Over the river and through the woods to the relatives you travel
for the holidays. In the next couple of months many families will travel
to go to friends and family for the holidays. Road journeys can get
very long when you are traveling with children and sometimes appear
unbearable. You need to remember that kids will be kids and accidents
will happen. Accepting this fact and then relaxing and enjoying the 1 on
1 time with your children will alter the entire complexion with the
road journey. And with just a little time and work prior to you are able
to really makes this a fun part of one's vacation.
Get your oops
package together prior to the journey. This can be a box or bag that
contains all of the things you'll need to deal with all those oops
moments. You are able to rely around the reality that somebody will
spill there drink, that you will stop someplace with an unclean,
unstocked restroom, and that there will be some trash you need to
eliminate form the automobile. So have a little package that has little
amounts of things that you simply will require for that journey when
those little accidents happen.
Part of planning ahead is not to
let the trash, spills and not-so-clean bathrooms bother you. Allow
yourself to enjoy this time. Know that you simply are making happy
memories and that for years to come everyone will remember the orange
slushy spilled all over small Tommy in the automobile. Or how you had to
stop and use that nasty bathroom to clean him up.
We adults get
bored on long road trips, so can you envision how your children feel.
Once they get bored they search for things to do, so don t allow them
get bored. Have lots of activities for your children. Bring some things
that the children can do on their own, like books, coloring, drawing,
LEGOs, Matchbox cars, Leap Frog, Game Boy, whatever your children
enjoys. But also include some fun things you are able to do
collectively. Since it's the holiday season sing some Christmas carols,
and allow the children sing their versions as well, the one's kid s sing
around the playground, as long as they're not vulgar. They can also
make holiday crafts in the. take some construction paper, cotton balls
and glue sticks and allow them make snowmen cards for everybody they
know. You can also have some envelopes and assist them address the
envelopes and decorate the outside of the envelope as well. You can have
them count all the green and red cars. Have some small prizes available
for when they play the game. These ought to be items that they are able
to play with in the automobile as well.
Use the time within the
car to speak to your children and find out what's going on in their
lives. You can start the conversation be telling a story about you when
you had been in school. Then ask them if something like that has ever
happened to them. Occasionally they forget that you had been a youngster
once, and will probably be surprised that you once felt like they do.
With teens you might want to speak about present events, see what their
thoughts and feelings are. Also be ready to speak about things that
interest them, again this can be a great method to get to know your
kids
You have two options concerning your vacation road journey.
You can look at it with dread or you can take a look at it as time with
your loved ones. Setting your mind to enjoy the time is half the battle.
The other half is taking the time to prepare and plan for that trip.
Have a safe, enjoyable and happy holiday road journey.
