Weve told the girls.

[sharon78]

It was Chloes 12th birthday on Tuesday so we though it would be a great time to tell them that their going back to Walt Disney World.
We booked it over a year ago (Jan 06) and managed to keep it a secret.

I brought a folder with clear pockets and done it all on the computer, it took me hours.Front page was;Your Florida Vacation 2007 then i put photos of the hotels we're staying at.Second page was when are we going and about the Gatwick hotel,time of flight ect. I then did a different page for each of the parks with new additions since our last vist. Next 2 pages of ADR's all with dates times & photos (BBB at Downtown went down really well).
A page then all about St Pete beach, another one for Busch Gardens all with photos.Then DH also did a countdown calender with how many days to go for them to put on their bedroom door and cross of the days each night before bed.
They were stunned, they couldnt believe it, then the excitement came

What a great birthday this was turning out to be.They had been to do their swim awards at 9am and both done really well, Chloe did 600m Ellie-Mae did her 400m. It was after they had been swimming had a bath and hair wash that we told them, Nanny & Grandad was also there to see them get their folders . (also didnt want to tell them before swimming).
We had pancakes for lunch then it was time to pick Chloes friend up & go Ice Skating. We were there about an hour & Ellie-Mae falls over(something she doesnt very often do,shes quite good at skating) then unfortunately DH runs over her fingers with his ice skates on.It wasnt good, she didnt cry she just got up even tho there was blood on the ice and running of her hand. I just got loads of tissues out of my pocket and took her to the toilets, at which point she went white, started to shake and felt dizzy. I shouted for DH to go & get someone and the first-aider came & took her to the first-aid room it was still bleeding he held her hand up and put some gauze on it & held it untill it stopped bleeding. She had sliced her thumb and three fingers, it was awful DH took her to A&E and she had her thumb glued, her fingers had deep cuts also but the Dr said they would be ok. So now shes got her thumb bandaged up & got to go to our local hospital next week to have it checked.

What a day.
Sharon x

 

[Minniespal]

What a wonderful surprise ~ I would never have managed to keep it a secret for so long.

Your holiday folder sounds amazing ~ What alot of work you must have put into it.

Sending some that Ellie-Mae's fingers heal quickly.

 

[natalielongstaff]

a day of highs and lows ellie-mae was very brave

 

[mandymouse]

What a wonderful surprise and your folder sounds like a fab idea

 

[Madjock]

Ouch!!! just reading about her poor wee fingers made me shiver. Hope she's recovering now

Your surprise sounded wonderful, I hope you all have a lovely time.

 

[BRobson]

That was a lovely way to tell them .I bet their faces were a picture

Hope your DD fingers are on the mend soon

 

[Chilly]

What a day you've had! Hope everything works out ok, if nothing else its a good story for her to tell her friends.

 

[ariel75]

what a shame about her finger all the excitement must have made her numb.
hope her fingers get better soon.

 

[Spook]

OMG what a day! Sending Ellie-Mae some for a quick recovery - what a brave girl she is
Jan

 

[DisneyJo]

Wow what a great surprise, well done to the girls on their swimming badges but poor Ellie-mae's fingers it sounded if she was very brave, it made me cringe just reading about it, hope they mend soon.

 

[jen_uk]

Talk about a rollercoaster of a day! What a fab mum you are making up the folder.

Hope DD fingers get better soon, Im sure the excitement of your holiday will help take her mind off of it!!

 

[squitty]

Poor Ellie Mae, glad to hear she is all glued back together (DD had to have this done when she split her chin)

Glad the girls loved the suprise

 

[KayleeUK]

Happy Belated Birthday Chloe !

Hope you fingers are better soon Ellie-Mae

 

[carolfoy]

wow, what a day! its like a book - only better cos its real! PD for Ellies fingers, hope they're better soon

 

[mark&sue]

Looking forward to the trip reports!


Susan

 

[florida sun]

Wonderful surprise Hope the finger heals quickly

 

[jns]

Wonderful surprise Hope the finger heals quickly

 

[jockey]

Great suprise. Hope your DD fingers heal soon

 

[sharon78]

Thankyou for all your wishes

Ellie-Mae's fingers are starting to heal nicely & she's not needed any pain relief today.

 

[arieljasmine]

What a wonderful surprise, I can't believe you managed to keep it a secret for so long! The folders and countdown calendars sound really lovely, what a fun idea, and I'm sure the girls appreciate them. Congratulations to both your girls on their swimming too.

Pleased to hear that Ellie-Mae is healing well - that is what always puts me off ice skating. She must be really brave.

ArielJasmine