What a week!

We had Stephanie, Elsa and Tred visit for 12 days.  It was a lot of fun and a lot of memories were made.  Elsa and Brent got a long VERY well and Brody came to accept that Tred was here to stay for awhile and even started sharing some of his toys with him.  I don't remember the last time I laughed so much.  We really enjoyed their visit and hope that they come again someday.

We stayed busy.  Here is some of what we did...

Sunday March 27

After enjoying more of the beach and the pool, we headed home.  Seemed we stopped every 30 minutes for one reason or the other but finally made it back to the house in time to bath everyone and do 3 loads of laundry before Steph needed to pack.

It started with Elsa requesting that we pull over so she could go to the bathroom.  In true "Monkey See Monkey Do" style, my boys insisted they use the roadside as a bathroom as well.  Fun!

Saturday March 26

Destin, FL

We had plans to go camping near Panama City but those plans got changed and we ended up heading down to the beach Saturday morning and stayed in a really nice Holiday Inn right on the beach.  The weather was a bit chilly when we first arrived on the beach because the sun was behind the clouds.  The day got nicer as time went on and despite several mishaps, we really enjoyed the day.

Friday March 25

Stephanie, Elsa, Tred and I went to watch Chelsea in her last Dance Recital.  Elsa really loved watching all the girls.  Tred danced the night away standing in front of us until he fell asleep.

Thursday March 24

Ben took Steph and the kids to the National Infantry Museum here at Ft. Benning while Brent was at school and I went to a meeting.

Wednesday March 21

Montgomery Zoo

We met Stephanie's college friend, Laurie, and her 3 children at the Zoo in Montgomery, AL.  Aunt Carol joined us too.  It was the perfect day for the zoo.

Tuesday March 22

Day of Rest

Monday March 21

"Dance Party"

We had many Dance Parties here this past week.  I finally figured out Pandora on our Blu-Ray and we had some fun with it.  Notice that Elsa was usually in charge of Brent during the dancing.

 

Sunday March 20

Macon Cherry Blossom Festival

Saturday March 19

Columbus "Thunder in the Valley" Airshow

Of course all the kiddos needed baths after sweating our butts off in the almost 90 degree weather!

Visitors

My cousin, Stephanie, and her two kiddos arrived here Wednesday night.  Steph said the flight went well and we knew we were off to a good start when Elsa and Brent didn't fight that they were sitting next to each other in the car like they did last visit.  However, Tred was the victim of Brent's flying sippie cup in the car and ended up with a swollen eye.  Once we got back to the house from Atlanta, the older kids decided they needed a snack.

The next morning we got up and got ready to take a drive around post.  Tred took to Uncle Ben right away.

Friday we decided to go to the swimming pool here on post because to Elsa, vacation just isn't vacation unless you go swimming in a pool.

Tred missed all the swimming even though he was dressed in his swimsuit.

Tred loves the stairs in our house.  Steph went upstairs to dress Elsa.  I was doing laundry and Ben was busy with Brent and Brody.  That meant that noone was there to witness Tred falling down the stairs.  We have no idea how high up he got but we knew when he got to the bottom.  He now has a matching swollen eye to the one he got on Wednesday night in the car.  Poor baby.  But in true BOY style, he was over it within a few minutes of nursing on his momma.

It's been in the 80's since the Witkiewicz's got here.  We've been outside a lot.  Elsa's usually the first to ask to go out.

And Tred just hangs out inside...

It's been a great visit so far.  We have a lot planned over the next week so hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the posts and pictures.