At 5:00 am Wednesday (4/25) Easton and I began our road trip to Arkansas to visit Memaw and Papa. We swung by my parent's house to pick them up and were on the road by 6:00 am. In order to keep Easton entertained for 7+ hours in the car I bought several new toys for Easton (so did Nana) for the road trip. The plan was to bring each item out when needed. Like when she got bored and restless. This worked great. I went back and forth with buying a portable DVD player, but in the end opted not to. Easton really doesn't watch that much TV so I figured it would be a waste of money. And since there would always be someone riding in the back with her, she would be entertained.
My mom and I decided to pack picnic-like lunches for the drive down. This worked out wonderfully for many reasons:
Saved Money- We didn't spend money at a fast food chain.
Saved Time- We didn't have to take the time to stop for lunch
Healthier Options- Instead of a greasy cheeseburger, we had tuna salad, strawberries, and pringles.
It gave us the option to stop at a park to do lunch. Also allowing time for Easton to burn some energy.
I also ended up making oatmeal bars for breakfast instead of us stopping for breakfast sandwiches or donuts. We did make quite of few stops along the way. In fact we hit a Wal-Mart in every state. Some states multiple WMs. Why WM? Their bathrooms are usually pretty clean, they always have a changing table, and Easton can run and burn off energy in the aisle. Yes, I am that Mom who lets their toddler run crazy in WM.
I really worried that I would get zero sleep while on vacation. But Easton slept like a champ in her pack n play. She even took 2 hour naps the entire time we were down there. I think she was just so damn exhausted from being outside all day long.
The ride home was an eventful one. We were about half-way home and Easton just starts crying. A hard cry. I look back (I am in the front seat, my dad is driving and my mom is next to Easton's car seat) and ask her whats wrong. She says nothing, but just cries. Next thing I know she is gagging and white vomit is coming up. "Dad pull over now!" Easton now crying harder and freaked by what just came out of her mouth. My mom is reaching for wipes and I jump out of the car to get Easton. I am thinking what the hell just happened. While my mom cleans up he car seat. My dad and I work on changing Easton's clothes. Of course her suitcase is at the very back buried. Ugh... so I do what any mom would do and rummaged through her dirty clothes bag. We did the best we could with what we had a the time. It at least got us off the side of the road and down to the next WM where we could clean the car seat up better and get to Easton's suitcase. What made the whole thing horrible is that I had just gave Easton her milk not 30 minutes before. So the car ride home reeked of soured milk. What I think happened was that Easton got chocked on a chip which made her vomit. And several days later she is still talking about the chip and being sick. Pretty much every time we get in her car seat in the morning.
I now bring you just a few of the MANY pictures I took in Arkansas:
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| One of our MANY Wal-Mart stops on the way down there. |
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| Easton found one of her Road Trip toys |
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| Sticker time! She loved playing with these stickers. |
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| Milk with Papaw |
Easton really enjoyed fishing. I think it helped that she caught a fish as soon as she put the line in the water.
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| Fishing with Papa |
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| Proudly holding her fish |
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| She was not afraid of it all! But get a little dirt on her feet or hands and she has a melt down. |
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| This is my dad and papaw working on my new project.... Lets just say I took a large chunk of Arkansas home with me. Details to come later! |
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| Bathing her Barbie |
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| Flying a kite |
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| Feeding the fishies |
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| Waiting to ride the mule with Memaw. |
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| Eating my aunt Rita's homemade strawberry ice cream! |
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