My nephew Nick got married and we were invited to the wedding. My parents drove down to Dallas and spent a week there before the wedding. We flew down Wednesday night. We did not arrive until midnight our time. Sydney fell asleep on the plane however Austin did not. They travel so great on planes now. All the really need is their Kindles and they are good to go. I do pack stickers and books to play with too but they mostly use the Kindle. We don't let them watch TV or use their Kindles much at home (less than 30 minutes a day on average) so they really like getting to use them more when we travel.
Once the plane landed Austin and Brian went to the rental car company to get our rental car and get the car seats installed. We brought our car seats and the umbrella double stroller. Brian has a very nice way to carry the car seats though the airport. After we got our rental car we went to our hotel to get some sleep. By this time, Austin was asleep but Sydney was awake. It took her a while to finally go back to bed.
On Thursday, we spent the day at Donnie and Cheri's house. Everyone came over for breakfast. The kids played at the park for a while. The weather was only in the 60's with scattered rain so that was a bummer. Then we did not go to the rehearsal dinner so we went to Whataburger with Dean. I figured it would be too much with the kids and Whataburger worked out fine for us.
Friday was the wedding. We took the kids to a local mall Friday morning to burn some energy before the wedding. Since the weather wasn't good, they could not play outside. They ran around the mall then we went back to Donnie and Cheri's house to get ready for the wedding. The kids fell asleep in the car while driving to the wedding which worked out perfectly. It's not easy to get them to take a nap in their beds while traveling. It's easier for everyone if they sleep in the car during naps when we are not home.
Unfortunately it was raining and Nick and Courtney could not have their wedding outside like they were hoping. However it was a very nice wedding. Courtney looked beautiful. It stopped raining right before the ceremony inside. Austin and Sydney enjoyed playing in the back outside. Brian spent a lot of time out there with them. Austin really enjoyed dancing. He was going strong until about 10 pm. Then we left and went home to go to bed.
On Saturday, Brian and I took the kids to a bounce house for little kids called Coo Coos. They had so much fun there! The played there for about 2 hours just running from bounce house to bounce house. It also has a train for the little kids to ride. I highly recommend it for younger kids. After that, we went back to Donnie's for a cook out with the entire family. It was great seeing everyone.
Austin really enjoyed raking leaves at Donnie's house. He filled 3 full bags. Cheri got them lots of toys to play with too that they really enjoyed too. It was nice especially since they could not play outside too much.
On Sunday, we went to see Dennis' truck. Austin loved that! Sydney was a little scared but went in the back with Austin. After seeing the truck, we went to the Science and Children's Museum. That was also very cool for them. Donnie, Dennis, and Dean went with us. Towards the end of the day, they decided to go home since it wasn't as much fun for them as it was for the kids. We let the kids play basically until the place closed. They even got to play outside for a while at the end too.
Then we went and got dinner. Austin wanted pizza so we stopped at a Pizza Hut and Taco Bell combo. After dinner, we checked into our hotel. Then we promised Austin ice cream all trip and we never got it so we went and did that. Austin really enjoys ice cream. Sydney really enjoys eating the toppings to ice cream. After ice cream, Brian returned the rental car while I stayed at the hotel with the kids and got them ready for bed.
Our flight was early so we got up early for the airport. They did really great. We ate breakfast at the airport and flew home. Brian had to travel to Denver that day too for work. We flew from Dallas, Brian drove home got his car and then went back to the airport. At the airport, he found out his flight was cancelled. They re-booked him on a flight from Akron so he drove down there for the flight.
While Brian was gone the kids were great. I tried to relax and let things be what they were going to be. I knew I had to do it all but it was okay. We really had a great time together. They went to bed fairly easily which is the hardest part. The kids like us to lay with them until they fall asleep so that's difficult when there is only one of us and two of them but I would put the one to bed who was more tired and it worked very well. They were both asleep by 9:45 pm every night. They really helped me around the house. I was glad it was an uneventful trip. We were glad when Brian returned home.
Austin says some funny things these days. He comes up with them on his own. When Brian asks him to do something he likes to say Aye Aye Captain. While traveling in Dallas, Brian asked Austin to push an elevator button and with an elevator full of people he said "Aye Aye Captain". It was very funny. He also calls whipped cream "wooden cream". Austin rarely has a tantrum now. When he gets mad he will sometimes scream for a few seconds but once reminded to use his words he does. Austin understands what is going on and usually complies with any requests (but it just may take a few reminders).
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