We Made It!!

We made it to California and had a blast along the way!! I never would have thought driving 4,200 miles with 7 kids under 12 would be so fun. We definitely love travelling. The kids were great and rarely fought or complained. We played games, listened to a lot of music and books on an ipod a friend generously lent me, talked, and did our packets. The packets consisted of a sheet for each day of the trip with itinerary info, a map of where we would travel that day, fascinating facts of the state or places we were seeing, and extras like a word search of that state/place. We had spent the last 6 weeks of school researching the states and sites we would be visiting and making these packets. They were well worth all the effort as the kids learned a lot and were really interested and excited to see the sites in person.
I'll be putting pictures on shortly but I wanted to post that we made it just fine and had a great time. It was way more fun than I thought and I'd do it again anytime. In fact, I can't wait to drive back to North Carolina. In the meantime, though, I'll enjoy being here in my childhood home which I haven't seen in 6 years. Although my parents come to visit us once a year, we haven't been to their house so Kylie and Madalyn are the only ones who remember it. We got here last night and they're all having fun.