Traveling Tots

If I ever write a book that's what I'm going to call it...Traveling Tots or maybe Traveling with Tots. It will be a survival guide on how to entertain and take care of your children wherever you may find yourself. I know many who have paved the road of traveling with children throughout most of the year. I just wish they would have written a book for me! We have been on the road with my husband now for the past 3 weeks. He has been on the road now for 6 weeks. All minus our fifth wheel trailer. Hence the advanced training I've recieved in the afore mentioned topic. The tots at hand are 2.5 years and 2 months. Boys no less. (I guess I figure they have more energy than girls, but I wouldn't know.) Thanks to watching PBS's Cat in the Hat, we just tell Ethan that we are "Go, go, going on an adventure" (this will only make sense to those of you who have the privilege of watching this show every morning :-) The first 2 weeks we stayed in one bedroom apartments/prophet's chambers that had a bedroom, kitchen and living room. This week we are all in the same room in a hotel. The longest drive time we have had has been 7 hours. I think Hudson went through 7 diapers in those 7 hours. Made for a smelly truck :-) Well here are the things I've learned from my tots... -For some reason Ethan thinks my diaper bag is full of "something special." I'm still trying to convince him that there are only diapers in there. He must think it is filled with gum or in Ethan's words "gun" (this is thanks to my mom who got him hooked on gum while visiting. unfortunately, Ethan chews the gum for 2 minutes and then swallows it and asks for more. I've limited the gum intake to once a day in order to preserve his digestive system.) -Marshmallows make a long trip manageable. From the toddler to the driver to the mommy, good times were had all around. -Ethan really doesn't know where he lives any more. The first week he said we were staying at the neighbor's house. The 2nd week he called the church his house. This week he does have the word "hotel" down pat. He's just fascinated that we get to take the elevator to our room every day and that there is a "swim" in the lobby ("swim" meaning pool). -It really is possible to make wherever we find ourselves a "home" for the week. My biggest lifesaver has been our crate of toys and an inflateable "buzz lightyear" bed we found. That way Ethan sleeps on the same thing every week and no matter where we are he always has something to play with. I don't worry too much about Hudson b/c he doesn't care about too much except sleeping, eating and...you know...don't want to gross you out. -Ethan is very quickly becoming a people person. He now talks to anyone he sees and if he doesn't know their name he says "hey you" or "hey man, kid, or lady"...trying to teach him to ask them their name. Oh well!