Wow

So many wows in just one short week. From the airport pickup to the final parade every detail carefully planned to make you forget your life and simply smile. I'm probably the last person you might expect to gush about Disney World but hey, it's good to forget the world we live in once in a while and enter a fantasy. Having a six year old along for the ride helps. My top 10 wows from Disney World that I'll never forget:

• The Wilderness Lodge - That lobby has to be seen, pictures don't do it justice
• Soarin' - Hang gliding over California. I thought I wasn't going to see Napa this year but I was wrong.
• Dinner at Le Cellier - Great steak and wine from Canada. If you get a chance, eat there.
• The waiter at Prime Time Cafe - If he asks you if you washed your hands, you better know what color the soap was. Oh, and I recommend finishing your vegetables.
• Ketchup at Whispering Canyon - If you ask for some, be prepared.
• The characters at Chef Mickey's - The food isn't the best in the park but that's not why you eat there.
• Hearing Dad laugh like a kid on the Tower of Terror. Emma and Mom may have hated it but I know he didn't.
• Seeing Mom and Emma walk into the Magic Kingdom for the first time - Two simultaneous wows each expressed in their own way.
• Emma actually going to sleep on her own. Sheer exhaustion has it's advantages.
• The look in my little girl's eyes when Cinderella blew her a kiss. To her, that really was Cinderella and I think I detected a crack in that tough exterior of hers.

As I return to a world of bills, missed deadlines, and crashed hard drives I'm glad to have escaped it all for a week. Thanks Sue for making reservations all those long months ago. A testament to good planning and getting up early to make reservations. Thanks for making sure each day was filled with wows.