So we just got back from a road trip to L.A. Yea! Overall, it was a great trip. It started with us leaving the house at 1:30 in the morning (yes, that was done on purpose). Here's the back story to that: When we moved to AZ from CA we packed the kids up at 7:00 p.m. --their bedtime-- and drove over. It was great, the kids slept the whole time--until we got to our new house at 1 or 2 in the morning...well, now they had just had a great nap and they were ready to play!!! They were wide awake, much to our dismay since we were sooooo tired from all the packing, moving, and driving. But they wanted to explore the new house!
So James and I decided that we didn't want that to happen again. We decided to let them sleep, then we would move them very carefully as to not wake them....they would be sleepy still since it's 1:30 in the morning, and they would fall right back asleep with the nice motion of the car.....James and I would drive in the the still of the dark, quiet night and arrive to California just in time for the kids to wake up at their normal morning wake up time, all fresh and rested none-the-wiser that their nighttime sleep was actually in the car.
that was the plan.....
you see where I'm going with this?! :)
Well, they woke up when we moved them into the van, and they stayed awake until 3:30!!! But, it wasn't that bad because they didn't fuss. They just sat in their chairs, looking around, not saying a word. It wasn't bad except for later in the day when the lack of sleep caught up to them.... They fell asleep around 3:30/4:00 but woke back up again around 5 a.m., again just sitting, looking around.
When we got to CA our first stop was at our friend Andrea's house to pick up a pack 'n play we were borrowing from her. Then our friend Kathleen came to meet us at Denny's for breakfast. After breakfast, we drove to James' former work to visit his work friends. Then we went to a nearby park to play for a little before finally arriving at our friend Jennifer's house where we were going to be staying. The kids were getting tired by then (I couldn't blame them...) so they had an early lunch and went to bed early. After nap, Jennifer had invited some people over to visit (my former work friends--former work of course, not former friends). It was a lot of fun to see all of them again! The kids had an early bed time again--they needed their sleep for the next day-DISNEYLAND!!!!!!
to be continued.....
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Hey, cute new background!...so far it sounds like you guys had a great trip, I'm waiting to hear part 2 of the story... you know that the "happiest place on earth"is the true test! I got your message last night but not until about 9:00, I'll call you later today.
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