Casualties of an extended weekend:
- 1 broken Wii remote – fried
- 1 broken Wii charger station (see above)
- 1 three year old child, afraid of the water since his everloving dad thought he was big enough to try going under
- eleventy gazillion DVDs out of order, with or without their jackets
- forty seven** opened but unfinished soda cans
- thirty two** opened but unfinished snack cracker/chip packets
- 1 mountain of laundry
- 3 mountains of dirty dishes
- general homeland chaos
- sore, sore feet
- headache
- 1 parental meltdown when her three year old decided he was afraid of public toilets (which is completely understandable) and would only go at home. This at the beginning of an extended weekend away from home. (Luckily, once settled in to the hotel room, he decided that one wasn’t too scary.)
Highlights of an extended weekend:
- An overnight stay at a swanky downtown hotel, complete with swimming pool, white robes, and unlimited complimentary*** milk and cookies room service for the children
- A glorious sunny day for the girls to wander, browse, and shop without the boys
- An opportunity for the boys to go play arcade games without the girls
- Dining out with family
- Playing in a beautiful swimming pool with happy happy children (prior to being dunked, that is)
- Two little boys sitting on a king-sized bed, snacking on cookies and milk, and playing ‘go fish’
- Five kids, two adults, popcorn, candy, snacks, sodas, blankets, and pillows (all in two vehicles parked side by side) at the drive in theatre for the new Indiana Jones movie.
- That blissful calm that descends when the four extra kids are safely delivered to their own home, and our little family of three is safely back in our own home.
*Memorial Day weekend. So it’s yesterday’s news. Better late than never.
**exaggeration — even so, TOO MUCH WASTE! Ack!
***may not be so complimentary considering the king’s ransom charged for just one night
