sbkline
Well-Known Member
Used to be, I was way too obsessed with Disney. I was constantly thinking about the next trip, planning, etc. It would be on my thoughts all day and evening and I couldn't wait for the next trip to roll around. However, I got to thinking that it was way too much of a priority in my life and I endeavored to start focusing on more important things rather than having WDW being the focus of my life (although I still intend on going every year). Last year, we took our son on his first trip, and he was 3, going on 4. I remember getting home and the thought hitting me that I can't wait to go back again with him, and start planning the next trip. However, as soon as I thought that, I looked at my son and thought "wait a minute, that means he's gonna be a year older, and won't be the same cute little guy that he is right now!". And the same thoughts were bugging me the whole time on our last trip, thinking that one of these days, we're gonna go down there and our kids are gonna be teenagers, and not these cute little children playing with their toys.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy going and still plan to go every year, but now I'm at that point where it's hard for me to look forward to the next trip, because the reality hits me that we will all be a year older by then and I don't want to rush my kids through childhood. I just called and booked our rooms for next April, but I don't want to dwell too much on planning that trip because my son is getting ready to graduate preschool this month and looking forward to next April's trip also means that my son will be getting ready to graduate Kindergarten! I just want him to stay that cute little almost 4 year old that he was when we took him last year, and looking forward to each trip means looking forward to the kids being a year older and that much less little. So ya, I plan to go every year and do the necessary planning that it takes, but it's getting harder and harder for me to really look forward to the trip as it means the kids being a year older as well. Anyone else struggle with this?
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy going and still plan to go every year, but now I'm at that point where it's hard for me to look forward to the next trip, because the reality hits me that we will all be a year older by then and I don't want to rush my kids through childhood. I just called and booked our rooms for next April, but I don't want to dwell too much on planning that trip because my son is getting ready to graduate preschool this month and looking forward to next April's trip also means that my son will be getting ready to graduate Kindergarten! I just want him to stay that cute little almost 4 year old that he was when we took him last year, and looking forward to each trip means looking forward to the kids being a year older and that much less little. So ya, I plan to go every year and do the necessary planning that it takes, but it's getting harder and harder for me to really look forward to the trip as it means the kids being a year older as well. Anyone else struggle with this?