To tell you the truth I can't even remember my last trip. I know I wasn't pregnant with my fourth boy yet. But I really have no idea the last time I had the energy to pack up and take the kids out of town.
But lets face it. Energy wasn't the only things standing in my way. Our tires were a year and half past their expiration date before we finally replaced them last summer. The cars transmission started to slip every now and again, and since that car is almost fuels my life I didn't want to push it too far and loose it for good. The van we bought ended up with a terrible oil leak, so vehicles were out of the question.
There was no way my husband could take time off work. If anything we should have been inventing a way for there to be more time within the space time continuum for him to work and earn money. Every hour of overtime slowly got us a little closer to caught up. But we weren't nearly caught up enough to take time off and fall a little behind.
Since there was no money for time off. There was no money to travel as well. And so ended our little family travels for the time being.
Well finances have freed up a little with. . . um. . .*cough*. . . student loans. And my cleaning business is doing pretty well. And the best part of everything is the purchase of my 2008 Kia Sedona. A van with room for our family and more!
So we took a little trip about an hour out of town last weekend. This has been the closest thing to a vacation we've had in a long time. We stayed in a hotel. We swam in a pool. We visited Thomas at A Day Out With Thomas. And we ate a bunch of junk food. It was so fun!
Unfortunately my lapse in vacations has left me a little on the under prepared side. I forgot formula. I forgot milk for the cereal. I didn't really pack the food well at all. Getting into the hotel room was a mess from all the disorganization from packing. I didn't pack enough clothes for the kids. I brought all the soaps for the shower, but I forgot the loofa-- the most important part. We forgot some other things too. I can't even remember all the things we forgot.
Not to mention staying in a hotel room with kids is kind of rough. I seriously was getting cabin fever just from being in the room, with them, by myself, for 2 hours.
We've added a kid since our last vacation too. This complicated things a little. I didn't have bibs for him. He made a mess of all his clothes and ended up making the trip home in just a diaper.
The kids all threw huge fits at one point or another. Another lovely side effect of trips: No Naps. And I found myself a little irritated here and there.
But even with all the mess. Even with all the chaos. I really had a good time. The boys threw fits, but they were really good too. They shared with each other. They spoke nicely to everyone, and they used their manners at the store. I was so proud of them. One of the twins bought me flowers and carried them all over-- he was so proud of the flowers he bought for mom. After the boys went to sleep I soaked in the big jetted tub-- a must when it comes to hotel rooms :).
We really made some good memories. I enjoyed being able to get out and go out of town with the kids. It's hard work, but it creates great memories. And luckily we at least remembered the camera.
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