Our holiday was a bit spread out and highly enjoyable!
Dara stopped by Lansing on her way home from running a muddy 5K with Lisa and Theresa. She stayed the night and then on Wednesday morning she and the kiddos headed up north, while Dave and I went to work. We ended having a date night and bumming around on Thursday (the 4th) and then headed up north on Friday. Dara reported that Ajax talked the entire time up north and Noomi slept almost the entire drive. Both kids did wonderful up north without us. They listened, ate well, and best of all went to bed nicely and slept through the night!
When Dave and I got up north, the kiddos were happy to see us. Of course, Ajax hardly paused in his tractor talk and Noomi was enthralled with the dogs, especially Eli. I helped Dave make a movie, so that was fun. Ajax showed us where he dug holes and pointed out the ducks. Noomi raced around the house nonstop and wants to hold onto your hands and walk around.
On Saturday, we went to a pig roast with some of Dave’s friends (since high school) and Ajax had so much fun racing around with the other kids. There was a little pool and he went splashing and “swimming.” They played tag and even tried a bit of tennis. Dara ended up taking Noomi home to bed and we let Ajax stay up late and play. He did very very well.
On Sunday, we headed home and it took us a record 6 hours to get home. Around Pinconning everyone had a meltdown after spending near 3 hours in the car, so we stopped for a late lunch. Once back on the road the kids zonked out, which gave Dave and I some nice quiet on the drive.
