"We do not remember days, we remember moments." (Italian poet Cesare Pavese) To be so young, our girls have actually traveled a good bit, and we have lots of fun, sweet moments to keep in our memory! Recently we traveled through 5 states spending 7 nights in 4 different places. Lots of hours on the road for little ones, but the much anticipated reward always awaited them...THE HOTEL!
They remind me every day to appreciate and enjoy the little things in life.
5 Things Our Kids Love about Hotels:
1. Pushing Buttons: Yes, 3 road weary preschool girls can and do push your buttons, but that's not what I'm talking about. Who knew pushing a button on an elevator could be so much fun and such a source of competition. They race to the elevator to see who will be the winner and get to push the button. And why do manufacturers put the emergency button right within reach of the chubby fingers of a 2 year old? Kennedi actually managed to push it on this trip, and it dialed 911 directly! We could hear the operator, but soon realized they could not hear my repeated apologies...oops:)
2. 2 Beds 1 Room means the first thing our girls do after running into the room is test the distance between the beds to see if they can jumping across from one bed to another (thanks to our friends the Droddy family who taught them this exciting pass time:) If they can't make the distance, the beds make great substitutes for a trampoline...don't tell the hotel owners:)
3. Bars of Soap. Yes, a hotel is where our girls discovered this little phenomenon existed. I had not realized that they had never seen a bar of soap. We use liquid soap at the house. The first time they saw it, they said, "Woe, cool, what is this? Can I have it?" Oh the fun a bar of soap brings until you take a bite:) Kennedi discovered on this last trip that it doesn't taste as good as it smells:) They race to the tub to get to play with the soap!
4. Popcorn in Bed with Coffee. We usually stay in a Holiday Inn Express (reward points:) which has microwaves in the rooms. This is the only place they get to sit in bed and eat popcorn while watching a movie. The coffee cups with lids make great "spill-proof" cups. No matter what the liquid is inside the cup, its still "coffee" according to them when it comes in the coffee cup:)
5. POOLS. Its just not "vacation" if there's not a swimming pool. Our kids are especially thrilled when the hotel not only has a big pool but also has a "little pool with bubbles":)
