Week in PA!

Last week, while my mom was here, she suggested that the kids and I head up for a few days...after thinking about it, it sounded like a good idea.  SOOO we went for it!

I have to document that Keith and I were able to go on a DATE the Thursday after the 4th!!  Yahoo!!  It's nice having Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop here to watch the kiddos :)  We went downtown for dinner and then headed back to Wake Forest for some dessert...we weren't gone long, but it was just so nice to be out together!

Saturday morning my mom and John left early with Landon.  It works out well to leave with him before his morning nap time so that you can catch both naps in the car :)  Keith had signed Reaggie up for soccer, more like a parent and kid let's learn what this game of soccer is all about class.  (AKA...Keith in HEAVEN!)  Reags was SO excited too!

This is the new "pose" :)

I finally ordered her some new sneakers...she really doesn't wear them often, but obviously a three year old needs sneaks, so she calls these her "magic soccer shoes" that help her run really, really fast :)

After they got home from soccer and I heard all about the drills they did and the "goals" Reaggie scored, we hit the road.  I have to say it was a piece of cake having just Reagan.  She watched movies, ate, slept some...other than hitting so much traffic and it taking forever to get to PA, it was a great trip!

Sunday morning I went to get Jamie bright and early. She had NO idea that I was coming up with the kids, so it was VERY fun to surprise her!! I brought her back to my mom's, after a stop at Dunkin' Donuts and McDonalds, and we had a great day hanging out! Gran and Gramps even drove up for the day!

Riding her bike!

Does he look thrilled to be having his picture taken or what?

On Monday I took Reagan to Rehoboth Beach for the day.  (Thank you Mom for watching LTK!)  My dad and Diane were staying at Grandpa's condo, so it worked out great.  We were SOO excited!  (Not so excited when we were using the windshield wipers on the way though...it did clear up though!)

Helping to pass the time on the car ride!

It was still very overcast when we got there, so we headed down to the boardwalk to play some games before lunch

Could not wait to get those tootsies in the sand!

Seriously...hands on the hips?!

These two had SOOO much fun on the beach...oh my word!  We were on the beach for a little over three hours and I don't think they stopped...they had a blast!!

Grandpa kept making Reaggie a mermaid...

This girl had sand EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!! 

We went back up to the condo around 4ish, as Reags was approaching meltdown mode.  I gave her a quick bath, sat her on the sofa so I could get a bottle of water from the kitchen, came back to the sofa and she was OUT!  haha :)  Of course she was up SUPER early that morning and hadn't taken a nap, so the crash was bound to happen.  Thankfully, after a little coaxing and then her insisting on going out to dinner, she woke up happy!

Tuesday I took no pictures...we wound up taking the kiddos to the park for a bit, (which R decided she had to poop and thankfully we had the portable potty in the car...) the kiddos napped, I went to get J, Heath came over (who is looking SO cute and preggo!), and had dinner.  Nothing too crazy!

On Wednesday Gran and Gramps came down for the day again!

attempting to get the "11 month" picture WAY late!  This was right after a bath with still wet hair and shiny cheeks from aquafor...it will do :)  He's still stinkin' cute!

Poor Gran wrestling with Landon for a snuggle

He would rather eat my lens cap thank you very much

Just hanging out with her new flowers from Gigi and Gramps...

And by now...Landon has had enough!

It was a great trip and I'm so thankful that we were able to do it.  Our trip back was pretty good...it took us about 8 hours.  We hit more traffic than usual, but only (officially) stopped once, for lunch.  I must document a couple "fun" parts of the trip... 

* Landon slept ok for his morning nap, woke up happy, but about 30 minutes later starting fussing...we were just past Baltimore which is WAY too early in the trip to be doing that already.  I would hand him back crackers and say "where is your hand" and he would lift up his left hand so I could pop a snack in his hand.  Since he is still rear facing, it is tricky to get the snacks back.  I just kept looking in the mirror and seeing this sweet hand pop up...pretty cute!  I think he literally had about 100 crackers :)

*  Around the time we were going to stop for lunch we hit some traffic and I had to go to the bathroom SOOOO bad, we're talking not even funny at this point.  I was hurting.  SO what else is a mom of two to do?!  Pull over on the side of 95 and use the child sized portable potty.  (not the first time this has happened either...)  Keep in mind the van is full and the potty is at Reagan's feet, so her legs are pretty much wrapped around my neck so that I have room to sit.  Hilarious now...at the time, desperate!  haha!  Good thing I had a blanket over Landon's window to block the sun, and any onlookers ;)

* We stopped at a McDonald's for lunch, after Landon had been SCREAMING for about 10 minutes.  We went in so Reags could go potty.  WHY I didn't just have her use the portable potty is BEYOND me.  I crammed the three of us into the SMALL stall in McDonald's and one handed (since I was holding Landon) plopped her on the potty.  I held her up, with one arm, to wash her hands and wanted to get OUT of there.  We ordered our food, in which I was told I couldn't have a large cup of ice water (which about made me cry at this point) and sat down at a table.  After getting R and L set up with their nuggets (please don't judge) Reagan decided she was too "chilly" to eat.  Seriously?!  (it was cold, but frieckin' eat!)  Back out to the van we went, trying to schlep the food, two kids, 2 cups, and my wallet...we had a little picnic in the van.  We finished, Reags went potty one more time in the portable one this time, and we were off.  Thankfully the rest of the trip, about 2 1/2 more hours, was pretty smooth.  Always an adventure!