It took him a little while to figure out how to get out!
The next day, I got him dressed and he went directly for the suitcase again! Look at that smile! Now, I'm thinking this is perfect...one of Elizabeth's favorite games to play is "I'm packing for vacation." As long as she doesn't try to pack her brother I am thinking these two will get along great playing the "Vacation/Suitcase Game!"
The kids played hard! I am too afraid to take a picture of Grant sleeping, I don't want to risk waking him up! Elizabeth would fight it, but once she tried would be out cold in seconds. I had to pry her cup out of her hand. She was asleep like a rock!
One of our favorite things to do when visiting David and Sara is visit the outlet mall right by their house. I hate to admit it, but we were there everyday. The first day for the kids, the second day for us and the third day for a quick exchange. What is even more amazing is how many kiddie rides they have at this mall. We only allowed it two times, but they still had a blast sitting on them even if we didn't put money in. Elizabeth is really into pretending and she would talk to all of the "characters"...Garfield, Bob the Builder, the animals... It is actually pretty cute to listen to her. She told the dog on the Hot Dog Truck, "bye, bye, be good and have fun!"
Well, I hope we enjoyed the Tanger Outlet Mall because there is a good chance they might post our picture and ban us from future visits! Grant and Elizabeth decided to have a screaming contest at the Gap, the Loft and everywhere in between. It was horrible and ear piercing. We received some really dirty looks...rightfully so, but it was always followed by lots of giggling and not crying so that's a plus, right? My mom did point out that they only did this on "our" shopping day, not on the day we were shopping for them!
They had so much fun, but it was time to pack up and head home.
If you recall from my first Atlanta post, we had a great flight down. Well, we got to the airport fine, got the car returned fine. Elizabeth's legs were really tired. We had not done a lot, so there was no reason for this. We only had one stroller and it was for Grant, for the 25 pound boy who doesn't know how to walk! Atlanta's airport is huge and there are many trains and terminals to have to take. We were poorly directed to the special stroller security line and waited a long time with kids who really needed a nap. (for some reason they both stayed awake on the way to the airport) This is pretty much when I start noticing that no one is smiling at us. You know that nice smile that says, "ah what a nice family." I am now holding Grant because he was done with the stroller. He is pulling my hair and if he isn't doing that he is biting my shoulder, arm, whatever he can sink his little sharp teeth into and Elizabeth is pretty much refusing to walk! We still aren't through security.
We finally arrive at our gate, only to find out there has been a gate change. I get EB her promised special treat ($4 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream...$4 just kills me, but a small price to pay if it keeps her happy). We then start rotating to the bathroom. Grant needs his diaper change, Elizabeth needs a pull-up on because surely she will fall asleep on the plane, I have to go, my Mom has to go....and oh yeah they are boarding. I don't have a gate claim ticket for the stroller because they insisted I push the stroller up to the desk to receive the ticket and it was really crowded. Since they have boarded all zones I go to get the tag for the stroller and she wants to scan our boarding passes and I say "oh it will be just a moment, my mother is in the restroom"......insert dirty glare. We get seated and of course Grant is not happy. I don't know if it is his ears or what, but he cries for 30 minutes. The nice looking older woman across the aisle is not amused...insert lots of dirty glares. I send my mom up to the front to get some milk. She is chastised for getting out of her seat and by the way that will be $2. It takes so long to bring the milk to us that Grant has now cried himself to sleep. He is asleep for about 10 minutes and Elizabeth starting crying..."What is wrong?" "It smells! Something stinks!" Well she would know she has a very sensitive nose and she was right it did smell. Or course Grant wakes up...more crying...more dirty looks. This short flight can't land fast enough!
We finally make it to the car with all of our gear and we decide to meet Brandon for dinner at Chili's. Elizabeth informs us that she does not like Chili's and thinks we should write down names of restaurants on a piece of paper and then choose. Where does she come up with this stuff?! We couldn't understand what other restaurants she wanted in the running...something that sounded like Qudoba and Bon Jovi...so we settled on Avanti's....close enough!
Three minutes from the house I see her take a big yawn in the rear-view mirror and then closer her eyes and it is over before I even get a chance to put her in the tub to wash all those airport and airplane germs off of her! C'est la vie!! Never fear we know how to have more fun, tomorrow is the State Fair with my dad!! Hope you have your listening ears on Pops because a little three year old is going to have a lot of "whys?" (she thinks there are going to be hippos!)
Wonderful trip, but always good to be home!
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