We did it. We went on our first long drive with the girls for Thanksgiving. We decided to go visit Shane's mom in Quincy, CA.
The girls did great on the trip. Shane's sister and her dog came with us and so I was way paranoid that the girls were going to scream and not stop for hours. I checked out a bunch of DVDs and we set up a laptop between their car seats. They loved watching the DVDs and it kept them more entertained then I thought it would. They didn't really sleep on the way there except for a 40 minute nap but they were still happy travelers.
Shane's mom was all ready for us. She bought the girls a cute little Sesame Street table and chairs they could eat at and set up cardboard blockades to keep them in certain parts of the house and away from their wood burning stove.
One day we decided to go on a little walk and we ended up walking to the store to get my favorite ice cream from when I was growing up, chocolate malted krunch. We walked across the street to the High School where Shane graduated FROM High School. (That's for you Jennifer and Brigitte.) The girls loved the ice cream and as you can see for some reason we had no napkins!
Shane did a bunch of stuff around the house with his sister for his mom and I just mostly hung out and played with the girls. I even had time to read a book! Now that's a sign of a good vacation.
The girls shared a room and did really well together. After one nap I walked down the hallway to hear them giggling at each other. We put their pack n plays across the room from each other and between a futon bed so they couldn't see each other but they were giggling away at each other. It was cute since they don't share rooms at home.
Because the house has a wood burning stove, the rooms at night would get pretty chilly. I always made sure the girls were covered up before we went to bed and one night we found Siena like this. I guess her face was cold...lol.
We went to church Sunday morning before we left. Siena decided to snuggle up to Grandma and take a little pre-trip nap.
The ride home was long. The girls slept a little bit more but towards the end kept waking up and crying, then going back to sleep, then wake up crying again, etc. But over all I can't complain as they did great.
It was a fun weekend and nice to get away and it was fun getting to be in Quincy again since it had been several years since I had been there.
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