Road Trip

Today we took a road trip to Ellisville, Mississippi (I like to type out the entire word, btw)to help celebrate niece Gracie's 3rd birthday. All week, I've been planning ahead so that we could just enjoy getting there. I found two cute matching outfits for Ava & Marilyn, and Olivia got something different, but equally as summery. If you are a for-real mom, then you know the excitement of dressing your baby in ANYthing unstained. I hung those outfits on the door like a little shrine.
This morning I was dying to dress the girls, but common sense (and history) whispered, "Dooooon't dooooo iiiiiit." So, I dressed them in adorable seersucker outfits and brought the party clothes along on the hangers. The plan would be to dress them once we arrived at the party. Well, thank you, Intuition. I bet we weren't 30 minutes into the trip when Marilyn-the baby-announces, "I'm gonna throw up." And throw up she did. Jason hauled the van off the road (he's had a lot of practice at emergency throw-up detours involving the kids now) and I helped Marilyn get it all out of her system. Breathe. Pass around the hand sanitizer. Back on the road. Wise as I am, I decide to dole out some Pringles thinking the salt will help soothe her tummy. Ava takes a handful, then after eating just a few, hands them back to me and says, "I'm gonna throw up." She wasn't kidding. Back off the road we go.... I get her cleaned up, and take away their Leapster game with new instructions to WATCH THE HORIZON. Ava is very technical-minded, so she loves it when I tell her all about equilibrium and such. Finally, two hours later, we arrive at the party. And guess what? The girls finally get to wear their new, unvomitous (if that's even a word) outfits. : ) They looked adorable and clean!...until the bubbles and pizza. PS--nobody threw up on the way home.