Elsie slept with Spencer in the big bed and they were laying on top of the covers with her little dora blanket on. Spencer asks, do you want to get under the covers [so we can sleep and be warm]. Elsie, no. Spencer, fine I'll just suffer through the night..... Just make it through the night."
Elsie had such a great time looking around in the car and is super chatty about the goings-on. We saw lots of fun things like the longest train ever, lots of water and barns, lots of fun bridges and when we got to Duluth we went over a giant bridge. As we get to Duluth and see the houses on the hill overlooking the water Elsie says, "Wooo look at the city! What color is hayden's house? Mom we should call her and ask her!" Turns out Hayden's house is on the top of the hill and not visible from where we drove in.
We had lots of fun playing with Hayden, Sam and Mary, thanks for hosting us :) My mom joined in on the fun by meeting us up in Duluth, and was moving really really great considering she had a hip replacement surgery only a couple of weeks ago! Good job, MOM! The girls had lots of fun playing in the back yard, in the sprinkler, with bubbles, eating ice cream and chocolates, making pizza, and playing with all their toys! The boring adults had fun by chatting it up and relaxing. Leo was pretty smiley and chill when he wasn't in the car, and had lots of fun bouncing and crawling around pretty much everywhere.
Super funny thing that happened was the girls had been running around naked in the sprinklers, cuz that's what you do when you're 1 and 3, haha. Then they all stopped to have a snack and Hayden took a strawberry and was eating it over on her mini plastic playground/slide. Next thing we knew she was trying to get her mom's attention, and we all thought it was a bug, but Mary went over there and exclaimed, "POOP! You pooped all over the slide!" Hahaha so funny.
There was a pretty great indoor water park that we stayed at and the girls had a blast especially in the toddler area. Hayden took a little getting used to it but eventually was splashing around and having a blast. Elsie has been to a number of these already in her short life and took to exploring and the shorter slides right away.
The ride home literally took us all day, 7 hours for a 5 hour trip, LOTS of stops and a playground/lunch stop, potty breaks, and WE FORGOT THE CAR POTTY so we were on the edge of our seats the whole time! Luckily my mom agreed to let us take her van home with us so we had extra room and I could sit in back with the kids and entertain/help out.
The hotel in Eau Claire, WI. Stopping halfway was one of my more genius ideas even though I had to drag Spencer kicking and screaming to agree to it. Afterwards he mentioned how much nicer the trip there was (2 2 1/2 hour chunks).
Elsie sang us lots of songs and was the #1 road tripper of the week.
Wagon is the best!
Leo making himself at home in Hayden's stroller.
Big bear outside teh chocolate shop.
Hanging out at the outdoor pool, the indoor water park didn't open until 5 pm!
Uncle Spencer is a good swim teacher and got Hayden to splash around even though she was pretty cold.
She's got some stinky plans
Thanks for coming with Grandma, always great to have you road trip and vacation with us.
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