Weekend Getaway to Washington

We had a nice relaxing weekend away to Washington, GA to visit the house Gramma grew up in. It was a cold and rainy weekend so relaxing was all we had on the schedule! We had a nice drive down and got great biscuits on the way. We arrived around lunch time and got settled into our seats soon after we arrived. Riley & Ryan walked into the house like they had been let free! They loved the open space to run around as well as playing with their new toys. Gramma was able to get the old record player going so we danced around to some old 45 records. They loved it! We listened to a lot of music since the only tv was a small one in Gramma's room. They danced and danced. After a nap and some more afternoon playing, we needed to get out, so we went out to the store (what else do you do on a Saturday night in a small town?) and then back home for dinner and bath. The hot water didn't cooperate so bath consisted of getting in the tub and getting wet and then getting back out, but we went through the motions. They slept hard until Riley woke up with a fever. She was wide awake, but Gramma and I think she was almost hallucinating (not really). She was cracking us up as she kept pointing to the tv and wiping her hands on her face. She finally settled down and they woke up this morning at 6:30 sharp (almost fever free)! We played around a bit more this morning. Ryan loved watching the dvd's on the little portable dvd player. After we all got dressed and got the house tidied up we headed home, but not after a trip to the Home Cafe for lunch. I had some fantastic fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and green beans! Home cooking at it's best!

We stopped by for a visit with Grandaddy before heading home. He had some new toys we had picked out on our trip to Ikea, so the kiddos were well pleased to have something new to play with (esp since they have so few toys). They loved playing on the big couch with all the pillows. We were even able to keep them pre-occupied enough not to keep going back to the stairs. The plan was for R&R to take their naps in the car on the way home from Washington, but the only one that slept well was me! Ryan slept for about 30 minutes and Riley only fell asleep just before we got to our house. oh well... we have some very tired kiddos tonight that are fighting sleep as we speak. They are more than ready for night night, but are so tired they are fighting hard. I give it about 3 more minutes...

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