Mackenzie, my first-born is nine. No, I don't think you heard me right...I said NINE! As in, one year shy of a decade.
It's not even right.
Instead of a party, this year we decided to take a mini-vacation as a family. Of course, living where we do, in the great white middle of nowhere, this meant an overnight trip to...you guessed it...Bangor. It was our kids' first hotel stay, and they were quite excited about 1) the elevator, 2) the free continental breakfast, 3) the fishy bowls on the breakfast tables, 4) the pool, hot tub and sauna, and 5) our one and only night to watch American Idol, since we no longer have cable.
It is so much fun to watch your kids' delight! We are so blessed to parent this brood. they are fun-loving, well-behaved and dynamic children. We have a blast together!
Our outings included the Children's Discovery Museum, Toys'R'Us, Petco, Bugaboo Creek and Applebee's. And of course, we did a lot of swimming in the Marriott pool. Best of all...it all happened thanks to Christmas money and gift cards we'd saved!
Sometimes it's just SO nice to escape, if even for only 36 hours!
See all of our adventure on film over here
7 comments:
I can identify. Our son turned fourteen today. It is a bitter/sweet thing to watch them grow up. You do have some great kids.
I'm glad you and your family had a chance to get away. We just took a similar trip to Portland at the end of January. I find that going somewhere else helps me remember why I like the peacefulness of where we live. Long live vacations.
Jerry H
Looks like you had a great time (I checked out the photos). It's nice that you were able to get away. Your kids are all old enough that they'll probably always remember the first time they went to a motel.
Happy Birthday McKenzie... It sounds like it was a special time for your whole family... I'm so glad you all had the wonderful blessing to get away as a family, and share this special milestone in your son's life!!!!
I can't believe Mackenzie is 9! Happy (belated) birthday!
do you not have tv anymore or just not cable? cuz we don't have cable and we still get american idol. anyway, glad you had a good time.
We got rid of cable, and didn't bother with rabbit ears to even try! We just don't watch it, and the kids now just have dvds. (Though, being in the hotel made me remember how much I enjoy Idol!)
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