Sunday Driver

Aahhh .... scary - Elaina behind the wheel !!
Not so fast, Baby ! Mom and Dad are not even close to ready for you to grow up that fast !


In this picture, Elaina is behind the wheel of great-grandma and grandpa's motorhome. She had a blast playing in the driver's seat with all of the knobs and gadgets. She found the horn a couple of times and scared herself, not to mention the neighbors at the next lot !

It's the last day for great-grandma and grandpa to be staying nearby at their campground in amish country so we planned to spend the day visiting them. What a beautiful day it turned out to be too ! Yesterday was cool, rainy , muggy and overcast with only a few breaks of sunshine. The temperature today was in the 80's with gorgeous sunshine and a great breeze. A perfect day to be outside. While we were at the campsite, an amishman and his family headed through the campground in their buggy lead by a sleek, black horse. It was Elaina's first horse and buggy sighting to witness up close and personal. We exchanged a friendly hello and headed out for lunch. Most of the shops and restaurants in amish country are closed on Sunday, but we found a great restaurant nearby and grandma and grandpa treated us to a fabulous meal. Eric brought Elaina samples of many different menu options from the buffet, yet she was only willing to eat her bologna that I had packed from home. Stinker ! Elaina sang and talked loudly throughout our meal, but never a fussy whine or whimper - she just wanted to make her presence known to all !

We had the most wonderful day with grandma and grandpa and Elaina was on much better behavior. She talked and played and soaked up every bit of attention from all of us.

*** One more thing... the whole screeching thing from yesterday ... it's all OVER !! Just a one -day - phase ! Could we be any luckier than that ?