Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Packing...too much, or too little?

I love packing, so many choices to make. Is it odd that I pack my kids clothes in outfits? No, I didn't think so, thank you very much Wade! Okay, so is it a little odd that I pack the outfits in freezer sized zip lock bags? Now hold on here, before you go thinking that I'm a little anal, let me help you to understand. How convenient is it when all you have to do is pull out a 'Monday' bag of clothes or a 'Tuesday' bag of clothes and inside the bag is her socks, her clothes, her matching undies, her hair bows, and her shoes? Yeah, that's precisely what I thought...ingenious! Now if only they made zip lock bags large enough for my outfits....mmm not so much. Anyway, with my well planned out packing strategy, I have managed to fit 3 girls (myself included) into one glorious hot pink suitcase (really what other color would do?) for over 2 weeks worth of clothes...no duplicate outfits I might add, now who's talking? What? I already explained that I had a slight shopping problem...don't judge me. I may be neglecting to add that in that glorious pink suitcase my shoes did not fit...lets be fair, 2 weeks worth of shoes? See, case and point. Okay so I might have a slight love affair with shoes, shoes of every shape, style, color (that's right, I don't judge, I love them all, I have more than enough shoe love to go around, in fact I spread my shoe love all the way to Tasia's shoes).
Now the car ride I am a little antsy about with my little Lexi pants, as cute as she may be, she is slightly demanding and a real goer. I know I can plop Tasia in a car seat slap some Dora, whom Tasia absolutely lives for, or Backyardigans (oh yes, are you singing either of the theme songs? In my sleep I tell you, in my sleep) on her portable DVD player, ah my other favorite invention, and she is good to go. Now Lexi, ahhh my Lexi, she is not so into Dora yet. In fact, she is mostly into I would like to be held, I would like to be talked to, I would like the world to know that I am a princess and my bidding shall be done. Sounds like a fun 12 hours huh?
Anyway, we are off tomorrow and I am very excited to be seeing my family out there. So have fun little Kelly Ann, my little slave driver...I mean running buddy. You'll have to make that lazy boyfriend of yours run (that way you can really hone your running command skills!).