Three more years until Disney World

I sent my husband to a Halloween party with my three daughters last night.  We were invited to the party by another family on the street next to us.

We had a great time at the party last year.  They had pumpkin carving, apple bobbing, design your own scarecrow, mummy creations with toliet paper and lots of kids dressed in costume.

But this year I missed the party completely.  I was supposed to come to the party late, but instead my soon to be three-year-old came back home to me.  The hosts of the party were dressed in wigs and face paint...one was the Grim Reaper and the wife was his bride.  My daughter kept repeating....."he's too scary....he's too scary....."

I am not surprised.  When our oldest daugther was three, she had a phobia of people in costumes. This meant we never went to see a Wiggles show or Monsters on Ice.  And it  definitely ruled on Kings Island as well.  Of course, we saved a fortune.

We tried everything to help her our daughter.  But time was the only thing that worked. After three years she finally got over her fear and I have a picture of her with Strawberry Shortcake to prove it.

It was right at that time that our middle daughter developed the same problem for about the same length of time...three years.

Our oldest (who will be in 9 in the spring) began asking when we could make a trip to Disney World.   I explained our family phobia and told her that it may be soon if her youngest sister somehow missed the curse.

But yesterday made me realize that it must be a genetic thing, and we have three more years until we see Disney World.

Kathy Schlaeger lives with her husband and three daughters near Cincinnati, Ohio.  She will be home on Halloween night shielding her almost three-year-old from other children in costumes.

Comments

[JenniferBrown]

I was scared to death of Santa...and so are my kids. I have virtually no Santa pix of any of them. :(

But, hey...ain't nothin' scary about Mickey! I say head on down, and tell Mickey I said Hi! (I'm a die-hard Disneyer).
jen

[Paula]

For Halloween my five year old daughter is going to be a fluffy white bunny - she wants nothing to do with scary ol' witches and goblins...I give her a few more years and then I'll bet she will be begging to be a vampiress ;) Hope you get to Disney - I grew up in Florida and we went to Disney several times a year - such a blast!

Paula