Gibson's backpack is fresher than the rest (only 2 years since we made it), but it was still hopelessly out of date. We'd hate to try to squeeze him into these pajamas in an emergency.
Brandan showed the kids how to work the crank powered radio. Going through the backpacks felt like a treasure hunt.
Becky has a few relics in her backpack left from the 72 hour kit her parents put together when she was little, including this pocketknife and a small container of change (for a pay phone, of course!)
Brandan keeps a pair of old glasses in his backpack. Sophie asked, "Were those glasses ever in style or were they just really cheap?"
We would have been in sorry shape with this pile of food in an emergency. Three year old chocolate is not pretty (or edible.) Our applesauce and dried fruit had turned black. We weren't brave enough to try the canned soup. Cold cereal and crackers? What were we thinking? Stuff that survived the wait: instant oatmeal, jerky, candy. The all natural granola bars were gross, but the highly preservatized granola bars fared well.
After trips to Goodwill, Target and the grocery store, our backpacks are ready to put back on the shelf. Becky is superstitious enough to believe if we actually have 72 hour kits, we won't have to use them. We're adding "update 72 hour kits" to our spring cleaning list so we'll hopefully remember to clean them out before 2012.
3 comments:
I love this post! I'm laughing out loud about the glasses and the pay phone change! What a great thing to focus on in a weekend. We went through ours last general conference weekend. It was a good thing to do, but very consuming--like you said a treasure hunt. I thought it would be a good idea to update it each general conference, but it distracted me a lot from listening! I always struggle with what clothes to put in the kit--going to the goodwill just for that purpose is a great idea! I really enjoy keeping up with your family--thanks, Becky.
This was fun. . . I love the idea. We went through our 72 hour bin a year ago. We had clothes for a 2 year old Emma and a 6 mo. old Josh. They didn't fit ANYONE in the family. You are doing better than us for sure! Loved the glasses and yes, Sophie, those were in style in 1986, I think. I know because my brother had some just like them. Mine were hard plastic and bright blue, but looked a bit like that. Hence the tribute my kids paid me today. . ."Nerdy, Dorky, Skinny, Weird, Froggy Glasses" They left out GEEKY.
Wow, I wonder what our 72 hour kits look like. We haven't done anything with them since we lived in El Paso--9 years ago. I believe that you have inspired a soon to do FHE.
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