When we were making our Summer Bucket List as a family, I kept a keen eye on having a good balance of free and not-so-free activities. Things we could do easily at home, but perhaps don’t do enough. And things that might require a bit of pre-planning and a few extra dollars.
Nick doesn’t really remember his first trip to DisneyWorld when he was four. When we went back this past May, it was as if he hadn’t seen any of it before.
One of his friends went on a ten day Alaskan cruise last year, and when he came back and I asked him what his favorite part was, it was scrambled eggs they had on a port-side stop … at a Hilton Garden Inn. A hotel chain that he actually lives reasonably close to.
The point of those two things?
Kids don’t care what you spend and what you do.
They just want your time and undivided attention.
Which I can absolutely do. In fact, I do believe I excel in it.
So things like make homemade bubbles, sleep in, and movie night … these are things that I know my kids enjoy just as much as things like go ziplining.
And when the at-home movie night means in Mom’s bed? All together? Well, all bets are off.
Because who am I to complain about a little Nutella on my white sheets?
And yes, that totally did happen.
And I totally didn’t yell. Not one decibel.
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