{"id":832,"date":"2010-12-27T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_guest\/?p=832"},"modified":"2012-09-04T19:38:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T23:38:28","slug":"let-the-memories-begin-surprise-%e2%80%93-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/let-the-memories-begin-surprise-%e2%80%93-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Memories Begin Surprise \u2013 Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read Part I of Let the Memories Begin Surprise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

By the time we put the presents under the tree last night, I could hardly stand it.\u00a0 It was hard to believe that we had actually kept this a secret for nearly nine months and now the hour was upon us to \u201cspring\u201d the surprise.\u00a0 My husband had gone and bought a large plain box and then picked up Disney balloons that he taped down to the bottom of the box.\u00a0 Underneath the balloons were two gift bags with a new Disney t-shirt for each of the girls.\u00a0 It was a long Christmas Eve to say the least but we all had fun because we celebrate the Feast of Seven Fish each year with family.\u00a0 The girls got to spend time with their cousins and it was wonderful just all being together but we got home very late so the girls, who are now a teen and pre-teen, would rather have slept in.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t stand it.\u00a0 At 9:00am, I just had to wake them up!\u00a0 Fortunately, they were in good spirits since they too, knew it was Christmas.\u00a0 We went through our normal routine of exchanging gifts we\u2019d gotten for one another first and then opened the stocking stuffers.\u00a0 The suspense was killing me.\u00a0 They opened what they thought was their last gift and then sat down to watch us open our gifts.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t know that we had one surprise planned for them in advance of the Disney box.\u00a0 While they thought we were replacing the batteries in our camera, my husband and I dialed the numbers on their new cell phones.\u00a0 When the phones started ringing, they weren\u2019t quite sure what to make of it but soon figured out what was going on and like any teen today, they were thrilled and squealed!<\/p>\n

So now, my husband and I had to open our gifts.\u00a0 It seemed to take forever but we both really enjoyed what we had picked out for one another.\u00a0 Finally, the girls thought we were done.\u00a0 I looked around the room and pretended to notice that there was a gift missing while my husband went into the front room to get the box.\u00a0 We set it down and told the girls that they should just open the top since it wasn\u2019t something they could move around easily.\u00a0 They knew something was up because we were, as they said, \u201ccamera ready\u201d.\u00a0 They opened the box and when the balloons popped out, my older daughter got this \u201cI\u2019m too cool to scream\u201d look on her face but my younger daughter had just the right reaction.\u00a0 You can imagine the reaction when I told them that were leaving in just four days and would be spending New Year\u2019s Eve in Disney World!\u00a0 It was just what I had hoped it would be. We\u2019re all still riding on a great high and sent a picture out to their aunts who were waiting to hear if we had pulled it off.\u00a0 Now to start thinking about packing and the next part of the surprise!\u00a0 Merry Christmas to all and pixie dust in the New Year.<\/p>\n