I know that this is kind of a silly picture to post- but I wanted to be able to look back and remember "the way things were." Medical school with 3 kids is difficult in a lot of ways... namely MONEY! But does that mean we have to be shut ins? I say NO! So in the dead of March- and what I am calling the middle of winter- this family needed to get away. Somewhere driving distance, with a lot of FREE activities, educational maybe, and it needs to be fun. So with our suitcase busting at it's white trash seams... we were off to Washington D.C.!
This is Dale reacting to my helpful suggestions on how he should drive. It's his version of a totally inappropriate hand gesture. Classy.
You take one 34 hour road trip, in a Honda Accord- and suddenly 6 hours in a Tahoe seems like a party.
This is our hotel. It's one of those "make you nervous because it was a good deal made on the internet" places. We were pleasantly surprised. We did have to say we only had 1 child, and enter the building in shifts- so as not to be discovered. What can I say we couldn't afford the bigger room. Silly fire code.
The suitcase pantry has a home! The plan is to not spend any money on food. I think we are pretty well stocked.
Broccoli Chicken Casserole, anyone? Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse- you look in the fridge and discover the cooked spaghetti noodles. Yikes. There is a theme here... anything that can be heated in the microwave.
Crewzer was totally content to hang out in his car seat the entire time. He took a couple naps, drank a couple bottles. We didn't hear a thing from him until we were at the hotel and he pulled my ridiculously heavy camera and flash onto his head. You can't see the injury very well here, but I thought it would be interesting to see how it progresses. Basically he will look like a victim of child abuse in all our pictures.
This is Crew self medicating. Nothing like a little Motrin to take away the sting. It's completely quiet now. The girls are asleep in their "bed" on the floor, Crew is asleep in his pack and play in the bathroom (the kid wants to be left alone while he sleeps!) and Dale is taking up 3/4 of the king sized bed. It's okay. He is getting up at 2:30 am (sat.) to walk 5 blocks in an unfamiliar city, to stand in line all night, PRAYING he will be among the lucky 18,000 to receive a ticket to the White House Easter Egg Roll, on Monday. An Easter Egg hunt on the White House lawn? How cool would that be?! Plus the Jonas Brothers are performing. I'm guessing unless you have a daughter 8 years or older, that means nothing to you. But it does to us! What a good dad.
I know that this is kind of a silly picture to post- but I wanted to be able to look back and remember "the way things were." Medical school with 3 kids is difficult in a lot of ways... namely MONEY! But does that mean we have to be shut ins? I say NO! So in the dead of March- and what I am calling the middle of winter- this family needed to get away. Somewhere driving distance, with a lot of FREE activities, educational maybe, and it needs to be fun. So with our suitcase busting at it's white trash seams... we were off to Washington D.C.!
This is Dale reacting to my helpful suggestions on how he should drive. It's his version of a totally inappropriate hand gesture. Classy.
You take one 34 hour road trip, in a Honda Accord- and suddenly 6 hours in a Tahoe seems like a party.
This is our hotel. It's one of those "make you nervous because it was a good deal made on the internet" places. We were pleasantly surprised. We did have to say we only had 1 child, and enter the building in shifts- so as not to be discovered. What can I say we couldn't afford the bigger room. Silly fire code.
The suitcase pantry has a home! The plan is to not spend any money on food. I think we are pretty well stocked.
Broccoli Chicken Casserole, anyone? Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse- you look in the fridge and discover the cooked spaghetti noodles. Yikes. There is a theme here... anything that can be heated in the microwave.
Crewzer was totally content to hang out in his car seat the entire time. He took a couple naps, drank a couple bottles. We didn't hear a thing from him until we were at the hotel and he pulled my ridiculously heavy camera and flash onto his head. You can't see the injury very well here, but I thought it would be interesting to see how it progresses. Basically he will look like a victim of child abuse in all our pictures.
This is Crew self medicating. Nothing like a little Motrin to take away the sting. It's completely quiet now. The girls are asleep in their "bed" on the floor, Crew is asleep in his pack and play in the bathroom (the kid wants to be left alone while he sleeps!) and Dale is taking up 3/4 of the king sized bed. It's okay. He is getting up at 2:30 am (sat.) to walk 5 blocks in an unfamiliar city, to stand in line all night, PRAYING he will be among the lucky 18,000 to receive a ticket to the White House Easter Egg Roll, on Monday. An Easter Egg hunt on the White House lawn? How cool would that be?! Plus the Jonas Brothers are performing. I'm guessing unless you have a daughter 8 years or older, that means nothing to you. But it does to us! What a good dad.
3 comments:
We are TWINS! We are in St. Louis right now. We brought a TON of food with us too. We too got a good deal online (and were pleasantly surprised) and said we had NO kids to get our hotel for cheaper. Only one bed. Kids are sleeping on the floor. We TOTALLY snuck them in. Have fun on your trip. Can't wait for band practice :)
I love the story in GETTING to DC, but I want to see some pictures of your STAY there too! Good thinking in packing the food with you! Kolby thought I was crazy to pack two trader joe bags full of food on our trip to Gettysburg, but was so grateful in the end!
You guys are AWESOME! What fun! I hope you got tickets to the egg hunt! Can't wait to hear how it all went! Happy easter!
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