So the girls and I had a great weekend away. It was the first "girls trip" and I am sure there will be many more to come. AND, Andy got a whole weekend at home to himself, which he really needed. He sure seemed refreshed when we got home. I was pretty nervous about 3 hours in the car with a 2 year old and an 8 month old. It actually went really well: no hysterics, no emergency potty stops. I was armed with snacks strategically packed and easy to reach, a couple favorite toys kept aside for E, and of course an extra pacifier. We stopped once on the way up, and once on the way home. Both times for food breaks, but we just did a bottle in truck, and a run through a drive thru for some french fries for C.
Friday night we had dinner at my dear friend Lisa's home. It was wonderful chaos with 7 kiddos running around playing. E and Baby C had a lot of fun rolling around and climbing all over each other!
Saturday morning we met up for the Harvest Fest Parade. I wasn't able to get a picture of ALL 9 kids like I had hoped, but we caught 7 out of the 9, as E and Baby C were napping in strollers at the time of the picture.
The kids really cleaned up on the candy! I had talked to C on the way to the parade and wanted to make sure that she understood she needed to still be careful while collecting candy during the parade. We have been working really hard with her on watching for cars and not going into the street if she sees any, so I think because of that she was afraid to go out into the street to get the candy. So I did a lot of trying to get her to go pick up candy. She really didn't want to do it. It is probably ok that she didn't get all that much candy, though!
After the parade we went over to the park pavilion for a while and visited with old friends. Then we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's for a nap before Tom and Destiny got there with the kiddos. Amy and Ken came out as well.
My two sweet girls
Look at those happy kids! I love this picture.
All in all, it was a really nice weekend. I had a lot of fun, and I think the girls did too. I have been thinking about the future and all the fun things I am going to get to do with my girls. I hope to be able to do some traveling with them when they get a little older. I love to travel, but Andy is more of a homebody. I would love to be able to have a couple little travel partners!
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