For Jerry, I think we had the highlight of the trip before we even made it home from the airport: We stopped to eat a fast food lunch and we ate inside the restaurant. When we held hands to pray, Justin started yelling, so I asked him if he wanted to pray. He murmured assent so I let him go. He lowered his head and made some of his babbling noises and then stopped and said one more babble and raised his head. I said "Amen" and he let go of our hands. Jerry's jaw nearly hit the ground! He said, "No way!" and laughed. It was beautiful! Let me tell you, Justin knows what is going on!
So both boys were busy and oddly full of energy in an attempt to stay awake. The boys played with their trucks on the front porch and Justin quickly realized that his truck fit between the rails and that his head did too! I meant to take a picture from their front patio, but I forgot, so this is the best I can do. There are mountains past the trees on the far side, which of course you cannot see, but it's lovely on the rare days when there is no fog or clouds or rain. So like 3 days a year!
Going,
Going,
Gone!
Justin gave Uncle Jerry a massage with his tractor.
Then he moved on to his head. Justin really liked that one...
We put the kids to bed early that night. And then the fun began. Justin didn't like the pack and play. Travis didn't want to sleep alone. They both screamed and fussed off and on until I went in and joined Travis on his mostly deflated air mattress at 1 am. "Mostly deflated" means that everyone on the air mattress rolls towards the heaviest person...Me! Randy was left in the room with Justin and he marveled at the way I could remain so still when Justin was fussing, until he realized that I wasn't there! Justin moved into bed with Randy and slept with/on him the rest of the night. Which didn't last much longer as both boys woke at 5 am. Oh yes, 5 am. And that was just a preview of the entire trip: The next 2 mornings they woke at 5 am too. Only the last morning did they wait until 6:30. Thoughtful of them, don't you think? So this was Justin at about 8 am, ready for a nap!
Then Justin got a second wind and he was ready to work with Travis.
It was Sunday, but we played hooky from church (given that we had NO IDEA how the kids would act with such little sleep) and took a walk to the park instead. We never actually made it to the park, but the attempt was fun. Travis and Mireille started racing and then the guys got into it too. They would race to the next mailbox or sign or whatever. Justin and I watched and cheered them on.
Then Justin wanted in the action and so Mireille helped him beat Travis.
We almost made it to the park when Travis said that he was tired. Since we knew we had to walk back home, we decided to turn around and start back, but Travis needed carrying already. This wasn't acceptable to him, so we tried something else.
This worked much better!
When we got back we went out on the dock and fed the ducks. Are you noticing the clothes? This is July and it was nearly lunch time. It was barely in the low 70s the entire time we were there! It was great when we were moving, but chilly when we stood still. It's supposed to have been in the 80s and low 90s this week so it was better that we got the cooler weather.
Jerry's parents went someplace where they were giving away fireman hats for a promotion, so we added 2 more to our collection and the boys got a lot of use out of them during our visit. Justin loves playing fire with Travis and all the bedrooms were on fire several times each day. Fortunately we have such good firemen in the house!
The other fun toy was the life jackets. Travis was a fire boat fireman and he was very creative with all his gear. There's always something new with Travis!
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