Cute ideas for going withOUT our kids?

[ammag]

so my husband is taking me on a trip 10/1-4 for my 40th birthday! Without the kids!!!
Our kids will be ok with it but probably a little sad or jealous. I feel bad but.....still going

Wondering if anyone has any ideas how to do something cute kind of for the kids,,like having a photo taken with a character holding a sign? Saying somehting for the kids.....no idea what? Maybe hi, see ya real soon, etc. (probably taking them within a year for a few days not totally empty promise)

We will bring them a gift back, but trying to be creative and kind of include them...send a photo while they stay wiht my mom or bring it home. Any ideas?

Please tell me I won't spend the entire trip sad they are not with me....

 

[NJlauren]

My sister FaceTimes my daughter when she goes and meets a princess. We are usually quick a minute or two but the princess seem to think its cute and my DD likes seeing her aunt and a princess.

I think it only really works with face characters, but we haven't tried non face characters.

 

[ariane37]

My kids are older than yours, but on our first adults only trip they were 9 and 12. DH started sending older DS pictures from different spots saying "where are we?" then he would show his brother and they would guess. We did this on our 2nd kid-free trip again and will most likely do it on our next (coming up in NINE DAYS!!!). For instance, I stood against a tiled wall in the back of the Morocco pavilion for one; he took one of himself in the Rapunzel mens room by a poster on the wall Older DS kept getting them right so we did a couple easy ones and told him to make sure he let his brother guess and didn't say anything first, for example took a picture of the elephants on the safari at AK an the Earful Tower at HS (RIP).

Of course if you'll be sending the pictures to your mom's phone it might be annoying lol.

Also just an idea for a gift for them if you let them eat candy; we bought them each a smallish piece of candy from most of the countries in Epcot. Some of them, off the top of my head I recall Italy and Germany, sell little individual pieces of chocolate. I think possibly France, also. Then in Japan and China there are tons of candies to choose from and I believe we found something in Norway, too.

 

[jtopp]

Strange as it sounds, try and set aside a few moments each day to communicate with the kids, maybe to say good morning or good night. Then concentrate on YOU being there with your husband, who loves you and wants to make memories with you as an adult. As you said, they will get to experience it with you another time. Enjoy!!!

 

[adisneyaunt]

Touch base with the kiddos in the am or pm...ur gifts will thrill them....

Then just ENJOY your Adult vacation to Celebrate your Birthday, and your marriage!
Have a Magical trip....here's hoping you get some Pixie Dust while you re Celebrating!! Adult only trips are great!!

 

[jtopp]

A word of caution. All of our "souvenirs" of our adult trips still reside with us. Alcohol and pixie dust is a lethal combination. That, or they put something in the water to ensure continued company profits!!!

 

[happymommy]

I agree to call them once a day, then enjoy your trip! It's about you two enjoying your trip together. Also if I were the child, I wouldn't want reminders (photos with characters, etc...) that my folks were there without me. It's about you this time. Yes, I'd bring a souvenir, but maybe something Florida related, not Disney? Or if they collect something like mugs or pins, one of them is enough really. I find the older my kids got, the more cluttered our home became with stuff we felt we HAD to have. I've gotten rid of countless stuffed animals over the years!

Just go and enjoy your trip together!

 

[Hikergirl]

OP, I'm going with dh for the first time without the kids and they are a little disappointed that they aren't going. I will definitely bring back something for each of them but I wouldn't send them daily reminders that they aren't there. I think that would just make them more disappointed about what they are missing.

I know its not the advice you asked for, but I agree with the others, just make sure you talk to them each day while you are there. If you are focusing on them not being there you won't be able to focus on you and your dh being there and will make you sad that they aren't with you.

 

[ammag]

Hi all! Great help, thanks! I think we will take a photo with a character and a cute sign but give it to them when we return. We are doing one day at universal so I will bring myDD a wizarding world gift..if there's somehting she didn't buy last year lol. She also collects pins..cute idea about the candy at Epcot! I was going to periscope a little realize my mom has zero chance of figuring out how to work it LOL. We can FaceTime once a day at bedtime or in the morning...or just call. I think I will collect more pressed pennies and sorcerers cards for them too

 

[cyneswith]

This is probably more weird than cute, but... If there's a family event that one person is conspicuously absent from, my dad makes a cardboard or balloon version of them to put in group photos so they feel included (he actually dressed up a chair in my clothes at one point.) You could carry balloons with faces/their names?