We're Going on a Trip!!

My sister Katie and her family invited us to go to Disneyland with them. Chad and I figured the kids were at about the perfect age and it was a great time to go, so we agreed. At some point in our trip planning, we decided not to tell the kids where we were going. We decided it was going to be plenty of excitement and if we didn't have to deal with weeks of anticipation, we might all survive. So when it came time to go, Chad just told the kids that after church we were going on an adventure. They didn't seem to get suspicious at all, even when we had a rental car loaded with luggage, snacks, books, a port-a-crib, and a wide variety of other trip necessities.
We drove to Las Vegas on the first day and then to Anaheim on the second day. The trip went very smootly, much to my surprise. The kids were perfectly content to know that we were going to have fun but we had to drive for a while.
Cole entertained himself by reading,
And of course by playing Gameboy and eating treats!
Emily read, and read, and read, and read. I had gotten a Disney storybook that was over 300 pages that is full of classic Disney stories. By the time we got to Las Vegas, she had read over 1/2 of it.
At one point she did actually watch a movie, Sleeping Beauty of course!
Addy was significantly better than I ever imagined. She slept for part of the trip, colored, looked at books, and watched a movie or two.
Even with a fairly newly potty trained 2-year-old, we only stopped once each day much to their Dad's delight! Of course one of those happened to be on the side of the road because Addy couldn't hold it any longer and refused to just pee in the pullup that we had put on her. We had passed St. George and there wasn't really anywhere to stop. Addy thought it was a great adventure to pee in the dirt!
Once we got to Anaheim, the kids still had no idea what we were going to do. We even drove by Disneyland on our way to our hotel, but the kids weren't really paying attention.
We checked into the hotel and told them we were going to get on the shuttle bus. That was probably enough of an adventure for them. They think public transportation is lots of fun!!
(Although by this time I think Cole was really hoping we were headed to Disneyland!)
I'm wishing I had the video on instead of just taking pictures, but you can still see the excitement on their faces when we got off the shuttle and Chad revealed to them where we were!
Did he really just say what I think he said?
The Happy Dance!
Bring on Disneyland!!