It was only a month or so ago that I first heard the term "staycation." It was in the editor's letter of some women's interest pub -- forget which one -- talking about how more people are spending their vacation time in or near their hometowns instead of spending the $$$ to travel.
So now we're part of a trend, complete with a made-up, conglomerative moniker.
Instead of spending the money to rent some condo near a lake for our vacation this week, we decided to just stay home. We'll do some water activities (including taking our kids to Milwaukee's Bradford Beach for the first time), go to State Fair, check out the local water park that only costs $8, take naps, go out for dinners, maybe catch a movie...and best of all, NO PACKING. Which, of course, is probably the best part for me.
Besides, though Owen loved our trip last year to the Waterpark Capital of Wisconsin, as evidenced by the photo above, he's clearly fine with smaller-scale pools.
And Nora won't know the difference.
2 comments:
LOOK AT HER! She is 100% Heather junior. What a cutie!
By the way, we did Bradford Beach when my mom was visiting a couple of weeks ago, and it was a HUGE hit.
Oh! Make sure you have a cream puff for me--that's the part of State Fair that I miss the most!!
Staycations--other than the name itself--are a GREAT idea. I've always loved to play tourist in my on hometown.
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