We are taking a family road trip this week. It should be very exciting, what with the van we don’t totally trust yet, a baby who throws up if she has to sit in the carseat longer than she deems necessary (out of anger at being in a carseat, not carsickness), and you know, just the usual Vitafam off-the-wallery you’d expect.
Andrew still looks a little green when we discuss actually leaving tomorrow.
I’m in the throes of packing (Hey Look! I started packing the day before!) and I got a little tickled at my packing list.
It had the usual things like:
- laptop
- laptop chargers
- phones
- phone chargers
- iPad
- iPad charger
And then we rounded a corner for Worst-Case Scenario with things like :
- towels to clean the throw-up
- puke bags
- baby motrin
- chocolate for Mama
And then, finally, the Worst-Worst Case scenario:
- the shooter
And by “the shooter,” I mean the nasal syringe we use to clean out everybody’s sinuses.
But you have to admit, the list does sound like we are prepared for All Things Dire, right?
I’ll be reporting in as the mood strikes or as the adventure subsides. We would totally covet your prayers.
Our house will be occupied some while we’re gone, plus, we have very diligent neighbors. You do NOT want to tangle with them. So no robbery, please.
Besides, according to my list, we’re taking all the good stuff with us…
WHERE is your pack of cards on this list? I won’t even ask about the chicken feet…
Rachelle – The cards are always in my purse. Duh.
I’m scared for you. =o)
I don’t remember how old your kids are, but here are a few things I did when we took our four across the country from Mn to KY.
1. Instead of packing everyone their own suitcases and having them all unpack them everytime they get dressed, I put all 4 kids’ clothes in one Walmart bag for each day. So each morning I only had to pull out one bag and everyone’s clothes (down to socks and a diaper) were in the single bag. Also, instead of a suitcase I put all the little clothing bundle bags in a big plastic tote. The beauty of that? Then all the dirty laundry got tossed in the tote!
2. I picked out all the toys/games/coloring books etc I wanted to take. Then I split the lot in half. I put half in the trunk on the way there and then pulled it out on the way home so they had “new” things to play with!
ice cream bucket with lid lined with walmart type plastic bags are perfect for a puke bucket…for the baby that throws up cut a hole in a large bath towel and slip it over her head and car seat for easy clean up of the puke….yes I had a car puker