We picked up my birthday cake from Fleckenstein's Bakery before making it to our final destination of Jake's parent's house. Thor and Baleigh were so excited to see "grandpa with the white beard". Thor wanted to hold Sammy the snake and was thrilled that she was in a mood to be held. He's such an adventurous little man.
Grandma and Uncle Caleb were pretty busy that particular weekend with marching band activities. Uncle Caleb is a Tuba player and was marching in 3 parades on the 4th of July. We went and watched him in one of the three. Grandma was a chaperone so she was marching right along there with him.
When Grandma got home we had a quick dinner and sat out in the yard while the kids caught lightning bugs (something they had never done before) and put them in a little jar. They took them with us to the fireworks in the park and there they released them. Both of the kids really liked the display. I was a little worried about Baleigh because she usually doesn't like loud noises.
Baleigh started sneezing and coughing while we were there and quickly passed it on to me and Jake. I ended up with the worse headaches of my life and all I really wanted to do was sleep. So instead of taking the grandparents up on a night of babysitting for a night out - Jake and both went down to the basement and slept for a few hours. It was just as good as a date!
Most of the visit was spent just hanging out and talking. Jake really had a chance to get to talk with his dad. Usually there are a million people/things going on when we are there and there is never any quiet time. This time was much different.
Tuesday morning we had planned on leaving around 9 and we were on the road by 9:30AM. We had decided that we just wanted to get home and that we were vacationed out and just wanted to go home. Instead of driving toward Missouri and then through Oklahoma to go home we drove the entire length of Illinois down through Tennessee and Arkansas. In case you are a fan of seeing random landmarks- just south of Charleston, IL(where I went to college) is the worlds largest cross in Effingham. It was pretty impressive to see.
We made it just shy of Little Rock, Arkansas the first day and decided to call it quits. We checked into a hotel, ordered some pizza and watched The Great Fairy Rescue. In the morning we got up and decided to check out the Little Rock Zoo.
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