Our family prepares for an upcoming vacation in a different way each. I think about all the packing that needs to be completed and anything else that needs to be done one or more days in advance. I start packing or shopping or emailing so that when it’s close to the day of departure I have everything done without last minute rushing.
If it’s a trip involving a weather change (say from cold winter to mid-spring) due to change in location, I am inclined to shop. That’s not to say I’m ever disinclined to shop, I’m just more likely to head to the mall before a week-long trip.
My husband’s trip preparations are more straightforward than mine—get a haircut. Sometimes I envy the simplicity of his pre-trip planning.
The Big Boy Vacation Planner: My son wants to count down days until we leave for vacation. He likes helping write up our refrigerator calendar and then scratching off the days as we get closer to the day we leave for vacation.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: My daughter likes to pack her backpack in advance, which is not unlike her mother, as I too like to get things ready well before a trip. This afternoon she asked me where he backpack was and was it okay if she went ahead and put things in it for the plane ride and trip to Florida. She came back later and told me everything she put in—and the things she couldn’t fit, “but that’s okay, momma.”
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