Single Digits
Dont worry about the things you cant control and concentrate on the ones that you can.
Grab a bottle of champagne one night, lay it all out and pack en masse. Or make it a team strategy. Call in pizza for dinner. Grab a list and supervise and play suitcase BINGO.
7 pairs of undies and each person puts into their case
PJ's into their own case.
Great lesson for the kids, educational even.
Dont stress about how it goes in, be glad it is in. You will be in and out and repacking while you are away anyway. Just make sure everything that you need is in and you will be ready to go on your way. If its forgot, that is what shopping is for.
Then put them in the garage and wait.
Put on a movie and then bed.
I am getting worse with packing each trip, used to have cases out heaps in advance. For the States last Christmas started packing at 5am and we left home at 8am. This trip I finished packing at 10pm and we left home at 5am. Finished my BAS at midnight. I