Weekend in Cleveland

It had been awhile since I had taken the kids up to Cleveland and over to Youngstown to see the family so we took advantage of a free weekend and headed up for a visit.  Eric was on first call and wasn't able to come along so I braved the trip solo for the first time and it worked out great!  We drove up on Friday afternoon after Quinn's eye doctor appointment (still no strabismus!!) and spent Friday night at my dad's house.  Nolan and Quinn loved running around his basement playing pool, playing his piano and guitars, and Quinn loved playing with Mary's knick knacks. 

Before we headed over to Youngstown on Saturday afternoon we went to lunch and took the kids to Chuck E Cheese for the first time.  Quinn was EXHAUSTED and walked around like a zombie the entire time but Nolan had a blast running from game to game.  Chuck E Cheese scared him to death at first but then he liked watching him rock out with his band of other large mice.  He earned 66 tickets playing his games and that got him a whopping (tiny) box of Nerds.  

 This train was a hit.  He moved around and steam blew out of the whistle.

 Quinn not really sure why she is sitting next to this plastic mouse in a car.

 Throwing the football.

 This ride took Quinn up and around this big circle.  She sat in the sit the entire time like this.  I'm not even sure she blinked she was so tired.  She is also so ladylike ;)

 After all of the Chuck E Cheese fun we drove over to Youngstown to visit with my Aunt, Uncle, cousins, Grandpa and Grandma.  It had been over a year since we had seen them so it was fun to get together.  Nolan and Quinn had a blast playing with my cousins' kids!

Saying goodbye to Grandpa and Grandma Mary.  

I loaded the kids back into the car at the end of the night and drove home to Columbus.  Sounds crazy to start a trip around 8:00 at night but they sleep and it's actually pretty peaceful :)