Friday night we went to Big Mike's for pizza. YUMMO!!!!! The boys also enjoy "playing" the car driving video games. They sit and pretend they are playing, though this time they did sit with Josh and he helped them play. Sean liked looking in the games to see if anyone left money behind!! After we got back to the house we roasted marshmallows and made smores. Sean was not too keen on them, but Jack and Ewan LOVE smores!
Then we hit a bumpy patch since Sean was up at 1:40 AM Saturday. He spent the rest of the night in our bed which of course means we didn't get much sleep. Sean didn't tolerate his recent shots well; he was up the night before too. Jack got up a few times too due to his new fear of monsters.
Saturday we walked to the neighborhood park when it was 18 degrees out, BRRRRRRRRRRRR. The troops really needed to get out and move around though. Then we went to our favorite bakery for some yummies for our morning snack and then headed to Asheville. We went to O.P. Taylor's, REI store, Mast General, a yummy noodle house (where the boys, especially Ewan, enjoyed using chopsticks) and more. Sean managed to stay awake for the drive home...until the last two minutes!! We put him to bed upon arriving home and tried to put the other two boys down. That was not happening!!! After much playing around and getting into rowdy trouble we gave up on the nap, even though Josh and I really NEEDED one too. We packed up and went to the park to wear them out. Success. The rest of the day went well, though that night Sean was up again. I had to stay up with him until he fell asleep and I could put him back to bed. Jack fell out of the bed and was up a couple times afraid of monsters again.
Sunday it was off to go hiking. The troops were up early; we could hear Ewan yelling "time to wake up Sean" at 6AM!!! They love the mountains so much they can't stand to sleep there. We got a little more sleep than the night before, though Josh and I were still tired. Jack and Ewan, however, had energy to spare. It was time for a hike. We went to Dupont State Forest. According to our calculations it was about a 4 mile hike, 2 out and 2 back. Jack and Ewan did very well and Sean had fun too. It was warmer, all the way in the thirties, forties by the time we finished! We had several stops for snacks and had a picnic lunch at the halfway point.
We managed to get Jack and Ewan to take short naps, Sean again wouldn't have anything to do with it. UNTIL of course 5:30. So he had a short nap while we ate dinner and then we woke him so he would still go to bed at night.
Then Monday (after everyone slept all the way through the night until 6 AM YEAH) we went to town after breakfast. We played at the park, had fun at the toy store and went out to lunch before heading home.
All in all it was a fun weekend, despite sleep deprivation, being cold, runny noses, coughs etc. I guess the moral of the story is we need to get the boys to the mountains more often so they will be less excited when they get there (not sure this is possible though, they absolutely love it there)!!
So, here is the list of our favorite things in the mountains, in no particular order as we love them all:
Big Mike's pizza
Fires and making smores
Bracken Mountain Bakery
O.P. Taylor's toy store
Noodle houses in Asheville
Franklin Park
Hiking
Roasting marshmallows.
Ewan savoring his smore.
Jack enjoying the ooey gooeyness!
Sean was not impressed with smores!
Sean having fun at the park.
Ewan running while playing hide and seek.
All the guys hiking.
Look at my happy hikers!
Sean enjoying some time out of the pack during a snack break.
Sean relaxing on Daddy's back!
Short break for my big guys!
Ejoying some rest time during a picnic at the barn.
My cutie, need I say more!!
Assume the position!!!
One tuckered out hiker!!!
So that sums up our long weekend. Full of action. That is life with three highly active boys. There are no lazy vacations or getaways for this family of five!!
PS: This is only a sample of the photos, there are tons of great shots from the hike!
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