Survival

We love visiting Lisa and Craig's Mountain "Dream Home".
We love it enough to face my fear of making the 5 hour drive with our three wee ones.
Darin came up with a plan to occupy the older two, and we took a chance with little Soren.

View along I-70

First of all, head phones for the in drive movie. So nice to talk un-censored for 2 hours each way.

Here is the fun part.
Darin found great travel toys and games to be brought out randomly throughout the drive.

The Find It game
The penny is the hardest to find, you can go on line and record the date of the penny in the game you purchased. Darin couldn't rest until it had been found.

Quercetti Filo Lacing set
Not only a fun travel toy, but also a great way to show loved ones how much you care.

Wooly Willy Magnetic Face

and the biggest surprise of all was a Leapster.

It was a bit splurgy for us, but all of our current family vacations are within driving distance so we spend lots of our summer in the car.
The kids were thrilled. It made their vacation start the minute we left the driveway.

Soren was a champ!
Sure, he cried for an hour each way, but he slept for the other 8 hours.
Next year might be a bit more tricky.

No on threw up.
No one messed their pants.
No one spilled food in the car.
(our bums did go numb)