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Surprising Your Kiddos With a Trip!

The older my kids have become, the harder it has been to actually surprise them with anything.  First of all I'm not one to be able to keep a secret that is this exciting from anyone very successfully.  When I'm excited, I want to share that excitement.  So, normally after I've booked a vacation, I want to share it with everyone!  However, there have been some times that I've been successful (maybe only fairly) in pulling off a surprise or two when I was taking my kids to Disney or Universal! When my son was 3 (note the age!) we took him to Walt Disney World for a weekend.  For Christmas we wrapped up a box of all his favorite character items - a Little Einsteins shirt (I'm dating us here!), a Buzz Lightyear hat, and a few other small things.  Since he was 3 and had never been, he didn't really understand what it meant. However, when he was 5 and his sister was 3 we planned a trip in about 3 weeks.  This one was a whirlwind of planning and was easy to keep as a