In the last 4 years, my husband and I have been to Walt Disney World 3 times. Last Christmas was our first time to take my kids. They were 5 and 7, and were perfect! My bonus son was 12, and he’s been 4 times, so he’s a pro. All of our kids (okay, and us) are already talking about our next trip. Do we go to WDW again, or try Disneyland? Disneyland involves a flight… where we are driving distance to WDW. Sort of. 17 hours of being-in-the-van-together-pure-*BLISS.*

Before we went to Disney last Christmas, I made a super cute Disney countdown. A little picture frame with a dry erase surface for easy erasing.

Well, while it was CUTE, I decided to go bigger and better when I saw the Mickey shape cutout at Canton Trade Days. So here is what I did:

Guess WHAT? The WHOLE thing is a chalkboard surface! THE WHOLE THING! The only erasable part is the left ear, where it currently says “too many.” Other details are permanent paint.

I love this countdown, and it has a permanent place for display. I wonder if the kids will notice when we can finally erase “too many” and put the number of days……???? Too bad it will be a LONG time before we can do that! In the meantime, we are really enjoying it!