Actually, we all had lots of fun at Clarks, but most of the pics I took inside can be summed up as "blurry three and five year old". So you'll get pics of our day out in Stillwater instead.
Friday, November 30, 2012
MN car trip 2012 pt.. 3?
From Lessingers we went on to Clarks so that T had someone to socialize with.
Actually, we all had lots of fun at Clarks, but most of the pics I took inside can be summed up as "blurry three and five year old". So you'll get pics of our day out in Stillwater instead.
Actually, we all had lots of fun at Clarks, but most of the pics I took inside can be summed up as "blurry three and five year old". So you'll get pics of our day out in Stillwater instead.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
MN car trip 2012- Pics from Jen
As I said, Jen was kind enough to take some pics for us. I'm not linking the actual pics, but if you click you'll get Jen's site to get ahold of her if you'd like them!Email jen@jenlessingerphotography.com. We put Jen under some tight time/childcare/physical constraints, but I still love these. If you want to see previous sessions, click here.
That last shot is an ode to this, and I'm so happy to have one for each!:
That last shot is an ode to this, and I'm so happy to have one for each!:
Monday, November 26, 2012
MN car trip 2012 pt 1
Yes, we did it- one car, two kids, about 2000 miles (total). For my own recordkeeping, we left at 5 AM on Sept. 16, the day after our trip to Washington. I packed the car while everyone else was at our neighborhood block party. I reallly wasn't ready to hit an airport after two days of flying already that week. I'd stink at Ray's job, apparently.
Anyway...
An artistic view of driving into Nebraska. For some reason we had no 3G service until we left Nebraska, which is when our families saw this pic.
Fun at the rest stop. Not sure why we thought the poles were SO fun, but I think 200-odd miles had something to do with it.
Survival - just before the kid starts to whine, suggest a show.
Eamon learned to climb trees at a rest stop in Iowa.
Ok, not really, but that pair of pics cracks me up. We did have a good long stop to play frisbee and make E run in circles. Ray had the genius idea of bringing a cooler of food, and being able to grab food we wanted whenever really did make the stops more relaxed. E was a trooper in the car, and T did well - but had a 240 mile limit that was amazingly predictable. Case in point, on the way back Ray was putting T in the carseat and told him he had to wait until the west side of Lincoln for his next stop. I was driving and realized eastern Lincoln would be 240 miles, western lincoln would be more like 280. Guess where we should have stopped? Guess which town had a lot of construction and closed exits...
Anyway, first actual stop: Lessingers.
These two get along so well. I also love how concerned T is about the situation.
However, T got in plenty of his own fun and relaxation.
Perhaps too much relaxation?
Ray and the twins played a lot of games of "melting", which was basically hide and seek for stuffed animals. I tried to get decent pics of the game, but three active 3yo= blurry. I did get these, though, and they don't show the game but I love them:
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Speaking of pics I love- Jen was kind enough to take a few pics while we were there. Next post!
Anyway...
An artistic view of driving into Nebraska. For some reason we had no 3G service until we left Nebraska, which is when our families saw this pic.
Fun at the rest stop. Not sure why we thought the poles were SO fun, but I think 200-odd miles had something to do with it.
Survival - just before the kid starts to whine, suggest a show.
Eamon learned to climb trees at a rest stop in Iowa.
Ok, not really, but that pair of pics cracks me up. We did have a good long stop to play frisbee and make E run in circles. Ray had the genius idea of bringing a cooler of food, and being able to grab food we wanted whenever really did make the stops more relaxed. E was a trooper in the car, and T did well - but had a 240 mile limit that was amazingly predictable. Case in point, on the way back Ray was putting T in the carseat and told him he had to wait until the west side of Lincoln for his next stop. I was driving and realized eastern Lincoln would be 240 miles, western lincoln would be more like 280. Guess where we should have stopped? Guess which town had a lot of construction and closed exits...
Anyway, first actual stop: Lessingers.
These two get along so well. I also love how concerned T is about the situation.
However, T got in plenty of his own fun and relaxation.
Perhaps too much relaxation?
Ray and the twins played a lot of games of "melting", which was basically hide and seek for stuffed animals. I tried to get decent pics of the game, but three active 3yo= blurry. I did get these, though, and they don't show the game but I love them:
]Speaking of pics I love- Jen was kind enough to take a few pics while we were there. Next post!
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