Trip Prep

Before we leave on trips I have to have the house clean from top to bottom and have all the laundry done.  All of this usually leads to me freaking out trying to finish everything.  My family is getting used to this and are so good to pitch in and help get everything done.  I also had to sneak in a few projects for the trip.

I made little travel and neck pillows for the trip out of Disney fabric.  I also used the ball cotton to make them nice and soft.  They were a huge hit. 

The girls helped make little journal / autograph books out of sketch pads. 

I picked up Mickey Mouse shirts before we left. 

Of course the little travel cards that we velcro to the ceiling of the van needed a little updating to the places we were going.  The kids love these because they can see where we are and where we need to go.

 

We charged up all the electronics and made sure we had chargers.  Jerrica and I picked up a couple of new movies, and mixed with Redbox we were stocked with shows.  I always get a big treat box that is filled with salty, healthy, sweet, and chocolatey treats.  This trip we would answer a few of these questions from this list as we snacked.  It was good to take breaks from electronics and get to know each other better.  Some of these questions brought out stories that we hadn’t heard.  I found the list on Pinterest and can’t find the site it is linked back to.  We would only do four or five questions at a time and the kids were always ready for more treats and questions every few hours.

We had glow bracelets and flashlights.  The kids made silhouettes on the van’s ceiling using the flashlights at night.

We rocked out to Stephen’s mix of music on Pandora.  I also brought the “Scene It” question cards and had a little game with them.  The winner could get whatever they wanted at Dairy Queen.  Stephen won.  ;)

I also had little slips of paper that the kids would draw at each major stop.  If they picked the “1” then they had first choice of any seat in the van.  Whomever picked “6” usually was not happy.  It kept the kids mixed up sitting by different siblings. 

It was a LONG trip, but really wasn’t too bad.  Seriously, how bad can a trip be with your favorite icy drink, chocolate, a good book and being surrounded by those that you love most!