their child on the court if he puts Erin in.

More to come... magic that all the drama mama's stay calm tonight.

Go Erin Go

 

[danimaroo]

I'm in! I missed out on your PTR but I like how you write and I'm excited to follow along! We are heading out dos WDW in 6 days, but I will be keeping up with your TR before and after our trip.

My heart broke for you when the reveal was messed up. Such a bummer! But on the bright side, the kids were really excited which is a grea thing. Can't wait to hear about the whole trip; your kids definitely sound like characters.

 

[veggiemama]

Just wanted to share with you all... my daughter just called me and told me the varsity basketball coach is going to have her play with the junior varsity tonight... she's an 8th grader for those that don't know... excited for her! Will be a good experience for her... and then there's this tiny bit of nagging in the back of my mind telling me that some of those JV girls mamas are not going to be happy about this... because it will take time away from their child on the court if he puts Erin in.

More to come... magic that all the drama mama's stay calm tonight.

Good for you Erin!

Don't worry about the other mama's, Erin has earned her place to be there playing with them. Well done!

 

[shocky5]

Ok, I'm hooked.

So sorry your surprise didn't go as planned. I still dream of the day that I can surprise my kids but I'm too much of a talker for that to happen. If I find something new on the DIS I can't wait to share the info with them.

So happy to have you! I'm very flattered that I'm picking up readers so I will try to move this report along and keep it entertaining!

I can be a talker, too. There were times I found myself about to slip and my DH would look at me like this and cut me off before I said too much.

Loving your trip report!

I can totally understand why you were upset when the reveal didn't go as planned. I would have been upset too!

Looking forward to hear more about your trip

I'm glad you like the report! I'm having a great time putting it together! Thanks for reading along!!!

 

[shocky5]

Im in!!!

Thanks for reading along!

I'm in! I missed out on your PTR but I like how you write and I'm excited to follow along! We are heading out dos WDW in 6 days, but I will be keeping up with your TR before and after our trip.

My heart broke for you when the reveal was messed up. Such a bummer! But on the bright side, the kids were really excited which is a grea thing. Can't wait to hear about the whole trip; your kids definitely sound like characters.

Thank you! How exciting your trip is so close! Seems like 'just yesterday' I was just days ahead of leaving for ours! Treasure each and every moment, the good and the bad, and then you can allow us to live vicariously through you when you return!

My kids are characters! I can't wait for my photopass cd to arrive... I made a 'special' picture out of one of the pics they took to share with everyone...

 

[KatMark]

Amy, I'm here...and I'm late. But I promise to be back and catch up soon.

 

[shocky5]

I left you all with my family leaving our house for the airport. Our take off time was 6:50 a.m. It's an easy 35-40 minute drive to the Tulsa Airport and we left the house about 5:10a, est. time of arrival to check bags was 6:00a which for our airport is PLENTY of time.

What we didn't count on... as soon as we parked an airport worker pulled up in the golf cart baggage carrier contraption to assist with luggage and driving us up to the check-in. AWESOME! We wouldn't have to walk in the cold. HOWEVER... Mr. ?? whose name eludes me right now immediately recognized my DH and begins to question him to determine how he knows him. Turns out, Mr. ?? was a retired coach who had coached some baseball games against my DH and Mr. ?? was extremely talkative and distracted by running into DH. SO what should have taken just minutes to get up to the baggage check, took literally 10 minutes... clock is now ticking in my head... it's COLD outside... and as we finally make our way up to baggage check... I'm hearding our children and luggage to the door while DH is still being contained by Mr. ??.

We were already checked in so all we had to do was drop our luggage off. Took maybe a minute. Just as I started to feel a little bit of relief... we head up the escalators and in all of my years of flying out of this airport, I have NEVER seen a line at security check. And boy was there a line...

The time is now pushing 6:20a. There was no doubt in my mind that they were beginning to board our plane. We tell DH bye and basically Erin and I were crying. Couldn't help it. Just felt so strange to be leaving him behind even knowing he would be catching up with us in a few days. He tells us bye and heads back to find the car so he can get to school on time and we submit to the security line. Erin is still teary eyed, and now also realizing our plane leaves in 30 minutes. So she is now fretting, as well. I'm trying to be the rooster and the hen of our family so I put on the 'fake happy face' and reassure them the plane won't leave us. They have our bags, they know we are here and they don't want to have to figure out how to get us there so they will wait. We commence to people watching in line and try to strategically pick which path we will take when the line finally splits after boarding passes are checked. Thankfully, a security agent came over after we cleared the first checkpoint to remind me the boys did not have to remove shoes which saved some time and we were through by 6:45a.

As we were run/walking to our gate which THANK YOU LORD was the first one and not the last one in our terminal, we hear on the overhead:

"<insert our last name here> party of 4 to gate B1, <last name> party of 4 to gate B1..."

The lady at the gate just finishes the announcement as we run up to the gate and she has a very sweet smile on... and said "I knew you were here!" Which made me look like a genius to the kids.

We board with no problems... the door shuts... and even though Erin was crying again <she's not my flier> we were on our way.

Only had time for one picture...

Isn't that gross?? I can't tell you how many times I had to tell my 9 year old "Get your hands out of your mouth..." EWWWW

First stop - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.

 

[shocky5]

Amy, I'm here...and I'm late. But I promise to be back and catch up soon.

Kathy! I knew you'd eventually make your way over here! You aren't late!

 

[shocky5]

We made it to Dallas/Fort Worth airport with no problems which really helped put Erin's uneasiness back in check. I was grateful for the smooth flight we had. Since we didn't have a chance to grab breakfast at the Tulsa airport, we made our way to our departure terminal and found a Starbuck's near our gate. Muffins, apple juice and a BIG COFFEE for mom... and we were able to park ourselves for our layover. It wasn't too long of a layover - just over an hour - and we were soon chatting it up with another family who were also headed to Disney. I have no pictures to share... I was somewhat frazzled in making sure I kept track of my kids and made it on the next plane. I do know that at one point while we were sitting and waiting to board that one of my kids knocked my coffee over on my foot... It wasn't a terrible thing other than I was tempted to lick the spilled coffee off of my shoe.

We boarded and departed on time and had another wonderful, smooth flight to Orlando. We were 'officially' becoming more excited, even while missing Dad, and after landing in Orlando, catching the mini-monorail shuttle we were headed to baggage claim. We did not do DME this time - we reserved car transportation this trip. And this would have been PERFECT if I hadn't have made a right turn when I should have made a left... delaying us meeting our luggage and our driver by about 10 minutes. Oh well... Demetrius, which was our driver's name... looked awfully lonely standing there with our name on his board. Grabbed our luggage, loaded it up and away we went!

Here is a picture of Erin and Nate in the town car. It's kind of dark but the car was parked in a shaded area.

It was a short 15-20 minute ride through Orlando and into the Happiest Place on Earth! And the excitement we felt when we started to see these tell-tale signs was familiar and welcomed!

We were officially back for our Christmas trip to Disney World!