Road Trip!

I woke up early, even after staying up way too late the night before. But I still needed to pack! And I had so many other little tasks around the house to complete. I managed to get most everything done before Court and family arrived.

We had a quick egg hunt for the girls, but Daniella wasn't really that interested in finding the eggs. She found a couple before settling on the sofa to eat the goldfish out of a few eggs. From there, she dictated where Kai should find more eggs.

Court and I quickly packed the car. We managed to wedge our bags around the stroller in the back. We had a bag full of activities for the girls in the back, where Kai could reach it. We also had a bag full of snacks for the trip, which Court had prepared ahead of time.

The road trip went about as you might expect, with two young girls. Kai seemed to enjoy both the binder and the journal I had made for her, keeping herself entertained fairly well. Both girls enjoyed the magnets I had picked up on a whim, with the cookie sheets Court had picked up at the last minute for them. I had read about this on Pinterest, but hadn't had time to find the cookie sheets - I'm so glad Court found the time, because this was the one thing the little one seemed to enjoy.

We put off stopping for lunch a bit too long, which caused a minor melt down in the back. Then, Court and I struggled to actually find a place to stop. We missed the first place because we didn't see signs for food until after we had passed the exit. Finally, we found a place to stop for a quick lunch and fuel. It was here that I finally managed to take a picture:

Post-melt-down, Daniella has the iPad. Kai is
still enjoying her journal and binder.

Although that last 26 miles was a little rough (did I mention that it was 26 miles from the place we missed to the next exit?), the girls did recover a bit with lunch and we got back on the road. In the end, I'm probably glad that we had lunch so late because the remainder of our drive felt so short!

We arrived at the hotel and got checked in. We had a two bedroom suite. The only obnoxious thing about it was that both bathrooms were ensuite. And really, when that's your main complaint, things aren't so bad. From left to right in this picture: the open doors lead to the bedroom I slept in; the next door is to the outside; behind the desk is the door to the other bedroom; beyond that is the small kitchen. The only eating area is two barstools at a small counter.

The hotel staff brought a crib for Daniella, but it was a very small crib. We called to have it removed, but we were told to leave it outside because the housekeeping staff had gone home. A picture Court took of Daniella in the crib:

Rather hilariously, this picture showed up in my TimeHop, proving that this is a bad day for this family and beds:

We drove to Panera for dinner. Then we went to a Target we had passed on the way, hoping to pick up a Pack N Play to replace the crib. But Target was closed for Easter. So we had to drive across town to a Walmart, which was very busy, probably because so many places were closed for the holiday. By this time, the girls were very done with being in the car.

We got back to the hotel, set up the Pack N Play, put the girls to bed, and collapsed on the sofa. Court and I stayed up far to late talking. My jet lag probably didn't help.