Road Trippers - Day 1

Houston to New Orleans

When you suggest to Robin that we should use this trip as a teaching opportunity for the kids, she takes such a suggestion seriously.

Putting together binders for the kids with state-themed worksheets and coloring pages. 

"Look like you're excited to go on a ROAD TRIP!"
3 Moms, 7 Kids, 2 Grandmas.

• 9:45am Departure
• 9:46am Stop for Mimi to double check her packing
• 9:47am Back on the road

Abby, checking out her notebook and supplies. 

Robin also made an awesome playlist of music for each leg of our trip.

• 10:45am First potty stop at single-toilet rest stop (initiated by Ellie, used by many)
• 11:00am Back on the road
• 11:01am Radio and DVD player no longer work
• 12:00pm Stop to clean up Lily puke
• 12:01pm Abby informs us her seatbelt has been unbuckled since the potty stop
• 12:15pm Back on the road

Amelia coloring her notebook cover page.

• 12:20pm Nearly died in serious car accident
• 12:45pm Stop for a roadside “Welcome to Louisiana!” picture

Road trip kids.

Lagoys.

Sisters.

• 12:55pm Back on the road
• 12:56pm Abby and Aubrey play a rhyming game: “Pucky, Sucky, Fu***...”
• 12:57pm We suggest a new game
• 1:17pm Exit for lunch in Lake  Charles
• 2:14pm Back on the road
• 2:23pm Grave Rubbings of Robin’s grandparents' tombstones

• 2:35pm Back on the road
• 4:00pm DVD player falls off the ceiling of the van

Oops.

• 5:45pm Took a wrong turn on a 26 mile bridge (The Causeway, the longest bridge in the USA)
• 5:55pm Happily discovered the bridge has a turnaround spot
• 6:20pm Arrived at the Bernard house in New Orleans.