Nashville

Brian had to work in Nashville today so we drove up with him last night.  Ruth was so excited to so out to eat and stay in a hotel.  Last night they were crazy in the hotel.  It was long after bedtime and Grayson had fallen asleep in the car.  This morning they were equally crazy.  I was thinking it was going to be a long day by myself.

After breakfast and baths, I loaded the kids up in the double stroller, walked a mile to the park across from Vanderbilt.  We first went into Barnes and Noble and I read them several books.  Actually, I think we spent almost an hour there.   We then went next door to a froo froo sandwhich shop, got lunch to go and crossed the street to the park.  We had a picnic, played on the awesome playground and watched squirrels look for food.  Then, when Ruth started to get fussy, we loaded up in the stroller and decided to get a closer look at the Parthenon (spelling?  the replica, of course).  So glad we did.  This led us to some awesome finds in the park:  a fighter plan, a real huge locomotive, and a pretty pond with beautiful ducks and geese.  The kids got a second wind and laughed at the ducks and geese.  We finally headed home.  Grayson fell asleep on the mile walk back.  I am not surprised.  In fact, here in the hotel he is sleeping in the stroller.  I just laid his side down flat.  Ruth is not napping in her bed.  Big surprise.  That means she will be a terror tonight.

Vanderbilt is a beautiful campus and makes me miss the big, old campuses of my college days.  But Fayetteville and Norman were college towns, something Nashville and Kennesaw (KSU, where I work) are not.

Hopefully Ruth will fall asleep and Grayson will stay asleep.  It is only 2 pm here although all of our bodies think it is 3.  How can she still be awake?