Disney World 2008

So here we are, Disney World 2008!  This year, Disney World was magical for Ashley.  She thought she was a real life princess herself.  She loved seeing the 
characters, and thought Snow White ride was too scary.  Austin however, was too cool.  I got all excited when I saw Mickey Mouse.  Austin turned to me and explained that it was only a costume.  At least Ashley still upheld the magic of Disney.  I guess there is a timeline for this type of thing.  I'm kinda sad that Austin hit it so soon.  Another coming of age experience I had with Austin on this trip is when he had his body board out in the ocean following other bigger boys with their surf boards, 
I kept yelling at him
from the shore to not go too far or to be careful and to come back in front of where I was.  All of this yelling by his mom finally made Austin turn around in front of all these bigger boys and he yelled, "Mom!  I can take care of myself!"  I felt like yelling back, "No you can't!"  But I decided to quit barking like a mother hen and to just watch him and trust him.  Not yelling at him like he was a baby made him feel a lot better around the bigger boys.  He's only 5 though!  I was so sad.  Why does he care now?  I wish he was still the age that it didn't matter what other people thought.  He was oblivious to those types of things.  I'm going to be a mess the first day of kindergarten as well.  I know I know.

Disney World was amazing, expensive, hot and did I say expensive?  But thoroughly enjoyed it and most of all because we were all there together, as one happy little family.