Comments on: Incredibly True Traveling Stories: a Q & A with Moms http://www.themomcrowd.com/incredibly-true-traveling-stories-a-q-a-with-moms Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:20:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amelia http://www.themomcrowd.com/incredibly-true-traveling-stories-a-q-a-with-moms/comment-page-1#comment-32984 Amelia Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:13:55 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/incredibly-true-traveling-stories-a-q-a-with-moms#comment-32984 When we made the move from TX to PA we had a large basket of books in between the boys' car seats. And we let them stuff their backpacks full of whatever toys they wanted to bring on the trip. My mom sent us off with some fun gift packages to open as we went along on the 3 day journey. the biggest hit were these magnetic puzzles that you used a fishing pole with a magnet on the end to pick up the puzzle pieces. They played with those for HOURS. And music was a big hit. We tried to play I-Spy or look for shapes in the clouds or find signs in a certain color. Anything to pass the time. And we prayed they would sleep a lot. That didn't happen, unfortunately but we made it in one piece and we still love each other! We made stops when we needed to pee and run around. I was 7 months preggo at the time so I needed the breaks too. I had my hubby there so it made it a lot easier than doing it on my own but we had a great time and it was definitely a memory builder. I don't look forward to going on outings with all 3 of mine in tow all the time either but it does get easier when the older ones are a little more independent. Even if your kids are well trained it is still more stress to care for more than one kid on outings. Dawn, when Ewan and Isaac were 2 and 1 I don't think I went very many places "just for fun"--like the library! I never took them to the library until we moved here to PA because when they were 2 and 1 they wanted to run in two opposite directions and let's face it, the library isn't exactly conducive to loud running! I would have let one go to town with markers too! HA-HA! The only fun thing I did was play dates in the neighborhood and a mommy group at our church where our kids were in a nursery program at the same time. And when we went to the park (just me and the boys) we went to a very small one so that I could be nearby if need be. We would go to the bigger park with daddy around or with a few other adult friends with kids so the kids would herd together. Sometimes I would go play tennis with a friend and we would let our kids run around the court while we "played" tennis. Apparently I had a lot to say about that :) When we made the move from TX to PA we had a large basket of books in between the boys’ car seats. And we let them stuff their backpacks full of whatever toys they wanted to bring on the trip. My mom sent us off with some fun gift packages to open as we went along on the 3 day journey. the biggest hit were these magnetic puzzles that you used a fishing pole with a magnet on the end to pick up the puzzle pieces. They played with those for HOURS. And music was a big hit. We tried to play I-Spy or look for shapes in the clouds or find signs in a certain color. Anything to pass the time. And we prayed they would sleep a lot. That didn’t happen, unfortunately but we made it in one piece and we still love each other!

We made stops when we needed to pee and run around. I was 7 months preggo at the time so I needed the breaks too. I had my hubby there so it made it a lot easier than doing it on my own but we had a great time and it was definitely a memory builder.

I don’t look forward to going on outings with all 3 of mine in tow all the time either but it does get easier when the older ones are a little more independent. Even if your kids are well trained it is still more stress to care for more than one kid on outings.

Dawn, when Ewan and Isaac were 2 and 1 I don’t think I went very many places “just for fun”–like the library! I never took them to the library until we moved here to PA because when they were 2 and 1 they wanted to run in two opposite directions and let’s face it, the library isn’t exactly conducive to loud running! I would have let one go to town with markers too! HA-HA! The only fun thing I did was play dates in the neighborhood and a mommy group at our church where our kids were in a nursery program at the same time. And when we went to the park (just me and the boys) we went to a very small one so that I could be nearby if need be. We would go to the bigger park with daddy around or with a few other adult friends with kids so the kids would herd together. Sometimes I would go play tennis with a friend and we would let our kids run around the court while we “played” tennis.

Apparently I had a lot to say about that :)

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