If you've ever driven for any length of time with young children in the car, you can just imagine what life was like for us during the 32 hours total we were on the road. We finally got the DVD player installed in working order while we were in Philly, so we had a movie marathon on the way home. Cinderella, Jungle Book, Winnie-the-Pooh, Shreks 1 & 2, and part of the Gospel of John got us to Chattanooga. The next day, Emperor's New Groove and most of the Pixar short films got us home. We made the trip up all in one day, and it truly was not as horrid an experience as one might think, even without a working DVD player. The one meltdown came from Isaac about 3 hrs outside Philly at 10-ish. I finally just had to take him out of the car seat and let him ride in my lap the rest of the way. He fell asleep as soon as I put him in my lap, and I was riding in the back seat.
Uncle Mike & Aunt Lynne were incredibly gracious to host us for a week. The children loved their little dog Jake, perhaps a little more than Jake wanted to be loved. We also spent a lot of time in the city with Nate & Hannah. We didn't do a whole lot of touristy things this trip, just an afternoon at the Franklin Institute. Mainly we spent our time hanging out with family and doing local Philadelphia stuff. I did have two delicious cheesesteaks while we were there, yum!
