Preparing for vacation

I have been getting ready for our trip to France and Italy. I have been doing laundry like mad so that I could get it all done before our babysitter arrived. I had our babysitter here last night so that I could go into town and buy a new rolly carry-on luggage and do some shopping. Since she isn't coming on Friday I needed to get all the washing done so that she could iron everything last night. Thank goodness we have her b/c I would not want to iron everything. She also mended Sofia's school dress. I was quite annoyed when, after one washing, Sofia's school dress already was coming apart. I left the dress hanging for our babysitter to iron and she mended it as well. I have one last load of clothes drying on the rack now. It is taking forever to dry since it has been raining all day. Anyway, I have been debating how to pack everything since one of our flights is ryan air so our checked luggage is max 15 kilos each and you can't combine to get a total weight. It is per person per bag. This means we have to changed how we have previously packed with just throwing everything in 2 large duffel bags. I am determined to pack less this trip as well since I WAY overpacked for our trip to Spain. It seems I always start off with this intention but never end that way. Since we have a washer/dryer in both of our rentals I am not worried about running out of clothes or having clothes get dirty. I am really looking forward ro using a dryer! Woo-Hoo!!! I can use a dryer...I'm really living it up!