Suggestions for long car travel with my toddler?

Hey y’all. We are driving up to NY this weekend to visit my sister and her family. We haven’t seen my awesome nieces since March! While Indy is very excited about going up to see them, we’ve never done a road trip for longer than 5 hours, this will be about 8. We will be leaving at night, after Keith gets off of work, so I’m hoping Indy will just fall asleep at his normal bed time and stay asleep until we get to NY.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to make him more comfortable in his car seat while we are on the road? The last time we traveled and he fell asleep in his seat, he would sporadically wake up whining and pulling and tugging at the straps of his car seat. He doesn’t seem comfortable. I’ll take all suggestions!

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Me and the countdown chain. 16 more school days with students. I can do this.

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capitalismconcarne:

On running.

Somehow Scott just knows how to get me to tell the truth, all the time.

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Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to sit down and really interact with all of you here on tumblr. I’m sorry. We’ve been really sick- all of us ended up with Strep/upper respiratory infections. I was calling us the Strepchos for a while. Get it?

Well, now I’m going to take some time to post some of your very supportive replies. Thanks, everyone!

First, in response to this post about my Spring Concert and the woes of being a High School teacher, here’s what some of you had to say:

ihavetopeerealbad said: this kid sucks and ruined my night. tell him i hate him. kthnx.

Aw, I’m sorry it ruined your night. And what’s crazy as that I didn’t think he sucked AT ALL before this happened. He was one of my little sweeties. :(

thejokell said: I’ve been to a high school chorus concert where a kid legitimately fainted. It was no joke and they had to stop the whole production. You’re not crazy, this is wrong, and the kid’s a little punk.

I’ve been to a few concerts where kids passed out and it really isn’t funny. It’s actually an emergency situation. Not cool, right? Thanks for confirming that I’m not crazy!

lazydad said: It was clearly a setup. As soon as he “faints,” there’s a laugh from the audience, which is weird. You are right to be disappointed. It seems senseless and selfish on the part of the student, and it wasn’t even a very good prank.

Yeah, what’s weird is that afterwards, people kept asking me if we’d planned it. WHAT?!! I’m actually worried that this is going become a running thing at all of my concerts from here on out. ugh!

you-n-me-kid said: You’re not crazy…it is disappointing.

Thank you! Very disappointing, like I said, the WORST moment of my teaching career- 6 years going.

carolineandco said: wow. i’d be so pissed.

Yeah, I was pretty livid. It took me a few days to get over it. I still don’t want to talk about it when people bring it up.

Now in reply to THIS video of Justin Timberlake.

lilibug8 answered: You’re crazy if you think he’s awful on the album. wtf? lol

Well…I’m not crazy. I just think this LIVE performance is a million times better than the studio version which I find too polished and too clean. Wtf with YOU. geez.

HOW CAN THIS BE SO GOOD LIVE AND SO AWFUL ON THE ALBUM?!?

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Look how my peonies have bloomed since Saturday! So pretty!

banterbaby:

Lolllll

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Indy brought a train car tied to a string with a mini car inside it to whole foods. So cute.

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Indy is SO GLAD it’s Friday!

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My own sister! @arianneken #krapco