First, you stop in at your local Denny's before you even hop on the road. It's always better to fuel up a toddler's belly before you head out.
While listening to Denny's wonderful selection of music, it's always fun to teach your toddler to make the crap sound a little more exciting by dancing in your booth. Then, when the B-52's Love Shack starts to jam, laugh hysterically when your toddler turns to her father during the chorus and sings to him "Love Shack Daddy, Love Shack!"
Second is to make a pit stop for your toddler's request to poo-poo potty at your first convenient location, which might happen to be a Dunkin Donuts. After a mildly successful rest stop- she only went #1 and not her requested #2- hop back in the car and laugh hysterically all over again when your daughter proceeds to make up her own Dunkin Donuts song and car seat dance. (must remember to do much better then me and actually get this on camera)
Third thing to do is ask your toddler any question your heart desires only to receive the newly and well versed answer of "I don't know" that is always said with the most cynical ear to ear grin. Then listen to your husband mumble under his breath that said toddler is "just like your mother. She can't make a decision either." Yep, he's a sweetie. Back off ladies, his snide remarks are all mine.
Fourth is to listen to your toddler ask you 100,00 times "Mommy. What's doing?" and when you answer "Kyra. What are you doing?" she answers back every single time, without fail, "I Keyda!" while giggling with delight. Oh, what a hoot this game is!
And finally, when you make it to your final destination 10 hours later and your toddler's pull-up is still dry (the one you put on her at 8 o'clock that morning because the day before she had 5, yes 5! WTF?, accidents and a day 2 Repeat for the Road didn't sound like much fun), you bounce up and down with her in your arms while gleefully exclaiming what a great job she has done and how you are so very proud of your little girl. This ending is, seriously, the cherry on top of a very good trip.
It's been happy travels so far. Here's hoping for one full week of a happy, on the go toddler.
yeah for Keyda!!! I am pretty excited about her and Isabella playing togther! As Isabella will talk and sing to herself about anything as well! I think they are going to have a blast togther. I will send you a message with our phone numbers in it so you have all the right resources!!! Have a great week the weather is supposed to be B-E-A-UTIFUL! take and we will see you soon.
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Rachel misses "Kyr" already! she's been telling my mom on the phone that they played horsies together and cooked and babies.
ReplyDeleteoh, and she's getting anxious (not in a good way, more in a getting-out-of-bed-every-couple-hours way) about moving cause i mentioned that you all had gone house hunting and we would be doing so next month. ack! gotta keep that quiet the rest of the month ... didn't realize she's get worked up about it.