Disney, Pt. 1

Our family trip to Disney was planned months ago.  We had time share points to use before April 2012 and  January was a good down time to go.  We thought we'd be in our new home for a solid month before we left.  Ha.  Try 2 nights.  

But, in all of my time driving and waiting outside of Noah's school I had ample time to read and plan every detail of our trip.  

I was dead set against spending money on souvenirs.  So, I bought everything before we left.  Some items were on ebay, new with tags, others were from good will still in packaging, etc. The night before we left I filled these backpacks that I made with Mickey and Minnie coloring, stamps, crayons, etc. and put them in each of their carseats.  When they got in the car there was a note from Mickey and Minnie wishing them a good plane ride.  They were ecstatic!!  Noah later told me that he heard Minnie's high heels in the driveway during the middle of the night!

Noah was a rockstar the whole way.  Maeve had quite a bit of trouble sitting still and screamed for whatever parent was not sitting with her.  We made it through alive.

When we arrived it was sunny and wonderful!  We arrived at our amazing 4br, 4 bath penthouse and we were in heaven!!!! We were in an area called Bonnet Creek, which is a Wyndham property.  It is the only property within the Disney complex not owned by Disney.  It is located between the Carribbean resort and downtown Disney with a direct view of the Epcot Illuminations show.

I would HIGHLY recommend staying here to anyone looking to go to disney.

Our spacious living room and kitchen...

I also found great deals at the outlets on pajamas and the kids also received many items for Christmas for their trip.  It was awesome to have grandparents there to read stories and snuggle every night.