Traveling on Christmas

I think I tried to cram too much in too quickly this holiday season. We went to a fun Christmas eve party, the kids had a blast and stayed up too late. We were hoping they'd sleep a little later, but no such luck.

We had family over Christmas morning for a yummy brunch and then when it was nap time we headed out to see Carl's side of the family. I thought it'd be great to see both families on Christmas day but it wasn't really a very good plan.

Chloe busted her lip right before we left and cried until she fell asleep. They both slept well in the car for the first few hours.

The problem was it's about a 7 hour drive, and on Christmas day the only place to stop and take a break is at yucky gas stations. We were all ready to get out of the van when we arrived in New Iberia at 8:30pm.

I gave the kids a quick bath, but it still took another 45 minutes for Chloe to really settle down and let me put her in bed.

Once again we thought maybe they'd sleep late since they were up two nights in a row past bedtime, but of course, they were up 30 minutes early this morning.

The traveling sucked, but they're already having fun and playing with everything this morning. I'll plan better next time.