Roadtrip to Missouri

Derrick's family had a reunion in Missouri, but Derrick had school all week and could not attend the reunion. So the kids and I took a roadtrip together! It was a 10+ hour drive, but we split the drive over two days.

Day One

Happy kids starting out!

We ran into a LOT of construction/road-work slowdowns

Day One Total Time: 6.5 hours
Movies: the kids took turns choosing the movies
Toy Story 2 - Dayton
Shrek - Daphne
Wubbzy Goes Green - Dayton
Wee Sing - Daphne

We stayed in a hotel half-way along our route;
The kids loved our room
Daphne played and played with the fridge!

She filled it with dolls, toys, hairbows, and hairties

She also jumped and jumped on the beds

Dayton enjoyed the TV because he got to watch Spongebob
(we don't have cable at home)

We swam in the pool, too, but no pictures of that

Day Two

We finally found a McDonald's with a playplace, so we stopped there for a long lunch; the kids burned off plenty of energy. And the kids got ice cream!

My clean boy

My messy girl

Within minutes, the kids went from this...To this!!
I was excited that they slept, because they didn't sleep on Day One

We knew we made it to the Missouri boonies when
we were behind this tractor (going 5 mph) on the Highway

Day Two Total Time: 7 hours

Movies: (fewer because they napped)
Cars - Dayton
Bolt - Daphne
Princess and the Frog - Dayton

My kids were great for the drive. I gave them plenty of snacks and junk food, plus they watched many movies. I am definitely willing to take roadtrips with them by myself again. But Dayton did mention several times, "Mommy this is taking a long time, so let's just go home." If only he understood that home was far away, too!