Back home

Don't take the blog silence as a bad thing. We made it to Rochester and back this weekend relatively smoothly. I've just been too exhausted (and busy with exhausted kids) to post pictures.

Our drive there went really well -- only 7 hours and 3 stops. The DVD player didn't make Molly sick and did occupy her for a long time (especially the Olivia Christmas special, which made her laugh out loud -- silly Mommy for trying to veto that one). She took a nice nap, didn't wear a single diaper and gave us plenty of warning when she needed a bathroom break. Kate slept most of the way.

We packed a bunch of stuff into just two days -- horse rides, hot tub, lots of visiting with family. I'll post pictures soon.

The drive back was a little rougher. We had to stop for a potty break before we even got on the Thruway. We ended up stopping 5 times -- mostly for Molly to go to the bathroom -- and got home in about 8 hours. Kate slept most of the way again and there was a minimum of crying all around. What a relief!!! Molly didn't nap, though, and the bathroom breaks were pretty frustrating,especially when the noisy auto-flush toilets scared her into not being able to go. She finally fell asleep about a half hour from home. Jim carried her into her bed and she kept on sleeping (mostly) until morning for a total of about 14 hours! Kate went to bed unusually early, too. Too bad I wasn't more awake myself or I would have enjoyed that precious quiet evening time more. :)

Tonight we're back to the usual -- Molly got peanut butter sandwich stuck to the roof of her mouth and got so worked up crying about it and refusing help (no nap today) that she gagged and made herself throw up. Fortunately Jim got her to bed early, allowing us to devote our full attention now to the 3-hour nightly process of putting Kate to bed. Probably only a half hour or so left. Woo hoo!