We decided not to tell Peyton until the morning of our departure. In part because we knew she would be asking us if it was time to go every day leading up to the trip, and in part because I really wanted to experience the sheer joy and excitement she would express when we told her.
On a Friday afternoon, I secretly packed her suitcase. On a Sunday night after she was in bed we packed our things and loaded up the car in the dark. We barely slept - anxiously awaiting the moment we would tell her. We woke our sleeping beauty up at 5:45am for a 6:00am departure.
I was anticipating an epic reaction similar to all of those viral You Tube videos I had seen. I imagined Peyton jumping for joy, professing her love for us, and crying tears of happiness.
Instead, I got this.
Disneyland surprise FAIL.
Note to readers: She did warm up after a few minutes. About an hour into the car ride she screamed from her carseat "I can't believe we're doing this!"
More to come on our weeklong visit to the Happiest Place on Earth...
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