Family fun in SW MO

For Mothers day weekend, we visited Jason's side of the family. We had a fun trip, but Josiah did not get much sleep. He has outgrown his pack-n-play (and can easily climb out of it), so we bought him an inflatable Lightening McQueen airbed to take to his Mi Mi's house and sleep on. Well, he was excited about playing on the bed, but sleeping was a different story. He would only sleep on it if he was already sleeping when we laid him on it. The first night we were a little too trusting and laid him down with strict warnings about staying in his "big boy bed". He decided to quietly get up, get into his suitcase, and into his toiletry bag, and grab the chest rub (it's the kids version of vicks vaporub). When we found him, he had rubbed it all over his arms, neck, chest, and of course it was all over his hands. Then he must have tried searching for the light switch, because this is how Mi Mi's wall looks after the 'Josiah big boy bed experiment':

These hand prints will NOT come off. We tried several different methods. Mi Mi's guest room will be getting a new coat of paint soon! Somehow, after all of that, Mi Mi and Paw Paw were still smiling.

We spent Saturday at Granny and Grandpa Camp's farm. Josiah of course had a blast riding on the tractor:

Playing in the pasture:

And (for real) driving the tractor with daddy:

As a Mother's day present for Granny, we spent some time re-doing part of her landscaping. New brick edging was laid, rock was poured, flowers and bushes planted, trees trimmed, and gutters cleaned out.

Here are the landscaping supervisors:

We also got to go visit Grandma Mary and wish her a happy Mother's day.

The next day, Josiah got to go to Aunt April's house, and play in uncle Derek's police car! He was so excited. He got to play in there for a few minutes, until he figured out where the sirens were.

It was a fun trip and it was great to see everyone. Jason and I snuck in a date night, and we also got to go running without pushing a jogging stroller. Little things that we no longer take for granted!

Happy (belated) Mother's day to all the moms out there!