Spring break for us was a road trip down to NC to visit my
brother and then on to SC for a dear friend's wedding. Z-man is a great
traveler. We travel to NY to visit his family almost every month on the
train. At this point, we are train riding professionals. But car rides,
not so much.
Over 1000 miles total. This is no small feat for a turning-two-next-week-year-old. Or for a motion-sick-mama. Or for Z's dad who had to put up with both of us and drive.
I tweaked a tradition the bride shared from her childhood. Her family has four kids and trekked often from NJ to SC. That's a road trip. Her parents packed each one a shoebox with games and goodies that they got halfway through the ride. Well the Mother-of-the-Bride is among those mamas I admire most, so I knew it was worth a try.
Over 1000 miles total. This is no small feat for a turning-two-next-week-year-old. Or for a motion-sick-mama. Or for Z's dad who had to put up with both of us and drive.
I tweaked a tradition the bride shared from her childhood. Her family has four kids and trekked often from NJ to SC. That's a road trip. Her parents packed each one a shoebox with games and goodies that they got halfway through the ride. Well the Mother-of-the-Bride is among those mamas I admire most, so I knew it was worth a try.
A dollar store trip, left over valentine
tissue paper, and a new favorite word "present" and the trip was
relatively painless (minus traffic). Every time Z-man would get
frustrated, bored, or a little grumpy, I passed a present his way. I tried to limit the presents to one an hour. It was so successful on the way down that we made a
dollar store run before the trip back.
Among the best and most
entertaining gifts were a slinky, pipe cleaners and pony beads (and I
now have a fabulous new blue bracelet), books, a glow stick (reserved
for when it started to get dark), a small car, and window clings. I have some
left overs from the way back that I'm saving to use on our next trip!
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