Stay-cation

We were supposed to embark on this 2 week vacation.  Driving 22 hours to Orlando with 3 toddlers to meet up with friends, do Disney & see the sights along the way.  We were going despite the craziness in our lives....kind of a "if we don't, we never will" mentality.  But things got crazy on their end too.  So we decided it was not ment to be & we are instead finding some things to do around here for a little stay-cation, getting things all in line with this house selling & buying craziness & Hayden surgery scheduling!!

To top off everything we have brewing in our lives, I have pink eye!  Literally the day I got it, my new glasses came in or I would have been in big trouble.  My old lenses were a prescription from 3 years ago & it made me sick to wear them for more than 30 mins at a time.  If I had to get pink eye, great timing I guess?  Banished to glasses for 2 weeks per my eye dr (who slipped me a few boxes of trial daily contacts incase I couldn't survive 2 weeks in frames.)  I don't think I have worn glasses for a whole day, let alone 2 whole weeks since I got contacts in like 7th grade!

We are enjoying watching the kids start to actually play together, rather than just beside eachother.  Don't get me wrong, they still fight A LOT over toys.  But they are starting to have coordination in their play activities together & I am having a blast watching their little minds work!

 They were playing nap time. 

 I walked up & they were all singing their own versions of "Jesus Loves Me."  So I started singing along with them to help them get it right.  Livi told me I couldn't sing it, because "I'm playing Church mom."  Guess they thought their car/bus/truck needed a visit to Church too? 

 More playing Church :)

 We took a trip to the park & tried out this new contraption.  When you get on it, it spins all on its own.

Grandma GG's work had a family picnic at Mahoney State Park.  We got to do so many awesome things.  Ride on a BIG bus.  Ride on a trolley & an open air trolley. 

We spent a TON of time playing in this Activity Center. Its big enough for adults too.  Keep in mind how tall these slides are!

 Analeigh came & played in the ball pit too.

 Bravely crawling up....

 Here she goes down the slide.... all by herself!

Logan went a few times on our laps, (not necessarily all by his own choice).

 This was more his speed! 

 Hayden did the slides by himself & on our laps.

 She just blew me away.  Took off.  Climbed up to the tip top all by herself.  Went down these huge slides.  No fear! 

 Seriously.... could have played for days.  Probably would have slept there if they could have.

 We also got to do some pony rides.  This is Logan's idea of pony rides, hanging on the sidelines with Grandma.

 Livi wanted to ride a black horse.  She of course did it all herself. 

 Hayden rode very nicely too.

 Even Analeigh rode her first horse!

 She didn't make it the whole ride though, so I slipped Logan on her horse & he lasted just long enough to snap a picture with a cell phone.  He was not impressed.

AND we got to ride on the paddle boats!! 

 The girl boat!  Lee Lee, Molly, Livi & Mama GG

 I got stuck on the boy boat!  I wasn't sure how Logan's little chicken-self would do, but he loved it.  Loved chasing the geese!  And Hayden would have just dove off the end & gone swimming had we let him. 

A few days in to Stay-cation 2012 & were having a blast!  Can't wait for whats yet to come!