The Trip

We knew that the car ride to disney wasn't going to be short & probably not too easy. Well, we were right about it being looooong, but completely wrong about it being hard. It was such a great trip! Matt & I were both just amazed at how well our kids did on the car ride down there. They slept, snacked, watched movies, read & played with toys they'd brought. There were several times I looked back to find them just looking out the window at the scenery -- which they did more & more as we got closer. We tried to find fun things to point out to them along the way: water towers, animals, palm trees, etc and before long they were looking for fun things to point out, too.

So, our plan was to drive to LR Friday night & spend part of the night with my parents. We left NWA around 5pm and got to LR a little after 8. Matt went on to be almost immediately & I stayed up and kept the kids up & playing until almost 11pm before we all went to bed....hoping they'd be tired & sleep later in the car the next morning. Matt got up just before 2am & we hit the road around 2:15. Madeleine went back to sleep almost immediately, but the other 2 took awhile. Thankfully by 3 all kids were back snoozing and we were on our way!!! We stopped just the other side of Birmingham a little before 9am at McDonalds for some playtime and breakfast. Then we loaded up and headed back out.

Unfortunately, LOLA (our GPS) did us wrong. Very wrong. We re-routed through Atlanta and ended up getting stuck in some MAJOR traffic. It took us almost 1 hour to go about 5 miles. Boo. Thankfully, the kids were happy and good, which made it not as bad as it could have been. Ha! Harrison & Charlotte even took a little nap around this time.

We ended up stopping in Macon for an early dinner at a chick fil a. The kids played and we ate & then got some ice cream for the road. They were serving PINK ice cream & we all had to have some!! Everything tastes better when it's pink. :)

The drive from Macon to Orlando was pretty uneventful and we did great until we got to Orlando & got stuck in some traffic again from a wreck. So we didn't get to our hotel until about 10pm. It was a loooong day, but we were all so thankful to be there!

I have to say that if all future car trips could be like this one, we'll be doing many, many more. Our children amazed us with their patience & ability to entertain themselves in the car. Even Charlotte seemed quite happy to just look out the window and watch the scenery pass by....the only time she fussed was if she was hungry or needed a new diaper. Perfect little girl!