A little less grateful

We are back from our mini-vacation to a local amusement park. We are all exhausted. I'm not sure amusement is the right word. How about crowded, over-priced, ungrateful kids land? Catchy? I found myself in awe of how spoiled and ungrateful the children are at these places. Mine included! Could they be any less grateful?  I was stuck in an old Chevy Chase movie, and the theme song was whining  children. I would literally be talking with one child while 3 others bugged, asked, and complained in the background. Numerous fits were thrown...melts downs had.. " I wanna go home". "I'm hungry". " I'm cold". It's never a good idea to skip nap time. Don't get me wrong, we did have a lot of fun. Although not nearly as much fun that much money should buy. Geez, don't even get me started on the overnight hotel visit. All 7 of us snuggly in a POS 2 bed room.  The kids are burnt but too damn tired to go to sleep. Can you imagine how bad that can get? Now, multiply it by 5...maybe even by 100.  What little sleep I did get was in between crawling from bed to bed, curling like a snake into any available space. Needless to say I started our second day at LEGOLAND, this morning, on a pain killer and a 5-hour energy drink! All things considered, the kids were actually very good. Our second day was much more mellow. Happy to be home. Although on the ride home I realized it wouldn't be our home for much longer.