The Hutchinson Family: Rochester!

Excitement anticipating the ride on the airplane!

Sitting like a big boy on the bus

Two words of advice on how to survive a plane trip with 2 2-year olds...DVD PLAYER(s)!

and earphones give one more way to distract them!

So we survived a great trip to Rochester! The kiddos could not have been any better on the flight up. It went much better than I could have imagined. We won’t go into all the details on the return flight, but let’s just say it was about the opposite of the flight up there! They really enjoyed running in Grandma’s backyard and pointing out the birds. We even coined the phrase “bird dance” for Ryan. He went crazy whenever he saw any birds and danced all around. I think I got it on video – if so, it’s a must see! After we arrived we had dinner and then went out to see the ducks (there were a whole lot of them) and then played on the playground. I think Grandma was very surprised to see how well they got around on the playground.

We were able to experience some early Fall weather!

Ryan doing his "bird dance"

One of my all-time-favorites!

Lots of ducks at Perinton Park

Watching the ducks in the canal

On Friday we started the day at the Strong Children’s Museum. They loved the museum in Atlanta, so we were excited to go to this one. It was much bigger than the one here and had a lot of great things for them to do and see. They had a huge area dedicated to Sesame Street, so the kiddos were in heaven. Elmo everything! They had a train we all rode, computers, grocery shopping, race cars they could sit in, balls, puppets and just about anything else you can imagine. With it being a weekday it was not crowded at all, so we took our time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. After lunch and nap, we headed to Lollipop Farms to check out the animals. Ryan kept saying “horsey” the whole way there and the first thing we saw were horses! They were thrilled. There were ducks, llamas, pigs, goats, sheep and cows. We also went into the see the puppies and kittens. Fun times! The weather was chilly, so we got to sport some new fall clothes and even a light jacket!

"Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street" ...look familiar?

Riley carrying around her pretend hamburger

an early start to becoming computer geniuses

She took her grocery shopping very seriously!

Horsey's at Lollipop Farms

Watching the animals

GQ!

Sporting the new PJ's

Drummer in training

2 of my favorite guys!

Saturday, we snuck off to Joe & Julia’s wedding at noon. Rena and Jackie came to help Grandma and they all had a great time playing. I think Riley served everyone “ice cream” from the pretend dishes. We came back before the reception and spent a little time together before heading out again. We had a fantastic time with everyone Kevin grew up with. Lots of food, fun and dancing!

Sunday morning we went over to Jon & Beth’s house to get everyone together with the kiddos. It was so much fun to see them all interacting. I think it was as much fun for the adults as it was for the kids! We headed to the airport and had an already-very-tired crew, but we survived the flight and made it home safe and sound. It was a tough day, but we were all very glad to see our house and sleep in our own beds! I love trips, but I also love coming home!