This is a repost from several years ago, but is very informational. Here’s how you tell the difference between a Family Trip and a Vacation.
This past week was spring break for us.
Surprise, surprise we thought we would go camping. Always sounds like a good idea doesn’t it?
With almost 30 hours in the car my husband and I had a chance to have a lot of “discussions”.
We decided there was a difference between a “family trip” and a “vacation”.
By all means, this was a family trip!
Let me point out some differences….
Family Trip: Suburban pulling a trailer of camping gear and bikes.
Vacation: Car taking you to the airport.
Cue the banjo music!
Family Trip: Posing in front of a giant fake shark.
Vacation: Chartered fishing trip to actually catch something (other than the TICK that caught me!!!)
Family Trip: Lugging beach gear down .7 miles to the beach.
Vacation: Walking out french doors onto the beach!
Ummm…. I have no idea what this child was doing…
Family Trip: Eating lunch your Mother made on the beach AND LIKING IT!
Vacation: Cabana’s on the beach to fix you whatever you want.
Family Trip: Throwing sand at your sister!
Vacation: Throwing sand at your sister, it never gets old does it?!
Family Trip: Sleeping in a lawn chair.
Vacation: Sleeping in some beautiful hammock somewhere.
Family Trip: Dozing on the beach, waking up to a fish head your son left in your face on his smelly hat.
Vacation: Dozing on the beach, waking up to a Pina Colada!
Traveling with kids tip #3,458
Buy a bunch a Starburst candy, give one to the 2 year old UNOPENED, this will keep him busy for hours!
Family Trip: If it rains, take the kids to the Navel Museum, it’s free!
Vacation: Spend a bunch of money to entertain the kids at the mall.
Family Trip: Stop in New Orleans on the way home, prolonging the trip by 5 hours and ensuring that you get home at 2am! (But had really good food!)
Vacation: Flight gets in on time, you are in bed at a reasonable hour.
Family Trip: Get entertained by a guy, trying to look like a statue, all painted in gold.
Vacation: Hang out with people all decked out in gold!
You know what?
We both decided we would take a family trip any day of the week!
Did I mention that I had a tick??
Part comedian, part Dad, part athlete. He will boss around your children while they play ball.
Just as angelic as she looks, this girl could easily raise a Village by herself, and all the children would grow up to be President.
Self proclaimed, she would be a webkinz dog. Because, "they're cute, and puppies are too. And they're sweet and they always get along with other puppies."
This mini-Martha Stewart can handle ANY craft you send her way. She isn't all bows and rainbows, she's got karate kid moves!
Not "Pick-Me-Up" like caffeine, she wants you to pick her up! AND NOW!
Anything that can be destroyed WILL be destroyed!
Practically Perfect in Every Way for now! Nicknamed "The Panda" she is rolly polly and lives by the motto, "the little one, is KING!"
The resident Labradoodle, Miller got his name because Mom won and got to name the baby! Need something chewed up? He'll take care of it. Especially if it's expensive..
Loved the fish head. I could totally see one of my boys doing that to one of their sisters.
That looked like a fun trip! I have such cute nieces and nephews!
You are seriously the best at family trips, from the packing to the various ideas to entertain littles in the car, all of it, I've been storing away your bits of knowledge for a while now…so that when I get brave enough I'll take mine on an awesome family trip of our own. 🙂
I need a vacation.
Besides the tick, your "family trip" looked awesome! Love the pic of Rush opening his candy. 🙂 Your family is awesome Tiffany!
I don't know how you do it. The thought of taking a family vacation makes me nauseas! I admire you for making these memories with your kids. BTW, do you camp in a tent?
This is one of my favorite posts.
Man, do I miss Destin!!! We just moved from Florida to New Mexico about 2 months ago. Your pictures made me almost cry. My husband sure is missing Bass Pro Shop!! ;)Glad you guys had fun!
I wanna throw sand at the 4 year old, too!
Would you mind sharing where you camp in Destin? We usually camp in our home state & are trying to budget something a little more exotic for next year. I would love to hear about tried and true campgrounds!
ACk! I can’t remember where we stayed! It was a state park on the beach east of Destin.