The Trip (dun dun duuuuuun)
The trip down was rough to say the least. In a perfect world my kids would travel like this all 7 hours-
Instead it was more like this:
It was rough guys. I don't think Grandma and Grandpa Barton will EVER volunteer to do THAT again. LOL. We did have some fun moments on the way down...like Layla using a "gun" for the first time at Bass Pro. She's got a good eye.
Jack did sleep a little on the way down. A whole 20 minutes! And he looked SO cute doing it.
They did travel well to the Workmans. In fact I'd actually say that that 3 hour drive was "fun"
Then there was the drive home from the Workman's. What was supposed to be a 5.5 hr drive was 7 thanks to construction. If I have to see another orange freaking sign or cone I'm done. The video of him screaming above? Put that on repeat for 2 hours.
I should note that L has turned into an amazing travel buddy so there is hope for Jack. And he did sleep the last 10 minutes of the journey up. Here he is hanging out in the car while we unpack. Stinker.
The Underwood's
The kids warmed up really fast to everyone on this trip. YAY! We spent a couple of days on and off at Grammy and Gramps house to see Dad's side of the family. We had a ton of fun planing, rolling around on the new carpet, seeing a train (L's life is complete) and eating Monical's (Mommy's life is complete lol).
Gma and Gpa Rosco
I did a little better with pictures at Gma and Gpa Rosco's house. Although I never did get a good picture of the two of them with the kids. SORRY!! Gpa Rosco was so busy and we just never went anywhere with great light and my camera. OOPS!
The kids had so much fun pointing to all the corn on this trip. They were obsessed with trains and corn the ENTIRE time. So L thought it was pretty cool that she got to pick some in Gpa's garden.
We had to make a grocery store run and the kids got to use the mini carts. These are SO fun...and Jack filled his to the brim with bacon while I wasn't looking. God love him.
When Daddy came (finally...I was exhausted, Jack reeeeeeally missed his Daddy) we took the kids fishing. We learned that the fish in this pond don't like bread and that Mom doesn't know how to take a bobber off without breaking the line LOL.
This picture. Jack's face looks a little distorted, right? It's because his cheeks bounce up and down when he runs. LOL. I haven't been able to capture it on video but here we have some cheek action.
Jack was more interested in my melted ice from Hardee's than actual fishing.
The Barton's
Like I said earlier, Gma and Gpa Barton had NO clue what they were up against when we told them we'd be staying with them the majority of the time. Poor things are probably still exhausted LOL.
Layla discovered she likes pistachio pudding. Gpa Rosco introduced her to the nuts a few years ago and she can't get enough. So Gma Barton decided to try the pudding. L think's it's pretty cool.
She also got to eat 1,000 at breakfast every morning.
And got her first pedicure!
Poor baby Jack had a rough time with sleep through out our entire visit. Another tough thing about traveling for toddlers...he's just so used to his own crib and room. I spent a lot of time getting him to sleep...and Daddy did too when he was able to join us. Here he is on Uncle Chris' bed.
Never fear. Even though J didn't get a ton of sleep, he still had LOTS of energy.
We got lots of hot tub time in. Who knew it would be so much fun? Jack really liked it too!
Jack got his first boat ride in. He was pretty chill about it...not really sure if he liked it or if he was just tired.
Layla's favorite part of the boat ride - looking for dead fish. Of course it was! Decatur, we like it here!
And the kids got to feed the ducks. They loved it!
We celebrated Daddy's birthday again with his family. And we wore the party hats for the entire rest of the trip!
Gpa Barton took Layla on a scavenger hunt during nap one day. She had SO much fun and "found" a little treasure.
And we went on another treasure hunt with both kids before one of Mommy's photo sessions.
And this happened.
The Workman's
We rounded out or trip to IL with a visit with the Workman's. We were SO excited to meet our new nephew, Braylon!
The kids had SO much fun playing with their cousins. We seriously had the best time just playing around the house. I didn't take my camera out much oops!
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