Oh, What a Trip!

Number of meltdowns: 1

Number of baby naps: 1 (at 4:30 p.m. and not nearly long enough) Number of times we looked for Oscar (?) in the trashcan: 2
Number of times all most kids cooperated in family picture: 2
Number of rides I got on: 1 [That's not me, by the way :-)]

Number of times we did not know the names of the Sesame Street characters: too many to count ("Oh, look, it's a pink person dressed as a princess!" "Oh, look at that one!")

Updated to add

Number of kids lost at park: 1 (only for about 30 seconds, but long enough to have a little one crying and a mama very scared)

Number of kids to leave packed suitcase at home: 1

And here is a summation of my drive up with all six children:

Number of get-out-of-the-car stops on the way there: 1 potty-break

Number of times I got lost on the way there: 2, at least

Number of hours longer the drive took: 1

Number of frantic calls to Joe: 4 maybe more (then I made Taylor make the calls for me)

Number of times I threatened to drive back home: 10+

Number of times I meant it: 10+

Number of times I agreed we had a good time: countless

Baby picked up a new habit while we were away: finger and thumb-sucking.