My boys loved staying in hotels and motels. Any young boy has three main objectives when staying in a motel or hotel. First, they need to know where the ice machine is. The very first thing on the boys’ agenda, after arriving in our room, was to grab the ice bucket and head for the machine. They wouldn’t look around the room, check out the pool, or anything until they had filled the ice bucket.
Second, and only after a glass of ice water, was to bounce from one bed to another. The boys would jump from bed to bed and back again. Once Jackie and I had finally had enough, they would argue over which side of the bed they would be sleeping on, further pushing Jackie and I to the breaking point. If the jumping from one bed to another didn’t end with raised voices from either Jackie or I, it ended with a crash, thud and face plant directly into the heat/AC unit.
Lastly, the boys have to check out the bathroom in great detail. If we would have been at home it would have been like pulling to teeth to get the boys to take a shower but somehow showers are always better at a hotel. Michael could destroy a motel bathroom like John candy did in the movie; Plains, Trains, and Automobiles. There wouldn’t be a bar of soap, bottle of shampoo, towel or washcloth left after Michael finished his shower, which was usually taken within a few hours of checking in.
Wasn't it boys just being boys,
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