This blog is partly an effort for me to document our lives because I want to remember the things we do and places we go.
We are taking a trip to Fort Benning, GA to watch my brother graduate from Basic Training. From there we will be driving to North Carolina to visit my birth father and family. I am hoping to post daily on our trip, and even though it may not be terribly exciting, I want to remember driving half the United States with a 2 year old and 3 month old!
We left Monday morning bright and early--4:30 a.m. and headed towards St. Louis, MO. Leaving early with young kiddos is a great idea! We were able to put a big dent into our mileage for the day while they slept, and thankfully avoided meltdowns!
I packed lots of snacks and presents for Aiden to open along the way as a way to keep things interesting! Before we left, I searched my gift drawers for fun little items and picked a few things up from Wal-mart too.
Aiden received his backpack the night before we left so he could help "pack" too.
He was pretty thrilled to pack his books and cars in it!
We also worked on creating a "Travel Journal". I thought about this pretty late in the game and could have made a "cooler" looking cover, but this worked! All it is: sketch book and a cover page.
After he was finished decorating the cover, I taped the whole page to the book and wrapped it up to give as a present. I'm hoping to ask him about each day and write a little note on the page(s) he colored that day.
We stopped for lunch in a small town outside of Hannibal, MO. I brought lunch foods and snacks so we could save money and find little parks along the way.
This park had a wooden train, which both kids loved, maybe one more than the other. ;)
We stopped for the day in St. Louis and thankfully our hotel had a pool! Charlotte loved it...
Aiden...warmed up to it.
Later he was jumping into the pool so I think he ended up having fun! We ordered pizza and just relaxed the rest of te evening. A great first day in our travels!
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