House-keeping
by Marjorie
Just wanted to let you know that we're leaving for the beach on Saturday. Any tips for easing a 10 hour car ride with small children will be appreciated. Oh, while were at it -- is it a really bad thing to give your children allergy medicine even when their allergies aren't bothering them? They sleep so well on the meds and it seems harmless. I've yet to take this step but always think about it... I had a friend who did that for a long plane trip -- it worked great on the first leg of the trip but made the kid hyper on the second leg.
UPDATE on summer reading. We acquired both Prep and I am Charlotte Simmons (for links see my earlier post). We seem to have very little interest in either. I recently read The Lovely Bones -- yes, I know I'm way behind. I really liked it. I'm now reading Lotus in the Fire, The Healing Power of Zen. Not a terribly well-written book, but its kind of interesting about a former Catholic turned Zen Buddhist and how he deals with a serious illness. My DH, when I told him about the author and who himself was raised Catholic, quipped that he's 'in remission.'
I really hate packing.
UPDATE on summer reading. We acquired both Prep and I am Charlotte Simmons (for links see my earlier post). We seem to have very little interest in either. I recently read The Lovely Bones -- yes, I know I'm way behind. I really liked it. I'm now reading Lotus in the Fire, The Healing Power of Zen. Not a terribly well-written book, but its kind of interesting about a former Catholic turned Zen Buddhist and how he deals with a serious illness. My DH, when I told him about the author and who himself was raised Catholic, quipped that he's 'in remission.'
I really hate packing.
posted by Marjorie at 6:01 AM
3 Comments:
I loved the Lovely Bones. I thought it was wonderfully written and poignant.
As far as travel--we took our then 3 year old on a 10 hour car trip and it went surprisingly well. Lots of little snacks and drinks, a container of crayons and washable markers, coloring books and paper, books to look at, music to sing along with.
One thing I'd recommend is a booklight. It will come in handy, even if your children can't read yet. I'll never forget my daughter holding up her books so that the headlights from the cars behind us lit up the pages.
My kids are 5 and 2 1/2. My 5 year-old is pretty good, I can throw books at her and she's fine. I've also stock-piled some of those Usborne search books that I hope will occupy her. Its the 2 1/2 yo that worries me -- she's gotten a bit fussy in the car recently, though she did very well on a 4 hour trip not long ago. She'll look at books but is more active than her sister -- she wants to get out and run. I like the crayons idea, what do you use for a surface? I suppose I could try a cookie sheet, but I'm afraid it will just be something else she drops on the floor.
Music -- thats going to be touch and go, my DH is getting Bruce Springsteen's Devils and Dust and I fear we will hear a lot of that. I also bought a party CD that includes Cotton-Eyed Joe and we'll probably have to hear it for hours on end. For the uninitiated, TMBG is They Might Be Giants, Donna and I have been chatting about them recently.
Good hints -- thanks!
I hear you, Anne. I remember when someone first suggested it to me years ago, I was creeped out. When it came into my hands recently I read the first few pages and was hooked -- probably in part because I wanted to know what happens to the killer. Then I wanted to know how a family deals with such a horrible loss because I (probably like many moms) sometimes wonder how I'd cope with the death of a child. I found it very Buddhist in its non-attachment way -- suffering is inevitable, you cannot escape suffering (did I get that right?)
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