Vacation!!!

So far we've had a wonderful family vacation.  It is really the very first one Evelyn's had with just mom and dad.  We started on Friday at Grand Rapids.  We left Friday morning driving through St Cloud, Brainerd, eating lunch in Cross Lake (somewhere mom used to spend lots of time!) and up to Grand Rapids.  We checked into our hotel and decided to drive around a bit to look for somewhere to walk.  We drove to Coleraine which is where my (Amanda's) grandfather grew up and found a little park.  It was windy and cold so we headed back to the hotel and had dinner, baths and bed.  The bathroom was amazing at this hotel!  A huge jetted soaking tub and a huge shower!  I loved it!  The next morning Evelyn thought it would be fun to get up at 4:30 - the rest of us weren't as happy but ended up finally getting out of bed at 6.  We showered, got dressed and headed downstairs for breakfast.  We were done by 8am and drove around some more and headed to the Judy Garland museum and the Children's Discovery museum.  It was lots of fun!  This is where we found out how much Evelyn likes to play with toy cars and trains...she even makes lots of noises while she plays.  We had some lunch at Zorbaz and then back to the hotel for nap time - and yes, all of us took a nap.  After naps were done, we got dressed in our swimming suits and headed to the pool.  There was a nice kiddy pool for Evelyn and a big water slide for Wally!  We only swam for a little bit and then got dressed and headed out to Sugar Lake Resort for some very good food right on the golf course and lake!  It was beautiful!!  Then it was back to the hotel and bed.  The next morning (today) we woke up in Grand Rapids and headed to Duluth where I was born.  We had lunch at The Blackwoods and went to our hotel.  We decided to walk along the lake a little and go to some shops.  One of those shops was a toy store.  We went in and found a table with toy trains on it.  I got Evelyn out of her stroller and let her stand at the table and play.  She fell on her butt and then pulled herself up!!  We have been trying to teach that to her for so long!!  How exciting!  She was able to do that quite a few more times to.  We had dinner at Grandma's and then back to the hotel for baths and bed.  Evelyn is sleeping soundly in her playpen as I type this.  She is certainly tired tonight!

So that is our weekend so far.  We head home tomorrow.  Wednesday is her appointment at the orthotics for the helmet therapy and then Saturday we go to a Twins game!  We are really looking forward to that!