Planning Spring Break

I am the vacation planner. And, I like to go places. So, I am frequently planning or planning to plan a trip. The twins (almost 10) are the roadblocks. They like to :::cough cough::: express their opinions -- in such a way it's gotten to the point we don't even like to tell them where we're going or what we're doing because that just prolongs the torture. Isn't that really dumb? LOL. Here we are building family memories and taking them places to fun (!) things and it's become a dreaded chore. So the bright idea came to me to give the kids (the almost 10 year old twins and almost 14yo) several options for a spring break vacation. Now, a point they can't appreciate, but I sure do is that originally I thought we'd be doing our backyard putting in during that time, but we seem to be on track to get that done so we don't need to work the whole week. But, why should they care about that? Putting the back yard in isn't their problem in the first place. ;-)

So I had the options, nothing exotic, we're driving, and I passed sheets with options out during dinner after the masses were mostly fed and the discussion started. Luckily, there was something each one liked so it was just a matter of picking the one that was best. I was a little crafty in how I did the options, but miracle of miracles ... I think it may have worked. So now I get to focus in the coming weeks on picking out the hotel, something I often have to wait to do because I'm not sure if there's going to be a mutiny and the plans will have to be cancelled.

Gee, I wonder if our stake will be holding another parenting class series any time soon. :::wink:::