Not looking forward to FL trip

jlw2505

In mid January, my DH and I are taking the girls down to FL for a long weekend to visit his grandma.  We have not seen her since Oct 2009 as she no longer likes to travel.  She is still in a house and we are staying with her.  When we planned the trip, it was just going to be us visiting her which meant we could pretty much do what we had wanted - let the girls swim, hang out at the house with grandma, have a meal with other relatives in the area - just a quiet relaxing weekend.  We then find out in late Nov that my ILs (both retired) have decided to come down to FL while we are there (they will be there anywhere from 2-4 weeks).  They are going to stay at a hotel near by.  One of my SIL/BILs then decided that they would also come down when we are there and stay at a hotel.  (all live within 10 mins of us).  I then get a holiday card from DH's aunt/uncle saying that they can't wait to see us in FL.  OK - this is fine, we can deal and it will just not be as relaxing as we had hoped.

DH decided to talk to his parents about the weekend and asked them to please not make any plans for us, to check with us first as we really want time to take the girls swimming, to the ocean, etc.  We really only have 2 days there as we land late Friday night and leave mid day on Monday.  MIL announces at dinner over the weekend that she has planned a brunch on Sunday for all the relatives.  My DH was so mad.  He nicely told his mom that he would prefer if she changed the brunch to a dinner so it didn't kill our whole day (my little one still takes 2-3 hour naps).

No clue how this long weekend is going to turn out but I am just not looking forward to it like I should be.  Trying to focus on the fact that it will be warm and we will be seeing his grandma which is the point of the trip in the first place.  Not looking forward to the battle between my DH and his Mother.

CTFandme

sounds like something my mom would do.  Hopefully they give you space and you have fun anyway.  Hopefully the weather is nice!