September 24, 2011 - a beautiful, though overcast day. The weatherman told us there might be a few pop-up showers, but nothing to cancel our plans for. So we packed up the backpack, the big stroller, and headed off to Waynesville, Ohio.
Waynesville is about an hour's drive from our home and we made a short pitstop at Grandma's that morning before we headed off. Jenny was not very happy about leaving Maw-Maw's condo. Afterall, she's got great toys and a back patio where Jenny likes to pull leaves off the plants. Reluctantly, though, Jenny conceded to be strapped in. I think it was the promise of juice and fruit snacks, but that's just me.
Poor Jenny kept thinking we were going to the zoo and so got a bit fussy at the 45 min mark when she realized we weren't going to see the elephants today.
After parking in East-Jesus land, and the trek to the front gates, Jenny was almost already done. My dreams of a peaceful, fun-filled day didn't really come to fruition. Jenny didn't really want to shop or watch the shows and she was too little to ride the rides. Today was a day of temper tantrums and running away from us. Today was a rough day.
But there were cute moments too.
Like when Jenny smelled the incense oils with me. Or when she shied away from the woman with the lotion bar and clung to my leg for dear life. And the whole 30 seconds she wore the princess hat - she looked so cute in it, really. And when she picked out her guardian angel magnet for her room (the corner pieces are metal so the magnets stick to it). And when we were in the maze, trying to find our way out and when she slid down the slide to Tim.
And then when she conked out five minutes down the highway and slept until we got home.
Even on that little amount of sleep, she managed to do fairly well once we got home.
And now, with any luck, and all the prayers I can muster, I hope she sleeps well tonight.
As for me, I'm going to bed too.
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