Before travelling, us adults make a big to do list to ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible. Vacationing with kids can be fun, but it is a lot different than vacation without them. I didn't exactly rest on the most recent one, but I still forgot about my real life for a precious 5 days and that is good enough for now. When I wrote my to do list, I had no idea what I actually had to do. The unexpected portions of my to do list are bolded for emphasis. -get passports -get American money -pack beach bag -be served a variety of ice creams at the beach, which morphed into a treasure hunt for Pokemon Cards to the untrained eye were "just rocks". (flavours included root beer, marshmallow (which can be picked from a garden) and cheesie flavoured) - make sure cats get fed while we are away -make sure kids dash as fast possible away from the expensive educational experience you researched and ensured that they went to so that they can frolic fo...