This is my first trip report and I've spent the day with a sick kid on my lap reading other trip reports and thought "I can't wait to write mine!" Then I said to myself, "Wait! I can start mine!" So here we go...
First the cast of characters -
This is us, our family portrait last Christmas.
There's me, Sandy. I'm 35, stay at home mom, just finished an MFA in Writing for Children. I love kids books, but my favorites are YA novels. If I could have been 16 forever I would have been happy. Then again, I would haven't met my DH!
Who is Noah. Noah's 36, an engineer and workaholic. Seriously, when I originally booked this trip, it was for 8 nights but he told me the thought of being away that long stressed him out. So I shortened it to 6 nights and he feels better. Hopefully this trip will turn him around!
Noah and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in May. We went on a Disney Cruise Land/Sea trip for our honeymoon. We had a great time at Disney, but I remember being really exhausted the whole time. We took a lot of naps! We went back in 2005 for a few days before a family cruise with my sister and her two small kids. We ditched them so fast because it took us an hour to make it down Main St! Now we're doing the trip with our own two small ones and that is why my mom thinks we're crazy!
My oldest is Lucas, he'll have just turned 4 two weeks before our trip. He has been diagnosed with mild PDDNOS (high functioning autism) and will probably end up with an Asperger's syndrome diagnosis but they won't give him that so early. Lucas is very very smart, has a memory recall that really freaks me out sometimes (like the other day he started telling me that the rental car we had last summer was gold, why would he remember that?). We really have no idea how he will react to the crowds and stimulation. He actually usually thrives in environments like that, but he does need his sleep and naps so that is going to be a challenge.
Ryan is our youngest. He'll be turning 2 two weeks after our trip. I squeezed this trip in so that he will still fly for free. He isn't talking very much yet, but he lets us know what he wants and as long as he gets it he's happy
We're going Sept 23-29th and staying at the Boardwalk Villas. We originally were staying at Wilderness Lodge. I've changed my mind a lot on this trip. Just this morning, I was saying to my husband "I was thinking about Disney..." and he just handed me his wallet. He jokes that every week I change something about our trip. I'm just trying to make this the best trip for the boys I can!
First the cast of characters -
This is us, our family portrait last Christmas.
There's me, Sandy. I'm 35, stay at home mom, just finished an MFA in Writing for Children. I love kids books, but my favorites are YA novels. If I could have been 16 forever I would have been happy. Then again, I would haven't met my DH!
Who is Noah. Noah's 36, an engineer and workaholic. Seriously, when I originally booked this trip, it was for 8 nights but he told me the thought of being away that long stressed him out. So I shortened it to 6 nights and he feels better. Hopefully this trip will turn him around!
Noah and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in May. We went on a Disney Cruise Land/Sea trip for our honeymoon. We had a great time at Disney, but I remember being really exhausted the whole time. We took a lot of naps! We went back in 2005 for a few days before a family cruise with my sister and her two small kids. We ditched them so fast because it took us an hour to make it down Main St! Now we're doing the trip with our own two small ones and that is why my mom thinks we're crazy!
My oldest is Lucas, he'll have just turned 4 two weeks before our trip. He has been diagnosed with mild PDDNOS (high functioning autism) and will probably end up with an Asperger's syndrome diagnosis but they won't give him that so early. Lucas is very very smart, has a memory recall that really freaks me out sometimes (like the other day he started telling me that the rental car we had last summer was gold, why would he remember that?). We really have no idea how he will react to the crowds and stimulation. He actually usually thrives in environments like that, but he does need his sleep and naps so that is going to be a challenge.
Ryan is our youngest. He'll be turning 2 two weeks after our trip. I squeezed this trip in so that he will still fly for free. He isn't talking very much yet, but he lets us know what he wants and as long as he gets it he's happy
We're going Sept 23-29th and staying at the Boardwalk Villas. We originally were staying at Wilderness Lodge. I've changed my mind a lot on this trip. Just this morning, I was saying to my husband "I was thinking about Disney..." and he just handed me his wallet. He jokes that every week I change something about our trip. I'm just trying to make this the best trip for the boys I can!