Vacation 2012

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I'm so excited because vacation season is coming up. This year me and Maddy are blessed to take two trips down to Florida. My mom and step dad are vacationing in Panama City Beach, FL the week of May 18. They found this amazing condo down there 3-4 years ago at Treasure Island. I recently found out that they wanted to share the first weekend there with me and Maddy. I don't know a whole lot of details about the trip other then when we leave and when I will be coming back. We are tentatively leaving around 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning. My step dad is all about the food on vacation so we will be stopping at Shoney's along the way to enjoy the yummy breakfast bar I'm sure. I'm thinking we will arrive in Panama around 1 or 2 p.m. and since we can't check in until 3 or 4 p.m. I think we might be hitting up the water park first. I've taken Maddy to Florida once before and she really did quite well on the drive down there. Since she is a year older and at that stage where long car rides get more difficult I am going to be getting her a portable dvd player and bring along all her movies. Her friends at school must really love Barney because out of nowhere she has been wanting everything Barney. I have a few Veggie Tales music cd's for the car, but I also want to get some Barney music as well. I've been working with Maddy on sharing the music because she is so used to getting whatever she wants when it comes to music. Once I found out we would be traveling to Florida and the fact that my sanity could not handle "bob" or "barney" music for 7 hours, I decided to work on her sharing the radio. On the way home now we listen to mommy's music for half the trip and then switch over to Maddy's music the rest of the way. She didn't like that in the beginning but here lately she's learned to ask, "We listen to Bob in a minute?" Our second trip is my real vacation. We will be hitting up Panama City Beach for a second time to enjoy some mommy and Maddy time. We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Resort on the beach. I posted pics of this last year here. This hotel has everything including it's own little mini mart that is no more overpriced than a gas station. Need a late night snack? They got ya covered. Need diapers or floats...no problem. They also have the fun little water park for the kids even if the water is freezing cold lol. I just love the fact that really I wouldn't HAVE to leave the hotel for anything unless I just wanted to. There are two restaurants in the hotel, but we will be going out to eat some because I'm one that loves to explore the town.We are leaving for our vacation on June 17th and will be staying 6-7 days.