So that we didn't have to eat out for every single meal on our 3 week long vacation...I chose to make a few things....Wow...lots of work. I've made 24 servings of my white bean chicken chili and another 15 servings of 10 bean sausage soup. The girls helped me bake 7 dozen no bake cookies and then came the packing.
Since we were going to be 6 in a mini-van....even a spacious mini-van, we had to really limit what we took. Something that made this a little difficult was that we would be in weather that would be in the 90s and weather in the 40s. So we decided on 3 short sets and 1 pair of blue jeans that they could wear over again 2 long sleeve tops and a waterproof coat. This meant we would have to wash clothes every few days...so I cheapy me, thought of filling up a water bottle with laundry detergent :-)
Each child was able to pack a small "carry on" filled with coloring books, colors, Leapster with cartridges, cards, etc. Then they chose a movie "portfolio" and filled it with 100 movies for their movie viewing pleasure. My awesome sister just bought 4 new headrests for her van that have individual TV screens in them. The front 2 can watch one movie, while the back 2 can watch something different, or they can all watch the same one! Pretty nifty, huh? She also bought a canvas car top that will hold our luggage!
It took DAYS to really sort everything, cook everything and then pack everything. It kinda blew my mind just how much thinking it took to prepare for a trip like this....but we didn't want to forget anything! It all ended up being a very tight....but perfect fit!
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