Road Trip To Gurnee!

This weekend we drove up to Gurnee to visit our dear friends Mark and Robin and their kids Annie and Sam. We had never driven that far with the kids before. On the way up there, they were fine. When we arrived, Gavin headed to straight to the toys with Annie. He didn't even want to take his coat and boots off (this lasted about an hour).

Gavin loved the play power tools. Here he is with the weed-whacker:




Annie and Sam decided to attack Uncle Francis with the sander and saw:




Gavin and Annie played piano:



Evie enjoyed air hockey with Uncle Mark:




Gavin and Annie hung out in her room:




Evie and Gavin had such a great time playing with Annie and Sam and their toys. They also have a fishtank and two cats, one of which peed in the litterbox for us. The kids found this fascinating! Gavin did not want to go home.

I was sure they would sleep on the drive home, but they stayed awake. I put them down when we got home and they had a late, short nap. They were still wound up and cranky when they awoke, and it was a good thing Grandma and Granpa Cordes were here to help out!