So, for any of you that didn't know, we moved. Not just a nice local move from one side of the city to the other...we moved, from Indiana to TEXAS. I was very crazy and decided to travel cross country by myself with all four kids. We started out on Sunday and made it to Indianapolis. I spent the night there with my brother. On Monday we went to the Indy Children's museum. If you ever have the opportunity to visit that museum you really should. It was amazing. My kids loved it and they range from one year to nine. It had something for everyone. Well, after spending the day there we left on our was to St. Louis. We made it to just outside of St. Louis (on the east side).
On Tuesday we were supposed to visit the St. Louis zoo but after missing an exit three times I decided fate was against me and we headed on our way to Orettas in Kansas (or right around there somewhere). I promised the kids that we would make a fun day of traveling by stopping a lot so, of course, we stopped A LOT. We stopped at many, many rest stops to get out and run around. We stopped at a play McD's but only realized once we were inside that the play area was closed for cleaning. So, we ate and waited. Once they were done we went in and played for an hour or so. I talked to Oretta on the phone to let her know where we were and she started flipping out because we were only a few hours away. She was worried that her house wasn't clean enough. Her mom told her 'Oretta she was your roommate she knows how you are." :D
So, we made it to her house around three. I was excited because we would be spending two nights in the same hotel room. It's funny what excites you when you travel. Well, her hubby, Shawn, showed us to our hotel around five. I was nice enough to let the kids get in the pool once we had all the crap out of the van. We went to eat after words and then made it back to the hotel. I was listening to a room full of snoring kids by eight thirty that night.
On Wednesday we got up and had really good breakfast at the hotel. The kids had cinnamon roll french toast. YUMMY. I let the kids swim for a bit before Oretta called to meet up for the day. After we met up we went to this little sub shop to get sandwiches for a picnic. We ended up at this kids farm where we picnic-ed and played on toys before going inside to get sunburned. When we went to this farm it was for the express purpose of Shawn taking my three big kids fishing. YUCK! But they loved it. They used little bamboo cane fishing poles. Shawn baited all the hooks because there was no way I was touching worms. At one point Josaphina had waited to long and asked if she could have a wipe because she was going to bait her own hook! I had to laugh.
I'll post more later. Have to deal with the heathens and get to Walmart.
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