WeekendWithGrammieDayOne

We had a wonderful weekend last weekend with Grammie. The kids were on 'Spring Break' from Totbabycollege. Grammie flew in from California and we met her down in Phoenix. The weather was simply fantastic. We had a suite at the Doubletree for three nights and had a blast. Mackenzie was excited for weeks. She couldn't wait to see Grammie, stay at a hotel, go swimming and do fun things. Both kids did remarkably well the whole time and their adventurous spirits were nourished for three full days.

I already posted a few 'teaser' pictures on FotoFriday, but have many more to share. In the interest of time and post length, I have decided to post pictures from Day One today, and will get to the other days this later this week!

Day One we went to the Hall of Flame Museum. It was perfect. We arrived in Phoenix about 12:30 (after a tantrum-free, crab or fuss-free two and half hour drive, just me and the kids). By the time we got settled in and had some lunch, we made it to the museum by about 2:30. Really neat place.  We spent a solid two hours there. Perhaps longer.


They have hundreds? of antique fire engines. Really beautiful engines.

As exquisite as they were, those didn't interest the little ones too much.

But the totally cool play area did!

A wonderful place for imaginations to go wild.

If there's somewhere to sleep, Grammie will find it.

It set on pretend-fire, but the firekids saved the day!

They also loved playing on the fire engine.

This they could have done for another hour, easy.

There was also a real fireman there (not pictured) in his civilian clothes.

He gave the kids fireman badge stickers.

Fun. Fun. Fun Day.

Thanks, Grammie!

Back at the hotel...

Mackenzie went swimming with Grammie.

Zachy stayed close to Mom and explored. 

He even made a cute Zachyfriend.

What did Mackenzie have for dinner? Uh, I think it was french fries. She probably had them for lunch too. Neither napped. Nope. Two and a half hour drive and no nap. Geez! But they hung in there. So, it was bath and early bed. I think they took baths? Maybe not. Dad arrived just at bedtime. Mackenzie was excited to see him. They went up the elevator. And then back down. Zachy had already fallen asleep. And that, my friends, was Day One of our most fantastic weekend and mini vacation.