My husband and I took the kids and my parents on a trip.
The idea is that we would all spend some time together as a family just checking an area out.
We choose California due to it being warm and beautiful. We flew into Los Angeles and then posted up in Thousand Oaks. It was easy to drive to the ocean and have a beach day. It was nice going on nature hikes and shopping. What was really great is that our hotel room was cheap but pretty. My parents ended up spending a whole day with the kids by the hotel pool. They just hung out and drank. They told my husband and I to just enjoy THousand Oaks as a couple. At first we didn’t know what to do. We contemplated just taking a nap and calling it good. Turns out there is something in California that we didn’t plan on. Recreational weed is legal there. My husband and I first did spa services and then hunted down legal weed. We found a great cannabis dispensary and bought some edibles. Next we got super high and ate at a fancy restaurant. We ended up enjoying the fact that nobody was in our hotel room. It was such a good day. We enjoyed being a little wilder and more spontaneous. We haven’t been able to do that since the kids were born. I am hopeful I can do trips like this more often with my parents. My husband and I enjoyed our day of freedom.