The kids have grown. They're on their own schedule.

Back in the day, going on a summer trip with our kids was relatively easy—we’d pack up the car, head to the beach, and spend our days in the sun together.  Yet now that they’ve grown, our kids seem to have developed their own schedule—one not in tune with our own.  That got us wondering.  Would spending some time down on the beach be easy or hard?  Here’s how we think it could go…

It starts well enough.  The kids and us each arrive in separate cars for a two night stay at our beach rental.  We then spend our first evening sharing a nice meal and really enjoying each others company.  At 10 pm, my wife and I are pooped, since it’s been a long day with all the packing, traveling and so on.  That’s when the fun begins.

Oh, my gosh, honey, look! What a beautiful sunrise. Let's go for a walk.

We must have walked a mile. I'm hungry. Let's go get some breakfast.

The kids still aren't up. Shall we wait for them or go out site-seeing?

I can't believe the kids aren't up yet, but I'm not about to wait. Let's grab a sandwich.

If they want to sleep this long they're on their own. Let's go back to the beach.

Let's not wake them. We can take a power nap and then we'll be fresh when they get up.

Can you believe how loud Dad snores?

Maybe we'll find them at the restaurant? Let's hurry up there and see if they're still there.

I say if they're not back in 5 minutes, we head to the beach. Enough of this waiting around business.

Where in the world do you suppose they went? We've been up and down that beach a dozen times.

Come on, we've got to go! The movies starting in ten minutes.

Do you suppose they went to another theater?

Oh, oh...sounds like Mom and Dad are ticked. Jeez, I hope they don't wake us early.

5 AM The Following Morning

Good morning, Sweetie.  Hey, am I just imaging it or did manage to spend an entire day without seeing our kids?

By Bob Anderson
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