Off we go

Since I thought there was a good chance we would not be able to leave, I didn't want to get my hopes up and waste my time preparing for no reason, only to put it all back again, so I didn't. Then, the weather was weird all morning. But, now it's clearing up. Our dirt roads are being plowed. Sitters still ready, so we're taking off. Yikes!

This means I have to cram all my prep work for leaving the house, dividing the children who are not used to being away from me with different schedules to different sitters, and taking a shower, into a few short hours. Packing for the 2 little ones, packing for myself and daddy-o, prepping food for the sitter of the big 3, warning kids of the (dire, magnificent, huge, disastrous) consequences they will face for giving Mackenzie a hard time, remembering the only kind of sippy cups Clover will drink from and her noise machine that helps her sleep, the newly potty trained boy's pull ups and gazillion pairs of underwear and extra pants, his and her snugly blankets, their snacks, car seats, our hotel info and directions, conference info and directions,.......am I forgetting anything? :-)

Whew. Breaks are hard work. No wonder we don't take them more often ;-)
Happy weekend!