Why yes, we are going to Disney again this weekend.
Yes, we go to Disney… A LOT.
Yes, I know that’s more than anyone else you know.
So many people ask these questions that it’s pretty obvious they wonder why we would do the “same thing” over and over. I hear:
“Don’t you get bored?” …. Nope!
“Isn’t it expensive?” ….Sometimes, but not too bad really with a Florida resident and our employer discount.
“Isn’t it just tiring?” Why yes, it’s exhausting. :) J
I would like to start formulating answers with "well, it’s what we enjoy. Some people go shopping a lot, some go hunting and some watch TV 4 hours a day. This is ‘our’ enjoyment.” It’s never the same thing to us because there are a billion and one little nuances to discover. I think we’ve only covered about 60% of the place because we take it slow and enjoy the small things. We enjoy it so much; I can’t imagine my life without having something like that which we all enjoy doing together. ...but if I am to be completely honest, the reasons are a smidge deeper than that even.
It comes down to these few desires...
We hit a park entrance and Doug and I can check our responsibilities at the door. Apart from making sure our kids are warm, fed and go potty, we don’t have to worry about a clean house. I don’t have to worry about the 4 reports sitting on my desk at work, and he doesn’t have to worry about an entire region’s worth of customers being happy and contractors following policy. No conference calls. No making calls to the homeowners association, the dentist, the doctor, the insurance company, the license renewal…. ALL of it fades away when we so willingly leave it at the entrance to just BE with each other. We allow ourselves to dive into our kid’s smallest whims and desires to go here or there. We let them take the lead and sometimes we take the lead, but we are always together. I see a hundred smiles a day, little giggles that I haven’t really “heard” with my heart for weeks because I’m too busy cleaning the kitchen/bedroom/bathroom/livingroom/garage. We share laughs and smiles and jokes and silly looks. We share in the wonderment of a “hidden mickey” and the fun hidden games around the parks. We stick things up our nose. We eat ice cream for lunch. There is no bedtime. We ride the same ride over and over again because it makes a 31 year old “girl” giggle almost as much as her 7 year old daughter. We get to be kids right alongside our kids. Almost every single thing to do we can do together, which is unlike any other family attraction we’ve ever been to in either of our lives.
So yes, we’re going to Disney AGAIN this weekend; because in a few years my kids will be gone to take on their own adventures. They will be ready to do their own thing, with their own families and maybe that will include Disney and maybe it will not… but I do know that we are teaching them the importance of investing in each other and just being HAPPY for no good reason - together. It’s OUR HAPPY PLACE. I may not always have that with them and someday it will be just memories. But for now, they are mine and I am theirs and our adventures await together.
