Our first really long road trip with both kids was this past weekend. We drove down to Weed, CA area. We picked Mike up from work Thursday evening and then headed straight down there. I am not one to choose favorites, but Evan is by far my favorite car rider. He just sits back, asks for a snack or a drink and watches outside. He asks for movies as well, but he is ok if he hears "NO" Lilah keeps us on our toes. She wants something every 2.5 seconds, screams, and asks to get out, OH and she doesn't watch TV ( good and bad). She did amaze us. She had a good 2 hrs, split up that she screamed, but other than that she did pretty well. They both slept for a couple hrs on the way down, which was a nice break. We even went through a drive thru at like 11:15pm and got Evan a treat. That was fun!!! He had a huge smile on his face. I made a bunch of fun ways to eat snacks, a fun dinner, and some cool car and camping games. Lilah got her food necklace and was a hot mess, but she was quiet for an hr, so wiping her face for 5 minutes, was fine with us!! !
The kids had a blast while we were down there. We went down to the creek and Evan crossed it on his own and we walked up it a little bit. The kids helped each other and held on to each other before asking for help from us. I love their team work!! They rode their Jeep and mini quad all around, played with guns, glow sticks, cousins and cow pies!!! Lilah became a pro at squatting in the woods and Evan loved going on the trees!! They were so good. We went to the lake where Evan and Lilah both became fish, they do not have my fear of not liking water that I can't see the bottom. I braved it for them and went in just about waist deep. The lake was pretty shallow where we were at. Evan got to shoot his first bee-bee gun and loved it, maybe a few more years and he can ask for his own.
Camping for the weekend was a lot of work. Thankfully our tent was set up when we got there, thanks to Mike's parents, but taking everything down, loading it up got me going crazy. We all had fun!!! Found out Evan is sensitive to mosquitoes, as he go bitten up and his faced swelled up. He did not care at all. He still ran around with all the kids and did not complain at all. It was fun to watch them with all of their cousins and see them grow closer together.
Both of them feel asleep within 5 minutes of leaving the camp ground. They did an awesome job on the way home. We got stuck in a good amount of traffic, but they still hung in there. WE had to make many potty stops, but it was worth it. I will make that drive again anytime with the kids!!! They were awesome little troopers and we had tons of fun!!!
