A couple of weeks before school began, we travelled to Nashville for our summer vacation to my family. It was a very hot trip, but a fun one. It was wonderful to spend some time with my parents, grandmother, sister and brother-in-law.
Every trip to my parents' house includes a lot of time playing with my mom's collection of rubber ducks. The kids love the ducks.
We also visited their downtown library for a puppet show. This week, they were performing Many Moons. The kids really enjoyed watching it and getting the chance to see one of the marionette puppets up close afterwards.
Trinity found a jar filled with buttons. That lead to an afternoon of fun sorting and creating a "button museum". She had a wonderful time sorting the buttons and then showing them off to the rest of the family.
Xander is a motorcycle fanatic. He points them out whenever he sees or hears them on the road. So, he just loves the fact that his Papa has his own motorcycle. He talked all weekend about going on a "motorcycle ride". At one point, Papa took Xander out to the garage for the ride. He reved up the bike, and moved it back and forth about two feet. The look on Xander's face was one more of sheer terror than enjoyment for most of the "ride", but by the end, he was loving it.
Then Papa had to get a picture with his "little Buck".
Craig and I got a couple of nights out that we great enjoyed! One night, we got to have dinner with Ashley and Jeff. No pictures, but lots of laughter and smiles and just relaxing together. The next night, we were able to walk a couple of blocks up to a neighborhood ice cream shop, The Pied Piper. Their homemade ice cream is delicious. Craig enjoyed Strawberry Fields while I loved my Minty Python. A great way to cool off in the evening.
A couple of more Nashville posts to come, including our trip to the Tomato Festival. It was a great family-filled weekend.
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