16 hour trip

Today we went to Lorenzo's birthday party. Lorenzo is Daddy's cousin's son and today was his fourth birthday. They live in south Jersey about an hour and half from our house. We told the kids that we would be in the car for a long time and to pick some toys for the trip. They were good in the car for awhile, then John got antsy. "Are we there yet? We have been in the car for like 16 hours!"

The kids had a great time at the party. John made friends with the other kids while Gillian stuck to Mommy's side. There was a couple of musicians that came and played music for the kids. They played freeze dance. John came in second. He was so disappointed that he didn't win. It was so close. He also answered a question for the musician and got a guitar pick. He then seemed to think that it would be appropriate to ask the musician "Can I play the guitar?"

It was almost time to leave and I told John "Five more minutes and then we are going home." He replied "But I didn't even get a party bag!" And then he went back to play with the kids. Don't worry. The kids both got goodie bags. The bags were a great distraction on the car ride home. Daddy carried Gillian in the house and took off her coat. As he pulled off her shoes, he noticed that she had something stuck in her leggings. It was a box of crayons from her goodie bag. She said "I have no pockets." She had no pockets so it seemed logical for her to stick her new crayons in her leggings.