Road Trip Worries
In a little over a week, we will be setting out on our next road trip. It is a trip "home" to Toledo. Mark and I have made this trip together many times, but this will be our first time taking the girls. I am very apprehensive about this trip. 1) The girls' behavior is hit or miss. Sometimes they are fine. Other times they break all the rules, lie, and get upset when they are punished. 2) On our last road trip they were little monsters: Waking up at 4:30 a.m. and then laughing at me when I told them to go back to bed. 3) I worry that this will be the time they ask questions I do not want to answer. Kids are kids, but these two seem to like to push our limits. They know the rules. They know how we expect them to behave. They know lying isn't acceptable. Still they chose to break the rules, and then they are all upset when they are punished. They can be quite mean and rude at times. They will be on my home turf: my family, my friends, my hometown. I don'...