HIGHLIGHTS:
1 - Got a great deal on a 5-star hotel
2 - Ate some real and really good Chinese food
3 - Opportunity to check out a beautiful city and use the passports we got for our kids.
LOWLIGHTS:
1 - 2 small children. One approaching 3 years old whose mouth doesn't stop flapping unless he asleep, the other is 4 months and hates to ride in the car for even a mile to go to the grocery store. Double hmmmm.
2 - 2 children in diapers. Inevitably, we always gave the diapers more credit than they deserved. As a result our car smelled a lot like the rest stops we frequented.
3 - 2 children who are used to sleeping in their own rooms. One requires the door to be locked at night to keep him from running around like a madman until the wee hours of the morning. I don't care if your hotel has the milky way rating, we needed 3 rooms just to make the stay tolerable. One room plus the portable crib in the bathroom didn't cut it.
4 - Poor planning in the books-on-tape department. If you hear the LG using EXTREME profanity, you can blame it on the R-rated language emanating from our speakers. One benefit of this debacle is that I plan to blame all his bad language until he moves out on this one trip. (You may say, turn it off. Hmmmm. That, like many other things is much to simple to be a solution we would employ).
5 - Poor planning in the not-bringing-a-sitter department. Let's just say that eating with chopsticks with a squirmy worm on my lap doesn't go to far in helping me enjoy ANY dining experience. Again, wouldn't matter too much if the food received the milky way rating.
6 - As a woman still recovering from the ill-effects of bearing children on my style, body image, and any sense of self worth - take note: don't go to cities with your two obnoxious children in tow where there are an abundance of thin Asians, sharply dressed 20-somethings, and plenty of store fronts reminding me that there is a whole world of fashion out there I can no longer relate to.
7 - Staying with friends/family. We learned that relying on the good graces of your peeps along the way may result in your loss of these people as friends, especially if you have your own version of the LG to mismanage. Let's see...where to begin? How about with the sharpie he located and proceeded to use in marking his territory on the steering wheel and leather seats of our friends' car? Or, maybe with the pink finger nail polish he used to paint a small wooden chair, some white carpet and a dining room chair (don't be fooled by the small size of those nail polish bottles, I had NO idea how many square feet a 2-year old could cover in 5 minutes).
As you can see, the lowlights far outweigh the highlights. As crazy as this may seem, we just got back from another 3 day adventure down to Lake Powell for my Triathalon. Stay posted for Triathalon highlights. I promise to leave out my complaints about traveling with kids.
7 comments:
hmmmmmmmmm... I hate to tell you I told you so! Making memories perhaps not such a good idea if traveling is included in plans.
And now my friend you know why Troy has declared no more vacations with kids!!! JK but everytime we try to do one he looks at me and says "let's try this again in about 10 years hey?"
Either you're brave or crazy, or maybe a mix of both! If anything, your travels make for some VERY entertaining blog reads :)
Ouch! The sharpie on the car and nail polish incidents made me cringe.
Hotels pretty much suck with children. Unless you can afford the 2-3 bed suit, which we never have.
On the positive side, tiny princess is looking chunky and lovely.
Can't wait to hear about L.Powell.
We wonder what we get ourselves into every time too. I always have an "ideal" in my head that never happens;) But we always have to laugh after and say we are the Grizzwalds on vacation!
I have fashioned a universal mesh lid contraption that latches to the top of any crib. Attached, is a large hanging water bottle with drip free nipple and dry food pan. Pending legality issues I have 1.2 million units pre ordered and ready to ship. Let me know if you are interested.
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