Back From Oregon - The Car

We got back from our trip to Oregon this evening.  We had so much fun.  I am so glad that we were able to go.  At first I wasn't super excited to go because I was so worried about the long car drives and how the kids would do in the car.
Turns out I really didn't have anything to worry about.  I got to sit in the front because I get so car sick.  Tony sat in the back with Megan most of the time.  When Margie got tired of driving then he would come up front with me and drive for a couple of hours while Margie tried to take a nap in the back with Megan.  Tony did a good job helping the kids with the snacks and games and keeping Megan entertained, that was the biggest job of all.

The kids did super good in the car almost the whole time.  Megan had the hardest time in the car.  Since she is still so young it was harder to keep her entertained during the long car rides.  But she did better then I thought she would.  She did have some diarrhea on the way there and home today so that was hard on her little bum.  She did good taking her naps in the car.  It did seem that she would always sleep around lunch time and we would have to wake her up when we would stop for lunch, but she was a good sport. She watched some of the shows, but mostly just played with her toys, ate snacks, and fussed.

Josh did much better in the car this time then just last February when we went to Disneyland.  He didn't have to stop as much to go potty and he didn't get as bored.  He watched movies, enjoyed snacks, played the InnoTab and Grandma's tablet, and took good naps.  On the way there he did get car sick with all the twists and turns and ended up throwing up three times, but didn't throw up again the whole trip (thank goodness).

Tyler did great.  He was in his own world.  He watched shows, played games on the InnoTab and tablet, colored pictures, ate snacks, and only took one nap on the way there.  He did such a good job in the car.
As soon as we got back into our car to go home from Tony's moms this evening Tyler and Josh started hitting each other...we decided we really need to get a van.  They didn't hardly fight at all in Margie's van because they didn't have to sit right by each other.  It's amazing what a little space will do.
Margie said we went over 2000 miles in the car this trip...that's a lot of driving.