{"id":268,"date":"2012-06-06T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/2012\/06\/road-trippin-zoo-goin-a-mini-meltdown.html"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:27:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T00:27:33","slug":"road-trippin-zoo-goin-a-mini-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2012\/06\/road-trippin-zoo-goin-a-mini-meltdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Road Trippin’, Zoo Goin’ & a Mini Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over Memorial Day weekend the family and I went on our first “Family of Four” road trip.<\/p>\n
I tried to be as prepared as possible and packed everything ahead of time with each child’s necessities in their own little suitcase so that there wouldn’t be a lot of fishing around for items. I even checked the weather report a few times to help me pack the appropriate outfits. What I didn’t count on was a change in plans.<\/p>\n
We packed everything into the car and realized that it was a very tight squeeze. So we had to condense a bit. We took out the cooler that contained the breast milk and beverages, and packed a mini freezer pack and put the milk in there instead. We also decided to just get our own beverages when needed on the road. What I forgot to do was take out the bottles from the side pockets of the cooler. I thought I was being smart by putting the bottles in the cooler so that everything was in one place. Well it’s not so smart when you forget them completely!<\/p>\n
What saved me was that at the last minute I stashed two bottles in my breast pump bag. So, while not ideal since only having two bottles meant constantly washing while on the road, it was better than nothing!<\/p>\n
Another Oopsie?? Forgetting the bag of carefully prepped snacks.<\/p>\n
Super! No food for my family! Ggggoooooooo Mom!!<\/p>\n
And I didn’t realize all of this until we had to stop to feed Calvin. This is when we also discovered that Gwyneth opened her cup and poured its contents in her lap.<\/p>\n
Awesome. And I didn’t pack Gwyneth another outfit in the diaper bag, because I have never had to randomly change her before, so The Hubby had to dig one out of her suitcase in the back of the car.<\/p>\n
She ended up in her jammies.<\/p>\n
Thank heavens for gas stations\/pit stops. Definitely not the snacks we (by we, I mean I) were hoping for, but with no grocery store for miles, we were at least content.<\/p>\n
The rest of the trip to Portland actually went pretty well. Everyone was fed before meltdowns happened and we made it there still sane.<\/p>\n
Mostly.<\/p>\n
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