Mommy, who are they?

Kitty woke up this morning and came into Mommy & Daddy's room saying she was wet. As we went to her room, she asked, "Mommy, who are they?", meaning the two people sleeping on the sofa bed in the living room.

Mommy replied, "Friends."

Kitty then asked, "Do you know them?"

Mommy assured Kitty, "Yes."

As Kitty was getting dressed, Mommy went back into the living room. Both Unca and G were giggling. Unca said that Kitty had come over to them, looked closely at their faces and then proceeded to Mommy's room.

Mommy went to check on Kitty and woke Jules, asking her to come into the living room.

Once Jules was there, she exclaimed, "Unca." At this point, both Unca and G sat up and greeted the girls. Kitty was still a bit unsure, as the last time she saw Unca, she was only three years old.

Unca and G are making pancakes and bacon for breakfast. We'll post more on today this evening.

Ugh, mornings come too early in the day!

We made it to our breakfast this morning. We're glad we had planned on this being a free day for us - no parks, just rest.

Unfortunately, it was more of a small continental deal. Also, we got the sales pitch about "buying into" their vacation club. The place we were shown was nice, but did the whole thing need to SIX hours! The girls were entertained in a play room with toys and Disney movies.

Once we were done with that boring time, we had lunch and were able to go to the pool. It is shaped like Mickey's head, which amused the girls.

A benefit of sitting through the long presentation was that we were able to get our Disney tickets for just over half price. We have two major parks and one water park ticket. We're starting that tomorrow.

Mommy talked to Unca and G today. They are coming in to visit with us and going to a Disney park as well. They should be in early morning on Tuesday.

Mommy is up at this time, as she is creating custom T-shirts for the family to wear at the parks (except the water one, of course!) The one for the Magic Kingdom is a picture of Cinderella's castle sitting on clouds with fireworks above. This was placed on a light blue T. Mommy made six of these, as Unca and G are going as well.

The shirt for Animal Kingdom has an animal safari silhouette on a yellow shirt. Unca and G would need to be back at work by the time we went to this park, so it was just four shirts. This one was really cool.

Off to bed for Mommy, as an early morning call will come to let in our guests.

Disney, here we come!

Today we made the final leg of our journey, arriving in Orlando after supper time. We checked into our room, unpacked, shopped at Walmart for needed food stuffs, unwound a little and went to bed.

Once we left Marietta, we gave the girls some new dolls. They both like the Disney Fairies and have even taken a "quiz" to determine which fairy they are most like. Jules is most like Silvermist, a water fairy. Kitty is most like Rosetta, a garden fairy. So, each girl got the appropriate doll. That kept them busy for awhile.

We stopped in Lake City, Georgia for lunch.

One the way, we stopped at a welcome center just over the Florida state line. They offered cups of Orange Juice or Grapefruit Juice for everyone to try. Kitty and Jules realized where we were when the saw a sign that said "Welcome to Florida" outside the building. We can't believe we kept the secret that long! Perhaps, Jules was just playing along for the benefit of her sister.

Mommy had wanted to keep the Disney part of the trip secret a bit longer, but Daddy showed the girls a brochure when Jules asked where in Florida we would be going.

Okay, so now they knew. At least we didn't need to be secretive anymore. As a bonus, they didn't bug us too much as to when we would arrive in Orlando or what day we would be heading to the park.

Tomorrow we have a welcome breakfast at 8AM.

And, away we go!

Today we left for our vacation in Florida. Grandma stayed at the house and left after we did to maintain the illusion for the girls. We talked about where we were going as we drove. Jules thought we were going to The Lakehouse - a residence of our friends. We have been there before and stayed overnight, so it seemed natural to the girls that we would pack up and go. And, they thought that Daddy would get to go with us this time.

We kept the girls busy with some new activities: princess draw boards and coloring books. They stored them in their princess backpacks we had purchased for this trip, but the girls got them a few weeks ago.

Both Kitty and Jules kept asking when we would be there. We said we weren't there yet, but soon. As they watched movies later in the afternoon, they still didn't get that we weren't going to The Lakehouse. Jules did wonder why it took us so long to get there.

We spent the night at a hotel in Marietta, Georgia. We went swimming and then to bed.

Only one day to go!

Grandma arrived today. She is staying overnight, with the excuse that she has a meeting or seminar in town tomorrow morning. Actually, she is here to take the dogs to her house while we are on our trip. The girls don't have any idea where we are going. It's probably that Kitty doesn't even know we are leaving.

Mom hopes she has planned enough to be able to make this vacation relaxing.