by the numbers

6 kids
2 parents
5 hours of driving
1 big city
4 stores
1 post office
8 people who went into the grocery store
3 grocery carts full
2 restaurants
1 rest stop break
3 week twitter break broken
1 daughter wearing mis-matched shoes
12 books read on the trip
15 songs we sang
1 camera left at home
3 littles ones who napped in the van
1 lady at the check-out wide eyed
3 fair trade dark chocolate bars bought {for me}
1 child forgot a coat
8 people who didn't need their coat today
0 melt-downs {amazing}
1 lady over-heard whispering "wow"
4 ice-cream treats eaten
3 times the boys changed seats
1 drive through a small town to see the Christmas lights
7 animals that came to greet us in the yard
1 light we left on
0 meals I made today
1,000's of snow geese in the sky
4 loads of laundry I washed-dried-and-folded today
1 meal we snacked through
20{ish} pastures of cattle passed by
1 beautiful pink sunset
2 tired parents
6 not as tired children
1 fun day
6 day blogging break broken
1 day by the numbers