Last weekend I went to visit my dad, Leslie, Danielle and Chris in MA. Andy got to have a “work on the house and assorted garage projects” weekend while Gabby, Ben and I roadtripped. Gabby was great company for the 5 hour drive, Ben wasn’t too bad either (although we were required to sing the ABCs and Itsy Bitsy Spider one too many times).

I will not fall asleep, I will not fall asleep…

One of the adventures we had on Saturday was visiting a little square in the city of Springfield. There was a fun maze of trees and branches kids could play in.

Next to the maze was a Dr. Seuss sculpture play area.

The figures were really cute!

Ben even found Peaches! You may know him as the Lorax, but Ben has this stuffed animal he calls Peaches. To be fair, he is peach colored and has a fuzzy peach like face. (I have no idea why he’s so expensive on amazon though, he was a $5 Kohls Cares book/stuffed animal combo).

The man himself.

We also had a picnic lunch at a local park.

Where Ben did boy activities like throwing rocks into the water.

And my dad picked some flowers for Leslie. Aww :)

It was such a perfect day spent with family!

Back at the house, Ben got to “dwive Gwampa’s Corbette.” He was so excited!

Ben also got to play with Legos for the first time. We have Duplo blocks, but Leslie pulled Christopher’s Legos up from the basement and he had a blast. In fact, he started asking for them when we got home, so it might be time to bring up my old Legos!

Chris was there this weekend too, but I didn’t get any pictures of him. However we did meet his (supposedly the family’s) new dog, Sadie. Yeah, she’s totally his dog.

She was such a sweetheart, but the laziest dog I’ve ever seen. Ben didn’t phase her. Their cat didn’t phase her. She even eats her meals laying down and sometimes doesn’t even finish. Such a lover though!

Saturday night we enjoyed kabobs on the grill and Ben played outside with my dad for a little bit.

Sunday morning we went to church. Ben didn’t really sit still during the service (even with a bag full of activities) so we wandered my dad’s church for a little bit. We ended up making a game out of finding all the drinking fountains. Strangest activity ever, but sometimes you do what you have to.

Lovely ladies ready for church. By the way, for those of you wondering how Danielle is doing after her car accident…she’s doing great! Her blog gives a bit of an update from a month ago, but as of this weekend she’s getting around even better and can now start doing things without crutches. Amazing recovery from her car slipping on ice accident a few months ago.

And that’s all folks! Whirlwind weekend road trip, but it was a ton of fun!