We went on a real family adventure for spring break this year. Sean and I were a little nervous of the out come, because of all the traveling, but everything went great and we had an awesome time! Our first stop was New Orleans: we drove to NOLA on Easter Sunday to spend a couple of days with Grandma Lelda and Aunt Vicky. They were very happy to see us, especially Colin! Of course, we had an Easter egg hunt which my son was very serious about :) One thing about Colin Matthew is he's a thinker and always takes his time, the egg hunt was no exception!
Colin decided that he wanted to change baskets, but the basket he wanted was the smaller one which couldn't handle the "million" eggs Ganny hid ;) This ended up being a frustrating situation for CMW!
One of Grandma Lelda's neighbors came over to share some crawfish. Colin was totally interested!!!
He even had to carry one around in his basket, as you can see :)
While we were in NOLA went to the zoo, so much fun! We were nervous when we first got their because Colin thought that he needed to hold all the animals. He was throwing a fit! Mommy decided we should take an early lunch break and then try it again, the second time around was a success :)
Colin was yelling, "HOLD you tiger! HOLD you lion!"
Funny story about the orangatanges (sp). The zoo has an entire monkey and primates area, so we were visiting all the monkeys. It was extremely windy that day and Grandma Lelda wore a sun hat. A huge gust of wind blew her hat into the orangatanges' area. It was a funny scene and Colin retold the story for about a week, "Grandma's hat fell down in the monkeys!"
Colin and daddy and the climbing tree . . .
Colin chose the best seat in the house for most of the day . . . Too bad daddy didn't agree ;)
Colin climbing into the tree house area, he was amazing! Sean went with him but he did it all by himself!
Snack time while we watched the alligators
Colin had to get an alligator at the gift shop, he named him Steve :)
After a long day in the sun, he was down for the count and slept all the way home to Grandma's.
The second half of our trip was spent in Charleston/Moncks Corner, SC. We went to see Papa O and Granny Dotty. We flew from New Orleans to Chicago to Charleston. The plane rides were interesting, Colin was awesome but there was major turbulence! Dee and Pops picked us up from the airport.
During our visit we went to Charleston Aquarium, Colin loved and so did the adults.
This was so cool, the diver came up to the kids and was giving them high fives through the glass! Colin was saying, "Mommy MAN, MAN!"
The aquarium had a kids camp out area, C played in there for a long time. He loved every minute of it :)
C really loved the bridge, it was sway a little and he laughed and laughed!
Uncle Johnny came over to visit us a few times, and of course he had to bring his big truck for Colin to see.
We ate lots of good food on vacation, and this homemade ice cream was part of the goodness!
Colin was helping Papa O with the ice. He sat there the entire time the ice cream was churning :)
Homemade strawberry and chocolate ice cream, YUM!
Papa O and Granny Dotty live on Lake Moultrie, so we went on the boat a couple of days. Colin did great with the boat and wearing a life jacket. Papa O and Granny Dotty had the great idea of putting a kiddie pool on the boat, Colin played and played while we rode around. Awesome idea!
Our trip was wonderful! We spent some needed quality time with family including great grandparents. Colin was amazing on the trip. He was worn out every day from all the playing and activities, but he was a trooper for sure! Thanks Grandma Lelda, Papa O, and Granny Dotty for having us!
