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Packing Lists

We travel quite a bit. It’s a necessary evil when you live so far from everyone (well except the in-laws who live 300m away, but you get the idea). We quite often pack up the car on a Friday afternoon and drive for 4 hours to visit my family.

Last week we visited the mountains again, to catch up with family (and visit Ikea), and so I thought I would show you a little trick that helps with the packing.

I give each of the girls a packing list and a suitcase, and they do their own packing. I draw pictures next to Meg’s to help her out. Depending on where we are going I may add things like books, colouring, and change the clothing, but for a summer trip to my parents we need very little (I wish I thought to photograph the packing list for Magic Beach – it was rather long).

Occasionally we might get somewhere with some unusual combinations of clothing (think florals and stripes together), but generally that is OK. If I want them to pack a specific outfit, I put that on the list too.

All I need to do is pack clothes for Toby and myself, and grab the camera, and we are ready to go. I love how packing gets easier as they get older!

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I'm a city girl turned farmer's wife, school teacher, ideas woman, and mum to three country kids. Country Life Experiment is all about simple country living, growing and making our own food, and life on our family farm in rural Australia. Join me as I give country living a try. Read more...
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