Disney!!

This year, Disney was giving away one day passes to anyone who did community service. Since we normally do family service on Martin Luther King day anyway, I signed us up to work at one of the "sponsoring" locations in our area, unbeknown to the girls. We worked at a church tying quilts, making cards and PB&J sandwiches. The fun part to me, was they had no idea about the disney passes.

Well, this summer we never did get the chance to go down there with everything going on. But, the girls had a 4 day weekend for Labor Day, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. There were only two issues: flying standby on a holiday weekend and the Category 5 hurricane sitting just off the eastern seaboard. We solved the standby issue by flying into Tampa instead of Orlando and driving the hour over. It was actually nice to have a car to pick up food items and not be at the mercy of Disney's overpriced food. It was quite stressful though, renting a car and hotel room literally while getting on the airplane. But it all worked out.

The other issue, the hurricane, actually worked to our advantage. It just barely skimmed the outer banks of North Carolina and sucked up all the moisture that normally would be in FL. So we had perfect weather the two days we were there. It also probably scared half the people away, so the lines were quite small for all the rides. Woo-hoo.

The girls loved the surprise. They had fun running around Downtown Disney and swimming the first day we were there.

The next day we hit the magic kingdom. We took a break at dinner time and enjoyed some more time in the pool. That night we went back to the park to see the electric parade and fireworks. Although in some ways I think they have outgrown some of the "magic" of Disney, the girls had a ball. I'm glad we could fit the trip in to our crazy schedule. It is wonderful sometimes to get away as a family!