Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa are here!  This week is going to be an awful lot of fun.  I will have to write more and let you know what we get to do with them. Yesterday was a REALLY long day.  We drove to a Bavarian town called Leavenworth.  The drive THERE wasn't so bad.  I was sitting in my car seat between mommy and grandma and when I wasn't napping, they kept me nice and entertained.  When we got to Leavenworth we stopped at a German restaurant and ate lunch.  Like usual, dad played with me while mom ate her food.  They said they liked the wiener schnitzel dishes that they ordered.  Grandma had some goulash soup but it wasn't like the goulash they were all familiar with.  It didn't have any noodles in it, but she said it was still good.  

After lunch we visited a fudge shop and they handed out samples of fudge.  The special of the week was buy one pound and get half a pound for free, so we walked out of there with a pound and a half of fudge, six different flavors:  Peanut butter, blueberry cheese cake, coconut almond, lemon, pistachio and regular chocolate.  My favorite part of the trip was the Kris Kringle Christmas shop.  It was full of sparkles and lights.  Daddy carried me through the shop and at one point I almost fell asleep under my floppy sun hat until a woman who works there lifted my hat to see my face.  She thought I was cute, but she woke me up.  

On our way back to our car we stopped at an ice cream shop.  Mommy got a scoop of rainbow sherbet (no milk for my tummy).  And Grandpa got a scoop of licorice ice cream.  He shared it with grandma.  You should have seen their tongues.  They were the darkest green color I have ever seen.  Mommy got a picture of them with their colored tongues sticking out.  She wanted me to post the picture, but I didn't want to do that to them. 

On the way home we were going to stop by a big waterfall, but I was getting really tired of sitting in my car seat.  I wanted to get home and I made sure that everyone in the car heard me.  I screamed for a long time.  I accomplished my goal because we didn't stop.  I am sure they will drag me out again, but hopefully the next trip will not be as long.  Other than sitting for too long, I think we all had a good first day.