We are planning a huge family vacation this summer, to Disney World. It's quite a trip for us as getting our family all there in a timely fashion is an undertaking in logistics. Mike and I are driving with Lucas and Eli. Thought it would let them see the country between Iowa and Florida. The girls and their friends are flying, of course not on the same flights as that would be too easy.
We've wanted to take the boys for some time but also wanted to make sure that they were better equipped to handle the hectic schedule, chaos and crowds. They are better prepared, we....will never be totally prepared.
The trip is supposed to consist of 4 days of Disney, a beach day and an air boat trip in the Everglades. We tried to delay telling the boys about the trip because they are now wound beyond all reason. The next 2+ months will not go fast enough for them, it has even eclipsed Eli's plans for his birthday.
We have also tried to explain how long the trip is..2 1/2 days...that we are all confined in a car for however long it takes. They've had two other road trips, 18 hours to New Mexico and 7 hours to the Black Hills in South Dakota. They also do not understand that we won't be close enough in Florida to visit our relatives in New Mexico.....no maps do not help thus the road trip to hopefully give them an idea of the size of the United States.
I'm sure I'll bore the blog world with more vacation trivia as we get closer to leaving...sorry about that. I have just found it to be another aspect of the boys' learning curve. Distance, space and time are very hard things to get them to understand unless they physically experience it. Unfortunately they both get car sick so I'm thinking the physical aspect will be all too real.
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