[mb722toddler]

What are your favorite summer/early fall vacations? How did you handle it with a toddler? Did you hire help?

I live in the Northeast with a 2 year old and husband. We would like to go on a vacation. My husband is recovering from illness and lost an eye, so I usually drive.

So -- we want something as simple as possible (with a 2 year old). I am willing to drive up to 5 hours or so. I am OK with flying...if needed.

We enjoy the water. My DD loves ponies, animals and nature. I am a water, active, love to dance person -- my DH is a land, read a book, stay by myself person. DD -- is a mix -- loves to do her own thing -- yet loves exploring.

Any ideas? Websites to check out? Places that are friendly to nursing a toddler/non-vaccinated kids?

Thanks!

 

[mightymoo]

We are going to cape cod this year. I'm really looking forward to that, it will be the kids first time at the beach.

New hampshire has some kid friendly spots - Storyland (http://www.storylandnh.com/index-flash.html) would be good for your daughter's age, and that area has a lot of other fun stuff and plenty of outdoor activities. If you went after labor day it would still be pretty warm but the crowds will be gone. That whole area is great for leaf peeping too. We are also going to the new hampshire highland games in September up there with friends of DH's and his parents and I'm thinking I'll have MIL watch DS and take DD to storyland and maybe the whale's tale (small waterpark) while DH and his friends hang out at the games.

All of our vacations so far have been either to visit family or with family - we haven't really gone anywhere just our immediate family. So, for our cape cod vacation in a few weeks we are renting a house with my parents and brothers & their SOs. We rented a lakehouse in NH a few years ago with the same crew in the Laconia area, that was also fun.

 

[Hoopin' Mama]

My friends go to the Delaware Water Gap area, in NJ. I forget the name of the town they stay in. Rent a house, hang on the boardwalk, etc. They have a child, and they love it.

 

[mommiesjunk]

We love the Outer Banks of NC. You can be close to the water, go see the "wild" ponys, bike to all the places in the town you stay. The odd thing is that I can't find a good website that you can check everything out on. Kinda weird.

We fly from MN and rent a beach house, bikes and just have family time for an entire week. We bike down to the marina and get fresh wild caught sea food for dinner, fly kites, build sand castles and watch the neighbors (hee hee).

 

[mb722toddler]

The family thing sounds good -- my family is not into this though

So, it will just be me, my husband, and DD.

 

[AEZMama]

You should drive to Chincoteague Island off the MD/VA coast. Get a place in Ocean City, MD for the beach & take day trips to Chincoteague to see the wild horses. There is a lot of stuff to do in the area, plus its only a few hours to get into Baltimore or DC, too.