Road Trippin'

The subtitle to this is: Not Another Groundhog Day.
You do remember the movie Groundhog Day, where the same day is repeated over and over...right?

So you know how you are so excited for summer and it's long, lazy days with absolutely nothing to do....the whole summer, weeks and weeks stretched out in front of you...a few plans here and there....but mostly wide open....it sounds so good.
And it is. Especially at first.
And even now, it still is (I sware).
And I'm not complaining either, really I'm not.

But when you stay home with the kids full time summer feels a little different.
 A little Groundhog Day-ish, ya know? The wide-openness of it can be a little overwhelming...finding something to do every single day. I do that all year.
And believe me, I am not one of those moms that thinks there needs to be something super fun and exciting going on every day, I'm not. But still, we all need a change of pace, different scenery...away from this house. And really, I think I might need it more than them but it does wonders for all of us. And by the way, Wyatt's preschool got out early May, so Summer Vacation has been in full-affect for over a month here now.

So a couple of weeks ago I decided we couldn't stay home another day so I announced to the kids that we were going on a Road Trip in the morning. This announcement was met with jumps and screams and the question; "Where to?!!?" over and over until they calmed down. The answer didn't really matter but we were going to my aunt's about an hour away to deliver something to her. It's a small town, not super exciting, but the kids could care less. We were going to make our own fun. And we did.

This Road Trip meant watching a movie in the car.
Snacks and water bottles packed.
Books, action figures and matchbox cars were gathered.
And if they were good, really good, it meant they each got two whole dollars to spend at the antique store or flea market...on anything they wanted.
Don't you love how I get them in on the antiquing with me? I'm sly like that. And they really do love it.

They also know that Aunt Barb's means the possibility of fishing in her pond, exploring around their land and playing with her legos and baby dolls. We did all of it.
We also checked out the State Park nearby, played on the playground, ate lunch and got ice cream at the dairy bar and found some treasures antiquing.

Ahhhh...Road Trips, I sware by them.
Just being away for the day, a new adventure, in a different place.
Take the kids, our just yourself. And stay gone all day.
You won't regret it. Not even if your destination is what you think is a not-very-exciting, small town.
I promise.
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Oh, and go read my interview on the Ten On Ten blog, it's up today. My very first interview!