I am home.
I survived two 17 hour car trips with 5 kids and a husband.
I successfully left my blog to it’s own devices and took a true break. A vacation!
And I am back home, looking forward to a glorious night sleep in my own bed.
- Taking a break from blogging is the best inspiration. My head and a certain scrap of paper are full of ideas for the New Year. I can’t wait to get fully unpacked, get the house cleaned up, and the kids back to school so that I can get to work on all of my ideas.
- Spending time with family is the best gift ever.
- Having slightly sick family members and cold weather at the beach is not all bad. Because we weren’t always on the go, I had plenty of time to read and relax and take mid-day naps.
- Not having TV at home means endlessly entertained children when on vacation. They never tired of watching Nickelodeon.
- Wearing sandals in December is awesome.
- 17 hours in the car with patchy sleep erases all the catch-up sleep from a vacation. Which means you need another day and a half minimum of vacation after the vacation is over.
- Sunset is the most beautiful time of day.
- Double check that all Christmas presents are packed when traveling for the Holidays. Because it kind of stinks for one child whose gifts were all left at home.
- It’s never too early to plan for next Christmas’ trip to Florida.
- Nothing compares to home and your own bed. Not even mid day naps.
It’s good to be back. I had a fabulous time that I can’t wait to share with everyone. I missed this.
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Welcome home! Love to hear how inspired you are! Walking away for a little bit can do that…. and YES, sandals in December are fantastic!
Welcome home! I would have never been able to do a 17 hour drive with my family- it would have become smaller along the way. I totally agree about the sunset!!!
A vacation to someplace warm would be quite lovely,but I’m not so sure about the 17 hour drive. :) I’ve done 13 with kids, and I don’t know if I could handle any longer!
Luckily, it was the oldest child. If I had done the same for my youngest, I would have had to go out and buy duplicate presents!
oh dear on #8!!! i think that’s why we stay at home!!!
I’m trying to achieve the same nirvana! =) Oh by the way, I just linked to your TSA post and it’s currently up now. I wish we had the same motivation about driving like you!
Sounds great and it looks like you had a great time.
Welcome home and welcome back!
amber :)