4 Day Trip

Yes, the kids as well as Nicholas and his mother are all packing for a five day trip. It's some wilderness adventure thing that the kids get to do with their parents or guardian of choice in the middle of the woods while they should be at school. They get to rough it, but also have a lot of fun bonding with each other. Nick's father has a course to take, so Nick will be sitting in for him, but the packing is what has really become the adventure.

We went shopping for clothes and amenities that Nick was simply not prepared with when we made the swift move from New Jersey to Maryland. so we trucked our bottoms 40 miles to the nearest Walmart in order to get everything on our list and brought it all home. The first items he packed were easy, short and pants. He wanted a few of each so that he could have his choice. I didn't see this as odd, he packed 3 pairs of Jeans and 4 pairs of short. I guess if it gets cold he wants options, or if they are hiking. We then moved on to underwear and he took 5 pair which is normal because you might get wet and need the extra pair. however, when we moved on to socks I think he went overboard! He wanted 5 pairs of ankle socks, the extras being in case some got wet, and 5 pairs of long socks. I don't know what those are for! But needless to say he will be well prepared,

I also made sure that despite his dark skin already that he brough sunscreen. I don't want him complaining of a burn later, but just in case, he also has aloe tht he will be bringing. I feel like a mother, and I know this is going to sound odd, but every week I pull out what I want him to wear for work and casual during the week, so he hardly has to pick out an outfit ever. Even this morning, he woke up and went straight to the closet hoping that there was already and outift picked out. There wasn't which caused me to lean over to the dresser and pull a shirt out for him. I took not of the colors on it in order to make a suitable choice for a loose button shirt to go over top. Who needs kids? I think I do enough mothering already. However, our thoughts on that are still floating in the air. Everyone tells me to go for it, and that despite my fears I won't suck at it, I just fear for the poor things life!