1. If you wear flip flops while wrangling luggage, use extra caution. That would be my mistake and my little toe paid the price. There was blood involved.
2. Pack the fuzzy blankets. We normally do. The hotel only had one mildly fuzzy blanket and this caused a fuss between the boys.
3. Check the open/close times of places you will be visiting. Gosh, this one is a no brainer, right? I assumed the mall would be open but it did not open until 12:00. We wasted several hours because of that.
4. Pack the shelf stable milk. The Sassy Diva has to have her milk. I normally take the shelf stable single serve boxes with the straw on long trips. This trip was close to home and only one night, but I spent over $15 on milk on this trip and it is also a hassle to locate sometimes. We ended up getting it at Starbucks and ordering it from room service. Of course, the other kids wanted milk too.
5. Having a room with a balcony rocks! We spent well over an hour and half hanging out on the balcony, talking, people watching and looking at the lights of Dallas.
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We just got back from our Spring Break weekend trip. We had a lot a fun, a couple of meltdowns, and learned a little more about what works for us, and what doesn't. I am going to share a little about our favourite attraction from this trip - Medieval Times. I have been twice, without the kids, so I knew what to expect and I choose this because I felt it would be something all three of my travel companions would love. When you have a diverse age group, it is not always easy to find something that EVERYONE will enjoy. This one hit the mark. It was "grown up" enough for the 12 year old, involved weapons which was a hit for my 7 year old, horses for my pony loving 2 year old and food, which all of us get excited about. So first things first, we arrived. Way to early. The show started at 2:30, but the doors opened at 12:45. We ended up arriving at 12:00 and spent some time sitting in the van. We were NOT the only ones there that early. So, you would think that because we arrived so early we would have been one of the first people in line right? Nope. Because, just when were were about to get out and get in line, someone had to go to the bathroom. This meant we had to find a gas station. My GPS pointed me toward one, but as soon as we pulled out of the parking lot, we noticed one next door. We drove over, but we should have walked because... we ended up spending 15 minutes driving back to the parking lot. Someone may have missed the exit, twice. Lesson Learned #1: Don't depend solely on phone apps to find the nearest gas station. Open your eyes and look around first. We waited in line. The oldest complained, the tot wanted to swim in the mote and the 7 year old decided to hug me the entire time. Once inside, we had our photos taken with our paper crowns on, we shopped in the lobby area, checked out the horses in the stalls, and then sat down and watched kids sword fight (wooden swords $10) one of the employees. The 7 year old took two turns sword fighting, and the guy was nice enough to let him borrow a sword (saving us $10!). It was fun to watch, and I was glad we arrived early enough to do that. Although, if we go again, we will arrive no more than 45 minutes before show time! |
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