Grandma turns 50!

The Smith's and Meirowsky's headed down to Oklahoma City this past Friday to celebrate Grandma Lisa turning 50! We had so much down on our agenda to do : visit the Memorial, see Myraid Gardens, hit up the zoo and the science center, and cause trouble down at Bricktown. Some how we stayed SO busy and only did 2 of the above. But we had a blast!

We arrived to OKC around 1:00 and decided to walk to a sport bar to eat lunch and then continue on to the Memorial. It is such a beautiful place! By 3:00, Parker decided it was way past nap time. Thank goodness we brought his new wagon and he laid down on the way back to the hotel. I miss the days when you just pushed the stroller and he falls asleep - that is what Addie did! When we got back and put the kids down for a nap, we decided to head out to Myraid Gardens, but we didn't make it there! Instead we had a specTATular time wondering around at Bricktown and ended up looking around at a tattoo parlor! Who would have guessed that by the end of the weekend we all ended up with tattoos representing our kids! Little spontaneity I guess! I don't have pictures of Loni and Eric...have to get those later.

Friday night, one of my old student's Brooke, came to the hotel to babysit. She graduated last year and is currently at Oklahoma State so it worked out perfect! She got some babysitting money for college and we had some adult time. She said that Parker did okay (he always does good when it comes to his bedtime routine), but Addie was pretty fussy for her. I'm sure Brooke did fine and it is good birth control for her! Once Loni (and the rest of us) got back Addie did great and only got up once during the night. Parker woke up at 7 (little early, but still okay) so we went downstairs for an awesome breakfast. When we came back up, everyone was still sleeping so we put our suits on and went swimming. This was the part that I knew Parker would love! The Hampton that we stayed out is so kid friendly, but still great for adults too! As you can see he had a blast down at the pool area.

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Finally we got around and got ready for the day. We went to Bass Pro Shop and looked at the fish and all the good stuff they had to offer. We ate lunch at a wonderful Mexican restaurant and headed home. I think one of the best ideas that we had was to head home Saturday so we could still have a "day of rest" before our work week started...oh, boy did we need it! I think the Meirowsky's were all in bed at 7:30 and we needed every bit of the 12 hours we got!! Happy Birthday Grandma!!

Also, last week was Big Truck Night up at the school. Parker had a good time looking/riding all the big trucks, motorcyles, and fire engines. He even got a tattoo for himself by one of the "biker dudes!"

And as of this morning, Parker is no longer a baby. We turned his crib into a toddler bed. He was so excited to be able to climb up and down into his bed! After his nap this afternoon, he was still in his bed and I showed him how to get down. Nonetheless, he still wanted to be picked up. (He's still my baby!)