SGI-part eight the drive home (Sunday)

Then Sunday was the dreaded drive home.  UGH.  I HATE driving.  I HATE road trips.  Hated them wo kids and I still hate them with kids.  We FLEW everywhere as a kid so I think that is why.  But you have to do what you have to do and it was sooooo worth it.  We made it home in 11.5 hours and that includes just 2 stops.  One at a very nice park in Montgomery and one at dinner.  The park was very nice.   Huge had 6 different playground areas.  We could have stayed for hours.  The girls are great in the car.  The boy on the other hand, well lets just say staying in a car seat is very hard for a very active toddler boy.  Here we have pulled out all the stops to make him more happy.

He was still sitting backwards in the car until our park stop on the way home.  We turned him around.  It made him happy for a little bit but then back to his unhappiness.  Which I knew would be the case and why I hadn't done it.

As I said when I started it was a perfect trip.  The 4 big kids slept all night every night we were there in their bunk room.  We didn't hear a peek from the in the middle of the night.  The babies were in our rooms in the start of the trip.  Ugh (they had told us the closets would be big enough for pack and plays).  Not the case but by the 3rd night we figured out the masters baths were.  Ours was perfect for him.  Had a great knook for it.  We couldn't use it at night of course but we had another bathroom on the floor.  Of course I checked for anything harmful he could reach before I left him in it for the first time.  Not thinking about the door.  Oops he could reach the lock and at nap once locked himself in.  A butter knife solved that problem quickly thankfully!!!  Crafty kid.

We are sooooooooooo lucky to have the Shumans in our lives.  We love them dearly and are so thankful they would want to spend their vaca with us.  We can't wait for many many more in the future.  The kids were alll soooooooooooo great.  S and C had one major fight and that was all.  It was almost a cat fight by the pool one night.  It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.  Wish we had it on video but otherwise they got along great!  The babies never fight even when E thinks its so funny to push Emi over.  She laughs too most of the time which makes him do it more of course.  Vacations are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!