cheap swim suits finally we are packed for our big adventure. in the end i have one big red mama bag for me and someof the girls things, one bag for their clothes and 2 carry ons with toys and dvd players for the trip. i have chosen to have no carryons so i can help the kids wit hers. marc has 2 small bags and one carryon and we are taking 2 packages to our friends. if there is a art to packing, i am sure i have not mastered it. all minimalist accounts i have read do not involve travels with children. here\'s a very rough accounting: at least 5 dresses per girl jeans shorts skirts 1 or 2 long sleeve 3-5 short sleeve shirts. 3 swim suits, 12 underwears 2 nightgowns 2 pairs of socks 3 pairs of shoes Toys packed: a fisher price piano keyboard that can be used as a fun game as well as a keyboard to continue with the yamaha method for mimi 1 leapster for the girls to share 1 dvd player each as they watch different things dvds papeback workbooks and stickerbooks pens crayons i have copied much of the kids music cds we have andhave creaed a kids playlist in my itunes i have bought cheap speakers so my kids can have bedtime music I am not bringing books to read which is probably a big mistake as we do read stories at night. i will be seeing what i can find online though i won\'t have any printer. maybe i can read them baby italian books so we can learn together...
