We got back from Tennessee safe and sound on Saturday afternoon after a great week hanging out with the family. Mikayla and Oliver had lots of time to play together and it was great to watch them together. Both of them did really well with the long car ride although Oliver struggled to get to sleep particularly on the way there. And it looks like Oliver has pretty much grown out of travel cots! The one we had there was probably one of the smaller ones you can get but his head touched the top and toes touched the bottom!! He slept well initially but on the Wednesday night he woke at 3am inconsolable :( I ended up spending the rest of the night in the car with him. He slept through until 6am the following night but he was still pretty unhappy. Anyway, the good news is that he's been fine since he got home so maybe he was just missing his bed!
While we were there we took the kids swimming a few times and Oliver used his armbands for the first time. They helped keep him somewhat afloat but we didn't let go for long! At least when he jumped in from the side it was less scary for us :) Mikayla enjoyed swimming with her Uncle Jon one day - only he would do apparently!! On the Thursday morning we were up early and took a drive around the motor scenic trail to look for bears. We saw a couple very early on but that was it. Still pretty cool to see though. Later on the journey we stopped and decided to hike 1.4 miles to see some waterfalls. Trouble was that Oliver had just fallen asleep so he wasn't really up for it. He still managed to get a long way up the trail (mostly carried by Jon) before he said "car" and just wanted to go back!! The others carried on and got some pics while we waited in the car.
The kids got to spend some time with the relatives while we went white water rafting. I wasn't so sure about this after the jet ski-ing last year but I gave it a go anyway and actually really enjoyed it. It helped a lot that my lovely husband fell out of the raft rather than me :))
Oliver and Mikayla came home with matching tiger beany babies! Mikayla got hers first and as soon as Oliver saw it he loved it! So we went and got him one a couple of days later and it has barely left his side since - it even has to go to bed with him so is almost on a par with bear blankie :))
Life is almost back to normal now. Play dates will resume tomorrow and now the countdown is on to the big second birthday :)
Oliver crawling under a chair.....
....and teaching his cousin to do the same
Happily playing together in the cabin
Oliver's favourite thing to do in the pool was get out and jump back in - he did this countless times!
Meanwhile Mikayla was more content to walk between the kids pool and the big pool :)
Showing off the funky shorts Nanna Pan sent for holiday
I thought this was a super cute photo of Mikayla :)
One of the few occasions when both the kids looked at the camera!
Jon was obviously the king of reading to the kids in bed!
Oliver checking out an old barn on the scenic trail
The first hiking experience - see how happy Oliver looks!!!
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