Trip highlights:
the drive down was long. And the baby had a rather messy wardrobe mishap that resulted in her riding naked. At which point she began exclaiming "nakey and cute! nakey and cute!" with an occasional verse of "nakey and spoiled!" so true.
We stop halfway at McDonalds, both directions. Grammy and I eat lunch while the girls do laps on the playplace. Then they eat in the car as we drive on.
During this stop on the way down, I remembered I forgot my pants. I was wearing long jeans and had washed my lightweight capris and hung them to dry, knowing i would need them for the impending 105 degree weather. But then I forgot them. Which means we had to go shopping. I know, "had". (I love TJMaxx. And Ross.)
Grammy brought new water bottles for everyone to keep us hydrated in the heat. Very thoughtful and super cute. The girls loved them and went through buckets of water.
We arrived at the condo late in the evening. So it was rather dark and we were a little slap happy silly when we arrived. Which could explain why Grammy jumped onto the luggage cart at my suggestion to load the heavy stuff first. She forgot to account for the steep incline and went rolling away. She almost fell off laughing/screaming while my sister ran to catch her. I took pictures. I'm very helpful.
Day 1 was spent at the park, joined by sister's sister and Grammy's sister. This particular amazing park looked somewhat like a giant erector set with lots of fun climbing and balancing and twirling toys. The adults arguably had more fun than the kids.
For lunch, we were joined by sister's grandparents and we played the rest of the day away at the pool which featured a waterfall and a separate kid pool. And our fearless, rambunctious children ran amuck playing imagination games and splashing to their hearts' content.
We ordered pizza and watched a kid movie while devouring gourmet popcorn and baking the cookie dough I had brought along. It's hard to describe just how wonderful such simple fun can be. After we put the kids to bed, we put in a chick flick for the women (First Date, a new favorite).
Day 2 was more of the same wonderfulness: swimming, shopping and dinner at Texas Roadhouse. (Shopping was particularly wonderful, found some great deals and sister's sister was able to use her employee discount to boot!) We went to Texas Roadhouse because the kids would have had a BLAST dancing in the aisle with the serving staff. But the St. George Texas Roadhouse is super lame and doesn't dance during early bird hours. Even at request, we got turned down flat.
That night was more popcorn and cookies for a kid movie, followed by bedtime and a chick flick, First Knight, for the women.
On Saturday we spent the morning packing up, bid our cousins goodbye and Grammy, my girls and I drove to GrandmaGreat's house. We spent the day with her, visiting the thrift store (where we played in the shoes for half an hour and then had to give GrandmaGreat a "check up"), driving around town to admire all the classic cars (in town for a Model T parade), playing on the slip and slide and went out for burger and shakes in the evening. The girls loved playing with GrandmaGreat and her dogs and I think she really liked getting to watch them play and listening to their rambling stories.
On Sunday, the late nights were finally catching up to us. We had so much fun and loved the late night chick flicks but toward the end of the trip, the girls weren't sleeping as well. But we barely made it to church on time and struggled to stay awake through classes. After a quick lunch (and stopping for some caffeine), we were on our way home again, eager to see Daddy. My mom and I chatted for hours as we drove, planning other upcoming trips, birthday parties, family weekends, etc.
Such a fun trip. Can't wait for next year.
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