Another early morning...yawn. Who am I kidding?! Every morning is an early morning. If we didn't have kids, we'd likely be waking at the same time. Beautiful Baltimore on a crisp Sunday morning and complimentary Starbucks in hand. Bliss! Boys are secured in their seats, Ryan's driving, and what's this? Oliver has granted me permission, by way of not crying, to sit in the front passenger seat! My 'hall pass' lasted approximately 51 minutes, and then I was called back. Today's drive wasn't so efficient. No one was on the same schedule today (but not for lack of trying). I was hungry. We stopped. Oliver was hungry and needed a diaper change. We stopped. Angus needed to pee (with our insistence). We stopped. Henry needed everything under the sun. We stopped. At our first stop at a local coffee shop, I was getting the boys buckled in to the van and a woman walked up and said, "I saw your licence plate...Nova Scotia, right?" I said yes, and she held out a nickel. "I found this when I was walking, and didn't know what to do with it. It's a Canadian nickel. You go on and take that back to Canada with you!" I thanked her, and turned back to the boys. Wow. That really just happened.
We also watched the Curious George 2 movie three times. So as I'm writing this, I'm desperately trying to remember other parts of the drive, but all I can come up with is the Man in the Yellow Hat screaming, "GEORGE!"
We stopped driving when we got to Plattsburgh, NY. For some reason, I remember my aunt (my Mum's oldest sister) going to Plattsburgh quite often. It may not be an accurate memory...I'll have to ask her next time I see her. There really is not much there that I saw. However, the history of the place is remarkable. The Battle of Plattsburgh (during the War of 1812, occurring just after dawn on September 11, 1814) was interesting in that the Americans won which denied the British troops any territorial gain of the US. There, I just made your day more worthwhile. You're welcome.
The hotel where we stayed was under renovations, however, one of the completed phases included a new indoor pool, 2 water slides, and splash pad! Henry was acting like a cuckoo bird, so I we got changed and I took him to the pool (Angus was sleeping). He had a blast! He was zipping around the kiddy pool, going down the little water slide, running through the sprinklers, and standing under automatic buckets that dumped water on not-so-innocent bystanders. I got a glimpse of years to come when he pointed to the seating area and yelled, "YOU GO!" Thanks, buddy. Te amo tambien.
TODAY'S GRADE: B+
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