Move Update

I really should not be posting right now. My list of things to do is about 3 pages long. At the top of that list is to finish packing so we can be on the road at O'Dark Thirty in the morning. We are off to check out our new stomping grounds and hopefully find a new place to live.

I'm not sure if I have mentioned it on the blog before, but I love family road trips. If there is a road side attraction or oddity to see, I will stop. (One of these days I'll have to post about the "live" buffalo we stopped to see after seeing signs for them for seriously 100 miles before. Yes, the signs said "live" buffalo.) I prefer to leave early instead of driving late. I'm not a chipper morning person but I function better in the morning.

My kids are great little travelers. I have learned a few tricks over the years. Since some of you who regularly check the blog have young kids, I thought I would pass along some of my traveling tips I have learned and used with the kiddos over the years. As I post our adventures this week, I will add a new tip. Some of you have traveled more miles than our clan. Please feel free to add your tips in the comments. I would love any helpful ideas. Here is my tip for today with a picture to explain what I am talking about. First the pic...

Other than showing you that the kids need some lotion on their knees, I would like you to notice their comfy clothes. On trips where we plan to leave extremely early, I have them shower and sleep in the the clothes they are going to wear the next day. Now before you all think I am an awful mom, I only do this when we are going to be in the car all day. They go straight from the shower to bed. Once we have the car totally loaded, the last thing we do is wake the kids. All they have to do is go potty and get in the car. When we take our first rest stop, I fix the girls hair and they are set. We usually visit some good friends in Virginia each year. Since I know they don't mind if I do laundry there, I wash the kids traveling clothes. The night before we leave to come home, they sleep in their comfy travel clothes. That can be considered a second tip because it makes less to pack. This trip we will be staying in a hotel so I packed comfy clothes for the return trip.

Please keep us in prayer for safety as we travel, ease at finding a new home and ease at getting the kids enrolled in school. I'll be posting updates. Now I really should get to bed since we are scheduled to pull out of the drive-way in less than six hours.