Disney Here We Come!

We have been holding our boys hostage....in a vehicle for 2 1/2 days on the way to Disney World...life is tough.  Actually they are doing really well.  Only one argument and that was about how to pronounce Chattanooga.

We had a "real" talk about what a family vacation was for, how we can all have a good time and also how that good time can be ruined....they are listening so far.

Lucas was a little worried about leaving home for this long.  It's the longest he's been away.  We assured him that Grandma and Aunt Debbie are taking care of the house sitting duties and the  pets for us.  He keeps asking every so often if they need reminded, so far he hasn't actually demanded we call them to check.

They both have a much better perception of how big the United States is, traveling from Iowa to Florida, helps with that lesson.  You should have seen their faces when we told them this is only half of the U.S....hilarious....okay funny but again 2 1/2 days in a car most things turn hilarious.

Such as traveling through Atlanta, Georgia at 80 mph with Lucas and Eli playing Old Maid/Slap Jack/Slap Your Brother and laughing like hyenas...it was an experience and all survived.

Lucas became quite concerned when we traveled through an "unidentified" city and he said, "Mom!  What happened?  It looks really bad."  Up until this particular city both Eli and Lucas had oohed and ahhed over cities....this one freaked Luke out, he didn't know there are places in the U.S. that look a little tough, thus a need for a massive road trip education.

So far their favorite cities have been Nashville and St. Louis one reason being as they were able to see the sports stadiums they've seen on tv and then the St. Louis Arch was "really cool".  Well on to Disney, the rest of the crew will be flying in so it will definitely be an adventure and an education as to how well "the old people" can keep up.

Having access to dvd's and Ipods for 20 minutes every hour does help with the 27 hour trip.  What is even cooler is that they are self regulating the time.  They could not have done this road trip even a year ago.  So far, so good no motion sickness!  Things may look up for riding the attractions at Disney without motion sickness meds.