(Almost) On the Road Again.

Yesterday Jackie was telling people we were going to try and leave out at around 7 a.m. I did a mental eye-roll but was still ignorantly hopeful that would actually happen. So I set my alarm for 5:30 but alas, I was the only one getting up and getting ready. Now it's about five til seven and I'm fully dressed, the bed is made, my bag is packed and Jackie just got in the shower. Ah, well. It gave me the chance to goof off online for a few minutes.

I printed out a couple of games to help keep Keeleigh entertained along the way. One was the License Plate game where you check off the states whose license plates you see along the way. I printed a list of the states on one side of paper and on the other side I printed a map of the US. I'm going to have her color in the states that we get checked off and voila! A geography lesson. = )

The other game is a scavenger hunt where we're looking for things like a yellow car and a person riding a bike, etc. Hopefully she'll enjoy them.

Getting on the road again has reminded me of our trip down here. Keeleigh, Jathan, and I rode in one car with me driving and Keeleigh operating the walkie talkie. When she wasn't snoozing (it was her dream to sleep for the 8 hours down here) she was wide awake and taking everything in. At one point, in her usual hilarious fashion, she sat straight up and said, "Mama, look! HOBOS!" Now I didn't see them but apparently there were some guys camping out under a bridge. Coming from a very small town, we don't see many hobos and Keeleigh was all excited. She even radioed Jackie to find out if he'd seen them.

Later she asked me, "What do hobos eat?"

"I guess whatever they can find," I replied.

"Do they eat DIRT?" Keeleigh asked, intrigued.

"Probably not. I meant things that people give them or things that they might find in the
garbage."

"Oh, 'cause sometimes I eat dirt," she said.

Oh, you just never know with her!

I'm hoping the games will keep her entertained but I'm sure she'll keep us entertained as well.