On Vacation

A week ago on Saturday morning we told Joseph that we would be getting on a plane and flying to Disney World later that day. I think we were a bit more excited than he was considering we've been planning this trip for about 6 months. The surprise went something like this:

mama: Joseph you need to take your breakfast candy (a.k.a. Flintstone Vitamin)

Joseph: Are we having a special surprise today? (because he eats purple breakfast candies on special surprise days. he's quirky like that.)

mama: Yes, actually, we are.

Joseph: What is it?

Daddy: Well - what do you think this is? (handing Joseph a piece of paper)

Joseph: Well - it looks like a plane ticket.

Daddy: Yes it is.

Mama: And where do you think we would take you on an airplane? (fully expecting the answer to be Disney World because he's been begging to fly on a plane to Disney World for quite some time.)

Joseph: Are we going to California? Because that would be my very best place to go!

Mama & Daddy: uh, ????????????????????

We actually video taped the whole thing but the camera is charging. We took lots of pictures of our trip and have lots of stories of our adventures. Hopefully I will be able to share many of these over the next couple of days. For tonight we'll just be recovering from our early morning, plane rides, the time changes (we are gaining 2 hours today?) and dealing with the mountains of laundry.