Driving in a cocoon.

We stayed an extra day in Maryland to give the kids a little extra time to be together. Since we were planning a birthday party for Stephanie and Jessica for Sunday, that meant we had to drive back on Saturday. I woke up 4:10am to shower and finish loading up the car. By 5:10 we were on the road. We actually made fantastic time getting back into the city by 2pm. To say the car was full would be an understatement. Everything you see here, including 6 people and 2 reusable bags full of stuff I left by the car, a violin case and kids knapsacks, is everything we packed into the minivan. I started the drive in the middle seat (for the first nap). I felt like I was in a little cocoon. Miraculously, the kids were great on the drive. Considering they couldn't have been very comfortable, they were real troopers. (We even had a stop at Costco on the way. We had to carry things on our laps the final few kilometres home)