MOTHERMATTERS October 2013
Mom to Mom’s fantastic 2010 Halloween party was my very first event. Christian had so much fun that day, and at each subsequent one. This year’s party will be Sunday, Oct 20th and will again be held at the lovely Camp Ketcha in Scarborough. Our co-chairs are hard at work to ensure that the party is once again a highlight of the year for our members, families, and guests. Make sure you RSVP so you won’t miss out on any of the fun! All of this New England bliss is being interrupted by a long awaited and much anticipated trip out west. We’ve been invited to visit dear friends in Arizona and we’re really looking forward to it because I love them dearly but… vacation planning always stresses me out! We will have a wonderful time, they’ve got some great things planned for
us and among them I cannot wait to see the Grand Canyon (a dream I’ve had for a long time); Sedona is on my list of must see places, too. They’ve even tossed in a bunch of kid friendly places so Christian will have as much fun as Mama & Dad. This trip will only be our second major vacation since the little man came into our lives and our first plane ride with him. Eighteen months ago we went on a family cruise to celebrate my parents’ 50th anniversary and it was lovely… but it didn’t entail flying… cruise left right from Bean Town. In my mind I realize this trip should be much easier because we are now traveling with a savvy, potty trained, preschooler so there is much less ‘stuff ’ that has to come along with him and yet… I am still stressed out. How do parents with more than one child do it? I am in awe of some of my friends… they have it down to a science, or seem to have the precision of a military campaign. I am usually pretty organized but this trip has just about been my undoing and it hasn’t even happened yet! Of course all of the TSA restrictions are almost enough to induce a swoon. A child of 3 going on 4 needs serious snacks and activities to occupy him. Our flight is 5+ hours each way; how am I going to pack enough to satisfy him w/o incurring mega bag fees (I’ve loaded a bunch of stuff on my iPad but that’s not going to cut it the whole trip)? And how am I going to have enough for him to drink (will probably bring in empty water bottles and fill
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them after we pass through the security checkpoint) w/o needing to enlist a sherpa to schlep my bags through the airport? In the end I am positive it will be a wonderful trip… but if you should hear any strange hollering in mid to late October it’s just going to be me… send some happy thoughts my way, I’m going to need them!