Chattanooga

This past weekend Jamie and I took Kinsley for a mini vacation to Chattanooga. It was quite an adventure and lots of fun. We left Karlie at home with Granny and Pa (her own mini vacation). We figured Karlie wouldn't enjoy being in a stroller for 2 days looking at fish- we also figured that it would be a good chance for us to spend some quality time with Kinsley. We were wrong about one of those. Instead of enjoying the one on one time with mom and dad, Kinsley worried herself to death about her baby sister. For 2 days all we heard was "Where is my baby?" "Can we go get my baby?" "What is my baby doing right now?" "I want to go to Granny's to get my baby." over and over and over... But even with all of that, we all had a good time.

We went to the Creative Discovery Museum on Friday...it took Kinsley a little while to get warmed up since there were so many people there, but eventually she took off playing and had a great time. We went to the Aquarium on Saturday and I was a little nervous about whether or not she would enjoy it. She is not a big animal fan (terrified, actually) and some of her friends from church had been to the aquarium and did not enjoy it because they were afraid. I worried for nothing. She LOVED it! In fact, I don't know who enjoyed it more- her or Jamie. Her favorite part was the penguins (mine, too). Since the aquarium was such a hit, we decided to go all the way and take her to the Chattanooga Zoo. For those of you who haven't been there, it is probably only about a 10 acre zoo and takes less than an hour to see all of it (even walking slowly). Kinsley again had a good time looking at the animals. However, I like to tease Jamie for making us look like the "Rednecks go to the Zoo." The very first cage we walked up to Jamie says to Kinsley "Look at the owl, Kinsley. " Then he proceeds to "HOOT" at the owl. As he is hooting, I notice the sign beside the cage says "Red Tailed Hawk." No wonder the other people were looking at us and laughing!

We had a great trip. And we look forward to going back in a few years when Karlie can go, too. In fact, from now on Karlie will go on ALL vacations to save Kinsley the stress from worrying about her.