Seriously, you learn so much about who ever you're traveling with. Like how many times they have to go to the bathroom in an hour. Especially if it's a 3 year old. And, how many large cups of diet coke husband can consume at one rest area. Good times, I say, good times.
We decided that whatever the GPS "says", just add three hours: one hour per kid. So a 3 hour trip will take 6. Naturally. A 5 hour trip? Yes! Eight hours!!
So after like a million hours driving yesterday, we all lost it. It was bound to happen. Somewhere about 30 minutes from home, Hailey started crying. Again. The 3 hour cry through DC traffic wasn't enough ... ya know? Anyway, she started screaming, I screamed back, and so did everyone else in the car. For about 20 minutes we all screamed at the top of our lungs. It was fabulous.
We had a super-fun trip! In NC we saw Jenny, Dan and Sammy; went to a museum that included indoor and outdoor exhibits. Kinda like a zoo! Mike was obsessed with the insects, Chloe loved the butterfly building, Maddie loved the playground and the outdoor "drums", and Hailey really had fun in the baby play area. I was just excited to be out and somewhere new!
Prior to the NC visit, we were in VA. Brother-in-law Jess surprised Mother-in-law, not once, but twice with the arrival of his two kids. They snuck away one evening to pick up 19 year old grandson, Dave. Then all 10 of us were at the house!
Highlights include a trip to the water park, feeding the ducks at a park, playing on a playground (and getting bug bites by some weird VA bugs), a mean game of monkey-in-the-middle, round the clock endless games of kick ball in the backyard, Simon Says with the kids, me getting carded while buying more Corona, playing cards, and lots of sitting around.
So when's the next vacation? I could really get used to this!
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