On the spur of a moment (very un-mom like) I decided to get out of town while Ryan worked on our kitchen cabinets. After I realized I had a meeting after lunch on Friday and wouldn't be able to take a 1/2 day off of work to drive to Spokane, I decided on heading up to Portland to see Rachele, Jay, Elise and Nolan (step-cousins).We went strawberry picking on Saturday. Kadyn did a great job while Kai was content tromping on all the berries trying to follow his brother all the while eating everything in his carton.
It's a good thing that carton was full of raspberries...Mommy is a thinker! Strawberry picking is hard to do when you're allergic to strawberries. So, instead of a basket of strawberries I brought Kai some raspberries that he could eat.
We had our very own Sound of Music.
On Sunday we stopped in at OMSI on our way out of town. The kids had a great time playing in the science center.
Some pointers when traveling alone with kids...
1. Pray the kids take a nap on the drive.
2. Bring extra binkies to keep in the center console because inevitably one will end up flying through the air and out of reach.
3. Pray for naps.
4. McDonalds play places are a great place to get wiggles out.
5. If you see a naked child coming out of the playground at McDonalds you might want to consider removing your children from the playground. It is possible that the naked child pooped on the slide.
6. Pray the kids take naps.
7. Bring an unseen movie to put in the player.
8. Plan on hearing said new movie 4 times throughout the drive without actually seeing the movie.
9. Let the kids pack a travel bag...it's much more exciting when they are the ones picking out the toys.
10. Bring lots of special snacks and keep them within easy reach.
11. Don't bring any snacks you don't want to spend the drive eating because you will inevitably eat all said snacks throughout the duration of the drive in order to stay awake--even if the snacks consist of 1/2 a bag of pretzels, a bag of m&ms, countless handfuls of teddy grahams, skittles...should this go on?
12. Pray the kids take a nap.
13. Plan on hearing "are we there yet?" every 20 minutes after the first 1/2 hour passes.
14. Again, pray for nap.
15. If you're fortunate enough to have kids actually take the much prayed for nap, drive. Drive fast. Do not stop. Shove another handful of pretzels in your mouth and DRIVE.
5. If you see a naked child coming out of the playground at McDonalds you might want to consider removing your children from the playground. It is possible that the naked child pooped on the slide.
6. Pray the kids take naps.
7. Bring an unseen movie to put in the player.
8. Plan on hearing said new movie 4 times throughout the drive without actually seeing the movie.
9. Let the kids pack a travel bag...it's much more exciting when they are the ones picking out the toys.
10. Bring lots of special snacks and keep them within easy reach.
11. Don't bring any snacks you don't want to spend the drive eating because you will inevitably eat all said snacks throughout the duration of the drive in order to stay awake--even if the snacks consist of 1/2 a bag of pretzels, a bag of m&ms, countless handfuls of teddy grahams, skittles...should this go on?
12. Pray the kids take a nap.
13. Plan on hearing "are we there yet?" every 20 minutes after the first 1/2 hour passes.
14. Again, pray for nap.
15. If you're fortunate enough to have kids actually take the much prayed for nap, drive. Drive fast. Do not stop. Shove another handful of pretzels in your mouth and DRIVE.
2 comments:
glad you got to get out of town!! :)
hope the boys sleep for you this week ;)
Love you all!
thanks so much for coming! I so agree with your list. :)
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