Roadtrip to California

With my little sister Megan getting married in June we decided it would just be easier (& cheaper) if Logan & I went out to California for a couple months to help instead of flying back & forth numerouse times . So the week after Easter Merzy flew out so that she could roadtrip with Logan & me all the way to California. I must say, we would not have been able to do it without her. 21 hours in the car with a 2 year old!!!!

I packed the car up with goodies, movies, music & who knows what else...I even had a map of where all the McDonald's with playplaces were along our trek!!! (their website actually has a mapping option...genius!!!)

Friday morning we woke up BEFORE the crack of dawn and left about 4am so Logan would sleep most of the 1st leg. We drove from Fort Worth to Midland, TX (about 4 hours) which Logan slept almost the entire way. We stopped at McDonalds (with a playplace) for breakfast. Then we made it all the way to Las Cruces, NM (about 5 hours) and stopped again at McDonalds. This time, Logan was awake, so we broke out our bag of goodies, or I should say Meredith did because I was driving.

Logan's sweet ride!


I wrapped EVERYTHING (snacks, toys) for Logan & he thought that was the greatest thing in the world. When it was time for a snack, it was time for a "present"...thanks to Marni for the GREAT tip!!!

He didn't really care what was inside, he just wanted to open presents!

Doing the "Hokey Pokey" outside of El Paso! Merzy was going nuts entertaining Logan with all sorts of pre-school tunes in the front seat...his favorite was the "Hokey Pokey" (which he now asks for pretty much everytime we get in the car). I'm sure we entertained countless truckers on our way out!!!

Merzy & I got up in the play place with Logan to get our wiggles out as well...that & Logan pretty much insisted that Merzy play with him at ALL times!

McD's

There was even a train outside the McDonald's in Las Cruces...JACKPOT!

After Las Cruces, it was back in the car. We flipped on a movie & Logan dozed off for a nap pretty much until we got to Tuscon, AZ (4 hours).

Logan wanted all his covers on him!

We stayed the night in Tucson to get a good nights rest. Next day, we headed out and made it to Phoenix & stopped by the mall where Merzy used to live so we could get lunch and let Logan play. Again, we were incredibly lucky, the mall had a mini train running through which the kids could ride. So after lunch, a train ride & some good play time we hopped back in the car for Logan's nap. We then made it all the way to Riverside until Logan woke up again & didn't stop until we got home (6 hours later).

Opening more presents (I actually just wrapped a bunch of toys we already had)!

Logan was awsome the entire trip (mostly thanks to Merzy for her awsome entertaining skills). I definitely think we'll be doing more roadtrips with him from now on!!

We then spent the next 3 months in California with family...more posts to come!