If you don't know this already, my husband is originally from Panama. His grandfather, Aunt, and lots of cousins live there still so we try and get down there once every 2 years. The first time we went Conner and Noah were 2 and 3. The second time we added Evan who was a few months away from being 2. This time we will be traveling as a family of 6! What were we thinking?!?!
But seriously, it wasn't that hard since I planned way in advance for a multitude of things to keep the kids from going crazy. This isn't a vacation where we go to a big city and do lots of things. We fly into Panama City, spend the night in a hotel and then the following day drive 4 hours to Las Tablas which is a small town in the middle of no where. Dariens grandfather has updated his house but there is little electricity, no AC (it's crazy humid and always around 88) and surrounded by cattle fields. I don't mean it to sound boring because it's far from that but for kids it can be if we don't plan things.
We are going in June and will be gone for 10 days, I've already been planning and finding flights, rental cars( which is insane in itself), what to pack, etc. This isn't my first rodeo but not only are we going to Panama but Conner asked to go camping for his birthday, and my wonderful parents scheduled a beach trip for July!
Is it summer yet?
Everytime I feel overwhelmed, I sit down and work on planning everything.
Next up, passports renewal for Conner and Noah plus a new passport for Ryan!
I won't be surprised if I end up with a ton of new gray hairs...
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