Well. It is official. We are home from vacation. There's nothing like a 1200 mile car trip on the way home from vacation to bring you back to reality.
Reality hurts.
I am so tired today. My head hurts just thinking about all the laundry I have to do.
Just for the record...all 66 stuffed animals made it home. The only casualty was my daughter's fleece blanket. But never fear, the wonderful hotel we stayed at in Oklahoma is mailing it to us.
Let me just put in a good word for Norman, Oklahoma. If ever there was a wholesome city in the U.S., it has got to be Norman, Oklahoma. Great, nice, helpful people. If it just wasn't so stinking hot there, it would be doable.
Now that I am home and no vacations are on the forseeable future, I am plunging completely into this blog. More new posts on a regular basis.
Take care,
Julie
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Road Tripping Songs, Kids Version
Here they are. Drumroll please...Our kids favorite songs from our road trip to Iowa, in no particular order.
1. Lean On Me by Mitchel Musso
2. I Don't Think About It by Emily Osment
3. Cartoons by Chris Rice
4. Billy Joe McGuffrey by Chris Rice
5. Kiss the Girl by Colbie Caillat
6. Dry Bed by Billy Bragg
7. Curly Headed Baby by Ramblin Jack Elliott
8. Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
9. House Party Time by Dan Zanes
10. Theme song to "Phineas and Ferb"
1. Lean On Me by Mitchel Musso
2. I Don't Think About It by Emily Osment
3. Cartoons by Chris Rice
4. Billy Joe McGuffrey by Chris Rice
5. Kiss the Girl by Colbie Caillat
6. Dry Bed by Billy Bragg
7. Curly Headed Baby by Ramblin Jack Elliott
8. Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
9. House Party Time by Dan Zanes
10. Theme song to "Phineas and Ferb"
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
If Just Wouldn't be Family Vacation Unless....
Sometimes you can predict what will happen on a family vacation before you even go. Certain things are just a given. Here are few of our vacation "givens" at grandma and grandpa's house, so far.
1. At least one child will get sick and vomit. This time this one came by way of our daughter and thankfully she is fine now. I believe it was motion sickness that got her.
2. The kids will consume their weight in Tang and Pringles. I only hope the kids dentist isn't reading this.
3. The baths will be few and far between. The motto is "Chlorine is your friend." I think it is keeping them semi clean.
4. We will end each night hunting for lightning bugs. This one is so much fun and is more of a tradition than just a given. I wish we had lightning bugs where we live in Texas.
5. A family vacation to grandma and grandpa's just wouldn't be complete without a trip to Chuck E Cheese's. While there, we will spend our entire budget on tokens so the kids can buy cheap plastic toys with their prize money.
That's all for today!
1. At least one child will get sick and vomit. This time this one came by way of our daughter and thankfully she is fine now. I believe it was motion sickness that got her.
2. The kids will consume their weight in Tang and Pringles. I only hope the kids dentist isn't reading this.
3. The baths will be few and far between. The motto is "Chlorine is your friend." I think it is keeping them semi clean.
4. We will end each night hunting for lightning bugs. This one is so much fun and is more of a tradition than just a given. I wish we had lightning bugs where we live in Texas.
5. A family vacation to grandma and grandpa's just wouldn't be complete without a trip to Chuck E Cheese's. While there, we will spend our entire budget on tokens so the kids can buy cheap plastic toys with their prize money.
That's all for today!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to Iowa we go
On Saturday we left for a 10 day vacation to Iowa to visit the grandparents. Ten days sounds like a long time to be gone, but considering we are crazy enough to be driving there, the actual "vacation" time is not as long and the "trip" part is.
Here is a recap of the top 10 lessons I have learned so far on our trip, in no particular order.
1. Tejano music makes me happy. Never mind the fact that I don't have a clue what they are singing about. For all I know they could be telling me to leave my husband for the man with the mustache in Mexico. I like the music anyway.
2. The drivers side door handle breaking while stopped in San Antonio therefore causing the driver for the remainder of the trip to exit out the van door, makes our family look like we should be auditioning for the Shriners Circus.
3. Any casual mention of the word "gas" as in, "How much gas is left in the tank?" or "Should we stop for gas?" causes uncontrollable giggles from the back row of the van.
4. While in theory it seems reasonable to allow each child to bring whatever number of stuffed animals they can fit into their backpack, it is in reality not doable or practical considering they can each fit 32 stuffed animals into their backpacks making our van look like a stuffed animal machine exploded inside the minute they unzip their backpacks.
5. Our dog is really Hudini reincarnated considering she can escape from the tiniest of places quicker than a flash.
6. Mitchell Musso's version of "Lean on me" gets old after you have listened to it fourteen times in a row since the oldest child proclaimed it "The best song ever in the world. Period."
7. A child losing a tooth in the hotel room raises the whole vacation excitement level by about 10.
8. A child misplacing said tooth in the hotel bed raises the whole vacation stress level by about 10.
9. The beauty of Texas is that you can drive for almost 500 miles and still be in the great state of Texas.
10. Going on a family vacation is great. Don't take my word for it though. Here is what our oldest child wrote in his journal on day one. (by the way, he's 8):
"We have just started on are trip to Iowa. My sister was really mad because she could not get hooked in. Then we had to get ice in the cooler. Then we went to the post office. To drop off some letters to send. After that we keep on going on are trip to Iowa. Its goin to be a great trip."
There you have it!
Here is a recap of the top 10 lessons I have learned so far on our trip, in no particular order.
1. Tejano music makes me happy. Never mind the fact that I don't have a clue what they are singing about. For all I know they could be telling me to leave my husband for the man with the mustache in Mexico. I like the music anyway.
2. The drivers side door handle breaking while stopped in San Antonio therefore causing the driver for the remainder of the trip to exit out the van door, makes our family look like we should be auditioning for the Shriners Circus.
3. Any casual mention of the word "gas" as in, "How much gas is left in the tank?" or "Should we stop for gas?" causes uncontrollable giggles from the back row of the van.
4. While in theory it seems reasonable to allow each child to bring whatever number of stuffed animals they can fit into their backpack, it is in reality not doable or practical considering they can each fit 32 stuffed animals into their backpacks making our van look like a stuffed animal machine exploded inside the minute they unzip their backpacks.
5. Our dog is really Hudini reincarnated considering she can escape from the tiniest of places quicker than a flash.
6. Mitchell Musso's version of "Lean on me" gets old after you have listened to it fourteen times in a row since the oldest child proclaimed it "The best song ever in the world. Period."
7. A child losing a tooth in the hotel room raises the whole vacation excitement level by about 10.
8. A child misplacing said tooth in the hotel bed raises the whole vacation stress level by about 10.
9. The beauty of Texas is that you can drive for almost 500 miles and still be in the great state of Texas.
10. Going on a family vacation is great. Don't take my word for it though. Here is what our oldest child wrote in his journal on day one. (by the way, he's 8):
"We have just started on are trip to Iowa. My sister was really mad because she could not get hooked in. Then we had to get ice in the cooler. Then we went to the post office. To drop off some letters to send. After that we keep on going on are trip to Iowa. Its goin to be a great trip."
There you have it!
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