Back from Vacation

It has been weeks since I have written, so I'll try to cram all our activities into one entry. After everyone in our family finally recovered from sickness, we were able to take a short vacation. The first several days were spent in Indiana with my parents. We visited with family, held a yard sale, and even went to Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana. Reagan is totally Grandpa's (or "pawpaw," as she say) girl.

Reagan enjoyed seeing "Ho Ho" in Holiday World (Santa is a big part of the theme park, which was once called Santa Claus Land). She also loved riding the carousel, the kiddy planes, and the fish. But her favorite part of the day had to be the water park. She wore all the adults out by running around tirelessly through the gated area of sprinklers and various water elements. She is a brave little girl and doesn't like to hold hands while in the wave pool, either. We watched "Elmo in Grouchland" at least twice through in the car on the way there and back.

We were home by Tuesday but decided to go camping for a night on Wednesday. We went to Cedars of Lebanon State Park, only an hour from home. Reagan loved camping and kept calling the tent her "house." We made a fire and had hot dogs and s'mores. Surprisingly, Reagan didn't care for the chocolatey treat. She preferred the plain graham crackers. The camping experiment went pretty well, except that it took about an hour for Reagan to fall asleep. She was so wound up and isn't used to sleeping with anyone else in the room with her. Overall, we decided that camping with Reagan is fun, but it's also a lot of work!

On Saturday, my brother, Dave, his wife, Sharon, and their kids, Matt and Melanie, came in for a NASCAR race. Reagan had big fun with her cousins, and she can say everyone's name very well. Uncle Dave seems to be her favorite, since he lets her play with his cell phone. They actually got to stay a little longer than planned, since the race that Scott and Dave were going to got rained out on Saturday night and had to run on Sunday.

Packed in between the trips and visitors were little outings, like Reagan going to play with her cousin Ashley on Wednesday, and then going to visit Nana and Gran on Friday. It was a busy, action-packed week.

Today is Monday, and it's a somber day in our house. All the visitors are gone. Daddy went back to work. It's just Mama and Reagan. Things have gone surprisingly well. Reagan really does thrive on routine, so I think she's even a little relieved to have life back to normal.