Weekend with the Family

We arrived in Michigan on Thursday morning. I opted to take a red eye flight knowing the kids would sleep most of the way. Also, due to the time difference, I did not want to spend one full day traveling. NyCee was too excited to sleep. She stayed awake until after take off. Then I made her lay down. Tyler fell asleep right after push back.

My dad picked us up at the airport and both kids were so excited to see him. Tyler exclaimed, "Grandaddy." NyCee was able to run and give him a hug. Tyler was in a stroller.

The time change was rough on me. I had to go to sleep around 10a.

Friday-
Boonie graduated from cosmetology school. It was a long time coming and everyone is so very proud of her!

We went to visit Nana Ida who played dressed up with Taylor. Taylor was donned in jewelry and pranced around like a princess.

At some point, Tyler ended up with a black eye. How you ask? My parents have stairs. Tyler is not use to stairs. Tyler slipped on the tile and hit his eye on the stair. Way to go son!

He also found great delight in his freedom. At home, he still sleeps in a crib. Therefore, at bedtime, he is placed in the crib and then he goes to sleep. Well, he was sleeping in a big bed at his grandparents house. He would get out of the bed and climb down the stairs. He repeated that action several times.

Finally, I just let him stay up. He zonked out around 3a. I was still awake because I was grading papers. He walked up to me with his arms out, climbed in my lap and within 2 seconds was fast asleep. No harm done. As Tarisa would say, "He was on vacation."

Saturday

We had an early birthday party for Tyler in Port Huron at my grandmother's house. He ran around and played with his little cousins and one special big cousin - Taliyah. She was awesome taking care of them for me. She spent one night at my parents' house with us. The next morning, she helped NyCee get dressed. It was great having another pair of hands.


Sunday
We visited my grandfather and aunt before going to church. Sunday was very relaxing as the church service did not begin until 5p. So we slept in on Sunday morning.

Monday
Tarisa took us to the airport. Both kids did a great job on the return flight. I set up a great dynamic. The iPhone is the best invention ever! I downloaded TV shows for the kids to watch. I had a DVD player for NyCee to watch her Princess and the Frog movie but the sound was inoperable. So, we read a book and she colored.

Finally, both kids feel asleep the last hour and half of the flight. One man commented that I did a great job with the kids. Another lady didn't even know Taylor was sitting next to me until we were deplaning. (Yes, the word is deplaning not deboarding!)

It was a great trip. We will be going back in September for my cousin Wally's wedding.