We're back...earlier than expected due to the ever changing Navy. Just one day after arriving in Maine, we found out Michael's meeting was cancelled...we cut our trip short and headed home so Michael could jump on a plane and be down to Jacksonville, FL for a friend's retirement and we could trick-or-treat here in VA. We got to see and do so much in our short (but very long) trip up to Maine. The boys were wonderful little travelers and fairly good sleepers. Zachary only had one bad night and that was the very last day of our trip on the way home. My advice to anyone traveling long distance with small children....get a DVD player. That ingenious device allowed us to push on a little bit further each day without a lot of screaming or crying since my children aren't placated by food. Another idea, that I stole from a magazine, was to buy a postcard at each place we visited and write a brief overview of the experience on the back (I asked Mikie what his favorite parts were and then recorded what he said). Then get a hole punch and 2 binding rings and make it into a flip book.
When we left Virginia on Thursday, it was still 80 degrees. On the first day of our trip we made it all the way to Scranton, PA. In the morning, we found a local pumpkin patch and enjoyed our first day of fall (with the temperature barely reaching 50 degrees).
The goat food came in ice cream cones! The boys giggled and giggled at the silly goats eating their treat...cone and all.
Time to meander through the corn maze. This one was a smaller one cut out as Wilbur and the larger one (which we didn't enter) was Charlotte and her web.
Has anyone seen my boys? All I can find are the farm animals....
Mikie took this picture....
Have you ever heard of a pumpkin pillow bounce? It was fun for the kids,
The evening of day 1 continues in the next post (check back tomorrow....hopefully I'll get it done)
When we left Virginia on Thursday, it was still 80 degrees. On the first day of our trip we made it all the way to Scranton, PA. In the morning, we found a local pumpkin patch and enjoyed our first day of fall (with the temperature barely reaching 50 degrees).
The goat food came in ice cream cones! The boys giggled and giggled at the silly goats eating their treat...cone and all.
Has anyone seen my boys? All I can find are the farm animals....
Mikie took this picture....Have you ever heard of a pumpkin pillow bounce? It was fun for the kids, but hurt my knees and lower back.
Besides this fun slide, there was a tunnel through square hay bales that Mikie actually navigated through several times. I was impressed that he even wanted to go at all since it was dark and parents wouldn't fit.
After eating hot dogs and watching the pig races, we took a hay ride back to our mini-van and headed north while the boys slept. The fall colors in the mountains were absolutely breathtaking.
After eating hot dogs and watching the pig races, we took a hay ride back to our mini-van and headed north while the boys slept. The fall colors in the mountains were absolutely breathtaking.The evening of day 1 continues in the next post (check back tomorrow....hopefully I'll get it done)
Hey Tracy. Glad to see you are back. Great pictures! Love the Zachary's little hat in particular. Good idea to break up the post a bit. Looking forward to you next!
ReplyDeleteSoooo cute video feeding the goats. I love my grandsons' laughs! Maybe we'll have to get some on our farm, ha,ha. Neat idea for the goats to eat the holder and all, no waste for the environment. Glad Mikie went into the maze himself; watch out Grandpa Brown's hay bales next time you come back to the farm. I noticed Zachary waved good bye in the video.
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