Vacations are Great, Except for….

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Goofy welcomes our family to the happiest place on earth. Well, almost happiest...

I don’t think I ever met anyone who did not like a good vacation. Nice weather, good food, new places to see and who could forget…..meltdowns. We have all had to deal with them. Kids getting to bed two hours late then waking up early because they are just too excited to sleep. By dinner time they are either passed out (if you are lucky) or if you are like me, they are wild animals who need to be sedated!

We had the good fortune to visit Disney World recently and while our photos capture smiles on rides, meeting Pluto and colorful parades….some of the moments I will remember most were not captured on film. There was my 7-year-old falling to his knees at Hollywood Studios because we would not go to yet another gift shop. Even more vivid is my 5-year-old pouting at dinner because they put a pickle on his plate.  Ah yes, I love my children and the trip was wonderful, but I do imagine a vacation without these little “incidents.”

I try to get them to bed at a decent hour. Sadly, that means my husband and I are also in bed at that same decent hour (ah….parenthood).  I try to make sure they eat semi-healthy (no candy before 9AM) and I do my best to ignore their moans and groans, but at some point I have to pull them aside and have that little “chat” about consequences and choices.

Does anyone else have a vacation memory to share? A really good one? Help us all feel better and let us know we are not alone.