Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Road Trippin’

This weekend I took Sam to League City (a suburb of Houston) for a little Grandma and Grandpa time. (Plus, Grandma, Aunt Lynne Cookie, and Mommy had tickets to see Wicked – woo-hoo for girl time!).

Sam is a seasoned road-tripper by now, but each trip brings some new enlightenment.

Here are a few nuggets from this weekend:

•    Any thought (yours or his) can be interrupted at any time with, “I see train tracks!”

•    Inside voices do not exist in cars.

•    A toddler who is just about to conk out sounds like a radio whose batteries are going out. E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g  s-t-a-r-t-s  s-o-u-n-d-i-n-g  s-l-o-w…

•    Going the long way to avoid the worst of Houston rush hour is totally acceptable to the toddler who’s been in a car seat for 4+ hours as long as you promise more train tracks and a BIG bridge with BIG ships under it.

•    Chick-fil-a french fries make even the most frustrating potty stop worthwhile.

•    Mommy chair-dancing to the radio is hiccup-inducing funny.

•    Swimming in Grandma’s pool before the drive home is the best. idea. ever – Sam slept for nearly 3.5 hours (more than half the drive home, if anyone’s counting).

•    Cousin time and Grandparent time is divine, but so is coming home.

Do you take road trips as a family? What have you learned from them?

Julie Daneman is wife to Bryan, Stepmom to Jacob and Caleb, and Mommy to Sam. They are a boisterous, loving, happy interfaith family.

Julie Daneman is wife to Bryan, Stepmom to Jacob and Caleb, and Mommy to Sam. They are a boisterous, loving, happy interfaith family. - See more at: http://texashealthmoms.blogspot.com/2013/03/night-and-day.html#sthash.DTeUFC4o.dpuf
Julie Daneman is wife to Bryan, Stepmom to Jacob and Caleb, and Mommy to Sam. They are a boisterous, loving, happy interfaith family. - See more at: http://texashealthmoms.blogspot.com/2013/03/night-and-day.html#sthash.DTeUFC4o.dpuf
Julie Daneman is wife to Bryan, Stepmom to Jacob and Caleb, and Mommy to Sam. They are a boisterous, loving, happy interfaith family. - See more at: http://texashealthmoms.blogspot.com/2013/03/night-and-day.html#sthash.DTeUFC4o.dpuf

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