When I was loading up our soon to be overflowing car, I heard my 3 year old... "Let's scream as loud as we can!!" to her sister. Vacation. I don't think so.
Our destination was a mere 2 1/2 hours away, which is nothing in single person time, but in mom time, it's a day trip. Being the planner that I am, I had an intended time to leave, I planned a couple stops and I hoped to be there before dinner. Spoiler alert: we didn't make it.
Our destination was a mere 2 1/2 hours away, which is nothing in single person time, but in mom time, it's a day trip. Being the planner that I am, I had an intended time to leave, I planned a couple stops and I hoped to be there before dinner. Spoiler alert: we didn't make it.
So I'm going to share some of my vacationing tips and maybe they can help someone else with their "vacation".
Tip 1: Packing - my husband and I don't normally fit many traditional gender roles, but when it comes to packing, we definitely do. As we're loading the car, my husband says he's all ready. I'm running around grabbing last minute items. I have a tribe to prepare. One of my favorite tricks is to pack each outfit into a ziplock bag. I include everything...socks, underwear, hair clips...it's awesome!
Tip 2: Food - all the snacks. I recently started to call the center console in the car "the Pantry". I keep a variety of snacks ranging from general hungry (a granola bar), to "time taker" (a cheerio necklace that takes about 10 mins to eat) to "meltdown snacks" (any mom guilt snack used to help me survive the aforementioned meltdown). When we're traveling, these snacks are all the more important. Nothing like going somewhere with a car full of hangry people.
Tip 3: Stories on CD! I've gotten into the habit of grabbing a couple of these before we go. I use them when I can't handle all thenoise beautiful singing and sweet game playing along the drive. In order to hear the story, we must be quiet. Warning: This does not include cds with books...I prefer to save the lessons in turn taking for when were not all stuck in a small vehicle together.
Tip 4: Ummm...I had about 6 tips brainstormed this morning at 2 am when I was feeding the baby...Hopefully they'll come back to me soon!
For now...happy traveling! :)
Tip 2: Food - all the snacks. I recently started to call the center console in the car "the Pantry". I keep a variety of snacks ranging from general hungry (a granola bar), to "time taker" (a cheerio necklace that takes about 10 mins to eat) to "meltdown snacks" (any mom guilt snack used to help me survive the aforementioned meltdown). When we're traveling, these snacks are all the more important. Nothing like going somewhere with a car full of hangry people.
Tip 3: Stories on CD! I've gotten into the habit of grabbing a couple of these before we go. I use them when I can't handle all the
Tip 4: Ummm...I had about 6 tips brainstormed this morning at 2 am when I was feeding the baby...Hopefully they'll come back to me soon!
For now...happy traveling! :)
