Our Thanksgiving celebration was a day trip. We did not spend the night. We drove up for the feast in the morning and returned home the same evening.<\/p>\n
It took us three hours to get up and out of the house. For the eight hour day (plus car ride), we brought:<\/p>\n
\n- 1 double stroller<\/li>\n
- 2 car seats<\/li>\n
- 4 jingly toys that dangle from the car seats (2 per muppet)<\/li>\n
- 1 Pump with bags, bottles and batteries<\/li>\n
- 2 sweat outfits: fleece pants, long-sleeve onesie, jacket<\/li>\n
- 2 cutesy outfits: jeans and a long-sleeve polo shirt and overalls with a long-sleeve shirt<\/li>\n
- 2 sleeper outfits: fuzzy footie pjs<\/li>\n
- 4 pairs of socks for the non-footie outfits \u2013 the extra set for when one sock gets kicked off and vanishes into a baby black hole<\/li>\n
- 2 pluggies and binkie bungies<\/li>\n
- 4 milk bottles with all pieces and a cap<\/li>\n
- 6 bags of frozen milk (I like to think we picked ones with Thanksgiving feast flavors)<\/li>\n
- 14 diapers and full box of wipes in case of (expected) explosions<\/li>\n
- 1 diaper bag with changing pad<\/li>\n
- 4 blankets: two receiving blankets for the car ride up and two warm fuzzy blankets to combat the cold.<\/li>\n
- 1 Pack N Play with fresh sheet so the boys have a place to refuse to nap<\/li>\n
- 2 warm hats that have adorable Mickey ears<\/li>\n
- 2 stylized turkey bibs since the boys can\u2019t actually eat the turkey<\/li>\n
- 4 regular bibs for after the turkey\u2019s can\u2019t take any more arf<\/li>\n
- 4 burp rags (for obvious reasons)<\/li>\n
- 3 rattle toys for the muppets to stare at disinterestedly<\/li>\n
- 1 obnoxious music toy with flashing lights and sounds for the muppets to squeal at with delight<\/li>\n
- 1 bottle of Little Tummies gas meds for our futile attempts to stem the tooting<\/li>\n
- 2 lovey stuffed animal blankets for cuddling<\/li>\n
- 2 adult outfit changes of clothing \u2013 needed for comfort on the drive home, but far more likely for changing into after getting puked on<\/li>\n
- 1 phone charger to maintain contact with the outside world should we get stuck in traffic and have to call for backup<\/li>\n
- 3 magazines and books to read aloud (we chose napping instead)<\/li>\n
- 1 camera to capture the holiday memories<\/li>\n
- 1 purse (or wallet in Jon\u2019s case) with personal identification should we collapse under this load of stuff<\/li>\n
- 2 muppets<\/li>\n
- 1 mom<\/li>\n
- 1 dad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And on top of all that, we even remembered to bring our contribution to Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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