This is the hilarious moment a mum attempted to surprise her twins with a holiday to Disneyland Paris - only for her daughter to burst into tears and say she'd rather go to school. Heather Lisle surprised identical twins Poppy and Ruby, six, with a family holiday to Disneyland Paris on April 20 by packing their suitcases for them and telling them they were dropping their gran, Emma, 53, off at the airport before school.
When they arrived at the airport, the 32-year-old and partner Tom, 30, pulled out two boarding passes and announced that instead of going to school, they were getting on a plane. While Ruby pretended to faint with happiness and collapsed into Heather's arms, Poppy burst into tears and had to be comforted by recruitment consultant Tom.
Poppy can be heard saying 'but I want to go to school' before Tom scoops her up to give her a hug while Heather tries to convince her they'll have a better time in Paris where they'll meet Mickey, Minnie and Spiderman. The sobbing year one pupil then asks if she can go to school first and go to Paris afterwards.
Heather said: "The night before I told them their teacher had just emailed and it was a non-school uniform day. They said that was really cool. We said we were dropping their nan at the airport and that's why we had the big suitcase out because we were letting her borrow it.
"It was Ruby's turn to take the register down to the office so she was getting really irate and stroppy saying if we made her late then we were going to be in trouble and Poppy was in her own little world. When we got to the airport, we started the video in the car park. They were saying 'why are we here? we're going to be late' and literally kicking off.
"I told them they weren't going to school and we had a surprise, we got out the boarding passes and Poppy started kicking off. Ruby was saying we were going to be late for school. After the Disney reveal, Poppy kicked off massively and started crying for no reason because she wanted to go to school first and go to Disney afterwards.
"Ruby is obsessed with marvel superheroes like Spiderman so she fell into my arms and pretended to faint. Then I got smothered in kisses and happiness while Daddy picked up Poppy who was crying her eyes out.
"Ruby's was more of the reaction I expected, we got a 50/50 split. Once we told her she'd meet Mickey and Minnie and I gave her some food she came round. They were being really impatient and wanted to get on the plane."
Owner of JJFM maintenance company Heather says Poppy had a change of heart when they arrived at Disneyland and when they had to leave four days later, she cried again asking if she could stay. Heather said: "They absolutely loved it. When we left Disney, Poppy was hysterically crying saying she didn't want to leave and begging me to stay for one more day so a completely opposite reaction.
"I've tried to instil Disney in them over the years because I'm beyond massive Disney fan but they didn't really take to it until we got there. Now we're watching Disney films every other day." Heather posted the video online and the post racked up more than 2,000 reactions from other parents who found it hilarious.
One wrote: "This would legit be my kids." Another said: "I can legit imagine this being my two girl's reactions. Brilliant video."
A third added: "We did this with my grandchildren but told them we were going to Legoland which we’d been to several times. When we told them my eight-year-old grandson cried because he’d been looking at the new rides at Legoland. Once there we had a great time."
Heather said: "When I show the twins the video, Poppy goes bright red and tells me off. Ruby thinks it's funny, they say it's so embarrassing."
