Back to Reality...

Wow. Disney World really takes its toll on ya! ALL of my friends have been to Disney World with their kids. All of them. I've heard their stories, seen their pictures, taken their advice, etc. But, until you've been there, you don't really KNOW. Now, I KNOW. I KNOW just how special it is. I KNOW just how magical it is. I KNOW just how addicted you can get to being there. It truly is the "Happiest Place on Earth"!!!!!! The characters are happy. Duh! The people visiting there are happy. Well, for the most part. (we did see a husband and wife get into a SCREAMING match one night on the way to the tram...in front of their 2 precious girls. So sad.) The employees are even happy! Like, even the sweet guy who was changing out the trash bags in the trash cans on Main Street. He joked around with Sawyer. How kind! I'm not sure what the Disney people do to ensure that their employees will all be so kind, but they do it well! We had such a special week. I was NOT ready to come back. Dennis and I both said that we wish we could've just stayed for another week and started all over again. I feel like if we want to go back in 5 years, we better start saving NOW. Ouch. Sadie and Sawyer were the king and queen of Troopers this week. We woke them up early almost every day, would wear them out to the point that they would be delirious, take them back for rest time, make them go to sleep immediately, wake them up from naptime, shove food down their throat, take them back to the parks and wear them out until midnight, and then bring them back to the condo and make them immediately go to sleep again...just to start all over the next day. The greatest part is, they loved it! They were so awesome all week long! No meltdowns all week! Woo Hoo!!!! Not to mention, the food that we were feeding them was far from healthy all week. I think a few mornings they had Hershey Bars and Reese's for breakfast. Pizza many nights for dinner. And, for lunch? Maybe a bag of Doritos and a sucker?? LOL They could've cared less. We just needed to fuel them up! Whatever was handy was what they got! LOL Sawyer CRACKED ME UP this week. I mean, I seriously laughed at him more this week than I ever have before. I don't know what it is about him, but his little personality is really started to shine. He is going to be hilarious. The girls are gonna love him one day...he's cute AND funny...sounds like someone else I know that I fell in love with almost 20 years ago...hmmmmmmmm..... Sadie was exactly like I wanted her to be. She was intrigued by every Princess. She LOVED getting to meet them all. She was totally wrapped up in the "magic" of it all. She was never afraid of the characters like I feared she would be. She LOVED them! She's much more cautious of things, and we definitely had to continuously explain to her the difference in "pretend" and "real". She was much more brave than I thought she would be and I was so proud of her!!!! I love that girl more than words. Is it possible to love your kids MORE while you're at Disney World??? LOL We're slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things in our "real world". I'm going to try my very best to enjoy EVERY second of these next 2 months with my kids, especially Sadie Jane, since 2 months from tomorrow, school begins again!!!!