Saturday: bittersweet

Today's activity was to go to the pool again. It was fun. The boys had a good time. Isaac is deathly afraid of getting water on his face which is super annoying. Joshua got dunked a few times and "jumped" off the edge.

We went home and struggled to keep Joshua awake. Of course, he was then wide awake at nap time. I handed him over to Ben who said he was full of energy the whole time I napped. He got a bit cranky after that, but it also meant he went to sleep promptly in the car.

After dinner we left. I think it was the right amount of vacation, but still sad. The group is diverse and similar at the same time. It was a good vacation.

Before I had even taken my foot off the brake to back out of the drive way Isaac asked, "are we there yet?" We were also talking about returning our car and Isaac said, "We can return it Monday or Saturday. Those are our options." He sounds so grown up when he says that, but makes no sense. Speaking of grown up, he did his first credit card transaction while getting gas today. And Joshua started creeping along furniture. He'll be walking soon.

We're currently in Indiana. I doubt we'll get out before we find a hotel, but hopefully we'll get about half way.

Friday: cave!

This morning we went to a cave. It was big. It was darkish. It was a perfect temperature. The normal cave things were there...fallen rocks, columns, stalagmites, stalactites, soda straws. Beautiful. Amazing.

The first family of the group left afterwards. :(

After naps we made some ice cream, although haven't tasted it yet. We played outside. Isaac was completely exhausted at bed time. He kept telling me that all he wanted to do was sleep.

Hmm...I also had a funny conversation with Isaac written up, but can't access it right now. I guess it'll be tbd.

Friday: in trucks

Got it!

We're going down the road, guessing what's in white semi trucks.

Amanda: that says swing transport.
Ben: maybe swings are in there
Isaac:maybe logs.
Isaac: we don't know.

Amanda: what's in that truck?
Isaac: maybe bags of water
Isaac: that you throw
Amanda: you mean water balloons?

Amanda: what's in that one? It saw salson.
Isaac: maybe clouds
Isaac: maybe there's no clouds somewhere.

Thursday: lunch

Today the moms got to go out by ourselves. We went out for lunch. Well, really we went out for dessert but we ate some real food too. Our waiter didn't think we'd be able to eat all the dessert but we showed him! Not a single bite was left. We also rode the carousel. Really rode it, not just stood next to a child while it spun. :)

After naps we had water balloons. They were a ton of fun! The kids continued to play in water and on the play set for a while after that. After dinner things were getting crazy inside. The kids were running around screaming...most of it was fun, but as always there were some tears. Isaac and Marshall both wanted a basketball and ended up upstairs and then they were both crying surprisingly hard. All we really got out of either of them was that it was about a basketball. Anyway, we went back outside. Isaac chose to ride the black truck some more instead of eat strawberry pie. His loss, my gain.

The adults started to preview some of the pictures taken during the trip and there are some cute ones!! Joshua is Mr. Serious in most of them, but still cute.

Wednesday: children's musuem

Today the moms brought the kids to the children's museum while the dads went to see a movie. The museum was nicely done...a lot of things for the kids to explore. I thought the funniest part was when Isaac told the chickens to lay some eggs and then when they did gave them a treat...an egg teat. One of the eggs they had just laid, in fact. Joshua also did an awesome job standing by a train table.

Upon our return there was lunch and then good naps. Pizza for dinner and then playing outside. Isaac loved the small black truck he got to drive...pictures to follow.

Tuesday: burritt on the mountain

Today we went to Burritt on the Mountian. The day was a bit cooler than previous days, although still hot by the time we left.

We started in the mansion, hoping we could get through it before we lost the kids. Isaac didn't make it, but the mansion was rather small. Surprisingly small for someone who was rather wealthy and for a building that is called a mansion.

We ate lunch under a magnolia tree, finishing up with freeze dried ice cream. Then we went to the back in time area. This worked really well for the kids...a bunch of interactive things and areas to run. Once I get pictures downloaded I'll talk about it more.

Nap time didn't work very well. Joshua kept waking up. He hasn't been sleeping well. And there are too many people in a small area to let me try and help him sleep better. Then after Joshua was up "for good" I kept waking up worrying that Isaac was sleeping too long. Blah.

Then we just hung out, had a good dinner, and I put Joshua down for an early bed time. Oh...the toy of the day is a cash register. Bother...I had taken a picture of Isaac with it so that these posts weren't just words but the app isn't letting me insert it right now. But the batteries ended up disappearing because the scanner was really loud.

The other funny thing was that I was telling Joshua to let go of something:

Amanda: Joshua, let go.
Amanda: Joshua, let go.
Isaac: mom, you forgot please.

We've been working on please a bit more this vacation. Guess I need to work on it more too.

Monday: pool

Today we went to the pool...it was surprisingly relaxing. Joshua was sleeping and Isaac was just paddling around so I got to play several rounds of jump in the pool while catching the frisbee.

Every came home and took naps, then upon waking up we hung out a bit more then went to Texas Roadhouse. A quick trip to a jerky store for some kangaroo jerky and then back home. The kangaroo jerky was ok.

Some more hanging out at night...a nice and relaxing day.