The hubs and I decided, a bit last minute, to do an overnight hotel stay this past weekend. The kids haven't had any pool time in a long time and we have an upcoming week-long trip coming up and I wanted to try out puddle jumpers for the girls before I take up a ridiculous amount of space in our luggage. Lessons learned:
1). An overnight hotel stay at a hotel with a "water park" (read: small pool with one slide and a kiddie area) is pricey for a family of 6.
2) Taking a trip to a hotel without my mother is infinitely more relaxing than taking a trip with her.
3) If I have to share a bed with one of our twins, I pick BW (the hubs got SB and battled for space most of the night)
4) Nugget is not a fan of the pack and play and would prefer the nice cozy hotel bed
5) Taking toddlers to the pool is more enjoyable for everyone once they can touch the bottom, because
6) My TWO YEAR OLDS can touch the bottom and keep their heads above water in 3 feet of water. Is that supposed to happen?
Seriously, being able to feel the bottom was a game-changer for BW. She is normally our risk averse kid, but once she figured out she could touch she would paddle around in her puddle jumper and even ducked her head below water a few times. We have another hotel stay planned for 2 weeks with my mom and they will get some more pool time in then -great to see them enjoying it.
So we let SB and BW stay up late and watch a movie, pumped them full of unhealthy snacks, and had a great time. The week-long trip (with my mother, see number 2 above) will totally be smooth sailing, right?
