Hotel life

Hotel life can be pretty boring at times. especially for children. I try to think of different things for Riley to do everyday. So this day we decided to walk around and take photos & he loved it. It's so fun to me to look at the photos that he took and see the world at a whole different angle.       

    

             

Riley & Rylan

(pinecones or eggcorns?)

What do you like to do on a hotel vacation? 

Road trippin' with children

Recently we had a road trip to another state. It was supposed to be a 6 hour drive but it turned into a 8 hour drive (stopping to breastfeed, change diapers, bathroom breaks, etc).  Some things that helped keep my 3 year old busy was books, IPAD, & the dvd player in the car (which had his favorite movie PONYO in it)

           

I really enjoyed all the sights but unfortunately i didn't get to take any photos  I found 1 photo I took of Me and Riley @ a pitstop. So future note charge camera before road trips. My cellphone (which is what I always use to take photos) was being used as a GPS on this trip. 

peep his I don't want to take a pic with you mom FACE 

When we got down to the last 20 minutes my 5 month old decided that he could not take another minute of sitting in his car seat. He began to cry and nothing seemed to make him stop.  I went through the mommy checklist

1. DIAPER?
2. HUNGRY?
3. GAS?
4. HURT?

Nothing was wrong so we all had to tough it out for 20 more minutes. (any suggestions?) I am sure I will be on another road trip in the future & would love to hear what worked for other mommies out there. :)

Have you ever been on a road trip with kids? please let me know how you handled it. What kept your kids busy? 

Fairfax County Fair

This was the cutest smallest fair i have ever been too.
(with cow pies everywhere might i add)
RIGHT when we got to the area where the rides were the 
sweetest couple gave us a whole sheet of tickets because
 they were leaving.

Riley had so much fun just looking at the COWS

 (trying to tell them how stinky there poop IS)

He thought he was winning the race.

Out of all the seats he chose to be in the caboose with a little girl

"OH BOY"

Riley's first ROLLERCOASTER

He had so much fun

Fun in the TEAPOTS

BYE BYE FAIR UNTIL NEXT YEAR