2011 Staycation {day two & three}

 Day two started out with Emma's soccer game. The weather was very chilly for mid-May, and we did not travel with appropriate wardrobes for it! Jennifer had a baby shower to host that day, so she was away with her friends. After Emma's game, we went to lunch at the T-Rex Cafe. Barrett was in HEAVEN!! It was Justin and I's first time there too, and we even enjoyed it! We got to eat at a big round table under a jellyfish, and the kids loved that! Some of our photos from lunch....

A VIEW OF OUR JELLYFISH TABLE

After lunch, we did a little shopping at Legends. Barrett fell asleep on Daddy's shoulder. He was out. I held him for a bit, and then Uncle Bobby held him. He ended up sleeping while we finished shopping, all the way back to the car, and the whole ride home to Overland Park.

The kids were excited to get out the bounce house when we got home.
AND Aunt Jenn made it back from her shower in time to play with them all!

That night we hung out around the house....

Brian grilled for us, and we stayed in to watch a movie.

Sunday morning we took a few family pictures, and then everyone headed home.
It was a great staycation! Thanks to Brian and Sarah for hosting!
Looking forward to our next family vacation or staycation!

Gigi and Papa with their four grandchildren

{Lauren, Emma, Barrett and Jones}

The whole fam

2011 Staycation {day one}

Staycation (stay-cation): a period of time in which an individual or family stays and relaxes at home, or vacations in their own country, possibly taking day trips to area attractions.

In May, our family spent a long weekend together in Kansas City, at Brian and Sarah's new house! We called it our "staycation" since we just hung out around the house, and ventured to a few fun places around the KC area.  Brian and Sarah planned lots of fun trips, and Barrett especially liked the train restaurant, dinosaur restaurant, and Kaleidoscope! I didn't really care what all we did, I was just happy to have my WHOLE family together!

We got to stay in Emma Jean's room for the weekend. 

How sweet that she gave Justin and I our own drawer in her dresser!
It was marked with this tag when we arrived Thursday night :)
"Lala and Wheat's drawr"

On FRIDAY, we  slept-in and hung out around the house in the morning. Lauren and Barrett had a ball playing together. Brian had to work half a day, and Emma went to school for half a day. Before lunch, we got to go pick up Emma from her school, and see her classroom! Then we all met back up at the house and headed to lunch at Fritz's. 

Barrett's FIRST bag of cotton candy!!

This picture, we took for Justin's mom ---->

she has three dachshunds!!

After lunch at Fritz's, we stopped at a few stores in Crown Center, then headed to Kaleidoscope! This was my first time at Kaleidoscope, and it was so much fun (for the kids AND the adults)!!

We went to one of the Family Art Sessions. They are 40-minutes sessions for children of all ages. You explore and create with your own family, at your own pace. Barrett favorite activities inside Kaleidoscope were the tunnel with drums and music, the glow in the dark painting, and the puzzle making station, where he got to paint and cut his own puzzle.

 

We left Kaleidoscope and went to tour a few model homes! It's always fun to dream...

My mom and dad sold their hot tub, so my dad and I think it would be fun to do something like THIS on their covered bedroom patio!

 

After our eventful afternoon, we were all exhausted!
We went home for a couple hours of rest before our dinner reservations at a family favorite...Cinzetti's! Yum-o!!

I think they ate too much!!

Crepes...Justin's favorite Cinzetti treat!!

That's all for day one of the Tuttle family Staycation!