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Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / July 2004Camping & Milwaukee Air Show w/ 3 year old & baby q's
We're thinking of taking 3 yo ds and (will be) 4 month old dd to the Milwaukee Air and Water Show, and also camping. We will be coming from the far northern suburbs of Chicago. I've never been to the air show, and don't really know what to expect, so any ideas would be good. Do I need to bring chairs/blankets? How loud is it? How crowded is it? Is it any different between Saturday and Sunday? Also, this would be the second time camping for ds, but I don't think he remembers the first time very well, since he was only 14 months. By now, he's very used to all of the modern conveniences, and I'm not sure how well he'll do. We have a tent and he got a sleeping bag for his birthday, which he has slept in for the past couple of nights. <g> We used to go camping a fair amount, mostly with a big group of friends, but most of those trips were further away. So, I was looking for places to camp near Milwaukee (preferably to the south) and came across Jellystone. I'm not sure if that is a good idea (to have stuff to do right there that would probably be very exciting for ds) or a bad idea for not being truly authentic camping and maybe setting us up for disappointment if we go somewhere without all the amenities. I had been thinking of one day at the zoo, and one day at the air show, with camping the night in between, but if we did Jellystone, we might skip the zoo? I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to do more than one night camping, and we are also swamped at work and don't even have time for a weekend off, to be honest, much less a long weekend, right now. It is our own business, tho, so we could do Fri-Sat or Sun-Mon rather than Sat-Sun. Any thoughts? Other campground ideas? TIA, Irene >Other campground ideas? I can only contribute a bit of camping experience. Dh took our 3yo and 5yo camping while I was out of town. Apparently they both (including the 3yo) had a most excellent time and could have stayed for a week, lol. So I wouldn't worry about the actually camping part of it :-) -- Nikki > >Other campground ideas? > > I can only contribute a bit of camping experience. Dh took our 3yo and 5yo > camping while I was out of town. Apparently they both (including the 3yo) > had a most excellent time and could have stayed for a week, lol. So I > wouldn't worry about the actually camping part of it :-) Well, depending on his mood, I expect him to either love it or hate it. He is rarely neutral! But, he's been looking forward to it, so we'll probably be fine. We've been reading Curious George Goes Camping a lot lately, and the Clifford video we borrowed from the library last week had a story where they all go camping and Jetta brings all her gadgets from home but finally realizes she's missing all the fun. So, if he starts whining, I'll remind him of that story! ;-) I just hope the mosquitos aren't too bad - I always make him go inside inn the evening because they are so bad by our house. (We back to wetlands - gorgeous, but mosquito-ey) I can just hear him telling us we have to go inside! Irene > Well, depending on his mood, I expect him to either love it or hate > it. He is rarely neutral! Sounds like Luke. My kids are pyro's so they are happy any time fire is involved ;-) > I just hope the mosquitos aren't too bad - I always make him go inside > inn the evening because they are so bad by our house. (We back to > wetlands - gorgeous, but mosquito-ey) I can just hear him telling us > we have to go inside! Oh no! 3yo can be so rules fixed. I can just see him insisting that he has to go in, lol. -- Nikki If the airshow is anything like the one that was up here in Anchorage, Alaska a few weeks ago, buy ear plugs. They make small, moldable (they're kinda like flexible wax) ear plugs for children. I bought some bright orange ones at Wal*Mart. HTH, Peggy > We're thinking of taking 3 yo ds and (will be) 4 month old dd to the > Milwaukee Air and Water Show, and also camping. We will be coming [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Irene > If the airshow is anything like the one that was up here in Anchorage, > Alaska a few weeks ago, buy ear plugs. They make small, moldable (they're > kinda like flexible wax) ear plugs for children. I bought some bright > orange ones at Wal*Mart. > HTH, > Peggy Good heads up! Now the trick - getting the kids to wear them... Irene irene_dsc@my-deja.com (Irene) wrote:>"Peggy" <eskimodoll@alaska.com> wrote in message >news:<10gffm1et1rva6a@corp.supernews.com>... >> If the airshow is anything like the one that was up here in Anchorage, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Irene >> If the airshow is anything like the one that was up here in Anchorage, >> Alaska a few weeks ago, buy ear plugs. They make small, moldable (they're [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >Good heads up! Now the trick - getting the kids to wear them... I've used the inexpensive kind that you tear off as much as needed, roll & insert. Trick is to practice ahead of time -- there's an art to getting it in there correctly, and it involves pulling on the outer ear, moving it back and up a bit to improve the insertion angle. Once you're expert, you can put them in quickly right before the noise starts -- and once the noise and visuals start, the kids should be comfortable/distracted enough to forget about the plugs. Watch them, though, because the plugs can sometimes work themselves out! One of my kids was/is a pop music fanatic, and I took her to a number of concerts beginning with the B-52s and BoDeans at age 3. I told her before the first one that her doctor said she needed to protect her ears this way if she wanted to attend the concert, and we needed to be able to practice to make sure we were doing it right and to make it the most comfortable for her -- and we practiced talking REALLY LOUDLY :) to "test" them. Lori G. Milwaukee, WI >We're thinking of taking 3 yo ds and (will be) 4 month old dd to the >Milwaukee Air and Water Show, and also camping. We will be coming >from the far northern suburbs of Chicago. I've never been to the air >show, and don't really know what to expect, so any ideas would be >good. Do I need to bring chairs/blankets? How loud is it? How >crowded is it? Is it any different between Saturday and Sunday? No camping with kids advice, but the airshow may be pretty loud. You can get inexpensive ear plugs at most drugstores. Take sunscreen! If you've got sun umbrellas, even better. There are no trees at the airport for shade ;-) Nan -- "when the sun goes down we'll be groovin' when the sun goes down we'll be feelin' alright, when the sun sinks down over the water everything gets hotter when the sun goes down" ~Kenny Chesney We camp Jellystones since our kids are still young. I have to say that I love them. They have tons of stuff for the kids to do. I can't say enough good things about them. However, if you want authentic camping, then this isn't the place to go. I would get an air mattress for you and your kids to sleep on. The ground is hard. I bring our potty to use while we are there, especially at night. We have been camping since our youngest has been 2 years old so we are very used to it. For the air show, yes either bring blankets or chairs. I don't know how loud it is.  SignatureSue (mom to three girls) > We're thinking of taking 3 yo ds and (will be) 4 month old dd to the > Milwaukee Air and Water Show, and also camping. We will be coming [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Irene > I had been thinking of one day at the zoo, and one day at the air > show, with camping the night in between, but if we did Jellystone, we > might skip the zoo? I love the Milwaukee County Zoo, always have (especially as a kid). Dont skip it!!!!! |
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