This past week we went to St Louis for Tim's work conference. It was my first time to join him and the first time to stay in a hotel room with the kids. 
Of course, we were not totally roughing it - we were blessed with 2 rooms and my mom joined us from Dallas to help me out. Traveling with little ones is always an experience, though, and I have had to adjust my definition of "vacation". In fact, I am not quite sure why that word is still used when you have children along. Maybe it is only viewed from the child's perspective - staying up late, eating lots of junk food, days filled with fun. Although I enjoy watching my children have fun, I have to say that I am way more exhausted when I get back than when I left in the first place.
Of course, we were not totally roughing it - we were blessed with 2 rooms and my mom joined us from Dallas to help me out. Traveling with little ones is always an experience, though, and I have had to adjust my definition of "vacation". In fact, I am not quite sure why that word is still used when you have children along. Maybe it is only viewed from the child's perspective - staying up late, eating lots of junk food, days filled with fun. Although I enjoy watching my children have fun, I have to say that I am way more exhausted when I get back than when I left in the first place. 
St Louis ended up being a great place to take Joel. On the first day, we went to the Magic House. It was awesome - Joel was actually entertained the ENTIRE time (without fussing) and we could have stayed much longer than we had time to. I highly recommend it to anyone who is going to St Louis with kiddos. The next day we went to the zoo. Joel hardly noticed the animals, but we did have a great time riding the train and carousel several times. Little Caleb was his usual sweet self during both excursions. All in all, the trip went much better than I expected and it gave me confidence to travel with my boys once again.
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