One would think our first road trip with the girls that included an "up the back poop" and a "down the leg poop" would deter us from traveling again, alas we are in the middle of road trip #2 in the same week! Call us crazy, call us brave, but we've taken the Turkettes to the Viamede Resort in the Kawartha Valley with Jen and Martin. This time, the car ride to our destination involved ZERO poop incidents (thankfully) and once we were arrived there was no "crazy lady" attacking our kids!
Flash back to our first road trip to Barrie last weekend, where upon our arrival to the hotel many stress building events occurred at one time. Girls are scream crying because they are hungry, our basement hotel room has NO ELEVATOR access, and we have a CRV full of hospitality supplies (aka a lot of beer!) and luggage. Throw into this scenario the "crazy lady" or Queen B according to her license plate! This lady upon seeing Shawn and I with screaming twins decides now would be an appropriate time to meet these girls, start chatting up their parents and dispense irrelevant, unwelcome parenting advice. While I am open to answering the usual onslaught of twin questions, I do appreciate those who can read social cues. I found it hard to find the patience to answer this woman's questions or even hear them for that matter over Abby's desperate screams for food. All the while knowing in the back of my mind that I still have to unpack her bottles and the kettle, boil water and wait without pacing for the bottles to warm up, likely while both girls lose their minds.
Unfortunately, the woman didn't seem to feel Abigail's protests were an issue and she had the perfect solution...now, I think it needs to be noted that my friends and family are always welcome to play, pick up, feed and touch my children.because I know you, trust you and love you. However, when a stranger grabs hold of the car seat you are holding with your infant child in it, grabs your child's soother and attempts to shove it in her mouth while simultaneously dispensing parenting advice, let's just say my usual calm, nonchalant self disappeared pretty quickly.
Sigh, poor Shawn and our awesome porter Tyler had to listen to me rant about the "Queen B" for a good 20 minutes, LOL. I've since recovered and calmed down.
Although our road trips have overall been successful with the Turkettes, there has been a huge learning curve when it comes to traveling. Things we've learned:
1. Our stroller, while awesome, takes up a lot of room in our CRV.
2. Although small, the girls require A LOT of stuff!
3. Their schedule rules our day, nap times trump everything so we needed to adjust to just relaxing (okay I needed to adjust to just relaxing, LOL)
4. Making formula in a hotel room is challenging, feedings are way easier at home.
5. Any form of crying during nap and sleep time results in everyone being unhappy as you can't just "leave the room".
6. Video baby monitors rock! We were able to watch the hockey game in Jen and Martin's room next door, but still keep our eye on the girls as they slept! Awesome!
7. Back up clothing for the girls is key, you never know when poo or spit up will ruin a sleeper!
8. Time, everything you want to do takes more time with the girls.
Hopefully our two adventures have provided us with enough tips and experience to make future Road Trips with the girls enjoyable! We'll need to start our strategic planning of our big trip to Burgeo, NL this summer. 1st time on a plane for the girls, sounds daunting!
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