The girls and I headed to my parent's house as soon as we got out of school last Tuesday afternoon! I was so ready to get out of town and enjoy some time off and away over the Thanksgiving break! Gretchen and I left school a little early, went home, and I finished packing and we packed the car.
DJ and I bought a new car when we found out that Adalyn was on her way! We knew we needed something bigger to accommodate our growing girls, but when we travel, it's still not big enough! Poor Gretchen always gets shoved in the back where she has to crawl over bags and squeeze in by our suitcases! Thankfully, she's a trooper!
This was my front seat! It was packed to the brim!
After packing the car, I went and picked up the littles from daycare. I set Gretchen and Megan up with an ipad and we were off.
We drove about an hour and a half before we stopped for dinner.
We stopped at McDonald's because what's a road trip without dinner at Mickey D's!
The little girls are wearing their pj's since it was pajama day at daycare! I typically don't let them travel in their pj's- unless we leave super early or if we are traveling at night. They girls typically wear leggings and a shirt with shoes that are easy to take on and off!
Gretchen thought she was a super big girl because I let her get fruit punch rather than milk or a juice box!
We arrived at my mom's around 9:30 and I told DJ that the girls had never been better on a road trip! We typically have at least 45 minutes of one of the littles screaming and crying (and it's almost always Megan). But, they did amazing! Adalyn slept for most of the trip, and she's happy as long as she has her baby and thumb. Megan played on the ipad, played with her toys, and watched a movie. Gretchen read books, played apps, watched a movie, and brought a few toys along! Seriously, they have NEVER been better!
Once we got to my moms and in our clean pj's, the girls decided to give their Gee a makeover!
The next day I totally failed at taking any sort of pictures until that evening. The big girls went to their cousin's house and played while my mom and I took Adalyn out for lunch and to run a few errands!
Adalyn slept once we got back home and I worked on the girls' Christmas shirts while they were still playing at their cousins house.
My mom made spaghetti for dinner and I sent this to DJ telling him that I wish he was there to give the girls a bath! Instead, my mom cleaned the girls up and I cleaned up the kitchen. It was a total fair trade- I loathe bath time.
Once the girls (and the kitchen) were cleaned, we crawled up in my mom's bed to watch Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving. Adalyn played opossum and pretended she was sleeping.
Around 10:30 Wednesday night, Megan woke up screaming and crying and saying that her belly hurt. I was really worried, and ready to take her to the emergency room. I have never seen her act like that. Thankfully, my mom checked out her belly (my mom is a nurse) and assured me everything was fine and stayed up with us for a while to make sure Megan had calmed back down. I think maybe she was just constipated! She finally fell back asleep and settled down around 11, and then we both went to bed so we could be well rested for Turkey day!!!!
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