Three more Saturdays

After today, we just have three more Saturdays before we leave.  I guess it's time to get serious about packing!  This is one of those situations where procrastinating until the night before isn't going to cut it. 

 
Part of the plan is to carry these backpacks instead of suitcases for our clothes and toiletries, etc.  We will be spending 2 days in Brussels on our return trip, and anyone who has ever rolled a wheelie suitcase down European cobblestone streets knows that there is a better way.  I don't know how many cobblestones we will come across in Brussels, but we'll be prepared either way.

 

These, of course, are the adult backpacks.  Henry will probably have our smallest pack like this, and the other three will have their small school packs for carrying a snack, water, and headphones for traveling.  Eika might also be in charge of a dvd player and the dvds.

 

All the extra things we are bringing for the hospital and our friends will be in these bins.  It looks like we will have 7 or 8 of these.  Here, Eika is drilling holes for zip ties. 

 

For each thing we cross off, a few more things appear on our "list of things to do before we leave."  We are getting so excited!