Voss' Little Moments: Vacation Day 1

We decided to go to Wisconsin for our 2011 Family Vacation; it wasn't a long drive and we could stop along the way to give the kids a break from the car ride. I wasn't too worried about the kids in the car, after all we've driven all the way to Denver, Colorado in one day!

I did a lot of planning for the car ride though, just in case! We played with colored pipe cleaners, colored with chalk on black construction paper, had a treasure hunt (I filled a water bottle almost full with rice and then hid 25 small objects in the rice), bought new books for the kids and bought several new DVD movies (Fly Me to the Moon, The Puppy that Saved Christmas and Nanny McPhee). The kids enjoyed the pipe cleaners the most - they played with them for almost two hours straight! Here are some of our designs:

Mommy's glasses

Sarah's flower

Caleb's John Deere snake and/or gun

Caleb's glasses

Sarah's mustache

After about four hours in the car we arrived at the John Deere Tractor Pavilion!! I'm not quite sure who was more excited about this particular destination-Brandon or the kids! The kids (and Brandon) got to sit on, climb on and even play with several tractors. Grandma Susan and Grandpa Ken gave Sarah and Caleb each $5 to spend on whatever they wanted during vacation - they chose to spend the money at John Deere! We found a green hat for Caleb and a pink hat for Sarah for $5 each! They were so excited! Of course, Daddy played with all the toys too and treated both of the kids to a small toy set to play with in the van! It's now August and Caleb carries his set around in a 'tractor bag' and doesn't let it out of his sight! I think he's going to be a tractor man - just like his Daddy!