Comments on: Beach, no salt

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:29:16 +0000

We are currently on vacation in DC. It’s been a lot better now that the kids are older. My youngest, 9, is still a pill though. I think it’s his personality though. He hates travel. He likes his home and routine. So even kid friendly Air & Space Museum was a fight that ended with me sitting with him at the McDonalds eating fries while he played on my phone.
However, today we separated and I took my older 2 children, 14 & 12, to the Holocaust Museum and the National Gallery of Art. It was glorious. We walked some and got to see the city. With the youngest, we have to get a lyft/uber everywhere. Ate shawarma from a food truck, no nuggets. I still hold hope for the youngest, but I don’t know that he will ever enjoy travel. (He hated Disney and Universal.)

By: LD

LD — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:45:49 +0000

In reply to lauravanderkam. You know, there are HIGHLY effective permanent and semi-permanent options to help with that. ;-)

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:49:40 +0000

In reply to LD. @LD- oh, I know! If I can just hang on another 6-12 months! (and not get pregnant).

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:48:29 +0000

In reply to Mary.

@Mary – they all probably sound the same, when it comes down to it. 🙂

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:48:00 +0000

In reply to Barb. @Barb - he fell asleep in the car on the way back! Slightly less useful place to nap than at the house, where I could have read, but oh well.

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:46:35 +0000

In reply to Diana. @Diana- oh, we took the toll road all right. So I'll retrospectively wave at you!

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:45:59 +0000

In reply to Kaethe.

@Kaethe – love the article at the link. Yep, it was a trip, not a vacation 🙂

By: Kaethe

Kaethe — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:34:37 +0000

Our family was vacationing between SW Michigan and Indiana Dunes last week too, including a stop at the outlets! Lake Michigan was perfect. We have six kids, including twin two-year-olds, so vacations are not exactly “relaxing”. This is my favorite read before any traveling. 🙂
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/m-blazoned/vacation-or-trip-a-helpful-guide-for-parents_b_7789310.html

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:29:52 +0000

My husband and I did a decent amount of traveling/vacationing in our 7 married years before kids (because even without kids, sometimes traveling is still not “vacation”) and now we take our son and it’s not the same but still great. He’s 4 which is getting to an easier age and where he’s old enough to remember things!! I grew up traveling with my family and those are some of my favorite childhood memories. I hope my son (and future kids) will feel the same!
If you took the toll road through Indiana you drove past our lake!

By: Cloud

Cloud — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:27:38 +0000

We’re just back from vacation, too! My younger daughter is 7 now, so we’re far from the toddler days. I remember some fun and somewhat relaxing vacations with toddlers, but yes… not as relaxing as they are now. I guess they were relaxing because there were no work issues to solve, only kid issues. But even with rose-colored glasses looking back, I remember a lot of kid issues! The roaring story made me think about one of our favorite memories from the road trip vacation we took when my 7 year old was almost 2. We drove around California, including a stop to see the state capitol in Sacramento (my husband has a thing about visiting capitols…) She saw the bronze bear statue outside of the governor’s office and gave a rousing “ROAR” at it. Even the trooper guarding the office cracked up.