Prepped and Ready to Go

It was a last minute decision to go to Disneyland, though we had talked about it for quite awhile. I guess Jeff and I aren't very decisive and we wait till the last minute on a lot of things, vacations included.

We wanted to enjoy Disney, but not "waste" money there (which is very easy to do). First, the girls decorated some mason jars and earned some cash to spend at Disney by doing extra chores around the house. We started this at the beginning of the new year and though they didn't earn very much, they thought that they had earned the money used to buy cotton candy. Our second surprise money saver was priceline.com. We've never used this website before, but thought we'd give it a shot. Basically you choose where you want to stay, what star rating you want the hotel and how much you are willing to pay for it. We ended up getting the Hilton for $50 a night. What a deal! I still remember when we stayed at a Super 8 for $85 a night in Anaheim. And, lastly...we only ate out once a day and it was usually dinner far away from the over priced food at Disney. We went to the store and stocked up on food and made our own lunch and breakfast.

Sullivan stealing the cooler before we stocked it. He would pull it up to our light switches and turn them off and on. Excuse the unfolded laundry in the picture.

The food. I must admit, I got so sick of sandwiches!

Books, Coloring Books, Crayons, Puzzles, Mazes, Games, Snacks, Toys, Mad Libs and Jeff and I were prepared for singing songs, telling jokes and playing different car games such as 20 questions and the Alphabet game. Bringing all of these things made a 12 hour car ride so much more enjoyable and we only watched one DVD on the way up and one on the way back.