So, on Sunday, October 7, we got up well before 6. We fed Lucy, got everything we could packed up before waking the kids up, then we finally woke them up. We pottied, changed clothes and loaded them into the car and left around 6:15 am.
Addison and Fischer stayed awake much longer this time, but dozed off a little bit before we stopped for breakfast 2 hours later. We stopped at "Old McDonald's" again because they wanted... wait for it.... pancakes, syrup, sausage and orange juice. Unfortunately, it was very cold and rainy during our drive home so it made our stops much less enjoyable. Thankfully, we had a break from the rain just as we stopped for breakfast, so Lucy got a quick (and dry) potty break too.
Fischer, of course, fell asleep about 5 minutes before we reached the tunnels. He loved the tunnels so much on the way there and couldn't wait to go through them again on the way back. Scott and I struggled with "do we wake him up for them? or do we let him sleep??" Then we were worried if we let him sleep, Addison would rat us out because she was awake. He sort of woke up at one point so I told him about the tunnels and I know he heard me, and he went back to sleep so I felt a little better about him missing them. :)
We stopped for a bathroom, gas and snack break a couple of hours later, then ended up driving until almost 2:00 before stopping for lunch. The kids were doing pretty well even though they barely slept on the drive home.
After lunch we only had a couple of hours left... we got home a little after 4 and all 3 kids enjoyed running around and playing while Scott and I unloaded the car.
It was a good trip, and it was so nice getting to see everyone. I'm so thankful that Addison and Fischer are such great little travelers.
One of the activities I had planned for them was a brownie tray with magnetic letters. I just knew this would keep them occupied for quite awhile in their car seats. Sadly, it only kept them occupied for about 10 minutes (at the most) but I put them away and will get them out for our next road trip.
Here are a couple of pictures of Lucy from the trip. The first is her relaxing on her bed and the second is with the friend she made on the beach!
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