Fun Beckons

2005,
we packed our kids and an exchange student and headed to Disney World.

Yes, A2 IS wearing his pajamas, we started driving in the middle of the night to get to our plane.

and

at the risk of losing everyone to a cliche,

it was magical.

Oh, there were not-so-magical moments--





The exchange student's 8-day ticket disappeared from our room;

I lost my memory stick;

the hurricanes skirting Florida pelted us with downpours for a very wet, first Dumbo ride
click on the picture if you don't believe me






and my Hubby spent most of our trip trying to sort out meeting times with his Dad. His cellphone became permanently fixed to his ear (and my scowl lines grew deeper).

But I have so many more fond memories--

Like seeing this little guy have the time of his life... up to the point where we broke him.
(we walked so far the first 2 days that for the rest of the trip we had to pose him with characters since he couldn't unbend his legs... and yes, we finally decided that a stroller would be a good idea)

This is all going to be used against me in court, isn't it?



And eating the best food I have ever
over-consumed
at Boma's while laughing at J1's excitement
over the dessert (Him: "Mom! You have to try these, it's like putting a jelly fish in your mouth!"
Me: "uh..., yum?").

No matter how hard you look,

you will not see J1 in this photo.

He ate TOO many desserts

and was being sick in the bathroom.

Oh, and watching my kids smile and laugh uninhibitedly, with no schedules or obligations
for any of us.















Seeing the admiration (ok, it was more like hero-worship) of my three boys
who had no idea that their Mom was the reigning champion of Galaga in her youth
(Hubby says I smashed the record at Pizza Planet, but I don't remember details. I only remember wishing I'd just get killed off because my old lady hands were hurting).

sigh. Good times.

We were planning our next trip before we even boarded the plane for home.

That trip is now, we've started the 60-day countdown...

It's a small world after all,
anyone planning a road trip that wants to meet me at the castle?