Virginia: Petco, Beach and Pizza

This morning SlimJim helped me wake up by fetching my coffee. Just kidding, if that mug were filled with coffee it would be everywhere. It was cute that he wanted to help me bring it to breakfast.

After breakfast was another highlight of our annual trips to Virginia: visiting Auntie Jen's store and holding all the animals. The guinea pigs are the favorite.

Even Baby4 got to hold one!

Today we also met Winslow, our potential foster hamster, but he was in a cramped back room so I don't have photos of him. We are debating taking him home to live with us until Auntie Jen can move closer. 

A quick stop at Auntie Jen's for towels (SlimJim needed a quick ride on the swing)

And we were off to the beach!!

Auntie Jen and MiniM.E. jumped into the ocean! Sadly, Auntie Jen's phone went for a swim too.

It didn't fix being sad about her phone, but we did get some epic pizza at the Mellow Mushroom and have a nice time hanging around an adorable arboretum after we ate.

After all that sand, everyone needed a bath. It was Baby4's first big kid bath!

Finally in Virginia!

After a breakfast full of excitement, primarily caused by me exploding a small box of fruit loops all over the breakfast area, we packed up and headed out.

We were so excited to finally arrive at Auntie Jen's! Of course, as any aunt does, she spoiled the kids with gifts of giant lollypops and beanie boos. There were also surprise toys: confetti filled balloons and tiny cups and pom poms, which kept everyone occupied for a while.

 A highlight of Auntie Jen's house is her backyard with the super tall swing. It is almost impossible to pump, but it looks like tons of fun to be pushed!

 We also pet Lil K the fluffy kitten. And of course, boys being boys, SlimJim tried to also pet the fish.

We grabbed a bite to eat and hung out in hotel courtyard while we waited to check in. The kids played with sticks and were silly with Auntie Jen.

Then it was pool, hotel happy hour, dinner and bed, so we can have more fun tomorrow!

Easter Morning and Afternoon Drive

Happy Easter!

This morning we got up and opened Easter baskets, went to church, came home for an Easter Egg Hunt and brunch, then got in the already packed car and started our drive to Virginia to see Auntie Jen.

 We had a pretty good start to the drive

But by the end of the day things were pretty rough. SlimJim was DONE in the car after not napping all day, and by the time we got to the hotel around 9:30 we thought he didn't want to go to sleep and wanted to go home because he was crying at the door. Turns out he just wanted to run in the hall!

A few more hours to drive tomorrow!

Some Downtime

After a week of sick, and looking forward to our big trip to Virginia to visit Auntie Jen next week, we've just been taking it easy, and trying to keep the germs at bay by spending as much time as we can outside time outside.

And some cute pictures of the boys: