Eli & Cole - two boys, one big adventure: Weekend in review

This weekend we took our last trip before 2.0 arrives - we went to visit Grandpa & Grandma C at the farm. We left Friday night at Eli's bed time hoping he'd sleep the entire way down. Didn't happen! He stayed awake until at least 9pm. We arrived around 11pm and the three of us (me, Tim, Eli) climbed into a full size bed for the night. Yes, a full size bed! Eli refuses to sleep in anything but a big boy bed now so it was the only way. It wasn't too bad except that sometimes I felt like I was clinging to the edge of the bed so as not to fall off.

Saturday was a busy day. Eli got up and went out to explore with Grandma. He absolutely loves walking around and checking on the animals. We took his "moo moo boots" with us knowing that the grass might be wet or muddy and also not knowing if he'd go into the pasture. Well, he wasn't up too long and the moo moo boots came out. He then went in search of puddles to stomp in. Grandma & I ended up making him a puddle with a water hose and he had a blast stomping around. Then he grabbed the water hose and slung it around like a samurai warrior, laughing the entire time. Had to change his clothes and then he went exploring the pasture looking for the cows and goats with Grandma. He also saw bee houses (or whatever you call them) and horses next door. After lunch, we took a good nap before some more family (Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins) came over for dinner. We had a HUGE dinner. You would have thought it was Thanksgiving or something! Grandma had everyone over so we didn't have to drive all over the county to visit (Thanks Mom!). After a yummy meal and some homemade ice cream, we headed outside to explore more. It was quite the busy day and unbelievably, Eli went to bed at a fairly decent time!

Of course, that meant he was up at 5:54am - just like normal. Oh how I wanted to sleep later than that. Grandma took him to see the animals again and Tim + I lounged in bed for a bit longer. Then we got up, I made breakfast and we ate with Grandma + Grandpa before Grandpa left for church. Lots more play time and then it was time to head home.

Eli took an early nap on the way home - only for an hour - so it made for a fairly long drive. He was quite antsy the last 45 minutes or so of the drive (and I must admit so was I! Although we enjoy going places, I ALWAYS love coming home.). We played for a bit at home and then headed to the pool to burn some of Eli's energy off. It was nice to see our friends Kara + Brian with their son Owen there. Owen + Eli had a blast playing in the kiddie pool. We also saw several of our other friends and neighbors. An hour and a half later, we headed home for dinner and down time. Eli enjoyed bath time and then went to sleep pretty easy for Daddy.

It was quite a busy weekend but we're glad we got to see everyone. Now we'll hunker down at home, try to take care of home chores and wait for 2.0 to arrive! Hope everyone else had a great weekend as well.