The trip to Omaha went reasonably well, though next time we will definitely be going without my mom. I need to focus more energy on accepting the fact that my family will never be who I want and need them to be. And I would have so much less stress in my life if I stopped trying to have all these Hallmark moments. My family doesn't want them, and Halle and I are much happier doing our thing without snide remarks and constant complaining.
Back to the trip, Halle did great, she even slept in her own bed at the hotel room. We made good time despite getting a little detoured in our attempt to avoid the detour on 77. How you get lost with a GPS in the car is beyond me. When we arrived and got settled in the whole family went to this place called The Amazing Pizza Machine. It's a huge buffet and arcade all in one, bigger than a Wal-Mart supercenter. We had dinner, and then played games for awhile. They even have indoor rides. Halle got to go on a couple rides with her grandma's and then played in the kids area while I kicked Alex's butt on the Go Karts. As if a 14 year old could out drive a 27year old! lol.
The zoo was good, but it was a little cooler than we'd planned on. We were able to ride the train, feed the budgies (birds), see the otters, and of course visit the new butterfly and insect pavillion. Halle got herself a penguin that we've named Parker as a souvenier, he joins Gerry the Giraffe from the last trip. We finished at the zoo early enough to go back to the hotel for a bit and lay down, we had dinner and went back to the hotel to turn in for the night. Thursday we went to the Childrens Musuem, which Halle loved and the rest of us were kind of annoyed by. Halle was so excited about all the stuff, all of which was just her size, she just kept running around from place to place. Screaming if I tried to stop her or direct her somewhere else, throwing things, trying to take things away from other kids etc. We spent a couple hours there and Halle has been asking to go back every single day. After the musuem we went to the botanical gardens, which was absolutely gorgeous! Even though the hard winter and spring kept a few of the plants, especially roses from blooming, everything else was gorgeous. We finished up early enough to hit the road by 5 and made it home by 8:30.
Halle went the entire trip without her binky!! It was really amazing and instead of taking a step back when we got home, we've continued without it. The only times she asks for it are during the day when she gets tired and cranky around nap time. She's totally in love with Parker Penguin and has him with her almost everywhere she goes. It worked out well that we already had this book she loves called Personal Penguin (it comes with a free song too that she loves to sing and is adorable). It's taking her longer to fall asleep now that she doesn't have the binkies to self soothe, but I hope this will get better as time goes by. She's been finding old binkies in the house and bringing them to me and asking if she can throw them away!
Today we got the baby pool back out, and both Halle and Sawyer had a wonderful time in it. Halle even got down in the water up to her face and swam. That's a big deal considering she's had a real hard time with having water in her face lately. Then Sawyer jumped in and started swimming and then diving down to the bottom, even doing sommersaults. It was very amusing. He's such a water dog.
Life is going pretty well so far this summer, I wanted to start this month off good and we've done that. Gymnastics start back up tomorrow evening, I'm sure Halle will be super psyched about that! Hoping everyone else is well!
Back to the trip, Halle did great, she even slept in her own bed at the hotel room. We made good time despite getting a little detoured in our attempt to avoid the detour on 77. How you get lost with a GPS in the car is beyond me. When we arrived and got settled in the whole family went to this place called The Amazing Pizza Machine. It's a huge buffet and arcade all in one, bigger than a Wal-Mart supercenter. We had dinner, and then played games for awhile. They even have indoor rides. Halle got to go on a couple rides with her grandma's and then played in the kids area while I kicked Alex's butt on the Go Karts. As if a 14 year old could out drive a 27year old! lol.
The zoo was good, but it was a little cooler than we'd planned on. We were able to ride the train, feed the budgies (birds), see the otters, and of course visit the new butterfly and insect pavillion. Halle got herself a penguin that we've named Parker as a souvenier, he joins Gerry the Giraffe from the last trip. We finished at the zoo early enough to go back to the hotel for a bit and lay down, we had dinner and went back to the hotel to turn in for the night. Thursday we went to the Childrens Musuem, which Halle loved and the rest of us were kind of annoyed by. Halle was so excited about all the stuff, all of which was just her size, she just kept running around from place to place. Screaming if I tried to stop her or direct her somewhere else, throwing things, trying to take things away from other kids etc. We spent a couple hours there and Halle has been asking to go back every single day. After the musuem we went to the botanical gardens, which was absolutely gorgeous! Even though the hard winter and spring kept a few of the plants, especially roses from blooming, everything else was gorgeous. We finished up early enough to hit the road by 5 and made it home by 8:30.
Halle went the entire trip without her binky!! It was really amazing and instead of taking a step back when we got home, we've continued without it. The only times she asks for it are during the day when she gets tired and cranky around nap time. She's totally in love with Parker Penguin and has him with her almost everywhere she goes. It worked out well that we already had this book she loves called Personal Penguin (it comes with a free song too that she loves to sing and is adorable). It's taking her longer to fall asleep now that she doesn't have the binkies to self soothe, but I hope this will get better as time goes by. She's been finding old binkies in the house and bringing them to me and asking if she can throw them away!
Today we got the baby pool back out, and both Halle and Sawyer had a wonderful time in it. Halle even got down in the water up to her face and swam. That's a big deal considering she's had a real hard time with having water in her face lately. Then Sawyer jumped in and started swimming and then diving down to the bottom, even doing sommersaults. It was very amusing. He's such a water dog.
Life is going pretty well so far this summer, I wanted to start this month off good and we've done that. Gymnastics start back up tomorrow evening, I'm sure Halle will be super psyched about that! Hoping everyone else is well!
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