This Labor Day Weekend, we headed over to Spokane to visit the relatives. We left around 10 a.m. on Saturday morning and got there, I think, about 4 or so. We went over to my sister’s house for a bit before heading over to my parents for dinner. Since my parents only had one highchair (which they didn’t bring out retirement until the next day), it was a bit challenging feeding the children, but we made do by sitting Benjamin (the less squirmy of the two) on a stool and wrapped Jon’s belt around his waist and the chair. It seemed to work out o.k.
Anyway, Sunday afternoon, we headed over to Riverfront Park for Pig out in the Park. Surprisingly enough (sarcasm), I didn’t find much food that is that great for toddlers, but they did end up having what we had – some Indian and Thai food. Benjamin seemed to enjoy it. Ella only a little. Benjamin even got to enjoy some funnel cake. Ella was off somewhere with Jon – she wanted to get down and walk around.
After the feast, we headed over to the arts and crafts area for a bit. While waiting for my sister’s kids and my brother to wander around there, we let Ben & Ella walk around. Ben is doing so well with his walking. After the park time, we were over at my aunt and grandmother’s place, and Benjamin was on a walking frenzy. He walked about 7 feet from myself, around Morgan, to get to Jon. He went back and forth many times. My little guy is so close to walking all on his own. Ella, on the other hand, is trying to run. She looks like she is running sometimes.
Anyway, after visiting with my aunt and grandmother, we went back to my parents. The next day, we met my sister at the Valley Mall, then we went to visit with my other grandmother and one of my other aunts. Thankfully, my grandmother has some kid toys so Ben & Ella were occupied with that, but, of course, though they each had the same EXACT toy, they wanted what the other one had. There was screaming. After that visit, we said goodbye to my aunt, grandmother, and my sister and her kids (Tuesday was the first day of school so we wouldn’t be able to stop by before leaving to say goodbye).
Tuesday morning, was just about getting everything ready. I had hoped to get on the road just when it was time for their nap, but that didn’t happen. Instead, they ended up sleeping in my arms (both of them as they refused to be held by anyone else) as Jon took apart their beds and packed the car. My arms were so numb after that. For the most part, they are good passengers and will play or watch outside or sleep as we drive. However, there are some times when there was some fussiness – mostly coming from Ella. She would get upset that she couldn’t keep her hands behind her head as they kept falling down as she slept. However, we got back home and everything is o.k. now. Though she did slip in the bathroom last night as we were giving them a bath. She slipped on the bathroom floor. We freaked out, but she seems to be o.k. Benjamin, later on. fell in the livingroom and got a bloody nose. What a wonderful thing to happen as soon as we got back.
That’s it. I didn’t take many pictures of us in Spokane, but I know other people did. We got some video of Benjamin walking – someday I’ll upload that. We also took a picture of a Dino Rossi sign saying “Don’t let Seattle steal this election!” Ugh.
