Running in Circles: New Orleans Road Trip

We're ALMOST there. Today was a lot of driving... it's hard to get out and do stuff along the way when it's SO cold. So we drove from Springfield, MO to Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS today. We made a pit stop at the Parachute Inn for lunch. They have a giant Southwest airplane with seating inside for lunch. Well, the airplane part was closed due to cold weather. The kids did enjoy watching the ducks swim in the fountain of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Thankfully though, we're now at our hotel in Jackson and all three kids are asleep. We should be in New Orleans and into warmer weather by lunchtime tomorrow. And I saw that the low for tonight in KC is -14 degrees. No thanks.

Don't forget to follow Josh's side of the story here.

Things I learned today:

1. If you leave stuff in the car overnight when it's ridiculously cold outside, it will freeze. That includes special k bars, V8, and baby wipes.

2. Lia is probably getting too old to sleep in the pack n play. She was up most of the night last night.

3. Lia is not a good co-sleeper. In a moment of desperation, I put her in the bed with me to sleep. She's a wiggler like Ava and still didn't sleep a long time.

4. My kids really don't know the difference between a successful visit to a tourist spot and a bust. Josh was unimpressed by the Peabody ducks, but the kids thought it was awesome that there were ducks in the fountain INSIDE the hotel.

5. My kids love the simple things in life... running up and down the hallways of an expensive hotel screaming at the top of their lungs, having two beds in our hotel room so they can jump back and forth, m&m's from the gas station.

6. Max & Ava laugh hysterically every time they watch videos of themselves on our iPhones. They can be entertained for quite some time doing this.

Lia hates socks. Here she is trying desperately to get these off :)