1. After we pulled out of our neighborhood, the DVD player in the backseat decided to freeze much to Caroline's dismay, so I pulled to the side of the road and restarted Peter Pan only for her to decide she wanted to watch Beauty and the Beast instead. Ten minutes later, we were back on the road.
2. Thirty minutes later, she informed me that she had to go potty. I pulled over at the first exit I saw and unloaded her and Roy Austin (in his carseat) into an Arby's. All three of us piled into the handicapped stall and took care of business. Thankfully, it was a clean bathroom!
3. About 1.5 hours later I realized that it was about time to feed the baby and Caroline would be getting hungry, too. We were reaching Greensboro so I got off on a busy exit thinking there'd have to be some restaurants around. Wrong. I ended up 30 minutes off course, with a self guided first class tour of the ghetto section of Greensboro and the downtown area with not one restaurant in sight! I also missed my exit to get back on the highway TWICE and came close to frustrated tears, but told myself to laugh at the situation. Luckily, the kids did great! I finally found an Arby's (the restaurant of the day), got us lunch and sat in the backseat to feed the baby, while we watched Finding Nemo.
We finally pulled into Lynchburg around 2:30--over 4.5 hours after our departure. Caroline was so excited to get to Grammy and Grandaddy's house that she did not take a nap all day and she was a wreck by that evening. It feels great to be home and it's always such a comforting place to return to. This weekend we are going to try to go see a musical at LU, take the girls to see "Enchanted", enjoy Daddy's famous Saturday morning pancake breakfast and go see the annual Living Christmas Tree!
Dawn, Dolly and I have had "kitchen duty" together since about 1985. We have had our share of fights--physical and verbal-- (oh, the stories I could tell), sing-alongs and fun talks during the years of these dish sessions.
Here is one of those stories done in a re-enactment (Dolly is playing me). Many years ago while we were cleaning up the kitchen, Dawn and I got into a fight. She fought back by taking the tongs and pinching my bottom as hard as she could with them. OUCH, is right. It left a huge bruise and I instantly pulled the baby sister card and went and told Mommy.
Speaking of baby, Dolly pulled double duty tonight helping to clean the kitchen AND hold Roy Austin. Cute passie, Dolly. Real cute.
Leland patiently waited in the den while we finished cleaning the kitchen. Caroline wanted to go scare him so she snuck up on him with her Aunties' help!
And we'll end this post tonight with a Christmas-spirited Caroline, who has been extremely ornery today. 
11 comments:
You failed to mention that you made a really good dinner last night. You're enchilada's are delicious!
It's fun having you home too Donnie. I'm already looking forward to daddy's famous pancakes tomorrow morning!!!
LOVE this post! Oh the feeling of being at parents/grandparents house with family!! It's one of the greatest things and add to that Christmas time. LOVE it! I'm glad that y'all made it safely and that you have the ability/freedom from job/etc. to head up there for a bit. :O) Sounds like y'all have a fun weekend planned! Enjoy!
The last picture of Caroline is too cute!! Her expression is priceless!
Dolly's lookin' good in the baby bjorn with little RA! She's getting some good practice with all of those nieces and nephews. :O)
Cool post. And you are right, there is no place like home. I've been clickin my heels for about 5 years now, but I just can't get there fast enough.
BTW, where is Maddie in all these pix?
You are my hero!! I drove with a friend and her new born down to Toronto a few weeks ago and let me just say that I can't imagine doing that by myself, after a c-section, with a three year old! you're amazing! Say Hi to your family for me, those pictures are great...sisters are so much fun!
DRS lookin good w/ the Bjorn!
Hakuna Matata is making me laugh out loud...did she used to be a big meanie and love to torture you, Don Don?
Denise, Donna might be trying to get you back that Carol couldn't be a pilgrim. Just kidding. Listen to me stokin the fires and I don't even know what I'm talking about.
HPS, you could be a sister in our family for sure! YOu don't miss a beat! Yes, you didn't want to mess with Dawn. She could hurt you if you weren't careful. DOn't let that little size 0 frame fool you!
Yes! Dawn was a meanie! I still really don't know why she pinched me with those tongs. I can still feel it...it hurt so badly!!
Laughing!
Donna- You did good your first road trip with two kids! and how much fun spending time with your family! dolly- I must say it looks good, you with the baby bjorn.
i love that dolly is commenting on this post when she just left you and will see you again in a few hours and you are in the same town. that's awesome. such dedication to blog comments!
donna, i enjoyed your funny stories and the pictures. i love that kitchen and the memories it holds!
Yes, Teecy...all the after school snacks we've made in there. And all the "picking" you did on our leftovers!
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