Jan, the boys and I started our drive the next day. Jan was a savior. She kept the boys laughing for the long 11+ hour car ride. Here is a pic of J and me at the first rest stop:
And here are the troops shortly after arriving to Grammy and Grandpa's house. The boys were quite fond of the waterfall and spent much time there:
They also dug this step in the pool. They got braver and braver the longer we were there:
The boys weren't the only ones loving the pool. We always considered Bear to be more of a water-lover than Katy. But Katy was in that pool after her ball several times. She swam more in the last three weeks than in the last four years combined. She would do all she could not to fall in...then lunge for the ball and dunk her whole head underwater. It was funny though, after she was in the pool, she didn't scramble to get out. She would kind of paddle around or hang out on the step and then get out. I think it cooled her down. Check out her kangaroo legs in this picture:
Here she is swimming:
Speaking of the dogs, our dog Bear and Grammy and Grandpa's dog Bandit had a couple of scuffles. Here are our two fighters. Don't let the pics fool you, Bandit is the true fighter. He even has a reputation with other dogs in the neighborhood. Bear had never been in a fight before and she just didn't know when to quit. Bear got a good scratch on her face and a big slash in her ear. She gave Bandit a small wound on his leg (hence the halo to keep him from messing with it). These two were on antibiotics together:
The boys were busy bees in the room they were staying in. It was filled with shelves of nice big books. They spent a couple of hours transferring heavy books from the shelf into their pack 'n plays. This was during their nap time. Then they would sleep on top of the books:
We got to see Aunt JJ three times while we were there. She kept popping in from her Southwest trips. The boys were always asking where she was the morning after she left. She got to join us on a trip to a children's museum on their birthday:
The boys spent lots of time on top of the pool table. J could even climb up on his own. Grandpa pulled out some fun instruments. They both liked the ukulele. They laughed everytime we would say that word...ukulele (and yes, I had to spell check that one!)
We got to take our second trip to the Houston zoo. Here is W pointing at a warthog:
Check out those Texas horns:
This guy cracked us up...can you see the sea lion? He is hugging that pole.
Here are the boys getting the exact same idea at the same time. Let's climb up to get closer to those fish!
Next up...our side trip to San Antonio.
