I hate my kids!
‘I hate my children’ is a hell of a title isn’t it?!
But steady on! Calm down it’s just a click bait title that got you here!
I love the little angels to death. Life revolves around them and their crazy little adventure through life.
HOWEVER!!!
They are the single most regular reason for me to lose my shit and question my life choices!
This morning I threw one of them out the hotel room and told them to go for a walk and come back! Criticise all you want! That’s what happened and they came back calm and World War 3 was avoided!
The days are long gone of a good old bum smack but my god did I learn from it when I was a laddie.
Go even further back before I was a pain in the arse child grandparents talk of the belt, cane and basically a beating when they were out of order.
What can we do these days? Take the iPad off them! Naughty step and “go to your room” Fuck sake!
Travelling teaches you a lot of things. A 2 week holiday has its challenges. Delayed flights and lost luggage all have a place on a parents stress level meter.
Let me tell you what I have found out on this adventure around the sun. As a family we need our own space!
Imagine every day, night and minute living out of the same room, motorhome or shack!
I am aware that this is a reality for many families around the world and we have seen it first hand on this trip. I am merely explaining how this has impacted us on our travels.
Let me caveat this before I go all in and rant! I would not change our trip and do not regret any of our accommodation or travel decisions!
Abs and I knew what we were signing up for when we booked that first flight to Calgary but when you are living it and the kids are up to 90, there’s no place to escape to or almost more importantly there is no place for the kids to escape to and chill out / calm down that in turn creates a blog post of honesty about travelling with kids!
We will look back on this trip and remember the waterfall jumps, whale encounters, living off grid and incredible food while the meltdowns and tantrums will be distant non existent memories but in the heat of the moment you questions your life choices.
Ha! What a ride being a parent is! One minute your at the side of a football pitch and your little warrior has scored his first goal then in the blink of an eye your having dinner in a nice restaurant in Vietnam a glass (which you just asked them to move back from the edge of the table) is now on the ground in a million pieces, the entire restaurant is looking at you and your ready to choke slam your own child!
Calm down Karen! I choke slam them all the time in swimming pools and onto beds! They know how to take a hit while laughing their heads off and asking for more!
Ahhhhhh I love being a dad!!! We are The GET AFTER IT Family and we are all about wholesome family adventures but we are also a normal family and shit goes sideways! The kids go rogue, Abby and go nuclear and it’s on!
Their ability to act up, cause mayhem then 5 minutes later strut around as if it never happened while Abby and I are still blowing steam from our nostrils googling frantically the next flight home!
Oh the joys! If you are looking at a long haul adventure. Months away from home. Don’t shy away from the struggles that standard family life brings! The paradise locations and animal encounters will be incredible but brace yourself for the rough days!
Dad Life Rules!
Cheers
Nashy