CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Fluctuate? You make it sound like I'm retaining water! I've gained 45 pounds in a week."

Scott Calvin from The Santa Clause

Christmas QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Please note the size and color of each item, and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself: just send money. How about tens and twenties?"

Sally from A Charlie Brown Christmas

CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF THE DAY

"First, we'll make snow angels for two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat an entire roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can, and then to finish, we'll snuggle!"

Buddy from Elf

AND WITH THAT, I'M OUTTA HERE!

The kids still don't know.

I have no idea how we kept it from them.

That's right. We have managed to keep them in the dark about our Disney trip.... that starts TOMORROW! ;)

Tomorrow, we will take the boys to school, as usual. We will pack and send their lunches, as usual. They will go through their morning, as usual.

THEN, at about 10:30, they will get a call from the office saying something like this: "Mrs. D.... please send DS #1 to the office. He is leaving for the week and going to Disney World."

HOW COOL WILL THAT BE?

We thought about not telling them until we were actually on the road. But, we want them to have that few seconds where all eyes are on them and every kid thinks about how lucky and cool they are. EVERY kid needs that at some point in his or her life, don't you think?

So, today, we are running around like crazy. Hubby is making sure the FTU is in good repair and cleaned out. We have snacks.... LOTS of snacks. We are doing laundry. We are packing. I am trying to get the rest of my cards out. :-s

I need to bake some bread that I'm selling. Clean out the fridge. Wipe down the bathrooms. Clean the kitchen. Gather all the trash. I do NOT want a stinky/smelly house. You never realize how stinky/smelly the house is until you leave it locked up for a few days... or in our case, a week.

I will not be doing my "Christmas Quote of the Day" until the 14th, probably. We get in on the 12th, but I have a party that night... don't even know if I will make it home before that. Then, the next day, I have church and 2 parties. THEN, we start to recover from our trip... actually, no. DH will help with kids and I will work on getting my candies made for my gifts and put the finishing touches on the Kindergarten Christmas party.

Please pray for us for travel mercies. DH is taking his computer, but for reservations and such. I am going to try to stay away from blog, Facebook and email. To my friends who may need me, you have my cell number. Call and leave a message and I'll get back with you.

AND WITH THAT, I'M OUTTA HERE!!!

CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF THE DAY

"It's just like Santa's Workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me... "

Buddy from Elf

CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF THE DAY

Patty: "Try to catch snowflakes on your tongue. It's fun."

Linus: "Mmmmm. Needs sugar."

Lucy: "It's too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January."

Linus: "They sure look ripe to me."

A Charlie Brown Christmas

CHRISTMAS QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man."

Ralphie from A Christmas Story