COUNTDOWN!!

We officially have TWO DAYS until we leave for vacation! We have finalized and paid for everything besides the gas in the car. Over the weekend, Bryan went to the store to stock up on snacks for the road and sunscreen, and tonight we are doing a dry run of how we are going to pack the car to see which suitcases we can take. I'm so ready to just relax by the pool and close my eyes...but not keep them closed because I don't want my children to drown. Just a long blink, maybe.

Bryan has made fun of me all summer because I've been trying to think of little things to surprise the kids with in the car or before we leave. I can't help it. I just like to make things especially special. Saturday when I got home from work, I gave them each a countdown gift. They each got a lap desk to use in the car.

Here is a picture of K's:

 

For some reason, I can't rotate this picture. It's super ticking me off...

I got it at a book sale that happens twice a year at the hospital I work at. If I recall correctly, it was something like $16.

Here is a picture of A's:

I found a picture of this on Pinterest and then finally located it on Amazon for $19, but we used rewards points from our credit card, so really it was FREE! I heart free. I also got a little clip-on reading light from the Dollar Tree since big sister's had a light.

I had last Friday off and I worked my tail off to clean out the girls' closets. I was like a ping pong ball going from one task to the next. Probably because of all the coffee I consumed right up until lunch time. I worked 2 12-hour shifts over the weekend, and I've been super busy all week. I thought I'd have everything all but packed in the car by now, but I am so overwhelmed with the amount of things I still need to do that my head is spinning. I can pretty much finish packing suitcases tonight...after doing 2 loads of laundry. Tomorrow I'm baking cookies as a treat for the road trip and charging all of our electronics to head off any melt-downs in the car.

TWO MORE SLEEPS TIL VACATION!

*giddy, yet exhausted*

K. W.