Staying Afloat

I am tired and had a long day, but I wanted to make a post yet tonight.  We are currently in Estherville for Robert’s great uncle’s funeral.  We both left work early, picked up the kids, ate a quick lunch at home, packed even quicker, then hit the road at 1:30 this afternoon.  We made it to St. James before needing a stop (2.5 hours into the trip).  Laura was wearing a pull-up in the car just in case she needed to go and there was nowhere to stop quickly.  She was still dry at the stop we made.  We got back on the road shortly after.  Warren did NOT want to get back in his car seat, but I didn’t give him much choice in the matter.  I fed both kids water and crackers as we drove.  That made both much happier (it was 4:30/5:00 at this point).  Once we checked into the hotel, we went to the funeral home for the wake.  Both kids were running around being a bit crazy and loud.  Thankfully it was a small crowd there.  People looked and smiled at them.  I also figured that Bennet would want them running and being happy.  He wasn’t the type of person to make little kids be quiet.  The family arranged for food to be served at the hotel starting at 7:30 this evening.  The kids were not going to wait that long for dinner so we ended up eating at Pizza Hut.  Once again, Warren out ate Laura.  The current plan is for us to get going fairly early in the morning.  We are going to visit Grandma for a bit before the funeral.  The kids’ moods will determine the rest of the day.  There is the interment ceremony at the cemetery and then a lunch at the church.  We’ll see how the kids are doing before deciding what we will all attend.

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