7 weeks and counting

So we're down to 7 weeks left. I'm oddly calm. Scrap books are basically done. Luggage tags are done. Suitcases purchased. Travel packs for kids toothbrushese etc. ready to go. I also just ordered a bunch of boxers and t-shirts so the kids have basic pajamas for the trip. Yeah, that's right, I ordered them. It was just way more convenient to have them delivered to my house than to try and explain away why the kids can't have what I brought home from the store. Plus, I've kind of reached a point where I'm lazy and I simply don't want to bother going to the store to get it. Spring break has been a great temper towards my need to pack. Since the boys go to their daycamp everyday, they need their swim trunks everyday. Clearly I can't pack what they're using. Plus, I'm finally content with waiting until about 2 weeks ahead of time. The hubs is right, if I pack now, I'll have to unpack it and re-pack it all later to be sure it's all there.

2 months left to go

And you know what that means. Time to add another picture to the countdown:

That's right, Splash Mountain.

You know this has to be an amazing ride when you've only ridden it ONCE (the year it came out) and you've been dying to ride it again and again ever since.

Yes, that's right, I rode this at Disneyland the year it debuted (1989). Yes, I WAS at Disneyland in 2004... So why didn't I ride it then? Was it closed? Was it too cold? No, neither (not that the cold would have stopped me anyways). Why didn't I go on it then? Oh, that's a fun story... Because I couldn't convince my husband of how AMAZING the ride was. No matter what I said he seemed to ignore me and was convinced it was just another flume ride... As if Disney does ANYTHING that's just another _fill in the blank_ ride. 

When we first started saving up to go to Disney World we "rode" rides on YouTube for fun. It gave us a heads up on what kind of rides the kids would really like and gave us something to look forward to. When my husband actually sat down and watched Splash Mountain he paused... Looked at me... And said "Wait a second... This? This is Splash Mountain."....... "Yeeeeessssss"... "This is Song of the South. I loved that story when I was a kid.. Why didn't you tell me this was Song of the South?" ....... "Okay, A. I didn't know it was called Song of the South and B. I distinctly remember telling you that it was the story of Brer Rabbit and had the Zippedee DoDa song in."

Yeah he swears he doesn't remember any of that. He now owes me the opportunity to ride this ride a MINIMUM of 3 times... Maybe more! ;)