Wet weekend at the farm

So my solo trip to the farm went pretty well. The boys were for-the-most-part well behaved. I picked them up from school Friday after lunch, right at nap time. I thought I was being smart and that they'd sleep some of the way down. Well, they only slept about 30 minutes but they were pretty good travelers so it was ok. 4 potty stops and 3-1/2 hours later, we arrived at Grandma's house.

We spent quite a bit of time outside when we got there, which turned out to be great since it rained all day Saturday. Eli and Cole both loved finding and throwing rocks, looking at the animals, swinging on the porch swing with Grandpa and playing with outside toys. Cole was interested in the chickens so Grandpa tried to take him to the coop but THEN a cow "moo"d at him quite loud and Cole was no longer interested in the chickens. He was upset by the cow talking to him. We grilled out for dinner, the boys ate ok and then we hung out. Thankfully I was able to get them down to bed easily - both asleep by 8:45pm - and then I put myself to bed with Cole. I slept with Cole worried that he'd roll out of bed and Eli slept by himself.

About 3:15am, Eli came into the room and climbed in bed with me & Cole. I sooooo wish I would have had a picture. I was snuggled in between my two sweet boys for the next few hours. Priceless. When we got up, we heard the rain. It ended up raining all day so we headed out early to Monkey Joe's - or the Jumpy Jump place as my Dad calls it. My parents had never been so it was a treat for them and the boys. Eli & Cole played for over an hour and wore themselves out. Cole loved going on the big slide, carried of course by Mommy or Grandma. Lunch at Chick-Fil-A and then we headed back to the farm for naps. Naps on a rainy day - perfect! And the boys actually took great naps. Eli & I two hours, Cole three hours!

Some more play time and then we packed up the truck to head to my Grandparents' house before heading back home. It was great to see my Grandparents and they loved seeing the boys and how much they've grown. After dinner, we hit the road with 'Cars' on the dvd player. Thankfully Lightning McQueen helped me on the drive because it rained the ENTIRE way home. I was bug eyed trying to keep my eye on the road and all the other drivers. Eventually both boys fell asleep and transitioned from their car seats to bed easily.

It was a quick trip but went well and it was great to see my family. Oh yeah, we fit in a pit stop at Uncle Billy's work to say hi to him. Wish we could have seen everyone but it's so hard to do. Tim got a lot of "to-do" stuff accomplished at home and was able to enjoy a bit of quiet. Now we're all back together and crazy!