Post Disney withdrawal...

I posted this picture before. It's Paige just as we arrived at the Toronto airport, excited to leave for Orlando, but not really knowing what would really await us at our destination. I love this picture as it reminds me of what it felt like to finally be leaving on our vacation after months of anticipation and anxiety. Our vacation was underway! As much as we had prepared Paige and talked about Disney and showed her pictures and videos of rides, she had no idea what kind of Disney overload was about to hit her.

As you know, we had a fantastic time. No need to reiterate that. But now we are left with a slight issue. It is hard to explain to a kid that we aren't going back any time soon. She asks to go back to Disney pretty much daily. She talks about the rides she will go on next time. She asks exactly when we will be going back and enquires as to whether next year is "the day after this day". She does get it in a way. She knows that it takes 3 hours to get there by plane and that we need a ticket to get on a plane. She knows that it costs money. But still....what does that mean to an almost 4 year old?

The weather here is cold. Paige notices the weather is cold and says with giddy excitement..."it's warm in Disneyworld!! (insert squeal and jumping here). I think she's hoping to convince us to go back.

Sometimes Paige says "People are in the Haunted Mansion right now!". She takes after me as I always think about things like that...what people are enjoying after we leave. It's especially gut wrencing coming home from a cruise and walking through the cruise terminal seeing the next lot of people ready for their 1 week vacation.

Sometimes I feed into it and say with equally giddy excitement..."I can't wait till we go back again!!". It's always tough to come back to regular life. Luckily when you're a kid, everything is exciting and every day is a vacation.