Saturday, August 23, 2008

Cleveland ROCKS!

OK, um, not so much Cleveland proper, but The Suburbs of Cleveland ROCK! Using the power of our new minivan for good, we set out to visit the Relcuk family in Ohio. This is about a 300 mile drive from our home and took us about 5 1/2 to 6 hours without kids. We had no idea what to expect with three kids.

The preparations for this trip were not unlike some of our hiking expeditions -- an exhaustive Excel spreadsheet packing list, a pre-dawn awakening, carb loading the night before to help maintain our energy levels . . .

The drive went perfectly. We made it in about 6 hours, with one stop. Here's why:


The twins were not aware that our new minivan contained a T.V. When we flipped down the screen and turned on an "Elmo's World" DVD, they paused, eyes wide and jaws hanging down in utter disbelief. W stopped in mid-bite, holding a cracker aloft,. R found her voice first, shouting "MEL-MO!", like she was screaming for the Beatles.

The twins watched TV, napped and rocked out to Queen, with no fussing, whining or other unpleasantness. Baby V slept the entire way, other than when she was forcibly awakened and fed. In fact, it was so easy that I'm assuming it was all a dream and I'm going to wake up to find that it is 5 a.m. and we haven't actually left yet . . .

Once we arrived at Grandma K's house, she had a new Twin Sized pool.




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Enjoying your website. You have three beautiful little girls. Have fun with your girls.
rwdavi's mom

Anonymous said...

We're so glad you were here-- It was a great weekend -- All 3 girls were TERRIFIC!!!! (& Beautiful, too)-- We miss you already!!!!!