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A family vacation
Jul. 3rd, 2004 10:36 pmJust back from a week sharing a vacation house in the Brattleboro, Vermont area with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bard_bloom's parents, brother, sister-in-law, and niece and nephew(ages 10 and 7).
Vacation with an infant is not the same as a real vacation, especially when your "day job" is taking care of said infant. The part of the house we were in got lots of light, which means the little guy woke up at 6 am give or take every day. Vacation with your inlaws is also not the same as a real vacation, even if you mostly like them. I was able to deal with Bard's mom much better before the baby, but this visit, our styles clashed massively.
But Rhys had a great time with his extended family. We went to a farm with a wildlife "preserve" containing butterflies, exotic birds, and one very out-of-place guinea pig. We went to another farm with a big petting zoo, at which the baby got his fingers licked by many lambs and then got to sit on a miniature tractor. We cooked many things, which were mostly appreciated, although the sausage gravy I made to go with some biscuits someone else made was highly undervalued. Rhys made new progress toward eating little chunks of table foods (and thus rejecting spooned foods), climbing stairs, and finding things he shouldn't, such as open beer cans left under couches by previous guests. (His finger's healing fine.) I got the kids addicted to Fluxx.
One vacationish thing I did get to do was to read the latest Harry Potter book. So now I'm caught up on the story. The house had wireless, but it was rather kludgy, so I don't have the website quite ready to go yet as I'd hoped, but we're Very Close Now. Bard and I also got to go out one evening, something we almost never do anymore. The baby apparently cried a long time before going to sleep, but then slept well. He's used to nursing right before bed, so if he doesn't get to, he's kind of lost. I'm never sure if I should feel guilty about that.
I'm missing doing updates here. I think even if it's not the fine essay writing I'd aspire to, but just mundania, I'm going to try to make the effort to update more regularly again.
bard_bloom's parents, brother, sister-in-law, and niece and nephew(ages 10 and 7).Vacation with an infant is not the same as a real vacation, especially when your "day job" is taking care of said infant. The part of the house we were in got lots of light, which means the little guy woke up at 6 am give or take every day. Vacation with your inlaws is also not the same as a real vacation, even if you mostly like them. I was able to deal with Bard's mom much better before the baby, but this visit, our styles clashed massively.
But Rhys had a great time with his extended family. We went to a farm with a wildlife "preserve" containing butterflies, exotic birds, and one very out-of-place guinea pig. We went to another farm with a big petting zoo, at which the baby got his fingers licked by many lambs and then got to sit on a miniature tractor. We cooked many things, which were mostly appreciated, although the sausage gravy I made to go with some biscuits someone else made was highly undervalued. Rhys made new progress toward eating little chunks of table foods (and thus rejecting spooned foods), climbing stairs, and finding things he shouldn't, such as open beer cans left under couches by previous guests. (His finger's healing fine.) I got the kids addicted to Fluxx.
One vacationish thing I did get to do was to read the latest Harry Potter book. So now I'm caught up on the story. The house had wireless, but it was rather kludgy, so I don't have the website quite ready to go yet as I'd hoped, but we're Very Close Now. Bard and I also got to go out one evening, something we almost never do anymore. The baby apparently cried a long time before going to sleep, but then slept well. He's used to nursing right before bed, so if he doesn't get to, he's kind of lost. I'm never sure if I should feel guilty about that.
I'm missing doing updates here. I think even if it's not the fine essay writing I'd aspire to, but just mundania, I'm going to try to make the effort to update more regularly again.
