Disney Day 1

We had one more surprise left, so we had to wake up SUPER early again to catch the 8:00 am shuttle. 

CC was back and forth with wearing a princess dress, but she decided to wear regular clothes and take a dress with us. She never wore one and knew the princesses were just girls dressed up. I am so happy she went at the height of her princess obsession when she lived in her princess dresses and thought they were real- just like Emory this time. She still loved every part of it though. 

 We rode the ferry over to Magic Kingdom. Our first stop was breakfast with the princesses in Cinderella's castle!!!

It was super packed to get in but we got to bypass all the lines b/c we had 9:00 breakfast reservations!

Right when we walked in a man driving a firetruck asked if we wanted a ride! We hopped right in and had front door service to the castle! 

Our table had the perfect view of the carousel!

Emory was in awe!

The breakfast was awesome and the girls got a wishing star and a cinderella wand to go with breakfast!

All the princesses came by to say hello! This is the first time I can say that this is a bad looking Sleeping Beauty- don't you think?!

We celebrated the girls birthdays while we were there. They got cupcakes and everyone sang to them!!

Christian's favorite princess we met (b/c she looked and talked just like Tiana in the movie)

first stop- the carousel we starred at during breakfast. 

Our first ride was It's a Small World.

We bought princess hats- even Daddy liked it:)

took a quick snooze

Emory drove me around (she was super nervous b/c she thought we were really wanting her to drive a car. I had to talk her into driving. "But I'm just a kid"

CC drove Daddy around.

took a stop at Pooh's house!

Then we rode Space Mountain!

ya'll- this was SCARY! We all had to sit in individual seat, so EMory was by herself. I obviously had forgotten what Space Mountain was like, otherwise I would have never put E on it. When we got off Emory said "Mama, THAT.WAS. SCARY." but 10 minutes later wanted to go on it again!

the picture they took during the ride. 

We rode a new roller coaster called The Barnstormer. It was pretty jerky and CC almost lost her Minnie ears. She thought it was hilarious b/c I really did have to reach up and grab them b/f they flew away! 

they both loved Dumbo. This is the only thing that CC remembers from the last time we went 

watched a few parades. 

The 9 hour surprise

Bryan and I got the girls to bed early Sunday night and started packing the car for our surprise trip. We woke up at 4:45, got ready and had everything in the car. Then picked up the girls one by one from their beds, put them on the potty (still asleep). Bryan got Emory up first and put her in the car. She asked what he was doing- he just said "it's a secret."

Then we picked CC up and we wouldn't tell her what we were going- just put her in the car. She kept saying "What are we doing? This isn't normal!"

At this point, the girls were wide awake and wondering what we were doing. We told them we were taking a surprise trip and they had 11 presents to open that would give them hints.

 The first present (seatbelt pet): CC guessed we were going fishing b/c we were up early and Bryan had on a fishing shirt. Emory thought Daddy was putting her in the car to tell her a secret (b/c that is what he told her) then we were going back in the house- ha!

The 2nd present (a zoobie animal blanket- they guessed the zoo b/c both of the presents were animals.

 We drove through Alex City and they guess we were going to Gran and PawPaw's house. It was a PERFECT guess b/c we were making a quick stop by their house for a bathroom break! They were SO excited and thought that was the surprise. About 15 minutes of being there, we told them to get back in the car. They were SOOOO confused-hehehe!!
Once in the car they opened the backpack of car activities- they still thought the zoo.
Present 4 (bag of candy): CC was completely stressed out -"JUST TELL ME. I just need to know!"

 They opened a present every hour - we set the timer on our phones and every time it went off they would scream!
Present 5 (camera)- they guessed beach. This was about 5 hours into the trip and they hadn't even fought, watched TV, or play the iPad. They were completely occupied with guessing and playing with their new surprises.

 Present 6: wallets with money. Emory said we were going to the grocery store! (shows what an exciting life we live on a normal day-ha! She is right... that is where we spend most of our money:):)

    We had lunch and took a quick nap. 

 We had to wake them up b/c we were starting to see signs about Disney World, so we had to start opening more clues! 

Present 7 (video camera): they had no guess but were so excited. And the $20 video camera worked pretty well for them! I've watch a few of their videos- very funny!

Present 8 (and the real clues began!!!- Minnie Mouse shirt)- CC instantly guessed Disney and almost wet her pants. She was so excited and Emory didn't have a clue what was going on.

 Present 9 (purse): Look at their faces- CC knew and kept explaining to Emory HOW she knew ("Look, it's a castle and a crown. They have that at Disney") and Emory just knew she should be excited b/c of CC's reaction (she was so lost as to what was going on!!!)

(we still have not confirmed anything!!!)

 Aren't these faces priceless!!

Present 10: Autograph books with stickers of each Disney character.  CC explained to Emory how you get the princesses to sign a book when you meet them. 

(still no confirmation from us!!only 45 minutes left of the trip!!) 

They were both screaming and freaking out (but Emory had no idea why b/c we wouldn't say anything and CC was talking so fast you couldn't understand her))

So, we had to hurry and open the final clue b/c we were so close! 

 When CC saw the book, I looked over at Emory and she was just sitting there in silence b/c she had NO idea what it said! Then CC opened the book. Look at that face- like she's thinking "OH SH*T, we're really going to Disney World!" 

 We finally confirmed it and Emory finally screamed with real excitement b/c she knew what was going on. 

I had put so much into these little presents and clues to where they wouldn't figure it out right away. I was so excited b/c I knew they would be so excited, but wanted it to work out the way I planned it in my head(which RARELY happens for me!!). And everything was perfect and worth all the months and months I had put into making their little gifts (can you tell I got plenty of use of my Cricut machine?!), shopping, planning, wrapping, etc.  

 Horrible picture, but we made it! 

Our hotel was so nice and our room overlooked the pool with a perfect view of the Epcot fireworks each night. Of course, with the view of the pool we had to go right down within minutes of being there! You would have never known that we were in the car for over 10 hours by looking at our girls. Bryan and I were a different story! We were exhausted but kept going b/c they were so excited! We didn't slow down the entire time we were there. Finally home and the girls are still wired from the week! 

HANDS DOWN - the best time of our lives!

 I hope they remember this forever (and sleep late tomorrow- ha!!) 

Clues

 I have A LOT of catching up to do, but I'm starting with this!

Soon, we are taking a trip.

The girls don't know where we are going. We are just waking them up one morning, putting them in the car with all these clue to open. 11 gifts to open throughout our 9 hour drive (maybe it will cut down on the "are we there yet?")

1- seat belt pet (a silly stuff animal on a commercial that they have been dying to have). 

2- Zoobie- yet another silly stuff animal thing they had to have....will keep them warm on the long car drive.

3- backpacks with fun car activities

 4- candy for the car ride

5- cameras to document their trip!

6. wallets with money to spend on our trip!!!

7. camcorders for even more documentation (so cheap they might break on the first day- we'll see!)

8. shirts- this might be the first 'real' clue! Still not spilling the beans until all 11 are open!

9. purses- to use during our trip!

10. autograph books in case they need to get people's autographs on our trip....still not spilling the beans!

11. Scrapbook to put all their pictures in!

 Inside is the official announcement of where we are going! 

I am beyond excited about this trip! I have been working on this since November and slowly making all their clues. We have been collecting coins and trying to fill our piggy bank so we can go to Disney. We are no where close to filling it, which will make it an even bigger surprise. It has been so hard packing and planning all this with them with me all the time. But it's done and I can't wait to see their faces and hear their screams when they figure it out! 

Our plan is to have the car packed the night before and we will just pick them up out of bed super early in the morning and put them in the car. Hopefully they will sleep a little bit longer, then wake up wondering what is going on! My problem will be not letting them open each present within the first hour- ha!
Our first day there we are eating breakfast with all the princesses in Cinderella's castle! Just another surprise for them! All princess dresses are packed and ready! Aahhhhh- I'm so excited!

A few Christmas pics

 CC and E decorating cookies for Santa.

 Santa LOVED eating all the cookies with all the icing and sprinkles on them. The girls agreed it was a WAY to sugary to eat!!

Mimi and Grandaddy came the weekend before Christmas to celebrate with us. Both girls got American girl dolls .CC was BEYOND excited about getting Mckenna!

look at that face!

 CC's gift to us that she made at school!

 CC left Stewie (our elf) a note. 

Translation:

CC: Dear Stewie, tell Santa that I was good. If I was not tell him I was not good.

Stewie: I told Santa you were good.:P

CC: To Stewie, I just want to know what is Santa like

(no repsonse b/c Stewie forgot she wrote that!)

 the girls opens a few gifts when Gran and Pawpaw got here b/c they couldn't stand to look at all the presents w/o opening some!

CC got a Doc Mcstuffins doll with Lamby!

CC got her own set of golf clubs! Her and Daddy are going tomorrow to try them out for the first time! Who knows- this might be our ticket to a college scholarship!

Almost caught up!

I think this is my LAST group of pictures and I will be caught up on my blog! YAY!

CC singing in the choir!

CC's school had a turkey trot where the parents could come and run with them during their PE time. She is running in the Mercedes Marathon in February. Her PE time is at 2:00, so we were able to go run with her. Emory LOOOOOVED running with her sister! 

Each time you run around the track you get a stick. 9 sticks= 1 mile. She has to run 25 miles before the marathon and she runs the last mile during the marathon. I'm not sure how many she has actually run (and I think we are supposed to be keeping up with it), but we'll say it's 25 miles!

Bryan went on field trip to the Southern Flight museum. He had to ride with school bus and he didn't know it (me neither!!).  It was only going to be a 2 hour field trip, so he thought he would just go then go into work. So, he wore his suit!! When he was getting onto the bus, the bus driver asked if he were Christian's dad b/c she reads our blog!  

The director walked into my room one day saying I got some mail. I thought it was strange- why was I getting mail!? My sweet Bryan mailed me a letter. It just made my day and I couldn't stop smiling all day. He mailed the girls letters to our house too! They loved it too and they are hanging on our fridge so they can read them all the time!