Rain from NC to GA

Today we started our road trip for Christmas. Road trips are my favorite way to travel. Plans are faster but too anxious-ridden, for me to fully appreciate and train rides are fun experiences, they can be slow and you can't easily stop and look about without having to start all over again. The vehicle allows you to stop and go and enjoy the ride and see places (as long as you don't have a short timeline to travel). As we routinely do on trips, our mornings aren't as early as some but not as late as others, we had our morning/brunch chow before setting off (gas on the way). As it was raining sort of hard from the get-go so we only truly stopped for those gas/toilet breaks that also allowed us to stretch our legs. Surprisingly, we didn't grab a luna stuff is/toy yet but maybe our subconscious knows Christmas is coming, heh. My husband found a way to get my child wifi for her tablet so that kept her busy and quiet most of the ride too (along with her pups and books). We found a fun little town (that seemed asleep as we drove around it) that had the theme of south of the border (Pedro was everywhere)...though that might have been the name of the town as it was between the 2 Carolina's. The day ended in Madison, GA with Zaxby's and a holiday inn! Wonder how far we will get tomorrow!


Book of the week will be a luna book: Pete the cat and the missing cupcakes (read from my kindle as we didn't have access to paperback books). It is a Pete the Cat story and in it he and his buddy are making g cupcakes for a cupcake party. With every page, 2 cupcakes (out of 10) go missing and they search for who took them. with every wrong person helping the search, they finally follow all the clues and find the thief! It a very cute counting (or subtracting) by 2 cupcake theme book. Pete the Cat is becoming one of Luna's favorite cats!

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