The Move: Day 3

Today we went to the zoo. My son kept asking me to unbuckle my seat belt and go to the back to get him something. We did that constantly while on full-day traveling. I tried to explain to my son that I only did that when we had to during long trips because it was necessary to keep them happy, but it's really not safe, so I wasn't going to do it on short trips. I knew as I was saying it that it was a terrible explanation, but I couldn't find a way to dig out of that hole and just left him confused. We did have a lot of fun at the zoo, however. It was especially fun because I had great individual moments with each of the kids. We also had a great time swimming afterwards, at dinner, and wrestling before bed. I'm loving all the time I get with them during this road trip/move. I think I'm entitled to, because, as a friend said this morning, this may be the last time I get to do this for a long time.