We went to Texas for a cupcake

Last weekend the kids, Noni, Pop Pop, and I drove to Texas for "Baby Madelyn's Happy Birthday." The kids were promised cupcakes so that is literally all we heard about until they got them. We left on Thursday and the party was Saturday so that is a lot of cupcake talk.

We left around normal nap time in hopes that they'd sleep the first 2 hours or so. They must have been too excited though because they didn't fall asleep at all. We stopped three times for stretching and potty breaks so a normally 7 hour trip took more like 9. No potty accidents in the car at all! And on the way home we only stopped twice!

We got to see a big ol' tractor on one of our stops. Sam had to get a close look!When Sam got bored of coloring on his Aquadoodle, he just started coloring his feet.The hotel stay was pretty fun. We had to get a suite since the kids go to bed around 7:30 and we do not. So we would put them down, hang out, then my mom and I would sneak into their room where we had set up their pack n plays and we slept in the king sized bed while my dad got the sofa bed in the next room. Despite the lack of naps and staying up a little later than usual, the kids woke pretty early each day.

Sam liked singing "no more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
Finally it was cupcake party time!
Here is the birthday girl. Isn't she cute!
Jules and Jackson had lots of fun chasing each other around. She loved both of her cousins so much!
On the way home there was a little bit more sleeping...
A windy little picnic...
And we reached our limit in regards to how many times we watched the two songs on the Thomas the Train DVD we had brought.