Well, I am packing for our beach trip! I am SO excited! This is our first family-of-four vacation. We have been away for the weekend a couple of times, but not a whole week! So we have A LOT to pack. I am trying to be a good girl scout and "Be Prepared," but I am also trying not to take things that are absolutely unnecessary. It is becoming hard to determine which is which sometimes. I have talked to many people with children and they all said to pack in boxes, crates, or tubs rather than luggage and bags. I like this idea. It should be easier to stack in the back of the van. So we have a crate for the kids' clothes, a diaper crate, beach toys tub, toy/book basket, towel tub, ... Yeah, it is a lot! We are going with Gary's parents, Dara, Bernie, and Cassidy. It will be interesting to see how all nine of us survive one another for 7 days. We have never been together that long. Hey I don't think my family of four has been together for 7 days straight! Whew!
I really am very excited; however, I'm nervous about the ride down. Most people recommended driving through the night so that the kids could just sleep, so we are giving that a go. It is a six hour drive and I am worried about how the kids are going to hold up. We are planning to leave early morning/middle of the night so that they will (hopefully) sleep most of the way down. The problem is that check-in isn't until 4:00. So we have to find something entertaining for the kids until then and figure out how to do an afternoon nap.
Well, I am taking my laptop and camera cord, so hopefully I will be able to get some vacation pics up while we are there. Okay, I am done with my little blog break and need to get back to packing!
TTFN!
2 comments:
Good luck and hope y'all have fun! We have friends from Anderson who travel during the night, too, and it works for them. We are going to Disney World in 2 weeks, and I am VERY apprehensive about that ride with a 3 year old!
A few things - #1- Where in the world are you going that is 6 hours away? Holy Cow! #2 - When you figure out what to pack, what is necessary and not, LET ME KNOW!!! I'm doing the same - and we are also packing in laundry baskets, etc. And #3 - I laughed out loud when you said you were being a good girl scout! Ha! Those were the days! Have fun!
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