Then I had to explain to him and answer thirty "whys?" as to why we can not bring ALL his toys on vacation.
When we finally left the house, we had a late breakfast at our local diner. Dinosaur loves to play with his cars, and drawing a road always keeps him busy.
After a few minutes on the road he thankfully fell asleep, but it only lasted an hour.
Now we sit in the hotel bed, playing with the horse and barn set daddy bought him at Cracker Barrel. You would have thought hubby bought him a real horse, he was beyond excited.This came in handy as we had to move hotel rooms since the fridge was NOT working. They moved us to another room with a working fridge, but an old AC and dirty bathroom. I WILL be leaving poor reviews when we leave and on the website. Yes, I will blog about their poor service, after I leave.
Here's to hoping that tomorrow will be a fun day with son at Sesame Place. I can't wait to see his reaction to the character lunch and water parks. Every moment he is thrilled makes me excited, seeing it all through his eyes is a wonderful trip.
How do you all survive vacation with the kids?
God he is just soooo cute. I want to pinch and kiss those cheeks.
ReplyDeleteI remember the days going on vaca with my girls when they were little and it was always exhausting and challenging. Only tip I can give you is when the WHY's start turn the question back on them. So when he asked why he couldn't take all his toys, ask him why does he think that they can't be? Would he be able to carry them all? Etc. Most times if you ask the questions it gets them talking and thinking on their own. Its not fool proof with a stubborn kid but does work most of the time. LOL
It's funny I normally do ask him questions back, but I was so tired and frustrated. When I'm in that mood I'm not the best mommy.
DeleteHe had lots of fun today, so it made it all worth it.
LOL. Oh I remember those days only all to well. Vaca with kids are exhausting. Your more excited with the hope they will love where you spent all you time, effort and money on for their fun.
ReplyDeleteMore times than not, there will be a tantrum or a fit over something. You'll be frustrated and exhausted beyond belief. But you will look back at it fondly, especially when looking at the photos. I still smile when I look back knowing I wanted to murder him at any given moment because of something ridiculous he was carrying on over.
Tip - you have to find that one thing that makes a vaca for him. My son, it was the pool. No matter where we went, the hotel had to have a pool. That was vaca in his book!
Good luck and I hope you all have a blast!
yeah good point, I think the pool is important to son, but the hotel doesn't have one :( We had to do a package deal and couldn't afford one with a pool, but after all the water rides at Sesame, he loved it.
DeleteYeah, I plan on using all these tempertantrums as pay guilt, LOL
Even though our vacation went fairly well, it was still waaaayyy more work for me than I would have imagined in the pre-baby days. After we got back, I needed a vacation from the family vacation! Good luck. Have fun tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteYeah, more work but the fun moments make it all worth it.
DeleteWe had a blast, he LOVED Sesame.
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