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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 4yo and 10yo and 12yo.  When the two older were younger, we did a few trips with friends.

We just went skiing with friends. My little one only went tubing. My older 2 went skiing with Dh while 4yo and I stayed at the house. We did the same thing last year. My older kids also fish. We have a boat. The little one has been fishing since she was a baby. I used to walk her around in a stroller while the big kids would fish on a pier. Dh would take boys out on a boat while the baby/toddler and I stayed back.

What I find difficult about traveling with others is schedules, especially if you have a napper. We are early risers. I would LOVE to sleep in but my kids don’t ever sleep in. We have traveled with people who roll out of bed at 10-11am. My kids are up by 6:30, 7 latest. We eat lunch at 12. One year, a friend suggested each family be responsible for meals for the day. Late friend started making lunch at 1:30 and dinner at 7. My 2yo starts getting ready for bed at 7:30. It is also hard to get toddler to bed when others are hanging out past midnight.

This past weekend we went with another early family and it was fantastic. Only 2 families. My 4yo stayed up until 9:30 and was too tired. It was cue for everyone to get ready for bed and it was lights out at 10 for all. Everyone was up by 7. We made breakfast and we were all on the same schedule. People with very different schedules get annoyed at each other. I still remember one dad coming down telling 10 kids to be quiet bc the wife was still sleeping at 10:30. They let their kids be quiet on iPads so parents can sleep in. You can’t tell a house full of kids to be quiet that late.[/quote]

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