Kintropy In Action

About a month ago, Janette and I had this idea:  since we don't have the time or $$$ to travel as extensively as we want this year (heck, any year - we'd love to travel full time), why not do some virtual vacations?  We'd organize each week around a different worldwide city, and theme all of our activities with the kids.  We would make meals, play games, watch videos, learn from the web, organize reading and math activities all around that week's city.

Plus we'd be traveling without all the hassle:  planes, lines, exhaustion, and that inevitable early vacation illness that always strikes within a day or so of arriving at our destination.

So Friday, we traveled (virtually) to New York:  our gateway to exotic worldwide destinations.  And Saturday, both kids promptly got sick (for real).

Yes, yesterday was a Tylenol for two day at our house.  Barely having arrived at our virtual destination, Gabriel spiked a 100+ fever and Hannah's tummy turned yucky.  Needless to say, our first day was a little more low key than we had planned.  Our written itineary had us watching a video on the Natural History Museum, eating hot dogs at a pretend street stand, going to a deli for dinner, and capping the night off with Night at the Museum.  Just as in real life travel, we modified our first plan day to include lots of couch sitting, a video travelogue on New York, extra rest, and lots of water.

Sigh.  I hadn't expected our virtual vacation to feel quite this real.

-- Dad