The Thai Coconut

Two weeks from today, our family of six is heading out on an adventure. Andy and I are both travelers at heart, and one of the topics we've exhausted since we started dating is: "how do you travel when you have young kids?" Our conclusion thus far is, you travel by R.V. So, we've sold our home (to the little Asian man who owns the Thai Coconut restaurant) and are becoming trailer 'people'.

We're not familiar with recreational vehicling. In fact, I've never ridden in an R.V. in my life, and I'm quite sure Andy's never driven one. So, in order to prep for the trip, I borrowed the "Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing" from the library. One of the first things we read from the chapter "R.V.ing with Children" said,

"...the very first family RV trip should be short and sweet. An extended weekend is a good start, somewhere within a few hours from home. "

OH.... We're planning on going for the rest of the year. Will we last? Will we go crazy with a 6 year old, 4 year old, 2 year old, and a 9 month old all crammed into a couple hundred feet of space? Probably. But will we have fun and make lots of memories? Definitely.

Our hope for this trip, and every trip we take with our kids, is that the memories they form, and the experiences they have together will be talked about until they're roommates again in the Senior Citizen's Home.

We want to instill a love of adventure and traveling in our kids. We want them to realize that they need very little to get by and can make their own fun, wherever they go. We want to have some amazing family time and build stronger relationships with each of our kids. We want them to grow up knowing that they have built-in best friends in their siblings. Lofty goals? Maybe. Maybe the first time we are all sick and fighting over the tiny R.V. toilet will make us want to give up and just head home.

Either way, we are going to keep this blog updated so that our friends, family, and complete strangers can follow us on our little adventure. Hope you enjoy it.... (oh, and the more you comment, the more likely we will be motivated to keep writing. Just a thought...).