I always hear patients and friends talk about going on vacation without their kids. While this sounds nice, I have never felt comfortable leaving my older kids (age 9 and 6) for more than one night (which we have done a couple times and it WAS very nice).

But you know, the whole time we were on the cruise, we kept thinking of all the fun things we could be doing (mainly staying up late dancing and drinking) if it was just the two of us. I feel like we didn't get nearly what we could have from all a cruise has to offer. Now don't get we wrong, we had tons of fun and I wouldn't change a thing. It was a blast having the kids along. I treasure all our family vacations.

But I think the next time we shell out $6000 for a cruise, we are going to wait until all the kids are old enough to leave at home.

I'm booking a nice cabin now for the year 2020.

This weekend I made the two older kids sandwiches for lunch. I put Joshua in his highchair, handed him his "lunch", and me and the boys sat down to eat. The boys and I munched on grilled cheese, and Joshua sat busily eating his spoon. Every so often, Joshua would look up at us as if to say, "Look, I'm eating lunch just like you guys."

I wonder how long it will take for Joshua to figure out that there is actually something going into our mouths besides utensils.