Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A Little Vaycay...
In February, Jason was FINALLY able to take some much needed time off so we made it up to Jason's parents house with the kids. Grandma took us all to a place called Monkey Joe's. Basically it was a huge room filled with inflatable toys. The boys had a blast.
Paisley was a bit timid at first but quickly warmed up.
One evening, Jason took the boys on a "nature walk" in the woods behind grandma and grandpa's house. The boys liked the rock wall. I'm sure Jason did too.
They really liked the stream/creek/whatever you call it. (I never was sure of the difference between the two.)
See they had a blast throwing stuff in the water and poking about with sticks. (Why Tab has Benton's coat on and Benton has Tab's coat on, I have no idea.)
Doing what nature was intended for.
Remember the stream? Tab wasn't listening to Jason and fell in. Did I mention it was really cold outside? Jason said he told the boys to start heading to the house after this happened as it clearly made a quick end to the nature walk. Jason was trying to talk to Tab about what happened, etc. and Tab was just getting really angry (not unusual for Tab, but this was a bit different apparently). Finally Jason got it out of Tab that he was having a hard time walking because his boots were full to the top with water. Apparently Tab was having a genius moment and couldn't figure out the solution to his freezing cold heavy feet.
Later during our visit, Jason's sister, Kristine, and her two kids came over to play. Grandma broke out the parachute and they had a blast bouncing Benny's cow (that he names Cattle) around.
we also enjoyed some sack races.
Tab tried to use the sacks as parachutes.
Getting ready to race.
Benny was the winner. Apparently it is difficult to hop in a sack when you have a little girl in yours with you. I can't imagine why?
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Our Trip: Part IV: Niagara Falls, etc.
On the drive home from Massachusetts, we decided to go the shorter route through Canada, which took us right through Niagara Falls. It was just about 1/2 way home so we decided we would stay the night there and go see the falls. So first up, a few pictures of the troopers in the car.
The graham crackers were truly a life saver in the car.
Tab and Benton being their normal goofy selves.
The boys were very inventive and spent quite some time playing games under a blanket.
Tab's preferred way to sleep in the car. I'm guessing that it blocked out the sun.
I don't know about Jason but I'm pretty sure we felt the same way when we were there. All I can say is thank heavens for digital cameras. I can't imagine had I used film and had to pay to develop the 5 million pictures I took. I felt like I was a little kid, completely in awe. I think that the falls were one of the most magnificent, majestic, absolutely incredible things that I have ever seen.
I somehow managed to convince Jason to shell out the $13 a ticket to ride the Maid of the Mist. I think I got him with the part where all kids 6 and under are free!
So we all donned our blue rain coats and stepped aboard. I love how they had the teeny tiny one for Paisley.
The kids all thought they were pretty neat.
Here come the Falls. I was just amazed at all of the birds sitting on the water as we got closer and closer.
It was incredible. One second it was calm the next it was so windy and misty.
Getting closer.
Over some dude's shoulder. Holy cow isn't it amazing. I was seriously in awe.
The horseshoe as best as I could get it.
Um, did I mention that I took 5 million pictures because I totally did.
After we got off of the boat we took some rickety stairs that go right up the side of the Falls.
I just wanted to try to get a picture of just how much mist these things put off.
A picture from the observation deck.
Checking out the Falls.
Bring mommy a flower.
Pais sure had a good time.
Here she is thanking me.
Just being cute.
Tab enjoyed chasing the birds. 
I think we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
And finally, headed back into the use. Welcome to Michigan, home (well, temporarily anyways) of the Crellins!
The graham crackers were truly a life saver in the car.
Tab and Benton being their normal goofy selves.
The boys were very inventive and spent quite some time playing games under a blanket.
Tab's preferred way to sleep in the car. I'm guessing that it blocked out the sun.
I don't know about Jason but I'm pretty sure we felt the same way when we were there. All I can say is thank heavens for digital cameras. I can't imagine had I used film and had to pay to develop the 5 million pictures I took. I felt like I was a little kid, completely in awe. I think that the falls were one of the most magnificent, majestic, absolutely incredible things that I have ever seen. I somehow managed to convince Jason to shell out the $13 a ticket to ride the Maid of the Mist. I think I got him with the part where all kids 6 and under are free!
So we all donned our blue rain coats and stepped aboard. I love how they had the teeny tiny one for Paisley.
The kids all thought they were pretty neat.
Here come the Falls. I was just amazed at all of the birds sitting on the water as we got closer and closer.
It was incredible. One second it was calm the next it was so windy and misty.
Getting closer.
Over some dude's shoulder. Holy cow isn't it amazing. I was seriously in awe.
The horseshoe as best as I could get it.
Um, did I mention that I took 5 million pictures because I totally did.
After we got off of the boat we took some rickety stairs that go right up the side of the Falls. 
I just wanted to try to get a picture of just how much mist these things put off.
A picture from the observation deck.
Checking out the Falls.
Bring mommy a flower.
Pais sure had a good time.
Here she is thanking me.
Just being cute.
Tab enjoyed chasing the birds. 
I think we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
And finally, headed back into the use. Welcome to Michigan, home (well, temporarily anyways) of the Crellins!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Our Trip: Part III Massachusetts
Following our short stay in Philly we headed up to Massachusetts to Jason's parent's house.
We mostly spent a lot of time chilling. When it finally decided to act like summer, we took the kids outside to play. Benton loved this huge ball.
Paisley once again LOVED the grass.
Tab loved throwing balls at his dad.
And generally having his undivided attention.
Benton had a blast banging on this drum.
Tab begs grandma to play with the gun guys every time we visit. These were daddy's G.I. Joes when he was a kid.
Pais had plenty to play with too.
Speaking of Pais. This is how we found her one morning. For those of you who know Paisley at all, she HATES her stomach, so this was pretty interesting.
I just had to include this because it was a pretty good picture of her two top teeth, which are pretty new.
Benton got his grubby paws on grandpa's ipod after his run and was quite enjoys the tunes.
Pais thought grandma's wet hair was pretty funny. 
Grandma has this vibrating thingy for your back and Benton discovered it. I think he would have laid there forever with that thing on his back.
I think that we had the most fun going to the aquarium. I've never been to an aquarium like this one in Mystic before. First thing we did was "pet" the stingrays.
I thought for sure that Benton would be terrified be he reached right in. I think that I was more hesitant than he was.
They had a bird house that you could go inside and feed the birds. It was AWESOME!
Tab loved it to.
Benton was a little bit more timid.
These birds were so colorful and gorgeous.
He got to handle some sea starts and crabs.
Then we got to "pet" some sharks.
Jason and I met up with an old friend of Jason and went rock climbing.
Probably the most fun we had was at the Red Sox game. Jason's dad managed to scrounge up some tickets for us.
Of course we had to get our Fenway Franks before the game.
Ok, so they were italian sausages.
We had an awesome time.
It is crazy how close we were. We were about 5 rows back off of the third base line.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
The stadium was amazing. I think that I spent about as much time looking around the stadium as I did watching the game.
We mostly spent a lot of time chilling. When it finally decided to act like summer, we took the kids outside to play. Benton loved this huge ball.
Paisley once again LOVED the grass.
Tab loved throwing balls at his dad.
And generally having his undivided attention.
Benton had a blast banging on this drum.
Tab begs grandma to play with the gun guys every time we visit. These were daddy's G.I. Joes when he was a kid.
Pais had plenty to play with too.
Speaking of Pais. This is how we found her one morning. For those of you who know Paisley at all, she HATES her stomach, so this was pretty interesting.
I just had to include this because it was a pretty good picture of her two top teeth, which are pretty new.
Benton got his grubby paws on grandpa's ipod after his run and was quite enjoys the tunes.
Pais thought grandma's wet hair was pretty funny. 
Grandma has this vibrating thingy for your back and Benton discovered it. I think he would have laid there forever with that thing on his back.
I think that we had the most fun going to the aquarium. I've never been to an aquarium like this one in Mystic before. First thing we did was "pet" the stingrays.
I thought for sure that Benton would be terrified be he reached right in. I think that I was more hesitant than he was.
They had a bird house that you could go inside and feed the birds. It was AWESOME!
Tab loved it to.
Benton was a little bit more timid.
These birds were so colorful and gorgeous.
He got to handle some sea starts and crabs.
Then we got to "pet" some sharks.
Jason and I met up with an old friend of Jason and went rock climbing.
Probably the most fun we had was at the Red Sox game. Jason's dad managed to scrounge up some tickets for us.
Of course we had to get our Fenway Franks before the game.
Ok, so they were italian sausages.
We had an awesome time.
It is crazy how close we were. We were about 5 rows back off of the third base line.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
The stadium was amazing. I think that I spent about as much time looking around the stadium as I did watching the game.
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