we are moving form maine to central florida coming up this fall... and was wondering if any oen ahd advice about a car trip down (22 hours+) with 3 small kids!?

Hey - that is kewl Crystal! What is taking you there? That is a major move. As you know, I am Canadian, but I lived in Florida for two years as a kid, and I *LOVED* it. Even when we didn't live there, I spent my whole childhood driving up and down at least once per winter. Even as a young kid, I was fairly content in the car with a few favourite toys, couple of comics, and something new to colour with. We also knew that at the end of the day of driving, my parents would *try* to pick a motel/camp ground with a kid's play jungle and, if we were REALLY lucky, a pool. We lived for that. Also we played a lot of games, like count the red cars, how many stop signs could we find, etc.

DVD player and headsets for the car!! :D We don't have a tv or vcr for the house but the one for the car is a life/sanity saver - mainly my dh who's the designated driver.

My brother owns a house in Winter haven Fl.. and we need to geta bigger place sence having Katelyn and sence we are willing to leave Maine, he said if we wanted too, we could move into that place.. its a 3 bed room 1 bath , one story, no basement, big back yard, fenced in comletely, all remodled...and in a good area... lots of jobs for dan and I and its looking VERY good that we are going.. Really,at this point if we dont go, its cause some thign on my brothers end is working out.... some how.
Here tho we are ready and willing.
Wont be till end of summer/early fall tho!