Day 7 - Last Day

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!

                                     John and Ethan snuggling before the day gets going :)

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!

                                                       These were EVERYWHERE!

John and Ethan waving

Callie posing by the pool

                                                                     John and Ethan

relaxing in the water :)

                                                                         Ethan

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!