Moving tips

So one of my closest friends Karen is moving only one state away from me to the Oregon area. Yeah! She will be moving on the 26th. I am thinking of her now and the fun fun fun of traveling across country with house hold goods, kids, and dog. I thought it would be fun to share any tips you may have about making a move easier. Some of us (especially military families) feel like professional movers. Leave them in the comment section if you can think of anything to help the Lamb family make their transition any easier.

Here are my tips I can think of offhand.

1. Put all your sheets, pillow, and blankets from EVERYONES bedding into one box and write very big on it OPEN THIS BOX FIRST. That way as soon as all the beds are unpacked you can make your beds first thing. Then you can go right into unpacking everything else but when you get tired and are ready to quit for the day you will know your beds are ready and waiting for you.

2. Duct tape shut your jewelry box. This is not something you want to empty and loose everything out of. (unfortunately learned from experience)

Car Travel tips with kids

1. Make sure you have a bunch of Walmart type grocery bags. They make great trash receptacles or throw up bags. (or a place to keep oopsie wet clothes)

2. Have a set of clothes for each kid (even the oldest one) right on top handy in the luggage. (sometimes even they can get projectile vomit on them)

3. Pack 409 or some other kind of cleaner, paper towels, and upholstery cleaner for clean ups of the kind mentioned above. And yes we did use ours many times between the kids and the dog!

4. Have some regular size trash bags packed as well in case the kids need a dry place to sit after their seats have been cleaned from above such oopsies.

5. Lots of extra batteries and stored away activites and snacks that the kids DO NOT know about are great things to have on hand for those whiney moments that you need to throw something their way to make them happy.