Here A Shoe, There A Shoe, Everywhere A Shoe Shoe!

I think the thing I remember getting fussed at the most for as a kid was CONSTANTLY misplacing my shoes.  It'd be time for school, time to go the grocery store or I'd want to go play with friends; but I wouldn't be able to find my shoes.  I never could put them away or at least leave them in one designated spot.  Nope, they were always in a different place.  My mother (and my Nanna) constantly lectured me about, "If you'd put them where they belong, you wouldn't have to look for them all the time." 

Wanna take a guess what all three of our children do that constantly drives me nuts?  They leave their shoes all over the place, never put them where they belong and can't seem to find them when it's time to go.  And it's just a universal rule that they don't realize that they don't know where their shoes are until it's the exact moment that we need to be walking out the door.  *sigh again*  Very recently, I caught myself saying to them, "If you'd put them where they belong, you wouldn't have to look for them all the time!"

*GASP*  It sounded like my voice, I even remember saying it, but that was definitely my mother speaking.  Then I got this mental picture of her sitting on the couch with this smug little grin on her facing, trying to hold back the laughter.  She always said we'd all have children just like us.  She was right!  The moment of realizing that she was right totally blows my mind.  Why should I be surprised though?  Momma was always right.  So to my sweet, darling, loveable children of mine - just remember that.  Momma is ALWAYS right.  Always has been and always will be.  All because my momma was always right.  Always has been and always will be. 

I can see Disney just over the horizon!

In only TWO MONTHS we'll finally be headed to Disney.  I started first researching this family vacation in the Spring of 2012.  It seems like FOREVER ago!  By the time we actually complete the vacation though, I think I may be considered an expert!

The hotel is reserved, the rental car is reserved, the airline tickets are paid for and the CityPass tickets are safely tucked away in the designated "Disney" folder.  Everything is just sitting there waiting to actually be ready to go.  To say that I'm super excited would be an understatement.  I know it's cheezy to say, but I've literally been waiting my WHOLE LIFE for this moment.  We're going.  We're really going.  I'm going to see the princesses castle.  I'm going to get to hug Mickey Mouse.  I'm going to wear Mickey ears and it be completely socially accepted.  I'm going to interact with Tinker Bell and ride on Magic Mountain.  It's going to be epic.  Really epic.  And then all the adventures of simply being in California.  I'm going to dip my toes into the ocean and watch the kids jump over the waves.  They've never experienced that before.  It's truly going to be an amazing vacation.  I just. can't. wait.

I'll have to though. *pout face*