Disneyland Here We Come....

Bailey's first road trip to the Black Hills!

Well we are down to just a couple of days before we head out on the Tilley Family Road Trip.  Yesterday was spent deciding on very important things like what types of snacks we need to have with and just how many swim suits Bailey will need to pack (and for any of you that remember Cabo, you know this is a dilemma for Brent, who seemed to have over 10 pairs of swim trunks packed on that trip). This amazing weather has helped but we needed to explain to Bailey that the weather right now in California is not quite as warm as it is here.  I think that will all be forgotten quickly once she learns of the big surprise.

The clues have been going well but there are only so many clues you can give after she has figured out some of the places.  We did love the fact that she asked if we could text Mike Hoeffel and ask if we could come to one of his games because that would be a super fun thing to do on vacation.  That required taking out a map and showing her that New Jersey wasn’t very close to California.  A text to Mike saying hello will have to do for now.

There is a song called It’s Gonna Be a Good Life that is one of Disney’s theme songs on commercials.  Bailey knows this and LOVES the song.  When the song came on yesterday she told us that she was going to listen to the song a lot on the trip because the entire trip will be a Good Life.  If she only knew how fitting the song was….

We have decided exactly how we will let her know that this is a trip to Disneyland.  One of Bailey’s favorite Disney movies is Alice in Wonderland.  We are going to be wrapping up an “Un-Birthday” present to give her when we get to Denver.  She loves the idea that in Wonderland, you get 364 Un-Birthdays so she will be pretty excited when she opens the package to find a new Alice in Wonderland t-shirt and the sticker for the car window that says “We are going to Disneyland!”  I just hope we are able to catch her reaction on video this time.  Last time was super emotional with how excited she got so I hope this is just as exciting to her.

The ipods have been loaded up with movies for her, the DS and video games are packed and now that she is reading, she even has a couple of chapter books packed.  I am sure about 2 hours into the car ride we will hear those dreaded “how much longer” words but we are all so excited I don’t think it will bother us much (well maybe after two days in the car it will but right now I am going with, it won’t bother us). Oh and we made sure to check to make sure Disneyland isn't closed for two weeks for repairs so Brent does not need to go Clark Griswold on them.

With all that we have to get ready I am sure I won’t post again until we are on the road but we plan on posting along the way.  I will definitely let everyone know how the Disneyland surprise turns out.