A couple of my friends decided to leave town together with their kids for Spring Break. They invited us, but I declined. Every party has a pooper, right. I just couldn't imagine myself with my four children, two of them two-year-olds, swimming, hiking, etc. and having fun or bringing all of us back alive. I don't think my husband would have appreciated it if I had come home with a kid or two less than what I had left with. I am also saving my pennies for a vacation later this year, but I didn't want to be the lame-o mom that's child replies to the big, "What did you do for Spring Break?" question when they return to school with a, "I went to the library." as the most exciting thing that we did. I'll admit, I didn't want to take the heat from my kids when their friends were all away having fun, so I thought it would go over much better if I had an exciting plan up my sleeve. My kids are still young enough that thrills are pretty cheap, so I decided that we would go somewhere close, find a cheap hotel room and let them swim. My mom told me about a hotel that is located in the "armpit" of our state. I would mention the name, but I don't want to get a bunch of hate mail! Every state seems to have one, so just imagine the armpit of your state and you will be there. I looked at it online. Looked pretty good to me and we ended up having hotel points for it, which made it free. Even cheaper than I imagined! It was about 40 minutes from our house. We didn't spend enough on gas to keep track of and my kids only asked when we were going to be there once. Many people take their kids to exotic, tropical locations for Spring Break. We prefer Armpit, USA! My kids absolutely LOVED it and ask at least once a day when we are going back. I am quite sure we will be "vacationing" there again soon.
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