Last Minute Adventures

Summertime around here is always a mix of relaxation and frantic planning/packing/traveling to the next event of relaxation.  Last summer when I was pregnant we slowed down a bit–but the baby doesn’t seem to be slowing us down now that he’s here.

Last week Christer started complaining that he needed some time off, and by Friday we were in the car, on the way to a friend’s in Cincinnati.  The three boys got in some video games and comic books while I took my first solo trip to Ikea (heaven–I was in that building for nearly 4 hours!).  We ate out and ate in and ate some more.  And we set off fireworks for the first time in many years.  Resulting in some videos that include much cursing and jumping and end in someone saying “hmmm, bad idea.”

While on the road plans came together to extend our trip a few days, so we continued on to Louisville.  I’m guessing some folks out there can guess who the extra child in the picture belongs to, wow does he look like his parents!  The baby boom has hit our friends, and once again it was fun to see old friends being completely themselves and yet also something completely new as they watched over their baby.  Because it was short notice we had our days free while our friends were at work, and so we took in a bit of Louisville scenery.  Christer liked seeing the bats made (in less than 30 second each) at the Louisville slugger museum, and the Turtle liked chewing on replicas of famous player’s bats.

I’m feeling lucky that our Turtle is a good traveler–or that we’re finding ways to be good traveling parents.  What I am not so good at is the return.  The past few days everything seems a bit behind, and staying at home to get caught up seems a bit stiffling.  Not to worry–we have plenty of stay-cation plans for this weekend, and in a few weeks we’ll be on the road to see my side of the family.

And there was knitting on this trip!  Over three quarters of a sweater.  I was amazed how much I got done–and how much progress has slowed since I got home.  I’m trying to wait until I have a finished sweater to do a photo shoot, but at the current rate that might take a while.