- Snacks, glorious snacks! Both for the kids and the drivers. 🙂 Also, a few bottles of ice cold water.
- A few small toys for the girls. We love magnet doodle boards and a doll, rattle or stuffed animal. Ellie has quite the imagination, so she’s usually set with just a few small toys.
- A charged phone and a few movies. We pull this out after the snacks and toys are no longer entertaining. 🙂
- Our typical “bag of bags” We use a tiny, drawstring bag and stuff it full of plastic bags. We always have a quick garbage bag on hand for diapers or trash.
- Speaking of diapers, DIAPERS! And plenty of them. Can’t tell you what a pain it is to not have enough diapers on a trip. We love using Huggies Snug and Dry on road trips – they have up to 12 hour protection and absorb quickly to stop leaks. That way if Addie sleeps on the way down (which she usually does!) we don’t have to worry about stopping halfway through to change outfits.
- Wipes, hand sanitizer, and tissues for sticky fingers, spills, and sniffly noses.
- A playlist of our favorite songs. Which is a wide variety. We have a good amount of preschool songs, Frozen songs, and Ellie’s favorite: Baby, by Justin Bieber. Ha!
- Aunt Erin! 🙂 We love when Erin snags a ride with us, she’s the best backseat helper!
A few of our “essentials.” Also, I always bring heels when I’m with my siblings because I’M SO SHORT! 😉