Disney World

We cancelled our Disney trips this year and that’s OK

Escapee No 1

We are going to Disney World!!

Those were the words that our children exclaimed back at us on Christmas Day (2019) when we told them we were planning on going back to Disney.  We were planning two trips in 2020 – one during the summer months and another at Halloween (our favorite Disney season).  Two years had passed since we’ve been to our ‘Laughing Place’.  Between work and school, a trip had not been feasible.  We finally decided to make it work in 2020 so we made our plans, booked the hotel, and told the kids.  Little did we know what 2020 had in store for everyone.

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Brown Baggin’ It

Escapee No 1

I’m a very bad lunch packer.  I think somewhere in my life I just got so, so, sick of PBJs, lunch meat sandwiches, and Lunchables that packing a homemade lunch just turns my stomach.  I’ve tried other options, but when you add in packing a lunch for someone ELSE it just becomes too much of a PITA to bother and what the heck, let’s just eat out since we’re already out anyway.  This has been compounded by picky kids who won’t even eat that ham sandwich that you actually bothered to make even though it sounded like the least appetizing thing to bring.

 So when I started looking for ideas on how to cut costs on our next trip, you can imagine how frustrating it is to see person after person (after person) suggest brown bagging it.  I mean,  UGH. We’re already doing 2/3rds of our eating at quick service locations to minimize stress for the kids, but now I don’t even get that food made for me?

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