Plan A (my well-devised ideal):
Ride back from funeral with in laws.
Load up van, take a walk, kids expend energy playing.
Eat a light, early dinner. (4:45 or 5 p.m.)
Everyone uses restroom and loads into van.
Depart Bloomington by 6 p.m.
Stop for gas in Bloomington area.
Tate and Liv fall asleep in van around 7 or 7:30 (bedtime, especially since they didn't nap).
Listen to book on tape (Wolf the Saxon) with boys until we arrive at the farm, around 8:45 p.m.
Unload children and go to bed early.
Plan B (or what ACTUALLY happened):
Ride back from funeral with in laws.
Load up, take a walk, play outside. (going well, eh?)
Eat dinner around 5:15 p.m.
Use restroom, say goodbyes and pull away at 6:10 p.m.
Stop for gas outside of Bloomington, around 6:30 p.m.
Stop for potty for Tate around 7 p.m.
Stop for potty for L around 7:30 p.m.
Allow kids to play on playground at the rest area- for FIVE minutes only!
As we reload van, R needs to use the restroom.
Play at rest stop longer.
Reload van.
T falls asleep around 8:45. L around 9:15.
Pull into farm at 9:30.
Unload sleepy children. Unload van.
Read blogs until nearly 11 p.m. (I needed encouragement!)
Children wake at 6 a.m.
1 comment:
You weren't too far off, I would say! A remarkable job for a long day in the car with 4 tired kids.
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