Off we go!

What a trooper Dylan is! We woke up at 4 AM last Wednesday to go to the airport. Thankfully we stayed at my parents in KC so we were closer to the airport and they took us there! We thought Dylan would go back to sleep...but not at all!! He stayed up until 12:00 or so while we were in Atlanta waiting for our flight to Orlando. But, that didn't last long, he woke up right when we got on the plane. We all took a nap once we got to Orlando though!!

Dylan was ready for Mickey! He had on a Mickey shirt, had his Mickey, and box of Mickey books!! He was so stinkin' cute walking through the airport will all of his belongings! Everyone knew where he was headed!

Daddy and Dylan on the airplane. Dylan loved it and did very well for his first plane ride. After this first flight he got to sit by the window. He liked looking out and seeing everything! At one point when we were getting ready to land he said, look a football field. I had to look pretty close, but sure enough there was one in the distance. This kids is IN LOVE with anything sports! Just like his daddy!

Waiting in Atlanta. We had about 2 1/2 hours in Atlanta. That was tough! He finally fell asleep about 20 minutes before we boarded the plane.

I will admit, as we were landing in Orlando and Dylan looked up at me and said, "we are going to see Mickey now" just about brought tears to my eyes. He was so excited about this trip and meeting Mickey and riding on an airplane!

Coming up in the next post...our first day at the Magic Kingdom!!

And I will leave you with this...

There were A LOT of things I saw on our trip and out of those I decided to make a list...

Things I won't be doing on my next family vacation to Disney World...

1. Have Seth and I wear matching outfits and our kids were matching outfits...no thanks!

2. Make shirts that say "Packard Family Vacation" or something like it with names for everyone.

3. If I ever have a daughter, she will not walk around Disney World in a full Disney Princess Gown with tons of make-up and a fancy up-do.

4. Leave me 5 year old, non-English speaking child on the Dumbo ride.

5. Get mad at the Disney crew for the lines being long...Hello, this is Disney World, what do you expect!

6. Do 3 character meals...at $30+ a person, they are a little pricey!!! But this time,

oh so worth it!!!

7. Get a free wheel chair for my 3 kids to sit in so I don't have to pay for a stroller or get a wheel chair so my teenager can ride in because he is too lazy to walk...I could go on and on about this one. It really made me mad seeing all the people that DID NOT need wheelchairs, but were too lazy/cheap to walk or rent a stroller.

8. Wear a short, low cut, white dress to the parks all day.

9. Wear high heel shoes to the parks all day--just dumb in my opinion!! My sister thought I was crazy for wearing flip flops and not tennis shoes, but I love my flip flops and they were so comfy all day long!!!

10. Wear long pants and a long sleeved shirt to the parks all day (unless it was cold enough of course!!).

That is all I can think of for now, I will share more later!!!