Since moving to El Paso, we have done more traveling than
ever, thanks to my daughter’s all-star cheer team. My least favorite part about traveling is the
packing and unpacking. We recently
attended the largest competition we’ve ever been to - NCA Nationals in Dallas,
TX.
I received these Eat Smart 3 Piece Packing Cubes to review just in time for our trip.
It was so nice to only have to take one
suitcase, and to easily pull out the cubes to unpack. My daughter used black, and I used pink, so
it was easy to grab the cubes out, hand my daughter hers to unpack, and then to be able to put
the suitcase away immediately upon arrival to the hotel.
Let me just say that NCA was like no other competition that
I have ever experienced in my life. Day
1 was AMAZING! Although my daughter’s
team did not perform at their best, the excitement on my daughter’s face as she
watched her dream team perform in person was something that I’ll never
forget. Most of these teams we have only
ever gotten to see online. Seeing them
in person is a whole other exciting world. We took it all in and watched as many teams as
we could. It was also pretty cool to
hear that she was at warm-ups with cheerleaders from big teams that she’s been
following on social media and looks up to.
If you know anything about cheer, you can imagine how exciting it was to look up and seeing Angel Rice sitting right next to us in
the Arena. I can’t even begin to
describe how amazing the day was.
Day 2 was not as great for us. We had a major fall during the routine, and
it just so happened to be my daughter’s stunt group that came down. Although they had to replace her base 2 weeks
prior due to her base injuring her hand, and although my daughter suffered a
concussion which affected her balance just a week prior, she felt like she was
to blame and took it hard. Let me just
say that it is the hardest thing in the world to see your child beating themselves
up about something that is out of anyone’s control. We honestly couldn’t get out of there fast
enough…..that is after waiting over an hour in line to get photos all the while
hangry. Luckily, our flight was the same
day, so we didn’t have to stick around for too long.
After being up bright and early for the competition, then
flying home and getting home late at night, the last thing we wanted to do was
unpack. Especially since we had work and school the next day. However, we had to get our
suitcases out of the way before getting to bed, so thankfully it was easy enough
to pull our packing cubes out and put them aside to unpack for the next
day. It was great to be able to just give
my daughter her cubes and not have to worry about having clothes laying all
over. It was also nice to be able to use
the cubes to separate the clean clothes from the dirty clothes. We just pulled out the cubes and dumped
the rest in the dirty laundry. I can’t
recommend these packing cubes enough, and I will likely be purchasing 2 more
sets for my son and my husband as we get ready to move once again this
summer. They’ll be perfect for our road trip from
Texas to Pennsylvania. 3 dogs means we’ll
be stopping over night a few times, so being able to separate each trip into the
cubes will be so much better than having to bring in several suitcases for one
night of travel.
If you have any travel plans coming up, I highly recommend ordering the Eat Smart 3 Piece Packing Cubes to help make your trip a lot less stressful!
