Having read Natalie’s story about how she was entertaining 1-year-old Arseny in a 24-hours trip by train, I thought that I should also start preparing for the forthcoming 11-hours travelling in our car (we were going to the International Sahaja Yoga Festival, from Nizhny Novgorod to Togliatti, Russia).
I borrowed some of Natalie’s ideas. The following things were bought in the nearest store “1000 Small Things”:
1. Cocktail Straws (75 cents).
2. 2 sheets with stickers (75 cents): vegetables and flowers (for us to study the variety of their kinds).
3. Large colourful paper clips (85 cents).
4. A plastic glass with a lid for washing the brushes (50 cents.)
Like Natalie, I cut each straw into two pieces and then put them into the jar left after Chinese tea. The paper clips were put into the glass for brushes which has a round hole in its lid. I also cut the poster with the Russian alphabet and pictures into squares (I did not buy it specially for the trip; when our daughter was 1-6 months old, the poster was hanging above the changing table). The printed out pictures of animals were put into a photo album (80 cents). I also took a developing toy-brick which was presented to Soniya by her grandfather and the pictures for lacing. So, let’s see whether our daughter will like my choice?
On the day of the departure, the alarm clock rings at 3:45 am. We wash our faces, meditate, put the rest of the bags into the boot. At 4:30 I take sleeping Soniya into my hands (immediately she opens her eyes and starts analyzing everything around her with much interest). 4:40 –we are starting off.
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