The weekend of October 8 was a boys travel weekend to North Manchester to visit Grandma and Grandpa Ring and to give Mommy the house to herself. The boys had a blast playing cars, going to the zoo, playing cars, visiting with family and playing with cars. We left Friday after dinner so that they would sleep during their normal time in the van and put them right back down when we got to NM. It took them a while to fall asleep in the van which I thought was a bad omen for the rest of the night but they settled down when we got to G&Gs and went right to sleep.
Grandma pulled out my old car ramp from when I grew up, so the boys had a nice surprise when they woke up Saturday morning. We could barely get them to the breakfast table they were so interested.
Then we went to the Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo! I hadn't been there since a grade school field trip and don't remember much about it but the boys had a blast and didn't want to leave. Here's some pictures of the zoo trip.
On our way into the zoo
The 2 favorites were the penguins and kangaroos. They had a kangaroo trail where you could walk through an enclosed area and the kangaroos can hop right up next to you, if they're brave enough. I think the boys were making a little too much noise for their liking.
Donovan peeking out of the train window
The train at the zoo
They had a safari jeep that the boys enjoyed driving.
Donovan petting the goats, always with the goats this kid
Finally got them to stop long enough to sit and take a picture together
After naps it was time for family to visit. After a rough wake-up for both, they finally settled down and, you guessed it, just had to play cars. They even got the great grandmas to play cars with them. They had a blast showing off their cars.
Both boys showing their race car to Great Grandma Grimm
Donovan pushing his Porsche back and forth with Great Grandma Ring
Then finally on Sunday before it was time to leave, the boys enjoyed a morning in Warvel Park. It has a very nice kids area where they could run and play without a ton of supervision, not that I didn't supervise, of course. There was a beautiful waterfall and they were happy to pose for a picture with Grandma and Grandpa.
What a weekend. Thanks to my Mom and Dad for hosting us and I hope that Amy was able to get some nice relaxing time in before the tornadoes returned to Lockport
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