AW your summer vacay

[TheEleventhHour]

We have no summer vacations planned ... but we are moving to Vermont! So while not a vacation still super exciting.

As far as 2015 vacations, we are going to the Bahamas in December again. I took DS with me last year but this year DH will be able to come with us! I've been going since I was DS's age so it is fun to bring him and DH hasn't been yet so I am looking forward to it. It is always a nice break from the winter weather of New England!

[hikingmama222]

We don't really have any summer vacation plans. We always try to take a vacation in the winter to break up the long cold months. We are heading to my hometown at the end of June for my cousins wedding. 2 days of driving for 4 days there. We'll get to see the whole family and then head back. It's a long trip, so we've agreed to do it every 2 years.

Daycare is closed for two weeks in the summer and I've got one of those weeks off. I'd love to head to the Okanagan Valley or Vancouver Island. We'll see if it happens.

[Deleted]

We got back from Siesta Key about 3 weeks ago. It was our best vacation with kids. Our typical summer vacation is to go to my families lake house (more like a crappy trailer), but it is free. There is a pontoon boat, sail boat, row boat, park and playground near by. And we usually do side trips to local cities, waterfall, and go up to Mackinaw Island.

[sep509bride]

Just maternity leave! DD2 is due July 3rd, so I anticipate being off July -September. Not exactly a vacation, but a break from work anyway. At our last staff meeting people were having to put in requests already for summer PTO and it's very hard to get off when you want to. It was nice to just sit back and relax knowing I wouldn't have to worry about that this year. Plus I'm really looking forward to a slow summer since last year we were home a total of 3 weekends the whole summer and even those were busy.

[talkativ15]

Vacation... What's that? I have 2 kids lol. My husband is obsessed with New Hampshire... We go often and his parents bought a condo there so we will probably go there for a week. Nothing really planned as of yet .... I'll live vicariously thru you ladies!

[martha919]

I still don't know where DH thinks the money is coming from, but he's begun to plan a trip for us to Hilton Head in June. We went when DD was just beginning to learn to crawl, so it'll be nice to go with her sleeping better, nursing less (maybe weaned?), and walking. Lol. I'd be glad to go, just not sure if it's happening.

Also going to the northeast in August but that's mostly family so it doesn't count. ;-)

[ohiodoxiemama08]

I wish that we had vacation plans! However considering baby #2 is due June 23rd we will most likely be homebound most of the summer. But, my parents just moved to a "lake" community near our hometown and we will likely be venturing up there to dog-sit/housesit when they go on vacation. Not really a vacation but we can use their boat and hot tub and pretend we're on vacation.

martha919, we went to Hilton Head this past September with some friends. DD had a blast! I would love to go back again, but they let us stay with them for free and I just don't see us having the money to go on our own. But hopefully you get to go-at this age they seem to love the beach and HH is so family friendly.

[TheEleventhHour]

martha919 I love Hilton Head! I went to undergrad in Charleston and visited HH a few times. I can't wait to bring DH and DS down to that area. It's so beautiful!

[michieu129]

I keep wanting to plan a vacation, then I remember I am due May 2nd!
I haven't been on a proper vacation since I was pregnant with Jack.
I was too terrified of taking Jack with us anywhere his first year, but not as much with this little man. I just don't know when the best time to go would be. What's easiest? Traveling with sleep deprivation and a newborn or an infant with a developing schedule to try and uphold?
We will be taking a weekend trip down to PA again in September with Jack to ride Thomas and visit Dutch Wonderland and Hershey Park. But mama needs a grown up vacation bad!!!
I may be living vicariously through you ladies as well, at least this year.

[cupcakesandpi]

We are going to Isle of Palms, outside of Charleston, for a week. I love Charleston so much. We tend to go every few months for the weekend. DD loves it there. We don't have any kid things for her to do where we live so she lives going to the aquarium & seeing all of the horses. I'm trying to convince DH to move.

[flmama622]

No vacation plans for us. We did Disney/Orlando for Christmas and with Baby #2 I don't imagine we will be going anywhere far or pricey. I return to work late May and will have zero (actually negative) PTO time

[b0710]

Since DH and I are teachers, we just plan to enjoy the family time! We will probably go to Nashville for a week to see my parents, but nothing major. I so look forward to the summer every year, and then at the end of the summer I enjoy coming back to work. I feel like I have the best of both worlds. We will probably just do all of those things we can't do during the school year like trips to the zoo, lunch out, random stop for ice cream, amusement parks, fairs, etc. If only it wasn't -10 right now I would like to daydream more about it, but the swirling wind keeps interfering

[brachysira]

Well, we are not saving much for college and totally intend to...and we are on a waitlist for a very expensive preschool for next year...so I am trying to decide if the experience of a vacation at 2 outweighs being able to take probably one more course in college on your parents' dime. I am thinking maybe we will get one of those huge tents and set up a pack n play for the baby and perhaps one for M, who would not be trusted to stay in the tent. Then our kids could use it with their friends later. We could camp for free by my in-laws' pond or something, or get braver and go somewhere more fun. We have been reading about Curious George and Fred and Ted camping and M is excited to try smores so I think it makes senses to try. On the other hand, I never sleep when I camp, and I can't deal with 2 babies with zero sleep so it might be crazy. Summer is so short here that we really do not get our fill of swimming in the toddler pool in the back yard and visiting the splash pad, so we'll probably just stay local and perhaps think about a trip to escape the winter next year.