In the early summer I heard on the Today Show that many people would not be traveling as far for vacation. With rising gas prices many people were choosing to stay at home. And a new phrase emerged the "stay-cation" Basically you stay at your own house and choose to do fun things closer to home. At the time I remember laughing quite loudly and thinking what an upsurd idea. The point of vacation usually is to get away for a while.
Well we got away.....17 days in fact.......and missed our beds, food, kids, conviences.
Once Ty got settled in and we got over jet-lag it was time to consider if we were in fact going to take a family vacation.
Very quickly the thought of a stay-cation sounded like a really brilliant idea. Really, all the kids want is to go do something fun and have mom and dad participate as well. So we set aside a couple of days and planned our stay-cation.
We let everyone choose an activity and then worked out a schedule to get it all accomplished. The kids chose things that typically we don't get to do unless there is a special event or birthday party to attend.
So here is the list of requests that we accomplished:
Zane - Ride bikes and go fishing
Trent - Glow in the dark mini-golf
Mia - Paint pottery at The Mudpie Company
Kaylee - fishing and mudpie
Ty - Build a Bear Workshop (everyone else already had a bear)
Mom- Not to cook for 2 days (I picked the restaurant for lunch and dinner one day)
Dad - Not to spend $200 just on gas to and from vacation (He picked lunch & dinner the next day)
We had a great time. We saved a little money (not much) However, we contributed to the local merchants and tried to feel good about ourselves in the process.
And most importantly we spent some good quality time together.
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