Now that I have a kindergartner and a four year old everything is getting easier and more fun. Last month the East Coast grandparents visited, and everyone, adult and child alike had a good time. Of course some things don't change. We planned ahead. We had a plan A and plan B in terms of activities. We knew where we were going to eat. We mixed kid fun and adult fun. We hired a babysitter. We leveraged old stand-byes that the boys enjoyed... And we had three days with a limited number of meltdowns and kid craziness.
On Saturday they got to enjoy ice skating lessons. Xander who only likes to stay on the ice for the 30-minute lesson, skated for most of the free skate to show off his moves to his grandparents. That afternoon we went to Vasona Park and the boys road the train and played. We all went to Steamer's Grill House for dinner and the boys were well behaved. It helped that the restaurant is noisy.
What we've learned from these visits, is not to overachieve in the activities department. We kept it simple and everyone had fun.
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