Car ride home

Just a quick little post from our drive home from NC. 12 hours in the car is tough on anybody on a very active, never wants to sit still 6 year old boy its torture. (Actually it was torture for the rest of us.)

My darling children did a WONDERFUL job on the drive down. They played nicely together, William napped a little. Natalie had her MP3 player and a book and she was happy as could be (yes she takes after her mother in the car).

The way home was just too much for William to handle. I can’t say he was “bad” he was just rammy, and bored so he decided to amuse himself by bugging the heck out of his sister! He was in the middle row of the van behind me (the passenger seat) and Natalie was in the third row behind the driver, the chair in front of her was put down so there was space for her legs and some of our stuff.

The best way I can describe William on the drive is this way. Have you ever seen the movie “Gremlins”? It’s about this cute fuzzy little teddy bear looking “animal” that is sweet and kind and cute and cuddly---- until you pour water on him. When a Gremlin comes in contact with water it turns into this destructive, devilish, evil little monster. Now strap one of them into a car seat for 12 hours and that was William!

At one point I got his back pack and I took out some of his “things to do” and gave them to him and told him he had to do this stuff. So we had peace in the car for a whole 15 minutes. Then he started turning around “stretching” his arm, but in his “stretching” he would be touching his sisters foot, which sent her into a “knock it off, stop touching me” fit!

I said to him

M: William stops touching your sister
W: I’m not trying to, I’m just stretching (devilish little grin on his face)
M: Stop touching her when you stretch!
M: Find something to do! You have a whole backpack full of things to do for this long car ride and you are doing nothing!
W: I’m annoying my sister that’s doing something.

I didn’t know weather to back hand him or laugh at that point, so I just covered my mouth and tried not to let him see me laughing. Next year I think I’m buying a bottle of Benadryl and using it for the car ride. Not sure yet if I’m giving it to the boy or taking it myself but……

Vacations pictures and more stories will be posted at a later date:-)