With high gas prices, hospital bills, and such a young baby we decided taking a "staycation" would be better than traveling somewhere for a vacation. Chad took off work one week in May and we spent the majority of it here at home. I was really excited about it and Chad was a little hesitant about it. I think he ended up enjoying the week more than he thought he would and was able to mark a few things off of his "Honey Do" list at home as well. We made the most of our time together and did a lot of fun things around Jackson.
Monday we went to play at the LeFleur's Bluff State Park playground. We had never been there and were so impressed with what a fun playground it was. Abigail LOVED it and we have already been back. (Yes, she is wearing a jacket in this picture. We had a random cold snap in the middle of May and it was 58 degrees that day.)
Tuesday morning we went back to the Children's Museum. It was a great time to go as there were not that many people there at all. We spent a couple of hours there playing and took our cue to leave when a school group of 200 kids came in around 11:00am. Abigail enjoyed playing dress up in the music/dance room.
Here she is sitting in the real car you can play in. She LOVED this because she was able to "drive" and push all of the buttons she is not allowed to touch in Mommy or Daddy's car.
Wednesday we went to see the Mississippi Braves play. We didn't make it through the whole game, but she did really well overall. She was excited to wear her baseball hat like Daddy.
We veered away from the "stay" part of our "staycation" on Friday and drove to Memphis to see Chad's Papaw Ken. He had never met either of the kids and we were excited to introduce them to him. Abigail and Luke both behaved very well and we enjoyed our visit with him.
Abigail has now met all of her living Great Grandparents and Luke will hopefully accomplish that by the end of the summer after a trip to South Carolina to meet my PopPop and Grandma Giet.
It was a super quick trip with a lot of time in the car, but both Abigail and Luke were troopers. Here are my two cute road warriors.
P.S. This trip also marked Abigail's first stay in a hotel that she can remember (she and I stayed in a hotel when she was 7 weeks old when Joshua was born). She thought it was the coolest thing ever and touched everything in sight. Jumping on the bed, playing with the phone, swimming at the indoor pool, eating breakfast in bed, watching Disney Channel ... what more could a two year old want?
Here she is sitting in the real car you can play in. She LOVED this because she was able to "drive" and push all of the buttons she is not allowed to touch in Mommy or Daddy's car. 
Wednesday we went to see the Mississippi Braves play. We didn't make it through the whole game, but she did really well overall. She was excited to wear her baseball hat like Daddy. 
We veered away from the "stay" part of our "staycation" on Friday and drove to Memphis to see Chad's Papaw Ken. He had never met either of the kids and we were excited to introduce them to him. Abigail and Luke both behaved very well and we enjoyed our visit with him. 
Abigail has now met all of her living Great Grandparents and Luke will hopefully accomplish that by the end of the summer after a trip to South Carolina to meet my PopPop and Grandma Giet. 
It was a super quick trip with a lot of time in the car, but both Abigail and Luke were troopers. Here are my two cute road warriors. 
P.S. This trip also marked Abigail's first stay in a hotel that she can remember (she and I stayed in a hotel when she was 7 weeks old when Joshua was born). She thought it was the coolest thing ever and touched everything in sight. Jumping on the bed, playing with the phone, swimming at the indoor pool, eating breakfast in bed, watching Disney Channel ... what more could a two year old want?
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