Winging it

The kids are showered and asleep, hubby is working on his laptop, and I’m catching up on some school reading and messages over a glass of wine, with a towel still holding my hair. Nothing crazy going on over here, just a simple, boring, content Friday evening.

To be honest, it’s a nice little feel of normalcy after three weeks of consistently being on the go.

I missed it, I think.

We are in my “home” town, Tuzla. I wasn’t born here, but it is the only place I remember. It is the first home I remember.

That story is for another time, let’s stay on track.

I was discussing traveling with kids with a few friends, some asking for advice, travel recommendations, and some nicely telling me I’m a little crazy for putting myself through the craziness for this long.

Which I tell that to myself often too, don’t worry.

I have no secrets, no special way of doing it, no specific travel recommendation, and nothing out of the ordinary.

Honestly..

I’m winging it

I will add; I really believe it helps tremendously that my kids are easy going, but on the days that they are not, I don’t stress too much.

Adults Have off-days, why can’t kids?

Honestly..

We take it day by day

I believe that having an easy environment and being as calm as possible around kids, truly rubs off on them. If you don’t find something a big deal, they won’t either. I don’t find dinners with kids hectic, I don’t find beach time chaos, being dirty, eating crappy, not being cooperative all day hectic.

I’ll make sure they are fed, showered, and hydrated before bed.

The way I see it, my kid doesnt have to eat every meal if they don’t want to, and not every meal has to be super healthy, my kid does not have to go to bed early if they don’t want to, they don’t have to nap on the dot that they are used to. They can have that ice-cream (even if it’s their 3rd), they can stay in the water 5 more minutes (even though 5 more minutes happened 3 times), and they can throw a tantrum and we can talk about it and move on.

I always remind myself that they are on vacation too, and as soon as this trip ends, the standard home structure begins.

So

Honestly..

We just roll with it

It has really worked well for us, and more importantly for the kids.

They get to enjoy what feels like their actual vacation, and with that, we get to enjoy ours.

So I guess if I was to give any sort of advice, it would be to simply leave your house rules behind, and enjoy your vacation with your sometimes crabby, dirty, tired, junk eating kids.

Find the good in that, because there is SO much good in it!

Sincerely,

Ilda