disney cruise surprise!

not sure if you have seen the ridiculously cute youtube video of lily's parents telling her she gets to go to disney world...today!
well, we are finally taking a family vacation and we thought a disney cruise would be fun for both kids and adults. my sisters and i always reminisce about vacations we took as a family. of course we loved going to a beach but it was more about the intentional time making memories with the family. it is especially great when there are kids involved. watching them play in the ocean for the first time and see them get excited about the littlest things. even if they might be too young to remember it when they are older...the rest of the family will remember.

we have been talking in code for the last month or so (saying 'cosco' instead of 'disney cruise') "before we go to 'cosco' we need to do this..."- we wanted to wait to tell my nephews. we thought it would be fun to tell the kids they were going on a cruise in a creative way...jackie and i thought up fun clues with rhymes and puzzle pieces and then we made a little scavenger hunt with the final clue at my parents house. they are super excited...although i dont think they fully understand, not having been on one before. they understand that mickey mouse will be there...which alone is exciting enough :)