Christmas Adventures

We were gone almost two weeks on our wirlwind tour.  The day we were leaving, Ian's preschool called to tell me he was throwing up.  He threw up the entire drive to our first destination.  He had a bowl in his lap and I have to say, he's got good aim!

First stop, Disney. We decided not to go into any of the theme parks because of Ian's stomach bug but we did go to Ice and Disney Quest.

Ethan sliding down the ice slide at Ice.

All bundled up, even before they gave us parka's to wear (it was 9 degrees inside)

Brrrr!

It's really shameful when the first time your child gets to slide down a hill of snow, it's in Orlando.

I gave it a try too.

Taught the kids how to make a proper snowball.

Ethan loved tubing.

Our pirate hotel.

Disney Quest

Then we headed to Chattanooga to visit friends and our usual hangouts.

We sure do love the cookies at the DoubleTree.

And the big jetted tub!

No trip is complete without a stop at Ted's.  Momma sure loves her bison.

Next to the Tennessee Aquarium.

One of the few times they were nice to each other.

Got to have at least one picture of them being silly!

We got to wish our friend's daughter a happy birthday.

She loved eating the presents we got her:)

Ethan enjoyed an art class at the Creative Discovery Museum.

Their favorite was making a virtual snowman.

At the mountain maze on Lookout Mountain.

George teaching the boys Lava Tag.

We took a short hike to Sunset Rock to show the boys the view.

I don't know who was more concerned, me or George that one of the boys would jump off the cliff.

We also played at the Pumpkin Patch playground on Signal Mountain.

Then on to Atlanta where we visited some more old college friends.  Imagine all these boys at Covenant College in the future!

Playing dress up at a Civil War Museum.

Checking out Old General.

Digging for dinosaur bones at the Tellus Museum.

And panning for gems.  We also enjoyed the planetarium where we saw all the stars in the night sky.

From Georgia, we headed south to the inlaws house for Christmas.

Ethan is excited to dig up some gems.

Hurry, mom.  Take the picture quick.  This is too heavy!

Thanks so much grandma!

Last, but not least, my desk.  I picked this antique desk up at an antique shop in Chattanooga.  My husband is in charge of packing the car and he had packed it standing upright in the back of the van.  While in Georgia at our friends house, I drove to one of the museums.  The desk went flying back and I thought for sure it would go out the back window.  Thankfully it didn't but it was pretty banged up.  But George's stepdad can fix anything and it was a Christmas day guys project for George, his stepdad and brother-in-law.  I did supervise a little:)  It is as good as new.

Ian got sick again while at our inlaws for Christmas.  A fever and cold symptoms.  I will spend the next few days wiping noses and doing two weeks worth of laundrey.  Sigh...