So it came to my attention that I forgot to post the last day! Sorry! :)
DAY 7 – Last day
Today was the last day of our trip. L We woke up to yet
another sunny, hot, gorgeous day!
We had our last yummy breakfast at the Gingerbread House.
After filling up with eggs, pancakes, sausage, donuts, and tons of fruit we
headed back to the villa to pack up our things and clean out the house.
We loaded all of our suitcases and belongings into the car
and went to do a final walk-through of the villa. Unfortunately Ethan decided
to close the door at 11:01. The door automatically locked us out at 11:00.
Thank you Ethan. We had to flag down an employee to open our door back up to
let us in and finish getting our things (purse and stuff). Thanks Ethan! J
When we were finally all packed up I went to the front desk
to check out. They gave me a going home package filled with all kinds of
wonderful things. We got so many nice things like tickets for personalized
scrapbook, a copy of the star Ethan had, and something called a World Passport.
This passport gives us free passes to a long list of theme parks, waterparks,
zoos, and entertainment places around the world! It is such a great going away
gift! I know Ethan will have a blast checking out Cedar Point this summer
(since apparently he enjoys roller coasters now!) J
After that we decided to spend the day at the pool. We just
didn’t get enough the day before and it was another 90 degree sunny day!
John and Ethan waving
Callie posing by the pool
relaxing in the water :)
Callie and Ethan by the pool
We of course hit the village ice cream shop after the pool.
Then we toured the village one last time. L
John and Ethan walking around the Village
After our goodbye to the village we headed over to the
Walmart down the road. We picked up some souvenirs at their Disney section and
had to find some more suitcases to bring all of our new gifts home! We accumulated
quite a lot of gifts during our stay!
Then it was off to the airport to head back home.
Unfortunately our trip back home was just a normal trip – nothing super special
like the way down to Florida. Thankfully our plane had little TVs in the
headrests. We bought each of the kids TV access to keep them quiet on the
flight. It worked thankfully! Our flight was delayed 40 minutes so we were
definitely late by the time we arrived. Our poor limo driver waiting for us had
to stand around much longer than planned! And it was quite a shock going from
90s to 30s in a matter of 2 hours! We arrived in Cleveland in shorts and had to
break into our suitcases to dig out some winter coats and warm clothes! Lol!
Finally we made it back home and got to sleep in our own
beds – it felt so good to be home even though we were definitely going to miss
Florida so much!
We had the most amazing vacation and it is something none of
us will ever forget! I can’t thank Make-a-Wish, Give Kids the World, and all
the people and organizations that donated to help give us this experience enough! We
are so blessed to have been given this gift!
