Travelling

One thing that is slowly becoming painfully obvious is to me, is that I am a terrible packer. The last couple of months have had a lot of travelling involved in them and I have left things behind, forgotten to pack things, packed the wrong things, packed too much and not packed enough.

It is ten times more difficult to pack with a baby/toddler. Did I remember clothes? How about extra clothes for accidents? Did I remember lamby? blanket? baby doll? music cd? fan? Do I have sippy cups, snacks, forks and spoons, bibs, toys for the car, toys for our destination, books for bed time reading, socks, diapers, wipes, butt cream, shampoo? Oh and don't forget the baby monitor...again! And the list goes on... and that's just for Emma!

So, I am changing the way we do things from now on. We have so many travel bags that we have collected over the years that I have decided I will have certain things packed in certain bags for certain trips. We will see if this helps. I will also create a master packing list for each of our bags based on whether it is a business trip, a trip to Grampa's, a trip out of state, etc.  I expect my lists to look something like this:

 So hopefully this will enable me to pack more efficiently and less like a chicken with its head cut off about 3 hours before we are supposed to leave.