The Wagners: Vacation Day 1 & 2

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Vacation Day 1 & 2

This year the kids and I decided to go on vacation with my parents and sisters. It's been three years since we last went anywhere with them (and we didn't go anywhere last summer), so I was excited to get away and take a break. We decided to go to South Bend, Indiana - mostly because it was close and neither us nor Hannah had to drive far. We left after our big 140th celebration dinner at church on Sunday. It was around 3:00 p.m. We only had to drive about 2 1/2 hours, which was so nice. Coye slept for part of the time and the girls were excellent. After we arrived at our timeshare, we unpacked the vehicles, put things away, and ate pizza for supper. By this time, Coye was exhausted and ready for bed. I was a little nervous about how he would sleep because he's never really slept in a pack and play before. He did great though - only woke up once and put himself right back to sleep. The girls get to sleep together in their own room, so it took them a while to settle down enough to go to sleep (they are back sharing a bed for the week). All the kids slept in - Coye and Chloe were up around 8:45 a.m. and Aubrey around 9:15 a.m. We didn't do much except relax and play - it had been such a busy day the day before I just wanted to take it easy and get Coye to take a good nap. I put him down before lunch and he ended up sleeping for 3 hours and 20 minutes. Obviously the poor kid was exhausted! While he slept, we went to the store and picked up a few things we needed. After we got back, Coye was awake so we went swimming. The girls loved the fact that they could both touch the bottom of the pool. Chloe loved walking around while Aubrey worked on doing handstands. She was pretty good at it and is getting very close to being able to do them on her own. Gabe loved the water and is such a little fish. Coye did pretty good and even floated in his floatie for awhile. The water was cold though, considering the fact that our pool at home has been 90 degrees all week. :) After swimming we ate supper and then bathed and put the kids to bed. They were all in bed by 8:30 p.m., which was awesome! I got some quiet time to blog and read.