Out of character for me and Jason, we decided to plan a last minute trip to Disney World. We figured now was the time since I have been feeling much better (and I am not too big yet), the weather isn't too hot and we had heard the lines aren't bad in May. And somewhere in the planning we decided not to tell the kids we were going. It was a rough 2 weeks of hiding emails (Mia can read everything now, and likes to read my emails over my shoulder), packing the luggage and hiding it in my closet, getting in touch with Mia's teacher and getting her school work without her knowing, etc. But it was so worth it when we saw the looks on their faces when the night before we left we surprised them with new Minnie and Daisy shirts and said we were getting on a plane the next morning to go to see them in Orlando. That wasn't great planning on our part, because they were too excited to go to sleep. But we boarded the plane the next morning with 2 very excited children, and headed to Orlando. We stayed at a fantastic hotel out by the parks. It had a water slide that Mia liked all most as much as Disney. We spent one full day at the Magic Kingdom - and it was perfect!! Most rides had no line. We walked right onto Pirates of the Carribean and Haunted Mansion. Mia got to ride Splash Mountain 4 times, and Thunder Mountain twice. Lily discovered her love of roller coasters on Goofy's coaster in Toontown, and the girls (and Jason) did that ride at least 10 times. We couldn't have asked for a better day. The next day we headed to Blizzard Beach - one of Disney's water parks. That was a blast!! There was so much for the kids to do and we loved the big slides. To relax while on vacation, we spent a day just playing in the hotel pool, and then met up with meemaw and pop-pop for a few days at the beach. Disney was fun and exciting, but nothing compares to a few days of laying on the beach and playing in the waves. I am just so grateful to be feeling better and so I was able to spend this vacation playing and having fun with the girls. We made lots of memories, and look forward to going back in a few years to introduce another little one to the magic of Disney.
Here are some more photos from our great trip!!
