Just For You Mom!
I find myself in front of the laptop in honour of my Mom. She has been hounding me for months to post something on the blog. With Mother's Day coming this weekend, I cannot deny her this simple pleasure. (and it's not because I'm too cheap to get her a gift!)
I suggested a trip to Windsor this coming weekend to surprise Richard's Mom. The girls have not seen Grammy and Papa since Christmas and Grammy is not well enough to travel to Waterloo. Well, it's a good thing that I thought of it when I did! Who would have thought that a three day, two night trip would take an entire week to plan......
Once the decision was made, I decided that with the girls growing, and Elizabeth not fully potty trained, that stuffing all of our clothes into two dufflebags would not suffice....especially since Richard is a notorious "Over Packer". Off I went to Walmart to get each of the girls their very own suitcase complete with wheels and a handle. They had to be different but not so different as to cause discord. That was easy enough...Disney Princesses for Alex, Winnie the Pooh for Elizabeth. That was on Sunday.......looking back, I probably should have left that until later in the week.
Have you ever given your child something and then told them that they have to wait a week before they can use it? Elizabeth has sent hers down the stairs at least five times, which is the same number of times that Alex has tried to pack hers. Unfortunately, Alex is also an over packer. The last three days have been spent trying to decide which clothes to pack. At one point I was informed that she had to bring all of her clothes, but not her dresser, because "Grammy and Papa have dressers at their house."
So far, this ordeal is not helping the migraine that I have had since March.....I actually think that I have developed a tic as well.
Next, we had to make a list of evrything that we needed to bring. My head was ready to explode after trying to explain the difference between "need" and "want". "No, you do not need to bring your music player." "But Mommy!(said through tears) I do need music to go to sleep!" "No, you like to have music to go to sleep. The music player stays."
I got to finish the list myself.
I made my list, I checked it twice, we have it all covered.....snacks, juice, water, pop, sunscreen, bug spray, dog food (did I mention that we're taking the dog?), dog treats, sleeping bags for the girls, pillows, and the portable DVD player and an assortment of movies.
The last item mentioned is the most important. It will save the sanity of the two adults in the van. Three hours on the road without Scooby Doo and Spy kids would seem like twelve. On the half an hour trip to Guelph, they ask "Are we there yet?" before we hit the first stop sign.
Wish us luck on our trip!
Happy Mother's Day!
I suggested a trip to Windsor this coming weekend to surprise Richard's Mom. The girls have not seen Grammy and Papa since Christmas and Grammy is not well enough to travel to Waterloo. Well, it's a good thing that I thought of it when I did! Who would have thought that a three day, two night trip would take an entire week to plan......
Once the decision was made, I decided that with the girls growing, and Elizabeth not fully potty trained, that stuffing all of our clothes into two dufflebags would not suffice....especially since Richard is a notorious "Over Packer". Off I went to Walmart to get each of the girls their very own suitcase complete with wheels and a handle. They had to be different but not so different as to cause discord. That was easy enough...Disney Princesses for Alex, Winnie the Pooh for Elizabeth. That was on Sunday.......looking back, I probably should have left that until later in the week.
Have you ever given your child something and then told them that they have to wait a week before they can use it? Elizabeth has sent hers down the stairs at least five times, which is the same number of times that Alex has tried to pack hers. Unfortunately, Alex is also an over packer. The last three days have been spent trying to decide which clothes to pack. At one point I was informed that she had to bring all of her clothes, but not her dresser, because "Grammy and Papa have dressers at their house."
So far, this ordeal is not helping the migraine that I have had since March.....I actually think that I have developed a tic as well.
Next, we had to make a list of evrything that we needed to bring. My head was ready to explode after trying to explain the difference between "need" and "want". "No, you do not need to bring your music player." "But Mommy!(said through tears) I do need music to go to sleep!" "No, you like to have music to go to sleep. The music player stays."
I got to finish the list myself.
I made my list, I checked it twice, we have it all covered.....snacks, juice, water, pop, sunscreen, bug spray, dog food (did I mention that we're taking the dog?), dog treats, sleeping bags for the girls, pillows, and the portable DVD player and an assortment of movies.
The last item mentioned is the most important. It will save the sanity of the two adults in the van. Three hours on the road without Scooby Doo and Spy kids would seem like twelve. On the half an hour trip to Guelph, they ask "Are we there yet?" before we hit the first stop sign.
Wish us luck on our trip!
Happy Mother's Day!
posted by Wendell's Clan at 5:39 PM
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