Tennessee With Granimal

Michael has been trying to learn to crawl for quite some time...and he does pretty well when he really tries!

But I think he has decided he would rather skip the whole crawling thing and just walk. Mom says that's what Jarrod did, so maybe it's genetic?!

Speaking of Mom, she came to Tennessee last month for a convention and I was so happy she would only be four hours away...there was no way we could pass that up, so off me and the kiddo's went on our first road trip together. It was...shall I say, interesting...and a bit more than four hours with the little man, but well worth it!

It was so wonderful to see Mom.

Michael could hardly contain his excitement!

We went to a fun park that was right next to the hotel. The first day we got rained on so we played inside...

Michael got to drive a big truck...

and a rocket!

He even rode on the carousel horse with Grandma!

Then he rode on the back of a motorcycle while Sheniah drove!

He got to have lots of quality time with Grandma while Sheniah played on all the rides and games.

Later that night we went for a swim.

Michael floated around...

then got kisses from momma...

and hugs from Sheniah.

Then it was time for bed and Grandma read him his new bedtime book, Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book - a wonderful (perhaps subliminal) gift from Grandma!

The next day was beautiful so back to the fun park we went.

Michael and I rode a "roller coaster" train...

and flew around on an airplane.

Then Sheniah and I got to have some big girl fun!

We raced cars...

Sheniah won the race by a long shot!

Then we went on bumper boats and got eachother VERY wet!

We even tried to get Grandma and Michael wet on the side but we couldn't quite reach them!

We went back inside and played a ton of games. We won a million tickets and Sheniah really racked up on the toys before we left.

Michael tried to hang with the big kids, but he got a bit pooped!

He found his strength later that day after napping, so Mom and I took him out to an abandoned parking lot next to the hotel so he could run around in his walker. He had such a great time.

He played with a leaf with grandma...

and watched the big trucks go by on the nearby highway...

he had a great time running around like crazy.

It was time to say goodbye, so off we went in the car again. The trip home was better for Michael but tense for me as the weather was terrible. Oh well!

Finally, home sweet home! Sheniah still loves playing the piano and has started teaching Michael. Well, he just bangs around and looks lovingly at his big sister while she plays...but it is so cute!