Saturday, April 7, 2012

Trouble in paradise

The 3 year old telling it how it is We are loving the Spanish beach town of Nerja.  Today we enjoyed paella right on the beach which they cook in a huge cauldron.  We dyed easter eggs with onion skins.  We have a wonderful place to stay with plenty of room with patios with views of the ocean.  We can easily walk to everything.  However, our situation with the kids has only improved slightly.  Our three year old is still rebelling with everything he has.  He is hitting, throwing several mighty tantrums a day, refuses to nap or go to bed at night and then has night terrors because he is over tired.  We have to give him treats to get him to do anything.  Tonight, right in time for Easter, he tested out some new vocabulary words "god damn-it".  Wow.  I can't imagine where he would've heard that....  So while we aren't ready to call our new life, the "trial travel with tots", a complete fail, we would definitely NOT recommend it.  Joe is ready to go back to work asap.  We have had some wonderful moments together and I feel bad even complaining at all.  I realize what a great opportunity this is and how lucky I am to be sitting on the beach in Southern Spain.  Maybe you could do it successfully with some kids, just not ours.  Our three year old is too sensitive and needs a rigid routine.  We overestimated his capabilities (poor little guy).  So what to do now?  We have decided to cancel our plans to go to Granada and Madrid and just stay here in Nerja until its time to go to Paris.  We hope this will provide the stability our child needs to shape up before we sell him to the pirates.   

2 comments:

  1. oh Katie! I'm sorry to hear it's not gone as planned. I guess that's how it goes with kids. Hang in there. Maybe in 10-15 years you can bring them back!

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  2. maybe its all the gluten and sugar you spoke of...?

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