Learning from The Big Mouse

Indeed, we asked for pre-approval to keep Walker out of school.  Wayne asked to take days off work and I started working my fingers to the bone for some extra cash to spend on our trip.  The trip was part of an invitational only trip with the Social Media Moms Celebrate Disney.  I was being educated in the ways of Social Media and my husband and kids were learning from any and everything else they could find.

I’ll start with Onstar that I mentioned previously.  First of all, we were taken to our resort via the backside of Disney.  We didn’t understand at first why we were going through the maintenance areas but figured it out later when we were out running around.  We were taken in the back way so that we could get to our resort without having to go through the main gate and pay for parking.

Of course, the Onstar learning continued on our way around town after the conference and of course on our way home.  The boys called my mom about 3 hours away from home and asked if they could come to her house when we arrived home.  And, even after enjoying the fun of messing with the Onstar route and much giggling, both boys are almost in tears now thinking we are lost.  Both are practically in tears begging to ask for a new route so they can get to my mom’s house.

And, with that, my husband is antagonizing them by switching the controls to metric and making the boys think we are going 120 miles per hour as opposed to the non-metric equivalent.

Fun times, folks, fun times……but no matter how much fun, no matter how much learning…..they are convinced that if we don’t change our route, we won’t make it to Nanny’s house.  No matter how awesome Mickey Mouse is, no matter how great the monorail is, no matter the learning involved at Epcot and no matter how elegant the Polynesian Resort is…nothing compares to seeing Nanny!